When the Muslims demanded a separate sovereign state embracing the Muslim majority areas in the subcontinent, many neutral observers were taken aback. Even today Pakistani writers find it necessary to explain the raison d'etre of their country.

In the book Qureshi is trying to fill gaps, clear confusion, and give historical sanction to the concept of Two-nation theory and the hardships faced by Muslims in their struggle for Pakistan.

Qureshi’s conclusions on Pakistan movement are: “Pakistan came into existence as the result of the successful struggle of the Muslims of the Sub-continent against two imperialisms, British, and Hindu” and that “the Pakistanis did not receive Pakistan on a silver platter.