ABSTRACT
This chapter traces the growth of Pakistan’s official nationalism from the very early days of its creation and sets it in its historical context. It shows how this nationalism reduced the space for the recognition of Pakistan’s multi-ethnic character and set in motion forces of ethnic domination and suppression. The chapter also shows how Pakistan’s ideological engineering on ‘all-inclusive’ lines contributed to the political domination of the Punjabi–Mohajir nexus and how it politicized the Baloch people on ethnic lines in an unprecedented way.
