<P> Similar debates on national identity existed within India at the linguistic, provincial and religious levels . While some argued that Indian Muslims were one nation, others argued they were not . Some, such as Liaquat Ali Khan (later prime minister of Pakistan) argued that Indian Muslims were not yet a nation, but could be forged into one . </P> <P> According to the Pakistan studies curriculum, Muhammad bin Qasim is often referred to as the first Pakistani . While Prakash K. Singh attributes the arrival of Muhammad bin Qasim as the first step towards the creation of Pakistan . Muhammad Ali Jinnah considered the Pakistan movement to have started when the first Muslim put a foot in the Gateway of Islam . </P> <P> The movement for Muslim self - awakening and identity was started by the Muslim modernist and reformer Syed Ahmad Khan (1817--1898). Many Pakistanis describe him as the architect of the two - nation theory . </P> <P> The poet philosopher Muhammad Iqbal (1877--1938) provided the philosophical exposition and Barrister Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1871--1948) translated it into the political reality of a nation - state . Allama Iqbal's presidential address to the Muslim League on 29 December 1930 is seen by some as the first exposition of the two - nation theory in support of what would ultimately become Pakistan . </P>

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