Ethnic Groups in Pakistan: Pakistan was born divided by culture, ethnicity, language and territory. The one uniting force - language - fails to truly unite Pakistan, as English - the official means of communication - is only spoken by 10.97% of the people. Urdu, a mixture of Punjabi, Arabic, Farsi and English (amongst others) was designed as a common language but is spoken by less people than English.
The issue of insular ethnic communities and education are two of the biggest problems that need to be addressed in order to unite Pakistan as a nation that can face the myriad of problems on its doorstep. What currently divides Pakistan can be transformed in to a rich Pakistani culture that incorporates acceptance and communication in order to progress.
This blog was created whilst working through my Masters of Philosophy thesis on ethic conflict. While it’s not much, maybe it will provide a platform to communicate and discuss ideas on conflict and ethnicity.
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