National organization
The individual transformation also requires a change in actions and behaviour, and this change should be motivated by the desire to have a national organization. Pakistan came into being because this desire got realized.
The individual transformation also requires a change in actions and behaviour, and this change should be motivated by the desire to have a national organization. Pakistan came into being because this desire got realized.
According to Iqbal, the fundamental principle of the Muslim constitutional theory is “the idea of universal agreement” (we may understand it as the desire to seek consensus, or what Mary Parker Follett calls “the will to will the common will”). From a careful study of his political work – his actions as a practical politician …
When seen from the point of view of the founding parents of the country, our history reveals that we have a collective ego, or a communal self, which has been conceiving and achieving its goals.
To see the making of Pakistan exclusively from the perspective of its creators can empower you for shaping the collective destiny.
‘This is only a subterfuge on their part intended to mislead the Muslims…’ (Jinnah, 28 June 1947) On 3 June 1947, the British Government announced its acceptance of the principle of federation as suggested by the All-India Muslim League, i.e. two sovereign states should be formed in the Indian subcontinent on the basis of the …
Jinnah on the Congress demand for ‘Shariah’ rule Read More »
Jinnah: The Case for Pakistan is my latest book. It has been published by Libredux UK, and can be purchased from Amazon. You can also download a free soft copy right here, or from the page about the book on this website. A panel discussion on this book was conducted last month in Lahore (and …
‘Do you visualize that millions have been exploited and cannot get one meal a day! If that is the idea of Pakistan, I would not have it …’ Jinnah, 30th Annual Session of the Muslim League, Delhi, 1943 It is an irrefutable fact that the immediate uplift of the masses was emphasized by Jinnah as …
‘That is where I am at variance with the Congress. They do not want the independence of India…’ Jinnah, Central Legislative Assembly, 19 November 1940 Gandhi, the Indian National Congress, the Hindu Mahasabha, the All-India Hindu League, the Liberal Federation and some other little bodies were ‘one and the same,’ according to Jinnah. He called …
‘… the quickest way to achieve India’s freedom is by the acceptance of the Pakistan scheme …’ (Jinnah, Bombay, 9 August 1942) The third, and the most crucial point in Jinnah’s argument was that by demanding the partition of India on an equitable basis, the Indian Muslims demolished both pillars of British imperialism, and they …
‘Western democracy is totally unsuited to India and its imposition on India is the disease in the body-politic.’ Jinnah, Time and Tide (London), February 1940 As already mentioned, Jinnah believed that Western democracy was the second pillar of British imperialism (by Western democracy, he meant the form of constitution ‘under which the government of the …