State, Religion and Religious Minorities in Pakistan: Remembering the Participation of Christians in Punjab Legislative Assembly 1947-55

This study “State, Religion and Religious minorities in Pakistan: Remembering the participation of Christians in Punjab Legislative Assembly 1947-55’ exclusively focuses on their participation of the religious minorities the Christians in Punjab Legislative Assembly in early crucial years of independence 1947-55. The Christian community had considerable representation in the Punjab Legislative Assembly and took part in almost in every debate, resolution and reform of the province. Their services contributed to the development of the state and society in Pakistan to create a plural society. The study is based upon the proceedings of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (archival material) which hitherto has not fully utilized by the historians to construct the role of minorities in Pakistan.