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It was the opposite in West Pakistan, where Islam was stated to be more important than ethnicity. [46] After Pakistan's first ever general elections the 1973 Constitution was created by an elected Parliament. [47] The Constitution declared Pakistan an Islamic Republic and Islam as the
Khawaja Nazimuddin, Pakistan's second Prime Minister, argued against equal rights for all citizens in an Islamic state. [17] However, The Constitution of Pakistan establishes Islam as the state religion, [18] and provides that all citizens have the right to profess, practice and propagate their religion subject to law, public order, and morality. [19]
But it was the opposite in West Pakistan where Islam was stated to be more important than ethnicity. [41] After Pakistan's first ever general elections the 1973 Constitution was created by an elected Parliament. [42] The Constitution declared Pakistan an Islamic Republic and Islam as the state religion.
Support for the Objectives Resolution and the transformation of Pakistan into an Islamic state was led by Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, a respected Deobandi alim (scholar) who occupied the position of Shaykh al-Islam in Pakistan in 1949, and Maulana Mawdudi of Jamaat-i Islami. [62] [63] Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan.
[22] [23] [24] Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million adherents.
Pakistan, [e] officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, [f] is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, [g] having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre.
A crowd vandalized eight churches and several homes following accusations of blasphemy against Islam in Pakistan’s most populated province of Punjab on Wednesday, according to government ...
In Pakistan approximately 1000 girls from religious minority communities are forced to convert to Islam on yearly basis. [31] Pakistani authorities have consistently failed to respond to numerous appeals to effectively tackle the persistent violation of the fundamental right to freedom of religion or faith.