Pakistan: Nation State, State Nation or Multinational State

Pakistan: Nation State, State Nation or Multinational State

Published in European Yearbook of Minorities - 2009
This essay focuses on Pakistan’s management of its ethnolinguistic mosaic. First,
a theoretical section outlines the debate surrounding the nation-state,
state-nation and multinational state, and contextualizes the case of Pakistan within
it. That is followed by an analysis of Pakistan’s development as a unitary state, with an
identity based on religion that negates its ethnolinguistic mosaic. The concluding section
discusses briefly the Pakistani federal system, and suggests that its unitary rather
than federal structure further negates its ethnolinguistic diversity.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255699757_Pakistan_Nation-State_State-Nation_or_Multinational_State 

Diplomatic bargaining at the edge - The Current Pak US Row

The US Pak Row: Diplomatic Bargaining at the Edge

Prof. Ijaz Khan

The conflict in the Af Pak region has entered a new phase, which may be termed the pre 2014 phase is currently witnessing a serious row between United States and Pakistan, supposedly allies in the ‘War against Terrorism’. All parties want to influence the outcome in 2014 so that the post 2014 situation best meets its perceived interests. To influence that outcome Pakistan and U.S are pursuing policies that appear to be at odds. Both also consider the behavior of the other to be vital for achievement of its goal. So, they are using various means to influence each other’s behavior. The current row between the two allies can be explained as an overheated diplomatic bargaining.