Objectives Resolution

The resolution proclaimed that the future constitution of Pakistan would not be modeled entirely on a European pattern, but on the ideology and democratic faith of Islam.

The resolution, in its entirety, has been made part of the Constitution of Pakistan under Article 2A Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan presented it in the assembly on March 7, 1949.

The Pakistani Objectives Resolution Sovereignty over the entire Universe belongs to Allah Almighty alone and the authority which He has delegated to the state of Pakistan, through its people for being exercised within the limits prescribed by Him is a sacred trust.

[2] Purportedly combining the features of both Western and Islamic democracy, it is considered one of the most important documents in the constitutional history of Pakistan.

Therefore, my conception is that sovereignty must rest with the people and not with anybody else...[T]he words "equal rights as enunciated by Islam" are—I do not use any other word—a camouflage.

[3]Ayaz Amir, a prominent media commentator and a former member of Pakistan's parliament, has criticized the constituent assembly for lavishing attention on this "piece of rhetoric" which was "of no practical benefit to anyone.

"[4] Even Maulana Maududi, a big supporter of the resolution, was disappointed with the fact that it did not produce any positive results.

According to Ms. Rubina Saigal, an eminent Pakistani intellectual, Maulana Maududi's theory of divine sovereignty was incorporated into the resolution.

The denial of the right of non-Muslim citizens to become the head of state or government also violates Article 25, which requires equality before the law.