Pakistan's hallmarks ever since its inception as a nation state in 1947 has been its pronounced negativities, unfounded paranoid fears and generating uncertainties
Pakistan's very inception was negative. The demand for homeland for India's Muslims was a negative one, in the sense that the only leader spearheading the demand for Pakistan, namely Mohd. Ali Jinnah was spurred more by egotism and his inadequacies, comparatively, with the Indian freedom struggle towering leaders. Jinnah generated paranoid fears among the Muslims about their uncertain future in a democratic and secular free India.
On inception in 1947, Pakistan's national and external uncertainties continued to be in play. Its existence as a nation state was opposed by the provinces that the British awarded to the new Pakistan. The North West Frontier Province (Land of the Pakhtuns) opposed the creation of Pakistan. If it had geographical contiguity with India, the Frontier Province would have opted for India. Analytically, and in a hithertofore unpublished fact, what now strikes this author is that this may have resulted in Pakistan's morbid fears on Kashmir. The princely State of Jammu and Kashmir which acceded to India had its borders resting on the Frontier Province (NWFP) and had India reclaimed the western portion now occupied by Pakistan, NWFP would be bordering Indian territories with possible adverse consequences for Pakistan.
Baluchistan, which is nearly half the total size of Pakistan, and provides the bulk of Pakistan's coastline, openly opposed and refused to join Pakistan for more than a year. Pakistan ultimately had to use military force to virtually annex Baluchistan. Sind, likewise was not in favour of creation of Pakistan. The Sindhis have been struggling for self-determination. Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister had ordered that India