From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1973: Fifty Years Ago: Islamic Socialism.

ISLAMABAD -- The National Assembly this evening [March 12] decided to add a new article to the draft Constitution, moved by way of amendment by the Central Health Minister, Sheikh Mohammad Rashid, and amended further through oral amendments initiated by PPP's Talibul Maula and Maulana Kausar Niazi, providing that Islamic Socialism which reflects the concept of Musawate Muhammadi, should be the basis of the economy of Pakistan.

The provision - numbered as Article 2A - was passed after over a two-hour heated debate. ... Sheikh Rashid had originally moved that 'Socialism shall be the basis for the economy of Pakistan', without defining what 'Socialism' actually means. However, it...

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