An Appraisal of Jinnah’s Political Paradox: Jinnah in His Own Words

Abstract

There is an ongoing debate and discussion as to what was the constitutional thoughts of the Quadi Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan. There are people who advocate that he was a man of secular thoughts in his personal life as well as political life whereas there is another segment of the society who is adamant on advocating that he was visibly a political missionary for an Islamic state. Both the segments have their respective references and arguments for their stances. However, political history of the British subcontinent is witness on the paradigm shift in his political and constitutional scheme subsequently. Therefore, this article is an attempt to examine and analyse as to what was really Jinnah in his political and constitutional thoughts so that our youth may be well introduced to their great leader who gave them their homeland on the soil of the subcontinent in 1947.  Although Jinnah did not write a book to describe his political and constitutional thoughts yet they are very much visible in his political speeches and legislative discourse. Thus, there is a good amount of literature available to determine and identify Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s politico-constitutional ideals and ideas.