What is Lahore Resolution?
[[File:Minar-e-Pakistans west side July 1 2005.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Minar-e-Pakistan]], Lahore, where the Pakistan Resolution was passed]] The '''Lahore Resolution''' (Urdu=''Qarardad-e-Lahore'' قرارداد لاھور), commonly known as the '''Pakistan Resolution''' (Urdu=قرارداد پاکستان ''Qarardad-e-Pakistan'')<ref>Francis Robinson (1997), ''The Muslims and Partition'', History Today, Vol. 47, September</ref> was a political resolution, or statement drafted between 22nd to 23 rd March 1940, by the 25-member [[#Committee|Working Committee]] of the [[All-India Muslim League]], and then formally adopted by the Muslim League membership at its general session on 23 March 1940, held at [[Lahore]]. This resolution asked for greater Muslim autonomy of Muslim majority states such as Punjab, Bengal, Sindh and NWFP within [[British India]]. However, later on most people thought of this as a call for a separate Muslim state, [[Pakistan]].<ref>Christoph Jaffrelot (Ed.) (2005), ''A History of Pakistan and Its Origins'', Anthem Press, {{ISBN|978-1-84331-149-2}}</ref> The resolution was presented at Minto Park (now renamed 'Iqbal Park'), in Lahore, by Maulvi [[A.K. Fazlul Huq]] on the instructions of the Working Committee.<ref>Atiq Zafar Sheikh (1994) ''The Lahore Resolution 1940'' Islamabad: National Archives of Pakistan Publications, p.89</ref> In fact, from the declaration made in this resolution in 1940 onwards, the goals of the Muslim League became increasingly fixed upon achieving an independent nation-state. Today, the resolution's importance is remembered in Pakistan, by the [[Minar-e-Pakistan]] structure that stands in the [[Greater Iqbal Park]], Lahore. So fair ideas of Muslims separated had been floating in Indian political atmosphere. == Committee == [[File:All India Muslim League Working Committee Lahore 1940.jpg|thumb|right|260px|alt=|The All-India Muslim League Working Committee responsible for the creation of the nation of Pakistan.]] The following is the full list of the 25 original, formally designated members of the