The paradox that Pakistan is (Part 1)

It is more than 60 years now that undivided British India was partitioned along religious lines. A new state of Pakistan—an Islamic republic—was carved out. Pakistan broke up further in 1971 and split into two, with the emergence of Bangladesh, which was East Pakistan to begin with. Until then, Pakistan had claimed that all the Muslims of the subcontinent could live unitedly as one people, one nation. Indeed, that is what the founder of Pakistan, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, had postulated all along. When East Pakistan seceded to become an independent nation, Pakistan's bubble burst.
In any case, the state of Pakistan is quite a paradox. It was ostensibly created for the Muslims of undivided British India and the princely states adjoining it, but to date, there are more Muslims in India than the entire population of Pakistan put together. The man who championed the cause of Pakistan, Jinnah, whom they call Quaid-e-Azam (leader of leaders) was himself not a practising Muslim. This Oxford-educated barrister, ate pork and drank liquor—two practices that are "haraam" in Islam. In fact, he was an agnostic in the early days and never prayed.
Furthermore, Jinnah was a Khoja (Ismaeli) Muslim—a Shia—and Sunni Islam is the official religion of the "Islamic Republic of Pakistan", in which while the Shias are tolerated, the Ahmaddiyas are persecuted. Jinnah was more comfortable speaking English and his native Gujrati than Urdu. What is more, he was a poor public speaker although he was excellent when arguing a case in English in the law courts.
The national or official language of Pakistan is Urdu, which happens to be the mother tongue of Muslims who migrated to the new state of Pakistan from UP and Bihar soon after partition. The provincial languages spoken in Pakistan are Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushtu and Baluch. These migrants or refugees are still referred to as Mohajirs in Pakistan. The word, 'Mohajir' means refugee. On the other hand, the Sindhis and Punjabis—mainly Hindus and Sikhs—who migrated to this side of the border never attained such a permanent status—of "refugees".
*** To be continued...