Pakistan’s obsession with religion

Nadeem Paracha laments about Pakistanis celebrating Islamic history outside Pakistan. (DAWN: Talking tall- July 10) Muslim thinkers of the sub-continent repeatedly drilled such pan-Islamism and Allama Iqbal fostered this ideology in these words: Aik Hoon Muslim Haram Ki Pasbani Kay Liyay Neel Kay Sahal Sey Lay Kar Tabkhake Kashgher (I am a Muslim to protect the Sacred House from the shores of Nile to Kashgher) If Pakistanis are obsessed with Islam, it comes as no surprise as history books are …