The main theory &
ideology behind creation of Pakistan was to make a separate homeland for the
Muslims of indo-pak subcontinent, because Hindus in India wanted to get hold of
whole India after the end of British rule over India. Although in Punjab, Sindh, north west frontier
province, Baluchistan , Kashmir and Bangladesh Muslims were in majority but Indian
government wanted to subjugate Muslim majority areas also & their injustice
, tyranny & violence towards Muslims during their government rule after
1930 elections that congress party won increased. So in order to get rid of this unpleasant situation ,
the Muslims of subcontinent demanded separate homeland which came into being on August 14th
1947. Soon after the death of Quaid-e-Azam the feudal wanted to take over the
new born country but the only roadblock for feudal to power were the patriots
who had led the Pakistan movement.
Pakistani
history tells us that the country has been ruled throughout by feudals, waderas
and bureaucrats belonging to the two percent privileged population of the
country. This class dominates the country’s political life, the administrative
services, the military establishments, the economy and the general decision
making process, while the 98 percent under-privileged population is denied its
rightful share in the exercise of political and economic power in running the
affairs of the state. Being politically disadvantaged and economically
handicapped this sector of the society is unable to find a place in the
assemblies and the corridors of power in the country. As a consequence, it
remains perpetually deprived and alienated. It just plays second fiddle to the
ruling class. It is obliged to vote for them, make up the crowd in their
political gatherings and processions, raise slogans and resort to appreciative
clapping to their soulless and hackneyed speeches, containing promises which
are never meant to be fulfilled.
The
beacon of hope for this class came in form of a student’s organization in Karachi University know as APMSO, which was
founded in 1978 by Mr.Altaf Hussain who then was a student of Pharmacy at the
University of Karachi. The creation of APMSO was as a result of the deprivation
of the fundamental education rights of the Mohajir students in initially .The “Quota System” made it difficult for the local Mohajirs of
proper education and deprived them of
admissions in the universities and professional colleges also they were not given proper rooms and
accomodations in hostels despite having better and required grades in
comparison to the students of other provinces of Pakistan or rural areas of
Sindh as well as employment in government jobs.
On
March 18, 1984, the APMSO evolved into a proper political organization Muhajir
Quami Movement, When Mr.Altaf Hussain observed that the injustice and
discrimination was not only practized with the children of the creators of
Pakistan but was a general attitude of the 2% ruling elite towards the 90%
population of Pakistan he on July 26, 1997, officially changed Mohajir Qaumi
Movement to Muttahida Qaumi Movement signifying it as a party and voice for all
the deprived factions and people in Pakistan.
Altaf Hussain's MQM can be credited as the first political party in Pakistan that introduced a new trend in the political culture by giving it a non-feudal based political philosophy. It claims to be a political party of working towards the betterment of the poor and middle class population of Pakistan and boasts of sending poor and middle class people to the Parliament for the first time in history of the country and thus 18th March 1984 can clearly be stated as a date which revolutionalised the political history of Pakistan.
Altaf Hussain's MQM can be credited as the first political party in Pakistan that introduced a new trend in the political culture by giving it a non-feudal based political philosophy. It claims to be a political party of working towards the betterment of the poor and middle class population of Pakistan and boasts of sending poor and middle class people to the Parliament for the first time in history of the country and thus 18th March 1984 can clearly be stated as a date which revolutionalised the political history of Pakistan.
(Dr
Asif)
