Pakistan was carved out in desperate urgency. It came into existence with horrible loss of life and property, and the migration of millions of dazed and destitute men, women, and children. The cost was heavy in terms of human suffering. But what the Muslims wanted and what they achieved was a homeland of their own. They now had the freedom to worship, practice their religious faith and develop their culture. Moreover, independence had opened up a bright future for the Muslims, who hoped for a better standard of living, economic development, prosperity and a fuller life.
But it seemed in those early years (1947-58) that the immense sacrifices might have been in vain for Pakistan had been struggling from one major crisis to another, fighting to ward off the multiple problems that threatened the nation.
Quaid e azam was perhapes the first statesman in the world who carved an independent
sovereign state purely on the basis of an ideology i-e two-nation theory. quaid was a great
suporter of two-nation theory. In his Presidential address at lahore on 23rd march 1940 he said;
"India is not a nation nor a country.It is a sub-continent,composed of nationalities,
Hindus and Muslims being the two major nations. The Hindus and the Muslims belong to two
different religions,philosophies,social customs and literatue. They neither intermarries nor
interdine and indeed they belong to two different civilizations which are based mainly on
conflicting ideas and conceptions.their aspects on life and of life are different. It is quite
clear that Hindus and Muslims derive their inspirations from different sources of history. They
have different epois,their heroes are different and have different epitodes."
Quaid e azam after entering into politics, joine All India National Congress with a
view of securing self-rule for india through constitutional means. For this objective he
advocated Hindu-Muslim Unity. He came to be known as the "ambassodor of Hindu-Muslim unity."
However he was greatly disapointed to see the prejudicial and partisan attitude of the
congress and Hindus towards the muslims. The publication of the nehru report did the last damage.
Quai e azam at last chaged his views about Hindu-Muslim unity.