Pakistan to be an Islamic and not a secular state

[Sachaydino]

Re: Pakistan to be an Islamic and not a secular state

@Damras

Not really. I’m a big critic of Zia-ul-Haq.

This speech of Quaid-e-Azam was delivered on 11 August 1947, when the British had not yet transferred power and Pakistan had not come into existence. Therefore you may give Quaid-e-Azam the benefit of doubt that he was trying to appease the British, the Hindus and the international community that Pakistan was not going to have Shariah laws as some people might have expected at that time.

Secondly, Quaid-e-Azam made Pakistan a parliamentary democracy; which means one person cannot dictate to people about how to govern the country. In other words, Quaid-e-Azam alone, according to the principles set by himself, could not decide how this country would be ruled. Therefore in March 1949, the Parliament/Constituent/Legislative assembly decided that Pakistan was going to be an Islamic country and this decision was documented in the Objectives Resolution.

That is the most unfortunate distortion of facts. Pakistan has suffered a lot due to these lies.