HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF ELITE’ STRATEGIES AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN PAKISTAN: 1947-77

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Published Dec 29, 2023
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Vol. 6 No. 4 (2023): Jahan-e-Tahqeeq

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RUQIA KALSOOM
Assistant Professor, Virtual University of Pakistan

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National integration has become the most persistent need in the contemporary world.  It is considered the most significant tool to attain political and socioeconomic development in any society.  The creation of national integration is a complex task in multicultural and multilingual societies, due to their multifariousness and heterogeneity.  In the states like Pakistan, the process has become more complicated, because, the systems of such states are not having any capability to effect the objective of national integration. Political elites to create national integration without knowing the nature of the society have deployed a number of strategies in Pakistan.  But, the result was the exacerbation of ethno-regional conflict. This study is an attempt to examine and analyze the elite’s strategies used as an effort to foster national integration in Pakistan from 1947 to 1977. The study also argues that the ill planned strategies, not only struck the process of National integration rather strengthened the feelings of resentment and separation.

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