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বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ প্রথম খণ্ড
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নাজিমউদ্দিন কর্তৃক মূলনীতি কমিটির চূড়ান্ত রিপোর্ট পাকিস্তান গণপরিষদ ২২শে ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৫২

Speech delivered by the Hon'ble Al-haj Khwaja Nazimuddin at the time of presenting the report of the Basic Principles Committee to the Constituent Assembly on the 22nd December, 1952.

Mr. President,

Sir,

 I beg to present the report of the Basic Principles Committee appointed by a resolution of this Assembly dated the 12th March, 1949. You would recall Sir, that the late Shahid-i-Millat Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan presented an interim report of this Committee on the 28th September, 1950. This Assembly resolved to refer the report back to the Committee to enable it to consider any concrete and definite proposals in conformity with the Objectives Resolution which might be received by the office of the Constituent Assembly by the 31st January 1951 and to make such further recommendations as might be found necessary. The number of suggestions received was very large and, therefore, the Basic Principles Committee set up a sub-committee to examine these suggestions. This subcommittee submitted its report on the 8th July, 1952. The Basic Principles Committee considered the report of this sub-committee and also the reports of the subcommittees on franchise and judiciary. All these reports were received during this year. When the first draft of the report was ready, a number of legal points arose as the result of the expert legal examination of the draft. The Talimat-i-Islamia Board also made certain further observations. The Committee sat in the month of November to take into consideration the various memoranda. For these reasons it was not possible to present the report on the 22nd November as I explained on that date.

 The delay in the presentation of this report has been criticized in certain quarters. It should, however, be remembered that the office was to receive suggestions from the public up to an extended date. After that all these suggestions had to be tabulated, printed and circulated to the members who needed time to examine them, and if you read the Introduction of the report you will find that the various committees met at regular intervals and there was no undue delay in their deliberations. It is quite true that the committees could not sit continuously but that was not possible since their personnel necessarily included a number of central and provincial ministers who otherwise as well had heavy duties to perform. We should also remember that the Objectives Resolution laid certain heavy responsibilities upon us in so far as the principles enunciated by Islam had to be interpreted in terms of the democratic constitutional practice of the 20" century. Such a course needed careful thinking, discussion and deliberation so that we could bring about a synthesis not only of the fundamental teaching of our faith and the requirements of progressive democracy but also of the requirements of the 20th century and the best elements in our own tradition and history. This, you would recognize. Sir,