Furthermore, have Austria-Hungary do much better in the early stages of the war. Make them easily overrun Serbia, so they can bring more forces to fight the Russians from the start.
These early victories may influence Romania to join the Central Powers. Romania could contribute 20 divisions...
This was taken from Jinnah's wikipedia page. It's well-cited so no need to worry about its reliability.
And Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was Shia as well (Zulfiqar Ali, the name practicaly screams Shia :P). You can do a quick google search and it will confirm my statements.
Also another important...
The same could be said for India, which has more ethnic diversity than Pakistan itself, and it doesn't have the religious unity that Pakistan does either. Yet they've made it work.
Pakistan does have a chance to be a successful nation, yet numerous military regimes and continuous mismanagement...
First I've ever heard of this. Which half doesn't want to be a part of Pakistan anymore? Aside from the low-level insurgency in Baluchistan most of the country is content being together (and Baluchistan represents less than 5% of the population, and not everybody supports the insurgents)...
Baluchistan wouldnt be quite prosperous, it would be a backwards tribal society. As would Sindh. Karachi would never become the mega-city it is without the backing of the rest of Pakistan and the arrival of millions of Indian Muslims (who wouldnt be coming to Sindh as its not a Muslim homeland)...
I'd think the Muslims would interbreed with the natives heavily, incorporating them into another Arab polity, much as was done in North Africa, Egypt etc.
Aside from the main native empires, the natives don't have too strong a culture as the Persians did, and would be prime candidates for...
Admiral Essen a Russian,who was about to destroy the Swedish fleet was recalled at the last moment. It's an interesting PoD that's not very well
known. If he goes forth, it could have brought Sweden into the war quite early, creating a front in Finland
WI JFK had allowed Operation Northwoods to go forward, which involved terrorist attacks on US soil to blame Cuba to generate public support for war there. How would a US invasion go about, what would be the USSR's reaction? Were Soviet assets still present in Cuba in March of 1962...