A cikin 1947, Pakistan ta zama sabuwar al'umma tare da Liaquat Ali Khan a matsayin Firayim Minista na farko da Muhammad Ali Jinnah a matsayin Gwamna-Janar da Kakakin Majalisa.Jinnah, ta ki amincewa da tayin Lord Mountbatten na zama Gwamna-Janar na Indiya da Pakistan, ya jagoranci kasar har zuwa mutuwarsa a shekara ta 1948. A karkashin jagorancinsa, Pakistan ta dauki matakai don zama kasar Musulunci, musamman tare da gabatar da kudurin Manufofin da Firayim Minista ya gabatar. Khan a 1949, yana jaddada ikon Allah.Kudirin Manufofin ya bayyana cewa ikon Allah Ta’ala ne ga dukkan halittu.^[5]Shekarun farko na Pakistan kuma sun ga gagarumin ƙaura daga Indiya, musamman zuwa Karachi, ^[6] babban birni na farko.Domin karfafa ababen more rayuwa na kudi na Pakistan, Sakataren Kudi nasa Victor Turner ya aiwatar da manufar kudin kasar ta farko.Wannan ya hada da kafa manyan cibiyoyi kamar Bankin Jiha, Ofishin Kididdiga na Tarayya, da Hukumar Tara Haraji ta Tarayya, da nufin inganta karfin al’umma a fannin kudi, haraji, da tara kudaden shiga.^[7] Koyaya, Pakistan ta ci karo da manyan batutuwa tare da Indiya.A watan Afrilun 1948, Indiya ta katse hanyoyin samar da ruwan sha ga Pakistan daga ayyukan kanal guda biyu a Punjab, abin da ya ta'azzara rikici tsakanin kasashen biyu.Bugu da kari, da farko Indiya ta hana kason kadarori da kudade na Pakistan daga United India.Daga karshe an saki wadannan kadarorin karkashin matsin lamba daga Mahatma Gandhi.^[8] Matsalolin yanki sun taso tare da makwabciyar Afghanistan akan iyakar Pakistan-Afghanistan a 1949, da Indiya akan Layin Gudanarwa a Kashmir.^[9]Kasar ta kuma nemi amincewar kasashen duniya, inda Iran ce ta farko da ta amince da ita, amma ta fuskanci rashin amincewa da farko daga Tarayyar Soviet da Isra'ila .Pakistan ta himmatu wajen neman jagoranci a tsakanin kasashen musulmi, da nufin hada kan kasashen musulmi.Wannan buri dai, ya fuskanci shakku a duniya da ma wasu kasashen Larabawa.Pakistan ta kuma goyi bayan fafutuka daban-daban na 'yancin kai a duniyar musulmi.A cikin gida, manufar harshe ya zama batu mai cike da cece-kuce, inda Jinnah ta ayyana Urdu a matsayin harshen jihar, wanda ya haifar da tashin hankali a Gabashin Bengal.Bayan rasuwar Jinnah a shekarar 1948, Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin ya zama Gwamna-Janar, inda ya ci gaba da kokarin gina kasa a shekarun da Pakistan ta samu.