A CORPUS ANALYSIS OF JINNAH'S SPEECHES FOR A SECULAR VS. RELIGIOUS STATE OF PAKISTAN

Abstract

The study aimed to evaluate Jinnah’s ideology regarding Pakistan as a secular or religious state. The qualitative approach was adopted and, an evaluation of Quaid’s speeches with the social, political and personal factors was conducted. The comparative and critical analysis revealed that Jinnah as, the governance model in his mind which, was a complex construct. The ideological construct consists best of social, ethical and modern practices which may be called modern, secular or liberal. The analysis showed that Jinnah has Pakistan as a state with the best practices, and these practices are not religious only in a strict sense.