Politics of Regionalism in Pakistan

This study shows that the biggest challenge before the Pakistan ruling elite is to develop a more pragmatic and realistic approach towards nation building and integration. The three R Syndrome that is a balanced systemic framework based on Religion, Region and Reality could be more pragmatic and a viable instrument for cementing the destabilising and disintegrative forces. Over reliance on religion by itself had done a greater harm to the processes of nation building and integration in Pakistan. The Islam based two-nation theory has already been discarded by the diverse ethno-regional groups of Pakistan. Indeed Pakistan's very survival depends on the due recognition of its mutli-cultural and plural social reality.