INTRODUCTION TO PAK STUDIES

BY
DR.OUMAR SALEEM
IDEOLOGY OF PAKISTAN

AIMS & OBJECTIVES OF THE

ESTABLISHMENT OF

PAKISTAN
 WHAT IS AN IDEOLOGY
•The word “ideology” is composed of two Greek words
“Ideo” and “Logos”.
•The French philosopher Antoine Destull first used it during
the French Revolution.
•An ideology is a set of opinions or beliefs of a group or an
individual.
•Very often ideology refers to a set of political beliefs or a set
of ideas that characterize a particular culture.
•Ideology means the science dealing with the belief, notions
and theories growing out of fundamental assumptions held
by the members of the group.
 HOW IDEOLOGY EMERGES:

Ideologies tend to arise in times of the crises and

social stress.
An ideology emerges when people strongly feel that
they are being mistreated and victimized under an
existing order.
The ideology grows amongst the unsatisfied group
of society as a challenge to the prevailing social setup.
 FEATURES OF AN IDEOLOGY:

• It keeps on evolving and developing with the

passage of time.
• It deals with present, past and future at same
time.
• It may be based on some sources i.e. religious or
social values
• It may depend on political version and theories
• It may emanates from historical facts
 IDEOLOGY OF PAKISTAN
• The ideology of Pakistan took shape through an
evolutionary process. Historical experience provided the
base
• With sir Syed Ahmad Khan began the period of Muslim self-
awakening
• Allama Iqbal provided the philosophical explanation
• Quaid-e-Azam translated it into a political party
• And Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, by passing Objective
Resolution in March 1949 gave it legal sanction.
• The emergence of Pakistan Ideology had its root deep
when Islam introduced into India. That was the first
division of society into Hindu and Muslims
 THE IDEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF PAKISTAN

It is based upon
Ideals of Islamic System

Separate Nation

Two Nation Theory

 IDEALS OF ISLAMIC SYSTEM

Islamic way of life and its preservation became

the primary concern of the Muslims of the sub-
continent.
It was a reaction to the Hindu and British
exploitation of the Muslims
It was a revolt against the prevailing system of
India where the Hindu culture was forcibly
imposed on the Muslims of sub-continent and
their culture.
 MUSLIMS AS A SEPARATE NATION

• Ideology of Pakistan is based on the fact that

the Muslims are a separate nation
• having their own civilization, their own
customs, culture, religion and a totally
different way of life from Hindus.
• Their philosophy of life is based on the
principle of Islam.
 TWO-NATION THEORY

• It meant that Muslims and Hindus are two

separate nations and both are quite different
from each other.
• Sir Syed Ahmad khan was first Muslim leader
who presented the idea of “Two Nation
Theory”
• Ideology of Pakistan is actually Islamic Ideology.