‘… You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in the State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed – that has nothing to do with the business of the State … We are starting with this fundamental principle: that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one State. Now, I think we should keep that in front of us as our ideal and you will find that in course of time Hindus would cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims, not so in the religious sense because that is the personal faith of each individual, but in the political sense as citizens of the state.’ Article 41.2 of Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan stipulates that “A person shall not be qualified for election as President unless he is a Muslim of not less than forty-five years of age and is qualified to be elected as member of the National Assembly.” Such formulation excludes persons of other faith, including, religious minority representatives to be eligible, which consequently negatively affects political participation of religious minorities in public life. Previously, the system of separate election was introduced in 1979 under the electoral laws which isolated them from the majority community and general political process. On the contrary, the minorities of Pakistan continued to play their effective role in the socio-economic development of the country. They also continued to work for their political rights and after long struggle the separate electoral system was abolished in 2002 and replaced by proportionate election system in recent years. Under the present system, 10 reserved seats for minorities are distributed among the different parties according to their acquired votes. This system is somehow better than the previous one but the minorities are not satisfied yet. Due to this fact the representatives of the minority who are nominated by the political parties are not elected by votes, so, they often follow party policy rather than interests of their minority community. Anyhow, the long struggle of minorities regarding political participation or restoration of joint electorate has brought some results, but there is more to be done by the minorities themselves, civil society, and government to bring the minorities to an acceptable minimum level of satisfaction in political life.