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The real crux here is "protection". If it is about socio-economic equality nothing has changed in the Muslim majority provinces. One rapacious group was exchanged for another. It makes no whit of a differance to the masses if their overbearing lord is Mohandas, Mohammed, Micheal. Post 1947 Pakistani government's have been mostly right of centre that have reinforced the elite and done nothing for the majority. The majority is still either illiterate, semi literate with distressing low levels of human development indexes. Indeed India has done better on the HDI indexes then Pakistan.Hindus and Sikhs, despite being in minority, owned most of the real estate and agricultural land even in the Muslim majority areas ... For example, although Muslims (53%) were a majority in united Punjab, Sikhs (14.6%) and Hindus (30%), besides owning most of the agricultural land, together owned roughly 75-80 % of commerce, manufacturing and even real estate...
So if your going to justify Pakistan on the basis that the Muslim majority provinces are economically better off then they would have been otherwise you are on thin ground. The truth is partition was driven by the fears of the Muslim minorty in present day India [Bangladesh as well] and they still are living in even more fear.
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