May 22, 2007  State and Religion in Pakistan  The First Coup By
Viqar A Khan The News, May 22, 2007  In March 1949, six months
after the death of Jinnah, 'religion' was clubbed with the
'State of Pakistan'. A motion defining the aims and objectives
of the constitution, popularly termed as the 'Objectives
Resolution' was passed by the Constituent Assembly with a vote
of 21 to 10. All Muslims voted for the resolution while all the
non-Muslims voted against it. Not a single suggestion from the
seventeen amendments proposed by the non-Muslims was
entertained.  After the passage of the 'Objectives Resolution',
committees were formed to safeguard the interests of the
minorities. When one professes to safeguard the interests of
others one speaks from a higher ground. If Muslims were superior
or stronger, then the non-Muslims had to be inferior or weaker
and thus needed to be cared for. This condescending attitude has
been the basis for the break-up of Pakistan and of the
innumerable discords with which it is current