Mahzarnama (The Memorandum) — Page 1
1 In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful We praise Allah and invoke blessings on His noble Prophet A Glance at Some Recent Resolutions of the National Assembly he full-house Special Committee of the National Assembly of our dear homeland, Pakistan, has two resolutions in front of it for special deliberation: one from the ruling majority, and the other from the official Opposition. A Question of Principle Before we take a detailed look at the questions raised in the two resolutions, we would like to submit, first of all, the following questions of principle: 1. Is any Assembly in the world, per se , entitled to deprive an individual of the basic right to exercise his free will to attribute himself, to the religion of his choice? Or, 2. Is any Assembly in the world, per se, entitled to decide, by way of interference in the domain of faith and religion, as to what it considers to be the religion of any community, sect or individual? A Basic Human Right and the Constitution We answer both these questions in the negative. In our view, regardless of colour, race, and geographical and national divisions, it is an inalienable right of every human being to T