Pakistan, March 27 -- Pakistan Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution on March 23, 1940, when All-India Muslim League led by Quaid-I-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah held its annual session at Minto Park, Lahore and passed the resolution, demanding a separate homeland for the Muslims of the British Indian Empire. This was done on the basis of the two nation theory, that in India the Hindus and the Muslims are two different nations with different religions, and values, which cannot coexist peacefully as the past history reflects. Hence, All India Muslim League started demanding a separate homeland for the Muslims.

Consequently, after seven years of intense struggle, led by Quaid-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Muslims were able to co...