Pakistan is weak and unstable, the political of Pakistan
created by the British coloniser. So far
Pakistan has survived the challenge from the Baluch to establish an independent
Baluchistan on their historical homeland that has been annexed (1948) into Pakistan
after the British decolonisation.
The explanation of
the Pakistan survivor can be found in the way international politics operates. No
state keen to support any challenges to another member of the UN state for the
fear that this could rebounded on itself.
In many cases Pakistan has successfully appealed to
international community thus; American since 1955, Iran 1962-1972 and Saudi Arabia
and European Union for help against internal challenges and the Baluch National
liberation movement in Pakistan.
The International communities’ financial and diplomatic support
to Pakistan is not an answer to Pakistan territorial stability. One should also
study at the way in which the politics operate within the Pakistan.
To study Pakistan one must begin to consider the nature of
challenges Pakistan is facing; A) failed institutions, b) the Pakistan army and
state security forces are threats to people of Pakistan and the world. C) The
challenge of the Islamic fundamentalism to the established colonial order in Pakistan.
The Baluch independent movement is the greatest challenge to the Pakistan.
Pakistan lacks communal identity unlike National tribal or
regional. The religion has been Pakistan communal identity. The frequent appeal
to religious identity and relying on the jihadi literature has created the culture
of intolerance and hates for non-Muslim
and turn Pakistan into a springboard of universal jihad.
The Baluch, Sindhi, Pashtun and Punjabis’ national identities
are strong in Pakistan. These are fixed identities have conflicts with one anothers.
Loyalty to their nationality is more important than the loyalty to Pakistan and
the American, Saudis’ and European Union financial support have not changed
public or state behaviours but prolonged the suffering in Pakistan.
The Pakistanis are divided on linguistic and
cultural bases permanently; much of politics goes outside state formal
institutions. The judiciary and policing are overtaken by religious and feudal landlord
and tribal chiefs. The resources of the
state are limited and controlled by the Punjabi.
Pakistan neither has
short or long time stability. Pakistani elites have taken upon themselves to
liberate Kashmir, dominate Afghanistan and to be the sword of Islam. It is
difficult to match the Pakistan’s resources to all these claims.
M. Sarjov is a Baluch political activist based in London,
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