Showing posts with label Secular Republic. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

1973 Constitution is theocratic in form and substance

Tinderbox - The Past and Future of Pakistan
By Yasser Latif Hamdani (courtesy Daily Times)

While there is no consensus on whether Pakistan was envisaged as an Islamic or a secular state, there is remarkable consensus that Pakistan was not meant by the founding fathers to be a theocracy. Indeed, most Pakistanis insist that Pakistan was not envisaged as and is not a theocratic state but as a modern Islamic democratic state.