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Internationally everyone is turning to interfaith dialogue and agreeing to other faiths but you should not impose for this rigid Islamic Jihadist.

(ISLAMABAD) - Throughout the Christmas celebration, 2013, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilwal Bhutto Zardari claimed that I want to see some sort of Christian Prime Minister in Pakistan within my lifetime. He greeted Merry Christmas to every Christian worldwide and particularly to Pakistani Christian believers. With his statement, the roars connected with Pakistani non secular politicians raise at the same time the other people. Although I realize it's mentioned inside the constitution in the country that non-Muslim can not be the president or Prime Minister in Pakistan. But there are some certain facts about this section of the constitution stating that the President and the Prime Minister in Pakistan need to be Muslim.

Pakistan came into being in 1947 under section 8 in the Indian Independence Act, 1947, the Govt. India act, 1935. And after nine years the initial document had been served as the 1956 Constitution. For once, the composition of Pakistan provided definition of a Muslim which often states; Muslim means someone who believes inside unity and also oneness of Allah, inside absolute and also unqualified finality in the prophet cover of Islamic prophet, Muhammad, and won't believe within, or recognize being a prophet or maybe religious reformer, any person who claimed or maybe claims as a prophet, in a sense in the word or maybe of just about any description whatsoever, after Muhammad.

It had been mentioned for once that simply a Muslim may very well be qualified pertaining to election as President (male or maybe female). There was no reduction of religion for the person holding any office of the speaker in the National Assembly.

Secondly, should the president resign by his place of work or vote of no-confidence, this goes by against him or her, then in line with the constitution the actual speaker would be as the actual President in the State till the election in the new president.

Under the actual special circumstances, a non-Muslim could easily get the opportunity to be a great action president of Pakistan. No restriction about religion or gender exists on any post, up to provincial governor and also chief minister.

The quality presented through first Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and the resolution had been debated for five days. The leading members in the government and quite a few non-Muslim associates, especially from East Bengal, played a prominent part. Non-Muslim associates expressed grave apprehensions regarding their situation and role inside new coverage. Hindu members in the constitutional set up argued that the objective quality differed having Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s view in all of the fundamental points.

Sris Chandra Chattopadhyaya claimed, what we hear in this particular (Objectives) Resolution seriously isn't the voice in the great originator of Pakistan: the Quaid-i-Azam, nor actually that in the Prime Minister connected with Pakistan the actual Honorable Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan, but in the Ulema in the land.

Birat Chandra Mandal expressed that Jinnah had "unequivocally claimed that Pakistan would have been a secular condition." Bhupendra Kumar Datta proceeded to go a stage further: inch... was that resolution into the future before that house from the life-time in the Great Founder of Pakistan, the actual Quaid-i-Azam, it would not attend in the present shape...." Even so, Muslim scholars along with a large portion of the folks of Pakistan were in the view that was just what exactly the Quaid-a-Azam wanted and that it was an excellent step forward inside constitutional heritage of Pakistan. They in addition argued that will objective quality provided the actual minorities having equal rights and that they had simply no compulsion, whatsoever, in taking on or transforming into Islam.

In October 1958, President Iskander Mirza abrogated the actual constitution. Soon afterwards Ayub Khan deposed Iskandar and also declared himself President.

Then the constitution drafted with the government connected with Z A Bhutto, with an addition; the assistance of the country’s competitors parties, it was approved with the legislative set up on April 10 and also ratified on 14 August 1973.

Unlike the prior legal papers of 1956 and also 1962, the 1973 constitution can not be changed; alternatively, constitutional efficiencies are added to it, altering its impact. He added that simply a Muslim could end up being the President or maybe the Prime Minister in Pakistan. No legislation repugnant to Islam should be enacted and the present legislations shall in addition be Islamized. No restriction about religion or maybe gender on any post, up to provincial governor and also Chief Minister.

The Amendment (w.e.f 1974) in the 1973 Composition declared for once the Ahmadiyya Community or the actual Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement to the Propagation connected with Islam (Lahoris) as non-Muslims, and also their leader, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who claimed to become prophet connected with God, to which often mainstream Muslims tend not to agree having.

It was Mr. Z A Bhutto who modified the constitution to state that the president or Prime Minister needs to be Muslim. No restriction about religion or gender should exist in any post, up to provincial governor and also chief minister. In this Islamic atmosphere neither Christian nor any minority member are able to be the provincial governor or chief minister.

Internationally everyone is turning to interfaith dialogue and agreeing to other faiths but you should not impose for this rigid Islamic Jihadist. This is simply not constitutionally connected with Pakistan; it is a constitution connected with Mullahs. Precisely how can a young Bilawal Bhutto Zardari can think about it?

About Shamim Masih

"I am Christian rights activist and freelancer Pakistani journalist specializing in writing about Christians rights for the different papers in the world. My aim is to create a peaceful environment in the society and to help eliminate Christian persecution through my writing as I bring the plight of these brave people under the spotlight of the whole world."

Shamim Masih was born in Sheikhopura's village and raised in Gujranwala, a city in Pakistan's Punjab province. He earned his Bachelors Degree from the University of the Punjab, Lahore majoring in English, Economics and Statistics; he also received a Masters Degree in Business Administration.

As a freelance writer and author, Shamim has written for different papers in the world; his expertise is in writing articles highlighting different social issues. He has served as freelance chief reporter and column writer in “Minority Times” in Islamabad, and a number of Shamim's articles have been published in local papers as well.