This private video - made in the wake of Karachi Fashion Week 2009 - is an excellent illustration of Pakistan's deep-rooted identity crisis as a "Muslim" state in a multi-religious Subcontinent and a secular, multi-cultural globalized world. The video creator claims to be against Islamic fundamentalism whether in the form of "Mullaism" or "Talibanization" and yet rejects fashion shows as nothing less than "murder of our unique ideology and identity"! He exhorts viewers to "remember that our ideology is Islam and our identity is Pakistan", that Pakistani fashion designers "represented neither of them", and should "join any of those countries whose culture [they] are promoting here in the name of Pakistan." PLEASE READ MY COMMENTS ON THE VIDEO BEFORE WATCHING.
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