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Formation of a Jewish state came about, only because of the Nazi extermination (something I feel is very much pertinent). Jews had the sympathy of everyone because of concentration camps, and they themselves huddled together fearing a repeat of such catastrophe.The concept of Pakistan based on the slogan of Islam was unnatural and doomed to fail from its inception. That is why most of the ulema opposed it. The idea of religion as a basis for nationhood has a long list of failures. If Islam could be the basis for nationhood, there would be one Islamic state today and not 57 members of the OIC. Leave aside Islam, Europe and the Americas would be one nation, Thailand and Indo- China would be one Buddhist state, India and Nepal would be one country and so on. Pakistanis don't seem to have learnt this lesson even after the majority of Pakistanis formed a new country based on their shared Bangla identity.
Based on its present national narrative, there is no viable national identity that supports the continuation of Pakistan as a separate state. Hatred for India might have worked as a glue for a few years after partition, but the creation of Bangladesh rendered even that irrelevant.
The only successful example of a country based on religion is Israel but they are the chosen people and the Jewish state was created under exceptional circumstances and enjoyed the support of the major global powers.
So yes the creation of a Jewish state, happened due to exceptional situations at that point of time.
Pakistan though formed on the basis of two nation theory, where it was proposed that people of two religions cannot co-exist peacefully, could have built a alternate idea for nation building. Say like we did, where different regions co existing who are divided by language/ethnicity/religion etc but united as a nation.
However the problems faced aren't because of use of religion to form a state, but because of concentration on a single factor from the start that is Security (from India and then the Soviets and then others etc etc), which made Pakistan a garrison state. Had there been a civilian rule, perhaps over decades some form of nation building might have happened.