Pakistan Social Sciences Review March 2020, Vol. 4, No. 1 [204-215] P-ISSN 2664-0422 O-ISSN 2664-0430 RESEARCH PAPER Issues of National Integration in Pakistan with Reference to Balochistan Shamila Tabassum 1 Dr. Ghulam Mustafa 2 Dr. Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti 3 1. PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science & International Relations, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & International Relations, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan 3. Associate Professor, Department of Politics & IR, University of Sargodha, Pakistan PAPER INFO ABSTRACT Received: March 3, 2020 Accepted: March 28, 2020 Online: March 31, 2020 The main focus of this paper is to investigate the issues which cause problems of National Integration in Pakistan with special perspective of Balochistan. Pakistan is a state where people having with various cultural, social, ethnical, lingual, racialism, caste and regional issues. All of these factors are caused the problems of national integration in Pakistan. Historical research approach has been applied to understand the issues of national Integration. National Integration has been supportive technique to shield the basic privileges or autonomy of community. Additionally, National Integration is a firm growth, where contrary divisions of society, offered with identical viewpoints, and the same privileges to enjoy numerous facilities, bear without any biasness. Moreover, for the formation of National Integration, role of federal body as facilitator may enhance the development of National Integration in Pakistan, especially in Balochistan Province Keywords: National Integration, Ethnicity, Nationalism, Balochistan Corresponding Author: ghulammustafa@ gcuf.edu.pk Introduction In view of S.N. Panda, “National integration is a psychological phenomenon, a feeling of oneness that raises above all narrow and divisive tendencies and makes for genuine patriotism and progress”. National integration, basically, a feeling, in which the community/ nation of any state, assume themselves as live with one another, having the sentiments of oneness, unity, compassion, without any discrimination of race, ethnicity, regional boundaries, etc. It is experience of casual distinctiveness among the general public of any state. No matter, nation bears any caste, belief, region, lingual issues, they considered themselves that “They Are All One”. This type of spirit makes the feelings of national integration. As per the Education Commission Report,