Pakistan has changed little in the more than 80 years since a carpenter killed a Hindu for allegedly publishing a book that insulted the Prophet Muhammad.
A country that was founded on the basis of religion remains in a dark morass presided over by insidious, violent ideologies.
The cancer of extremism is spreading in Pakistan -- from suicide bombings, to religiously motivated murders, to zero tolerance of moderates, and more - whose ideas are daily warping the minds of Pakistan's youth.
The country is still walking the path laid out by Jinah and Iqbal during the Ilmuddin case.