Editing Pakistan Movement (section)

=== Non-Muslims contribution and efforts ===
{{Main|Christianity in Pakistan|Hinduism in Pakistan|Sikhism in Pakistan|Protestantism in Pakistan}}

Jinnah's vision was supported by a few of the Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis, Jews and Christians who lived in Muslim-dominated regions of undivided India.<ref name="Renaissance Bookshop">{{cite book|last=Heyworth-Dunne|first=James|title=Pakistan: the birth of a new Muslim state|year=1952|publisher=Renaissance Bookshop|location=University of Michigan|asin=B000N7G1MG|page=173|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TS4BAAAAMAAJ&q=jogendra+nath+leader|access-date=18 November 2020|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204131253/https://books.google.com/books?id=TS4BAAAAMAAJ&q=jogendra+nath+leader|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Routledge Publishing Co.">{{cite book |author1=Tai Yong Tan |author-link1=Tan Tai Yong |author2=Gyanesh Kudaisya |author-link2=Gyanesh Kudaisya |year=2000 |title=The Aftermath of partition in South Asia:Pakistan |publisher=Routledge Publishing Co. |location=London |isbn=978-0-203-45766-5 |pages=ix–327 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O5zEtBxk72wC&q=Pakistan+movement+and+jogendra+nath+leader&pg=PR9 |access-date=18 November 2020 |archive-date=4 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204131031/https://books.google.com/books?id=O5zEtBxk72wC&q=Pakistan+movement+and+jogendra+nath+leader&pg=PR9 |url-status=live }}</ref>
The most notable and influential Hindu figure in the Pakistan Movement was [[Jogendra Nath Mandal]] from Bengal. Jagannath Azad was from the [[Urdu-speaking]] belt.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sophia Ajaz|title=Hindus' contribution towards making of Pakistan|url=http://criticalppp.com/archives/35305|publisher=Sophia Ajaz|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618065928/http://criticalppp.com/archives/35305|archive-date=18 June 2013}}</ref> Mandal represented the Hindu contingent calling for an independent Pakistan, and was one of the founding fathers of Pakistan.<ref name="Renaissance Bookshop" /> After independence, Mandal was given ministries of [[Law Minister of Pakistan|Law]], [[Ministry of Justice (Pakistan)|Justice]], and [[Ministry of Labour (Pakistan)|Work-Force]] by Jinnah in Liaquat Ali Khan's government.<ref name="Renaissance Bookshop" /> Ironically, despite all his good contributions, Mandal was badly ignored in the emerging political scenario. He returned to India and submitted his resignation to Liaquat Ali Khan, the then-Prime Minister of Pakistan. He mentioned incidents related to social injustice and a biased attitude towards non-Muslim minorities in his resignation letter.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Forgotten hero|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/234965-Forgotten-hero|work=The News International|language=en|access-date=30 May 2020|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225085218/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/234965-Forgotten-hero|url-status=live}}</ref>

Although the [[All India Conference of Indian Christians]] opposed the partition of India and creation of Pakistan,<ref name="Thomas1974">{{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Abraham Vazhayil |title=Christians in Secular India |year=1974 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |isbn=978-0-8386-1021-3 |pages=107–108 |language=en}}</ref> a minority of Christians dissented from this position and played a pivotal role in the creation of Pakistan.<ref name="Pakistan Daily">{{cite web|title=Christians played vital role in Pakistan Movement|url=http://www.daily.pk/christians-played-vital-role-in-pakistan-movement-5871/|work=Pakistan Daily|access-date=7 February 2012}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The notable Christians included [[Victor Turner (civil servant)|Sir Victor Turner]] and [[Alvin Robert Cornelius]].<ref name="Oxford University Press, Karachi">{{cite book|author=Aminullah Chaudry|title=The founding fathers|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press, Karachi|location=Karachi, Sindh Province|isbn=978-0-19-906171-6|url=http://www.dawn.com/2011/08/07/excerpt-the-founding-fathers.html|access-date=7 February 2012|archive-date=14 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914170713/https://www.dawn.com/news/650005/excerpt-the-founding-fathers|url-status=live}}</ref> Turner was responsible for the economic, financial planning of the country after independence.<ref name="Oxford University Press, Karachi" /> Turner was one of the founding fathers<ref name="Oxford University Press, Karachi" /> of Pakistan, and guided Jinnah and Ali Khan on economic affairs, taxation and handling of the administrative units.<ref name="Oxford University Press, Karachi" /> Alvin Robert Cornelius was elevated as Chief Justice of Lahore High Court bench by Jinnah and served as Law Secretary in Liaquat Ali Khan's government.<ref name="Oxford University Press, Karachi" />