Difference Between Johnnah And Pakistan

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Jinnah and Pakistan Jinnah demanded Pakistan because Islam and Hinduism were two different religions socially and politically. He feared the discrimination of Muslims in Hindu dominated India and therefore he demanded Pakistan where Muslims will dominate. However, in his speeches he made after independence, he urged all citizens of newly formed Pakistan, despite their religious backgrounds, to work together. After Partition, Mohammad Ali Jinnah viewed Pakistan to become a democratic nation where all religious minorities would have equal rights, the state would be socially progressive and constitutionally modern. Although Jinnah did not have any specific particular plan for the new state he was creating, his vision of the country can be …show more content…

Jinnah died nine months after partition and Liaquat Ali khan asserted in 1951. The Muslim league was dismantled by conflicts because there were difficulties in obtaining political influence in West Pakistan and most importantly East Pakistan. The preeminent dilemma with East Pakistan was the social and cultural differences with West Pakistan. East Pakistan consisted mostly of Bengali Muslims who migrated or already resided in that region. These people were culturally rich and consisted of many cultural differences such as linguistics and traditions. Another problem of East Pakistan was that it was thousands of miles away from west Pakistan, where the central government resided. It became difficult to site the problems in East Pakistan and establish democratic influence for the governments that were in West …show more content…

After partition, Pakistan economy was sole fully based on agriculture. Therefore, Indian control of the water supply was a threat to survival and security for Pakistan. Partition classified that state of Kashmir which consisted a strategic location for both Pakistan and India. Many rivers flow from the Kashmir Valley to India and Pakistan and this is the only way India could reach Central Asia. However, the first generation of Pakistani’s did not view Kashmir as a territorial or a strategic concern until Kashmir came to symbolize both the idea of Pakistan and a home for Muslims in South Asia. There were also images of oppression adjured by the Kashmiri captivity by Indian forces which also ignited the feeling of

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