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A very, very valid point you raise and I would entirely concur with you. It's very simple. Nationalism and pan-Islamism contradict each other. The first one empasises and places the nation state at the alter which in our case id Pakistan. With it you are required to place your loyalty to the Pakistani state. Pan Islamism however places your loyalities beyond Pakistan and with the wider Muslim world. Your required to think and advance the global Muslim community and not Pakistan;s. If and often the interests of both collide you are required to go against Pakistan and stand by the global Muslim order. Groups like Al Qaida, Muslim brotherhood, Taliban Tehreek Pakistan and others aspire to or support a global Muslim order and regard states like Pakistan as artificial constructs that come in the way of establishing a global ummah.It is, and will, ignite a pan Islamist, expansionist concept in many people; and I have seen this, people in the comments section going about how borders should be erased, and the caliphate should be brought back. This is contrary to the idea of a country, how can Pakistan exist if you support a single government setup for all Muslims.
Within Pakistan already the single biggest problem the country has is a very weak sense of nationalism. We may have country but we have no pride or identity going as Pakistan or Pakistani. You can even see here on this thread to quote -
Desi Dramas
where the moderator cannot come to say Pakistan dramas. Our food is desi, our culture Muslim, our clothing Indian, our celebrations Asian. We are everything but Pakistani. This malaise is the cause of Pakistan having almost no identity. It is like our people are orphans with no roots. They search for their ancestry in Turkey, Arabia, India anything but their own land. This Turkish series is great and it is far better that Pakistani's watch this then Indian garbage. However the concern here is as you point out that our orphan people will see Ertugrul to build up a dream which does not exist. Turks are a uber-nationalist, indeed probably the most nationalist people I have ever met. Which is good thing. I am jealous and it is what makes Turkey the strongest Muslim country on earth that the west and east treats with grudging respect.
However the reality is Turks are uber-nationalists and opposite of pan-islamists. In addition they are secular and treat religion lightly. During ramadan for example restaurents are open, bars are open, alcohol is being consumed openly, scantly clad women walking in open relationships. All this is no big deal to me but for most Pakistani's lapping up Ertrgul and dreamig caliphates this would come as a shock.