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Struggle for democracyAdvent upon the creation of Pakistan, most of the political scientists around the world were seemingly uncertain about its future. However, those having made the miracle happen were confident for its glorious and booming future. Today while glancing over half a centennial Pakistan, both such goups could be found as having prevailed 50 per cent in their predictions. The debacles of 1971 war that led to the breakup of Pakistan and creation of a third country besides India and Pakistan in the sub-continent could prove upon the doubts that various circles used to air on the future of Pakistan at the time of partition. However, with in the next three decades Pakistan could astonish most of such elements as the country could succeed in showing up into the world’s nuclear club. All this is but a living homage that the world can offer to Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, for his introduction of a new state in the comity of nations with a distinct ideology over the world map. In fact the emergence of Pakistan was an important event for the regions of south East Asia but for the entire world as well. By achieving independence from the Great Britain and establishing a separate homeland --Pakistan for themselves the Indian Muslims had ushered an era of liberation from colonialism around the world. This great achievement of the masses under a gallant leadership was reflective of their vigorous and brilliant faith in democracy. Though the word democracy was to some extent a new terminology for the ordinary folks in Pakistan but its aims and objects were altogether known to them. Having ruled India for more than half a millennium before English could annex the Mughal Empire, the people of Pakistan had rich memories and experiences on good administration of a state. To them Islam being the most progressive of all the worldly religions has bestowed upon them the practice of democracy so to ensure all basic rights to the citizens without any pride and or prejudice. Hence democracy, to them was a way of life and social order in the contemporary world because they had liberated themselves from the yoke of colonialism and possible slavery of the majority ethnics in India only thorough democracy. Also the one hundred years old British rule had further made them prone of and used to democracy. Therefore, to them democracy of the millions of poor have-nots in the south east Asia was by no means a mobocracy of nilpotent returns as Aristotle of Greece had imagined of such a system. Thus the people of Pakistan by virtue of their most arduous struggle to achieve and establish Pakistan could prove themselves worthy of being called as champions of democracy and social order. They had realized the dictates of their dream that wanted them to found their own homeland in order to counter chaos and disturbances in favor of better and prosperous tomorrow. Briefly after the end of Second World War as the British were to withdraw hurriedly to London, the Indian Muslims did not like to become the booty of war and be offered to the Indian government ruled by the Congress party. They had learnt from the history that domination and suppression of other people was ultimately to yield to the tragic end of such usurpers The Pakistan movement in India was by no means an urgent result of the communal disturbances, as it is widely believed even today. In fact it was the natural evolution that could be traced more than one thousand years back when for the first the word of Islam came to the region and local people started embracing the new religion being more practical and progress one. Hence during a thousand years of a socio-cultural mosaic brewed a melting pot process that finally led to the emergence of Muslim nationalism in India. In such a background had Indians were left behind united by the departing British the consequences would have been terrible? Still the bifurcation of “Mother India” was by no means an easy and affordable phenomenon, which did, enraged the orthodoxy on both the extremes giving rise to rioting and agonies.
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