Supreme Court Of Pakistan Give Meaning To The Word ‘Freely’ In Article 2-A or Not?

The Objectives Resolution passed on 12 March 1949 was seen as a compromise between the secularists, modernist Muslims and the Islamists in the newly founded Pakistan. The document had also faced vociferous criticism from the minorities who feared that it was committing Pakistan to an exclusivist theocratic polity. To others it was an abject surrender to the will of the priestly class. All these criticisms are valid and time has proved the minority view on the Objectives Resolution right, especially since 1973. However to safeguard religious liberty in the country the framers put this very important clause in the document that is often overlooked: “Wherein adequate provision shall be made for the minorities freely to profess and practice their religions and develop their culture”. It contained the word “freely” to profess and practice religion as well as to develop their culture. Article 20 of the Constitution of 1973 went a step further and made the right to propagate one’s religion a fundamental right. Objectives Resolution was the preamble of all four Constitutions of Pakistan 1956, 1962, 1972 and 1973. Read More https://newageislam.com/islam-and-sectarianism/yasser-latif-hamdani/supreme-court-of-pakistan-give-meaning-to-the-word-%E2%80%98freely%E2%80%99-in-article-2-a-or-not?/d/121146