This chapter explores the history of minority rights in Pakistan parallel to government shifts between sporadic democratic moments to martial law. The word “minority” is used twice in the Preamble of the Constitution of Pakistan while Article 36 of the Constitution is specifically about minorities to guarantee minorities’ legitimate rights and interests including their due representation in the Federation and Provincial services. A segment of Muslims known as Ahmadis was declared non-Muslim in 1974 through a Constitutional Amendment. The founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, laid the ideological foundation of the country in his speech on 11 August 1947. Pakistan saw its first military coup in 1958 – spearheaded by one of the generals of the Pakistan army bitcoin vanity address, Ayub Khan, who overthrew the first President of Pakistan, Iskander Mirza. Zia ul-Haq overthrew the elected government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1977.
Reference : Autocratization and religious minorities in Pakistan