WI - Disintegration Of Pakistan

Instead of Just the Independence of Bangladesh in 1971, Pakistan Disintegrates Into Many parts -
  1. Sindh
  2. Punjab
  3. Balochistan
  4. Kashmir Regions Taken by India
  5. Tribal and North-West Regions taken by Afghanistan
How will this affect the world
 
That would require Pakistani Punjabis, the majority community in West Pakistan, massacre the Sindhis, the Baluchs and the Pathans like what was happening in Bangladesh with the Bengalis.
 
Disintegration would probably start in the Punjab when Sikhs push back against Moslems ..... like they have pushed for centuries.

The Pakistani government never really controlled its Northwest Frontier Provinces. Even today, the best Pakistani intelligence agents can do is monitor tribal homelands.

For bonus points, add some uppity Baluchis in South Pakistani.

Meanwhile, nomads continue their centuries-old migrations, moving sheep and spices and guns across straight lines drawn on maps by long-dead white guys.
 
India would try to snap up Kashmir and possibly reunite Punjab. Iran would worry about Baloch nationalism in its own country. The North-West would probably stay with Afghanistan. The US was a supporter of Pakistan at the time so the US would probably continue to support the splinters against an India that was friendly to the Soviets. The USSR might try to expand with trade and development money but would be blocked by the US/Iran. If history continues on a regular course and Iran falls to the fundamentalists then the region would become a fertile ground to expand fundamentalism and the US/USSR and India would find themselves trying to keep the peace.
 
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