The crisis of Pakistani nation-state rest essentially in a failure of her dominant discourse (ideology; worldview), which not only allows the reproduction of elitism but fails to prepare our youth to deal with the political, economic, and cultural complexities of the world we live in.
1947, Pakistani ruling elite constructed a discourse around the notion of an Islamic Republic of Pakistan and they decided that as Pakistan was created in the name of Islam which provides the only true basis of our national identity AND ALSO . Pakistan was an accidental product of a struggle to safeguard the rights of Muslims in the pre-Partition India. The tension between secular and theocratic forces has become much more severe, primarily due to the growth of so-called "fundamentalism," which I prefer to call "Neem Mullahism." There is an element of truth in the famous Urdu proverb: Neem Mullah Khatrah-e-Emaan (which means that a partially/poorly educated Mullah is a threat to the religious faith). Neem Mullahism unequivocally stresses that:
1) Islam needs to be imposed with or without the power of the state as a solution to the existing crisis-prone everyday life in Pakistan and elsewhere; and
2) a struggle in the name of Allah would ensure each Mujahid a secure place in the immortal world of happiness and luxury in the heaven.
