Abstract
The present study sought to analyze how national and Muslim identities are constructed through English textbooks. In this connection, the reading passages of English textbook which is taught to students of grade 5 in Model Colleges for Boys and girls were analyzed with reference to ideologies embedded in them. The study was purely qualitative with theory based content analysis. For this purpose all the reading lessons were classified under broad four categories; Islam, Pakistan, Islam/Pakistan and neutral. In addition, the contents of each lesson were thoroughly examined in order to know how much it is loaded with material related to Islam and Pakistan. The findings of the study reveal that the reading passages of the textbook are replete with references to Pakistan and Islam. The textbook consists of twelve lessons out of which nine that is 75% are solely about Pakistan and Islam. They are used to disseminate information about Pakistan; its history, heroes, culture and Islam; its teaching, beliefs etc. whereas, there are only three lessons which make 25% of the total lessons are neutral in the sense that they do not contain anything regarding Islam or Pakistan. To sum up, the writer of the textbook tries to construct national and Muslim identities through the reading texts.