[1] The COP was founded in attempt to challenge the controversial leader Ayub Khan in the then upcoming election.
[1] The fact that many of these party members' ideologies were contradictory, demonstrated that Ayub Khan's policies were extremely unpopular.
Khawaja Nazimuddin was thought of as the best option but his elderly condition hindered any idea of party leadership,[2] therefore it was decided that Fatima Jinnah would run for president due to her neutrality in ideology among the differing parties, as well as due to the fact that she was instrumental in Pakistan's creation and she was the sister of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali unveiled the following points for the parties ideology: Demands for full guarantees of all basic rights of the people; direct election based on adult franchise; federal parliamentary structure guaranteeing full provincial autonomy, curtailment of the powers of the President; independence of judiciary based on separation of judiciary from the executive; withdrawal of ban on the functioning of political parties and release of all political prisoners and repeal of all repressive laws.
Other points were solution of the Kashmir problem in accordance with the UN resolutions; an independent foreign policy keeping in view the honor and interests of Pakistan; implementation of Islamic provisions of the constitution and establishment of true Islamic society along with amendments of the Family Laws Ordinance.
Other than the nine official points, the party was strictly Anti-Ayub Khan, accusing him of founding a military dictatorship.
The COP advocated for an establishment of a Parliamentary Democracy in the country where the Constituent assembly was re-empowered, the party also held Islamic tendencies, due to membership by the Jamaat-e-Islami and Maududi.
The COP staged demonstrations and protests, however, didn't gain much public support as Fatimah Jinnah, accepted the election results.
[9] The defeat of COP in the presidential and subsequent national and provincial assembles elections did not render the organization useless.