Osama bin Laden has been killed in a distant country, one we all know as Pakistan. When you look at a map, you find its name and geographical location, but both are illusions. Pakistan is a loose association of different nations with no common language and few common interests. If you ask Pakistanis about their identity, they will answer that they are Balootch, or Sindhi, or Punjabi—not Pakistani. The only exception to this fragmentation is the military: “Pakistan” is, above all, the Pakistani army and secret services, whose members are mostly of Punjabi descent. They have one purpose in life: fighting India.
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