• Anwesha Dasgupta

Abstract: Pakistan created in 1947 as the first self-professed Muslim state laid its natural tie with Islam contrastingly went forward to embrace a secular outlook, faced with crisis of diverse regional and linguistic demands pandered to the ideals of Islam to knit the distinct threads together. Lost in the rotation of civilian and military governments, Pakistan clung to the only common thread of religion to give semblance to a nation and its national identity. However, religious forces have never succeeded in capturing political power and remained mainly as an aligning force. Do they have a chance to emerge as a future credible political power?

Pakistan, religious forces, power, Islamic revival, militant Islam

"Religious Forces in Pakistan: A Future Alternative Political Option?", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no.b425-b430, April-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404148.pdf

"Religious Forces in Pakistan: A Future Alternative Political Option?", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no. ppb425-b430, April-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404148.pdf