The most frightening aspect of fundamentalism in Pakistan is that the society itself is becoming fundamentalist and parties based on religion have formed their own armies.

It is easier to face a fundamentalist government, not a fanatical society ...

... History writing had suffered in Pakistan because of fanaticism. Anyone writing against the ideology of Pakistan is liable to be jailed for 10 years, according to the Pakistani Ideology Act of 1991 ..

Instead of the enlightened version of Islam, it was the fundamentalist, extremist Taliban-kind of version which was being promoted ..

... Regional and linguistic identities were stronger than the national identity in Pakistan. People identified themselves as Sindhis, Baluchis or Pakhtoons, not as Pakistanis. Only the Punjabis identified themselves as Pakistanis because they were the main ruling class in the country. Punjab was the heartland of fundamentalism.

The Mohajirs, who migrated from India to Pakistan, were still not integrated and were treated as aliens in the country ..

History books in Pakistan traced the two-nation theory to the time of Akbar ... Akbar was not even mentioned in school books.

However, Aurangzeb was praised ... The study of history was confined to a few scattered periods like Mohen-jo-Daro or the partition period. Students were not aware of much of history as a result of this attitude. ... (Source: The Times of India, 29 Janaury, 1999)