The concept of the Two-Nation Theory on which Pakistan was founded, was largely based on Muslim nationalism.
[3] One of Pakistan's most popular media outlets, Dawn, was originally founded by Jinnah and still identifies as secular.
[4][5][6][7] Other popular media outlets like Express Tribune, Daily Times, and Pakistan Today also identify on a liberal and progressive platform.
Now, if we want to make this great State of Pakistan happy and prosperous, we should wholly and solely concentrate on the well-being of the people, and especially of the masses and the poor.
As you know, history shows that in England, conditions, some time ago, were much worse than those prevailing in India today.
[Jinnah, Address to the Central Legislative Assembly, 7 February 1935] “….in the name of Humanity, I care more for them [the Untouchables] than for Mussalmans.
We are the inheritors of these glorious traditions and are fully alive to our responsibilities and obligations as framers of the future constitution of Pakistan.
The words are Jinnah’s; the thought and belief are an inheritance from the Prophet who said thirteen centuries before, "All men are equal in the eyes of God.
Today I trample under my feet all distinctions of caste, colour and nationality"Islamists use these statements of Jinnah for Counterpropaganda: Early in the history of the state of Pakistan (12 March 1949), a parliamentary resolution (the Objectives Resolution) was adopted : Sovereignty belongs to Allah alone but He has delegated it to the State of Pakistan through its people for being exercised within the limits prescribed by Him as a sacred trust.
In the 1970s, the populist and elected Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto caved in to a major demand of the Islamic parties by declaring the Ahmadiyya Community to be non-Muslims.
Bhutto was overthrown in 1977 by Chief of Army Staff General Zia-ul-Haq, who went considerably further with the formal campaign of Islamization of Pakistan (1977–1988).
Pakistan elected Muslim world's first female prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 1988 (and again in 1993).