Pakistan Studies

Topic of Discussion
 What is ideology?
 Why ideology is needed?

 How ideology of Pakistan took shape?

 Why the Muslims of Sub-continent

demanded for a separate homeland?

 What are the foundations of Pakistan’s

ideology?
Ideology
 The term ‘ideology’ means science of ideas.
 IDEOLOGY is a set of beliefs, values and
ideals of a group and a nation.
 It is deeply ingrained in the social
consciousness of the people. It is a set of
principles, a framework of action and
guidance system that gives order and meaning
to life and human action
 Nation: A feeling of oneness which binds a
group of people together based on particular
ideology.
Why Ideology is needed?
 It contains those ideas that a nation strives to
accomplish in order to bring stability to its
nationhood.
 It usually grows among the dissatisfy group
of society as a challenge to the prevailing
social set up.
 It provides a motivation and platform to a
group of dissatisfied people towards its own
state
 Why Ideology is
needed? (cont.)
 It is a review of the existing political, social
and economic arrangements that creates
consciousness based on its principles.
 It legitimizes or de-legitimizes certain actions
and philosophies. Ideology gives nation a
direction and worldview and its
implementation is the responsibility of the
concerned people.
 How ideology of Pakistan
took shape?
 The ideology of Pakistan took shape
through an evolutionary process.
Historical experience provided the base;
Allama Iqbal gave it a
philosophical explanation; Quaid-
e-Azam translated it into a political
reality; and the Constituent Assembly
of Pakistan, by passing Objectives
Resolution in March 1949, gave it legal
sanction.
 Ideological basis of Nationalism

in Muslims of Sub-continent
1. Historical Basis
2. Political Basis
3. Religious and Cultural Basis
4. Psychological Basis
 Why the Muslims of Sub-
continent demanded for a separate
homeland?
 It was due to the realization of the Muslims of
Sub-continent that they are different from the
Hindus at first they demanded for a separate
electorates. However, with the passage of
time they realized that their future in a
‘Democratic India’ dominated by Hindu
majority was not safe, they changed their
demand to a separate state and resultantly
got independent state in 1947.
 Why the Muslims of Sub-
continent demanded for a
separate homeland? (contd.)
 The Muslims believed that Islam and Hinduism are
not only two religions, but are two social orders that
produced two distinct cultures. There is no
compatibility between the two.
 A deep study of the history of this land proves that
the differences between Hindus and Muslims are not
confined to the struggle for political supremacy but
are also manifested in the clash of two social orders.
 Despite living together for more than one thousand
years, they continue to develop different cultures and
traditions. Their eating habits, music, architecture and
script, all are poles apart.
Foundations of Pakistan’s
Ideology
 Islam
 Two Nation Theory

 Islamic Democratic System

 Economic Justice

 Social patterns
Ideology of Pakistan
In short, one may state that
 Ideology of Pakistan is the source of a

complete code of life and conduct.

 It have all the basic injunctions in all
directions which are necessary for nation
building
 The solidarity of Pakistan lies in its

adherence to the basic tenets of this ideology