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i. Nizam-e-Islam Movement
During the days of independence movement the Muslim League had pledged the establishment of an Islamic state. When the constituent assembly was established after partition and it started working, the people demanded that it should make a clear commitment regarding the Islamic character of the future constitution of Pakistan. Soon this demand turned into a massive movement, known as Tehrik-e-Nizam-e-Islam.
ii. Twenty Two Points of the Ulama
Ulama from all schools of thought joined hands to formulate twenty two agreed principles which could serve as the foundation of an Islamic system of government for Pakistan.
iii. The Objectives Resolution
On public demand the Constituent Assembly adopted the Objectives Resolution in March 1949. The Resolution envisaged that sovereignty belongs to Allah Almighty alone and that the state of Pakistan was committed to establishing a system based on the Islamic principles of democracy, equality and social justice.
iv. Islam and Constitution Making
The Objectives Resolution formed a part of the preamble in all the three constitutions of Pakistan i.e, 1956, 1962, 1973. Under the eighth amendment adopted in the year 1985 the Objectives Resolution was for the first time made a justiciable part of the text of the Constitution. Pakistan was declared to be an Islamic Republic in all the Constitutions of Pakistan. Only a Muslim could be the head of the state. Institutions like the Islamic Advisory Council were established for the interpretation of Islamic injunctions to suit the changing circumstances..
v. Tehrik-e-Nizam-e-Mustafa
Public sentiments expressed during the Nizam-e- Mustafa movement in the year 1977 made it obvious that the people were extremely dissatisfied with the process of Islamization being carried out by the government then in power. As a result of this movement, new Martial law government took some concrete steps towards the Islamization of the political system and society.
