The Objectives Resolution: A Candle Light For The Islamic Provisions In The Future Constitutions Of Pakistan

Abstract

Objectives Resolution is one of the most debatable documents in the constitutional history of Pakistan. It is presenting an amalgamation of both western and Islamic concept of sovereignty with the practical interconnection between Islam and Democracy. This interaction between Islam and western democracy in the political and constitutional development of the country although started a heated debated yet it successfully paved the way for the Islamic provisions in the future constitutions of Pakistan. The central problem of this study is to trace and analyzed this interaction of Islam and democracy and to examine the Objectives Resolution as a foundation document for the provision of Islamic injunctions in the constitutions of Pakistan. Current study is qualitative in nature based upon both primary and secondary sources like debates and discussion on Objectives Resolution in Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, books, articles published in various journals. This research work provides that how the Objectives Resolution presents a very significant model to demonstrate a delicate compatibility between Islam and the western democracy by discussing its prose and corns in the constitutional history of Pakistan.