I’ve been saying secularism and nationalism ideologies won’t work in Pakistan, it’ll bring harm if we try to implement them. This attack proves that. When we promote secularism and nationalism we empower ethnic nationalists because Pakistan is just 75 yrs old there’s no “Pakistani nationalism” because Pakistan is made up of many different nations. When we promote secularism and nationalism, people become ethnic nationalists because Pakistan never existed before but the many nations that make up Pakistan existed for centuries.
A Baloch and a Punjabi have very different culture, history, language and way of life. The only link a Baloch and Punjabi have is through Islam otherwise there’s no link between them. “Pakistani nationalism” isn’t enough to create a link between us because Pakistan only existed in the last 75 years and even before that Balochistan was a separate princely state under British while we were actually part of British India.
Keep promoting secularism and nationalism and watch many separatist movements in Pakistan take place. This also strengthens ttp narrative.
The reason why an educated mother of 2 belonging to middle class family became a terrorist is because we are very very badly losing the narrative war.