MT Desk: Pakistan Day is celebrated on March 23 every year. Pakistan Day is celebrated to honor the moment when the Pakistan Resolution was adopted in 1940, a resolution that is considered as one of the most powerful political movements in the world of politics. The reason why it holds great importance for the people of Pakistan is that it laid the foundation for the basis of achieving a separate nation for the Muslims of the subcontinent.

The subcontinent was under the rule of the British Empire for over two centuries. The Muslim leaders believed that the Muslims were subjected to become a minority even after the independence of the Indian subcontinent. The great Muslim philosopher, Allama Iqbal, and the founder of Pakistan knew that the Muslims won’t be able to protect their fundamental rights once the British rule ends.

In 1940, at a conference held in Lahore, Mohammad Ali Jinnah declared the demand for a separate Muslim state. The Muslim leaders knew that Muslims and Hindus had different beliefs and cultures. They wanted a separate political- and socio-economic system. After the passing of the Pakistan Resolution, the Muslim minority marked a transformation in British India of being a nation having distinct socio-cultural and political features.

A. K. Fazlul Huq, Chief Minister of undivided Bengal (1937-1943) and a great Bengali leader presented Pakistan resolution which was unanimously passed by the working committee of the All India Muslim League.

After passing of Pakistan Resolution in 1940, the Muslim of Sub-continent found a direction to focus their energies. This resulted in the creation of Pakistan in August 1947 — the world’s first Islamic Republic.