List of Pakistan Movement activists
The Founders and activists of the Pakistan Movement, also known as the Founding Fathers of Pakistan, were the political leaders and statespersons who participated in the success of the political movement, following the signing of the Pakistan Resolution, that led to the creation of Pakistan in August 1947. Within this large group, a further and extended subset signed the Objectives Resolution that was annexed to the Constitution of Pakistan in 1950.
The term was first used by the linguist and archeologist Dr. Ahmad Hasan Dani in his book, the Founding Fathers of Pakistan (1998). The Pakistan Movement was led by a large group of activists and statesmen who played crucial role in the politics of the British Raj in the 1930s and 1940s. More recently, the term was used by the government officially in explaining the foreign policy text. Authors and historians of Pakistan more broadly define the term "Founding Fathers" to mean a larger group which also includes all those who, whether as politicians, jurists, statespersons, soldiers, diplomats, academics, or ordinary citizens, took part in winning the independence of four provinces and East Pakistan in the north-west and eastern region of British India from the control of the United Kingdom and also from the influence of the Indian Congress; thus creating Pakistan.
The following is a list of people who played a prominent role in the making of Pakistan as independence activists, leaders, freedom fighters and revolutionaries.