I think I agree with General Kiani on this notion
that no need to change the name- why change it ?
I don't think there is a need for it - since 99.5% population in Pakistan is Muslim , so Islam is integral part of our state
Just as , for example christianity is to Americans - but I do admire the American seperation of state vs church notion and thought process - but they have a very very developed judicial system we are not quite there yet and they have great demographics to deal with all ppl of world migrate there so it makes sesne for them to have a secular system of that kind -
India is different since 30-35 % of its nation is Muslim , etc (of course the consensus say otherwise so they don't have to give more rights to Muslims in India)
If Pakistan had 40% christian population or 30 % hundu I would say yes perhaps we should rename it to People's republic
But even if Pakistan is called People's republic I would not mind becasue , in our country we do have Islamic thought process and culture and that is what is the bottom line
But for India its better suited to have a more balanced naming convention.
The day when India is 100% Hindu oriented then they can also rename themsleves as Hindu Republic but India has
huge population of Muslims and also decent size Christians and other sub groups -
so its difference dynamic
I think its really has to do with Population % nothing more ...
I don't know why ppl were little bit angry at the simple discussion.
I see the benefits of a secular nation as oppose to pro religion based democracy - perhaps if some day we integrate a Indian state into Pakistan so we will have 30-40 % hindu in Pakistan then yes we can have People's republic gladly to help our hundu citizens etc but obviously we don't want to invade India just , get our Kashmir returned to us peacefully via UN declerations that were passed in 1947 peacefully
But we have only Muslim countries on our left side - and we don't really think we need war with India so really -
Things are quite fine as they are
PAKISTAN , - Islamic Republic of Pakistan - 99.5 % muslim population
But rest assure, no non muslim is required by law to have their kids attend any religious classes in Pakistan I remember we had 1 christian boy in our school Suleman John , and
he was excused from religious classes when I was in grade 2/ grade 3
I am equally proud to see a Seikh, Hundu , Christan solider in Pakistan Armed forces as I am when I see a Muslim solider , becasue they are all protecting our country
May be in once we integrate Afghanistan in our State we can debate if we should call our self 'Great Pakistan', unified Pakistan and Afghanistan etc but for now we are fine
Pakistani , respect our christian brothers and hindu pakistani brothers but for now their population numbers are very few
Lets not forget 99% of ppl only use Pakistan - anyways so its like debate about nothing
really ....
There are other areas to discuss things like how can we co exist -
All US is doing is first it was our gf , and now she is yours , she will just to try to make us fight each other so their Weapons industry can sell more weapons - thats all it is ...
Sales Man selling weapons if there is peace in region who will buy weapons , its amultibillion dollar industry
oh man that was too funny...good joke dude..send that one to russell peters
