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DEFINITION OF IDEOLOGY The word ideology is composed of two Greek words 'ideo' and 'logos'. It literally means the Science or study of ideas An ideology is a set of aims and ideas that directs one’s goals, expectation and actions. . Basically it is a plan or program which is based upon philosophy. Islamic Ideology Islamic Ideology it is an ideology through a society is formed in accordance with the teaching of Holy Quran and Sunnah. The creation of Pakistan was unique in the sense that it was based on the ideological commitment in the light of Religion Islam. Ideology of Pakistan Pakistan is a state which came into being on ideological basis that is why Pakistan is called an ideological state. The ideology of Pakistan is an Islamic ideology. Its basic principle being: The only sovereign is Allah. The famous slogan 'PAKISTAN KA MATLAB KIA, LA ILLAHA ILLALLAH.' became the Core of the freedom movement and the basis of Pakistan. The fundamental concept of Ideology is that Muslims should get a separate identity. They should have a separate state where they could live according to Islamic rules and principles, admit their religion freely and safeguard Islamic tradition. On one occasion Quaid-e-Azam said: “The Muslims demand Pakistan where they can rule in accordance with their own system of life, their cultural development, their traditions and Islamic laws”. Thus, this fundamental concept of Ideology led to the concept of two nations in the Sub Continent and resulted in the formation of Pakistan. TWO-NATION THEORY: The ideology of Pakistan was based on the fact that the Muslims were a separate nation having their own culture, civilization, customs, literature, religion and way of life. As the Muslims of India found it difficult to live according to the principles of Islam in the united India, they were forced to demand a separate homeland to safe guard their national and religious identity. Pakistan ideology was erected on the two nation theory which meant that Hindus and Muslims were two separate and distinct nations whose understanding of life was totally different from each other. Sir Syed Ahmad khan the pioneer of the Two-Nation Theory, used the word two-nations for Hindus and Muslims, after being convinced of the Hindu and congress hatred and prejudices for the Muslims. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF IDEOLOGY OF PAKISTAN (1)TWO-NATION THEORY Pakistan established on the basis of two-nation theory, which held that there were two nations that is Hindus and Muslims--living in the sub-continent. They were totally different from each other in every walk of life. They in spite of living together for centuries could not forget their individual cultures and civilization. Ideology of Pakistan was based on Two-Nation theory in order to give it a practical shape. (2) RELIGION Hinduism and Islam are two different religions and the difference is very vast as compared to other religions followed in the west. Hinduism believes in caste system, while Islam believes in the brotherhood and equality of all its followers. That is why the Muslims of Sub-continent could not be absorbed into Hindu society. Quaid-e-Azam said: “We do not demand Pakistan simply to have a piece of land but we want a laboratory where we could experiment on Islamic principles”. (3) CULTURE Islam is not only a religion but also a social system and a way of life. So the Muslim culture has its roots deep into the teaching of Islam. This culture could in no way be named as "Indian" because there were many more Indians who owned so different system of life from that of Muslims. (4)MODE OF LIFE The Hindus and the Muslims had little in common in the day to day mode of life. The houses, the tools, the dress, the food, the festivals etc, of both the people are different from each other. (5) LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE The languages of the Muslims and Hindus are different from each other. The Muslims Speaks Urdu while Hindu speaks Hindi. Urdu is a modified script of Arabic language and includes large percentage of Arabic, Persian and Turkish words. On the other hand Hindi was written in Sanskrit script with a high percentage of Sanskrit word. This difference went much deeper in poetry. The difference may also be noted in every branch of fine art, music, painting etc. The Urdu-Hindi controversy completely altered Sir Syed's point of view. He had been a great advocate of Hindu-Muslim unity but after this event he put forward the Two-Nation Theory, predicting that the differences between the two groups would increase with the passage of time and the two communities would not join together in anything wholeheartedly. Maulvi Abdul Haque said: Urdu is the first brick in the foundation of Pakistan. (6). Territorial Land Amongst the constitutes of ideology of Pakistan, land is the sixth important element. A piece of land was necessary for the existence, maintenance and promotion of Islamic ideology as soul requires body. Quaid-e-Azam said in his address to Punjab Muslim Students Federation in March 1941, “Nothing would be achieved simply by raising slogans for nation. We are one nation and the nation cannot survive in the air, it requires an independent land to settle where it can rule and our demand is the same”. (7). Democratic System In an Islamic state, all the affairs are decided on the basis of Shariat (Democracy). In other words, the entire social, economic, political and the cultural affairs are operated on the basis of mutual consensus and Islamic democracy. The same system has also been referred in Surah Al-Imram, Muhammad (P.B.U.H) used to operate all the state affairs after discussing with his Sahabas (companions), when this questions rose that what would be the system of government in Pakistan, it should, no doubt, be Islamic. Islamic system of government is Islamic democracy or system of Shariat. Creation of Pakistan is the glorious example of ijma-e-ummat (national consensus). At the time of establishment of Pakistan, referendum was held in all the Muslim majority provinces to take their agreement to the included in Pakistan. The ideology has some characters: 1. Maximum people should be united on this ideology. 2. The ideology must be consistent with the feelings, emotions, traditions, beliefs and Values of the nation. 3. This can be obtained by collective efforts.

Conclusion The fundamental concept of the ideology of Pakistan is that Muslims are separate nation having their own culture, literature, religion and way of life. They cannot be merged in any other nation. They should be able to develop their culture and religious traditions in an Islamic State and they should be able to create a true Islamic society for themselves.