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1 IDEOLOGY OF PAKISTAN
Presented: By Muneer Ahmed
Subject: Pakistan Studies
Department: Be Electrical Engineering

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2 OUTLINE

1. Ideology Of Pakistan
2. Basic Points Of Ideology Of Pakistan
3. Sir Syed And Ideological Rationale
4. Sir Syeds Ahmed Khans Goal
5. Ideology Of Allama Iqbal For Pakistan To Be:
6. Factors Leading To Muslim Separatism(cultural And Social Differences)
7. Factors Leading To Muslim Separatism(economic And Educational
Differences)
8. Location And Geo-physical Features Of Pakistan
9. Constitutional Development In Pakistan
10.Conclusion

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3 IDEOLOGY OF PAKISTAN

Pakistan is an Ideological state and the ideology of Pakistan is an

Islamic ideology. Its basic principle being:
"The only sovereign is Allah".

a state where the Muslims should have an opportunity to live

according to the faith and creed based on the Islamic principles.

They should have all the resources at the disposal to enhance

Islamic culture and civilization.

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4 BASIC POINTS OF IDEOLOGY OF
PAKISTAN
1. Ideology of Pakistan is actually implementation of Islamic teachings.

2. To maintain and arouse the national dignity and struggles for unity
among Muslim Ummah and Islamic rule is in fact Ideology of Pakistan.

3. Two-Nation Theory on the basis of Islamic Philosophy in political and

cultural background of Sub-continent is called ideology of Pakistan.

4. Ideology of Pakistan is actually Islamic ideology.

5. The idea of Muslims, attaining Pakistan was infact Ideology of Pakistan.

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5 SIR SYED AND IDEOLOGICAL
RATIONALE
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan ( 1817
1898)
Initially worked for East India
Company as a Jurist
After the 1857 Independence war ,
he published The Causes of Indian
Mutiny ( Rasala asbaab baghaawat
e Hind) a daring critique at the
time
To promote Western style
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6 SIR SYEDS AHMED KHANS GOAL
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was the pioneer of two nation theory.

He initiated Aligarh movement which rendered its services on

the social as well as religious basis for the Muslims of Sub-
continent.

The Hindu-Urdu controversy convinced Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

to think about differences between Hindus and Muslims.

He used the word two nations for the Hindus and Muslims in
1868 for the first time.

He gave his famous two-nation theory which became the basis 4/16/17
of the Pakistan Movement.
7 IDEOLOGY OF ALLAMA IQBAL FOR
PAKISTAN TO BE:
In 1930,Allama Iqbal presented his
mature political opinion on the
political fate of Indian Muslims in his
presedential address at Allahbad at
the annual session of Muslim
League.
He said:
I am fully convinced that the
Muslims of India will ultimately have
to establish a separate homeland as
they could not live with the Hindus
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in the United States.

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He based the foundation of homeland on the religion which

later on became the ideology and basis of Pakistan.

The Allahabad address of Allama Iqbal further clarified the

two nation theory and ideology behind demanding a separate
homeland for Muslims.

Allama Iqbals poetry reflected the ideology of Pakistan and

aroused sense of determination among Muslim masses.

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9 Factors leading to Muslim
separatism
Cultural and social differences

Hindus and Muslims belonged to two different cultures based on their

divergent outlook towards life.

Hindus considered the mother cow as a sacred animal while Muslims

slaughtered it for eating.

The two communities inherited different cultural backgrounds with

different history religion and civilization.

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10 Factors leading to Muslim
separatism
Economic and educational differences.

The harsh policy of British towards Muslims destroyed them economically.

British extended extensive favors to Hindus.

Hindus quickly took English education and progressed with the economy.

Muslims lacked behind in terms of education which affected their economic

condition

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11 Location and geo-physical
features of Pakistan

Location
Islamabad is capital of Pakistan, Karachi remained capital from 1947
1959.
Pakistan occupies highly strategic position in the Asian continent.
Area
According to Government of Pakistan, the area is 310,403 square miles.

Neighboring countries and borders

Pakistan occupies historic and significant position in Asia.
Peoples republic of China and the Central Asian States are the
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immediate neighbors.
12 Constitutional development in
Pakistan
Objectives resolution was the guiding principle on which future
constitution of Pakistan was to be framed.

The first constitution of the country was enforced on 23rd March, 1956.

Constitution of 1962

Constitution of 1973

17th Constitutional amendment

18th Constitutional amendment

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13 Conclusion

The fundamental concept of the ideology of Pakistan is that

Muslims are separate nation having their own culture,
literature, religion and way of life. They cannot be merged in
any other nation. They should be able to develop their culture
and religious traditions in an Islamic State and they should be
able to create a true Islamic society for themselves.

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