ASSIGNMENT

NAME: AHMAD YAR SAP ID: 70112107 SECTION: U

Objective Resolation &

Resolation of Pakistan.

:-- The Objectives Resolution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly

of Pakistan on March 12, 1949. Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, had
presented it in the assembly on March 7, 1949. Out of 75 members of
the assembly, 21 voted for it.[1] All the amendments proposed by
minority members were rejected. Consequently, all ten of them voted
against it.

The resolution proclaimed that the future constitution of Pakistan would

not be modeled entirely on a European pattern, but on the ideology and
democratic faith of Islam. The resolution, in its entirety, has been made
part of the Constitution of Pakistan under Article 2(A).it was the first
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Objectives Resolution

The Pakistani Objectives Resolution proclaimed the following

principles:

Sovereignty over the entire world belongs to Allah Almighty alone and
the authority which He has delegated to the state of Pakistan, through its
people for being exercised within the limits prescribed by Him is a
sacred trust.[2]

This Constituent Assembly representing the people of Pakistan

resolves to frame a constitution for the sovereign independent state of
Pakistan.
The state shall exercise its powers and authority through the chosen
representatives of the people.
The principles of democracy, freedom, equality, tolerance and social
justice, as enunciated by Islam, shall be fully observed.
The Muslims shall be enabled to order their lives in the individual and
collective spheres in accordance with the teachings and requirements of
Islam as set out in the Holy Quran and Sunnah.
Adequate provision shall be made for the minorities to freely progress
and practice their religions and develop their cultures.
Pakistan shall be a federation and its constituent units will be
autonomous.
Fundamental rights shall be guaranteed. They include equality of
status, of opportunity and before law, social, economic and political
justice, and freedom of thought, expression, belief, faith, worship and
association, subject to (the) law and public morality.
Adequate provisions shall be made to safeguard the legitimate
interests of minorities and backward and depressed classes.
The independence of the judiciary shall be fully secured.
The integrity of the territories of the federation, its independence and
all its rights, including its sovereign rights on land, sea and air shall be
safeguarded.
The people of Pakistan may prosper and attain their rightful and
honored place among the nations of the world and make their full
contribution towards international peace and progress and happiness of
humanity.

Purportedly combining the features of both Western and Islamic

democracy, it is considered one of the most important documents in the
constitutional history of Pakistan. It was strongly supported by Maulana
Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, Dr. Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Dr. Omar Hayat
Malik, Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, Noor Ahmad, Begum Shaista
Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Muhammad Hussain and others. At the time it
was passed, Liaquat Ali Khan called it "the most important occasion in
the life of this country, next in importance only to the achievement of
independence". However, not everyone in Pakistan had such as high
praise and unbounded admiration for it.

Ayaz Amir, a prominent media commentator and a former

member of Pakistan's parliament, has criticized the constituent
assembly for lavishing attention on this "piece of rhetoric"
which was "of no practical benefit to anyone. Even Maulana
Maududi, a big supporter of the resolution, was disappointed
with the fact that it did not produce any positive results.
According to him, it was such a rain which was neither
preceded by a gathering of clouds nor was it followed by
vegetation.

According to Ms. Rubina Saigal, an eminent Pakistani

intellectual, Maulana Maududi's theory of divine sovereignty
was incorporated into the resolution. According to her:

Subsequent to the passage of the Objectives Resolution, all of

Pakistan’s constitutions contained religious provisions and the
name of the country was changed from (the) Republic of
Pakistan to (the) Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The national
debates over the kind of nation, state and society envisaged led
to compromises being made with the liberal, secular as well as
the religious lobby. As a result, the Constitution of 1973, a
consensus document, became riddled with internal
contradictions regarding citizenship. For example, Article 25
says that all citizens are equal before law while Article 2 says
that Islam shall be the state religion. When one religion, to the
exclusion of all others, is established as the state religion, how
can the followers of other religions be equal citizens? And if
they cannot be equal citizens, is democracy possible without
citizenship equality? The denial of the right of non-Muslim
citizens to become the head of state or government also
violates Article 25, which requires equality before the law.