Pakistan and Concept of Islamic Welfare State: An Historical Study

Abstract

Pakistan Movement came into being in the name of Islam. Islam played a dynamic and important role in the partition of United India. Even, the Muslims of minority provinces were agreed to pay their sacrifices merely due to the reasons that; in majority areas the Muslims shall be able to spend their lives in preaching of Shariah and Islamic principles. Pakistan came into being in the name of Islam. It is the aspiration of every Pakistani to seeing Pakistan as an image of Islamic Welfare State. In Pakistan almost all political parties claimed to make Pakistan as an an Islamic Welfare State. This paper discusses the  concept of Islamic Welfare State in the light of Quran and the Challenges which Pakistan has facing since independence to get this target.