Punjabis are the largest of the six main ethnic groups in Pakistan and make up just under half of the country's population.

Since Pakistan’s beginnings as a homeland for Muslims of British India in 1947, Islam has been the one thread creating a national identity in a state otherwise divided along ethnic, provincial ...

Foreign analysts often miss the critical point that Pakistan’s internal instability does not mean national fragility. Its ability to self-correct, mobilise and unify in response to external aggression ...