drawers of water. In real Islamic society let me tell you, Mr. President, there are no classes of hewers of wood and drawers of water. The humblest can rise to the highest position. Of Course, I can quite understand his believing it because my friend has been brought up in a society where there are condemned people who are born as hewers of wood and drawers of water and remain as such. But let me tell him that there is no such thing in Islamic society or in Islam. When we say social justice we mean social justice. And when we say democracy-as a matter of fact the propounded some other theory that he had learned from the so-called Ulemas that there is no such thing as democracy in Islam-we mean democracy in the real sense and nothing else. I think, Sir, even the bitterest opponents of Islam have never made such an astounding statement. As a matter of fact it has been recognized by non-Muslims throughout the world that Islam is the only society where there is real democracy.
Sir, there was another astounding statement that he made and for this statement he did not get his inspiration from the Ulemas from Lahore, but I do not know from where he got it. He said, “Your Resolution is a misstatement of facts, because you say here that this Constituent Assembly representing the people of Pakistan resolves: This Constituent Assembly does not represent the people of Pakistan". Then, Sir, whom does this Constituent Assembly represent? If it does not. represent the people of Pakistan, then why are my friends wasting their time here and sitting in this Constituent Assembly? Then what are we talking about? Either this Constituent Assembly represents. The people of Pakistan or it does not? If It does not represent the people of Pakistan, then this Constituent Assembly has no right to frame any constitution for the people of Pakistan. Is that what he expects me to accept? Sir, I do not know why he made that statement
Mr. Sris Chandra Chattopadhyaya: I gave them.
The Honorable Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan: He said he gave those reasons. They may be in his mind, but they were never uttered.
Sir, my Honorable friend said that Muslim League has fulfilled its mission because it has achieved Pakistan. I submit, Mr. President, that the Muslim League has only fulfilled half of its mission. The other half of its mission is to convert Pakistan into a laboratory where we could experiment upon the principles of Islam to enable us to make a contribution to the peace and progress of mankind. Therefore, he is not right when he says that the Muslim League has completed its mission.
Sir, my Honorable friend said: “Are the Pakistani nationals only Hindu or Muslims?” I say we are both. There are Hindus and Muslims in Pakistan and everyone of us is a national of Pakistan. I do not see any contradiction in this statement. You can be a national of a State, with equal rights, equal privileges and equal responsibilities and yet remain Muslims and Hindus. I really do not see, Mr. President, what is the difficulty about that. My Honorable friend said that when he went to England and Europe last year, they would not believe that there was any non-Muslim in Pakistan and they all took him to be a Muslim. It is not the fault of Pakistan, Mr. President; it is the fault of the Honorable Member's erstwhile friends and co-workers! The propaganda that they have
