ABSTRACT
A religious community in effect gave birth to a corporate state. The corporate state identified itself as an Islamic state but the latter was to be fitted to the former, not vice-versa. The result was the formation of a corporate Islamic state in which the key features of a secular corporate system took precedence over the religious without necessarily affecting the tenets of the latter. At least this was the intention of Pakistan’s founders and the political managers who followed them. But Pakistan was also something of an anachronism in its corporate form. Pakistan is linked with the Muslim demand for freedom and the right of political self-determination. Pakistan’s origins are rooted in the disappearance of the Moghul dynasty and the reluctance of the Muslims to adapt to a new order based upon English power and culture. World War II provided the backdrop for the developments that led directly to the creation of Pakistan.
