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And yet here we are 66 years later about to step into the year 2014... There is a difference between cultural affinity and national identity....
In all fairness your national identity is multifaceted with Islam as its core and derives its values and morals. Then you have the ethnic identity derived by your four provinces with their own languages, culture and folk lore. Then you have the territorial as well as historic narrative of that of the partition.
In my humble opinion you are still debating whether Islam should form the base of identity since your country was formed on Islam. Many of your leader in past 66 years used this as a panacea for all the ills and to suppress regional demands. But is it enough to form the unifying force at the cost of diverse cultural pluralism.