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Correspondence with Quaid-e-Azam M.A. Jinnah on the Economic Problems of Muslim India

Subject: Muslim League Economic Policy | Pakistan Movement | Hindu-Muslim Economic Relations

Date of publication: 1944

Language: English

Page: 9 p.

Serial no: 27731

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah -- N. A. Qurashy -- Muslim League | Economic Problems -- Pakistan Planning -- Hindu Capital | Islamic Economics -- Boycott | Interest -- Riba -- Economic Survey -- Zamindari -- Capitalism -- Communism

Abstract: This file contains a 1944 cover letter from N. A. Qurashy to M.A. Jinnah, requesting an interview and forwarding a detailed pamphlet titled "Suggestions on Economic Problems of Muslim India." The pamphlet presents a comprehensive economic critique, arguing that Muslims are economically enslaved by Hindus through debt interest and commercial dependence. It proposes a radical economic agenda for the Muslim League, including the abolition of interest-based lending, a communal boycott to ensure Muslims only buy from other Muslims, and the creation of a statistical survey to plan for Pakistan's economy. The author urges that any economic planning for Pakistan be based on Islamic principles to avoid replacing Hindu capitalism with Muslim capitalism.

Description: This is a collection of documents centered on a detailed economic pamphlet and a covering letter sent to Quaid-e-Azam M.A. Jinnah. The author, N. A. Qurashy, a member of the Muslim League Provincial Council in Delhi, outlines a severe economic disparity where Muslims are subjugated by Hindu capital. The accompanying pamphlet serves as a manifesto for Muslim economic self-sufficiency, quantifying the annual financial "drain" from the Muslim community and proposing specific, controversial solutions like a total boycott of non-Muslim businesses. It calls for the collection of provincial economic data to formulate a scientific development plan, reflecting early economic planning efforts within the Pakistan Movement and highlighting the ideological push for an economy based on Quranic teachings rather than Western models like Capitalism or Communism. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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