social scientist nasim ahmad jawed conducted a survey in 1969 in pre-divided pakistan on the type of national identity that was used by educated professional people. he found that over 60% of people in east pakistan (modern day bangladesh) professed to have a secular national identity. however, in west pakistan (current day pakistan) the same figure professed to have an islamic and not a secular identity. furthermore, the same figure in east pakistan defined their identity in terms of their ethnicity and not islam. it was the opposite in west pakistan, where islam was stated to be more important than ethnicity.