Abstract:
The Objectives Resolution is one of the most debated documents in the constitutional history of Pakistan. It presents an amalgamation of both Western and Islamic concepts of sovereignty with the practical interconnection between Islam and Democracy. This interaction between Islam and Western democracy in the country’s political and constitutional development, although it sparked a heated debate, successfully paved the way for Islamic provisions in future constitutions of Pakistan. The central problem of this study is to trace and analyze this interaction of Islam and democracy and to examine the Objectives Resolution as a foundation document for the provision of Islamic injunctions in the constitutions of Pakistan. The current study is qualitative in nature, based upon both primary and secondary sources, like debates and discussions on the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, books, and articles published in various journals. This research work provides how the Objectives Resolution presents a very significant model to demonstrate a delicate compatibility between Islam and Western democracy by discussing its prose and corns in the constitutional history of Pakistan.
Keywords: Democracy, Islam, Objectives Resolution, Constituent Assembly, Preamble
