The
Objectives Resolution was a resolution adopted on
12 March 1949 by the
Constituent
Assembly of Pakistan
. The
resolution, proposed by the
Prime Minister,
Liaquat Ali Khan, proclaimed that the
future constitution of Pakistan would not be modelled entirely on a
European pattern, but on the ideology and
democratic faith of
Islam.
The Objectives Resolution proclaimed the following
principles:
- Sovereignty belongs to Allah alone but He has delegated it to the State of
Pakistan through its people for being exercised within the limits
prescribed by Him as a sacred trust.
- 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.
- Muslims shall be enabled to order their lives in the individual
and collective spheres in accordance with the teachings of Islam as
set out in the Qur'an and Sunnah.
- Adequate provision shall be made for the minorities to freely
profess and practice their religions and develop their
cultures.
- Pakistan shall be a federation.
- Fundamental rights shall be guaranteed.
- The judiciary shall be independent.
The Objectives Resolution, which combines features of both
Western and
Islamic democracy, is one of the most
important documents in the constitutional history of Pakistan. 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".It is included in the
Annex of the current
Constitution of Pakistan by virtue
of Article 2A of the Constitution.
References
- Objectives Resolution is passed (1949), Story
of Pakistan site
- Annex - Text of the Constitution of Pakistan,
Pakistani.org
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