he News on Sunday (TNS): Despite the passage of 75 years, there seems to be a failing in identifying the kind of nation Pakistanis aspire to be. To what do you attribute the confusion regarding the national identity?Raza Rabbani (RR): Religion was amongst the reasons for which Pakistan was created. Once Quaid's Pakistan – a progressive, democratic, parliamentary welfare state – was converted into a national security state, the dynamics and emphasis on history and culture changed. I cannot subscribe to the views of Zia, the dictator, who equated Pakistan with Israel, in 1981.

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