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Pukhtoonkhwa or
Pukhtoonistan
Why not
Pakhtookhwa..? I asked that questions several non-Pakhtoon Pakistanis
and so far did not get an intelligent answer that would justify
opposition to renaming NWFP as Pakhtoonkhwa. Why can Punjabis have
Punjab, Sindhis Sindh , Baloochis Balouchistan , but Pakhtoons can't
have Pakhtoonkhwa..? What that says about the status of Pathans in
Pakistan ..? why we Pakhtoon are being treated like occupied Palestine
who will breakaway at the first chance...? and if we do decided to break
off , trust me with all its might, Pakistan can't prevent us. Pakistan
couldn't beat Bengalis into submission and it can never force Pakhtoon
into submission. Its stupid that some people who consider themselves
super patriotic imply that Pakhtoons are any less patriotic than
themselves. Let me remind those self declared super Pakis that Punjab
did not have any option except joining Pakistan. Punjab had to chose
between joining Pakistan or cleaning after the Hindus. The same with
Sindh and Balouchistan. But we Pakhtoon had a choice to join our
brothers in Afghanistan, with whom we share not only our ancestry but
our culture, our history, our tradition, and our language, but Pakhtoons
decided to stay with Pakistan for the sake of Islamic brotherhood. How
can someone from Punjab or Sindh or any other part of Pakistan give us a
lecture on patriotism..? I think these people are the one who needs a
lesson in patriotism, because by suppressing minorities right and
denying them their identity they are weakening Pakistan NOT us. Its
tragic that Pakistan did NOT learn any lesson from history. Bengalis
were at the forefront in the struggle for Pakistan but when Pakistan
suppressed them and denied them their rights and their identity what
happened ..? We all know the end result. By calling Bengalis traitors
because they demanded their rights they were converted into traitors.
Where in the history of any democratic country a party who won the
election like the Bengalis been refused the right to form government..?
Alas we could learn from history because if we don't , history is doomed
to repeat itself.
Please someone help me Understand how renaming NWFP is gona break
Pakistan..? and please don't give me the crap about patriotism and
Islamic unity. Whats wrong with Pakhtoons having their identity in
Pakistan like Punjabis, Sindhis, and Balouchis..? O.K fine we would not
demand Pakhtoonkhwa, lets change the names of Punjab, sindh, and
Balouchitstan. Lets all be just Muslims. No Punjab, no Sindh, no
Balouchistan, and no Pakhtonkhwa. Its not gona work to tell us Pakhtoon
to be just Pakistani and Muslims while you have your Punjab, Sindh, and
Balouchistan. About the Islam , how does being Pakhtoon makes us
automatically opponents of Islamic unity..? Its Ironic that we Pakhtoons
are being given lectures about Islam. May be one should go visit Lahore
, Karachi etc. and than visit Peshawar and the rest of Pakhtonkhwa. You
will find out there is much more islam in Pakhtonkhwa than in Punjab,
Sindh, or any other parts of Pakistan. We Pakhtoons were Muslims a
thousand yeas before there was any such thing as Pakistan, We were
muslims when the rest of Pakistani's ancestors were still hindus, we
were muslims long before there was any sign of islam in Punjab, Sindh,
or any other part of Pakistan. Recall the Pakhtoon kings from
Afghanistan who conquered the Sub-Continent and marched all the way to
Delhi more than 17 times spreading islam in those areas. If it wasn't
for those Pakhtoon armies and kings and religious preacher, most of the
Pakistanis would probably still be Hindus. It was Ahmad Shaha Abdali a
Pakhtoon King from Afghanistan who marched to India on invitation of
Shah Wali-Ullah and defeated the growing power of Hindus. Its was the
Pakhtoon Mujahideen NOT the Pakistan army who liberated Kashmir from the
hands of Hindus what is now called " Azad Kashmir ". So please
stop using Islam to suppers the rights of Pakhtoons. As you people might
recall islam did not stopped the creation of Bangladesh and islam is not
gona stop the creation of Independent Pashtunistan if the Pakhtoons were
not given their rights. If anyone is still not convinced about the
injustices against Pakhtoons in Pakistan, I would like to ask a few
questions to make my point clear.
(1) how come Punjabis can have Punjab, Sindhis Sindh, and Balochis can
have Balouchistan, but Pakhtoons can not have Pakhtonkhwa..?
(2) Why is the electricity generated in Pakhtonkhwa transmitted all the
way to Lahore and Karachi but some areas of Pakhtonkhwa still don't have
electricity and the ones that have electricity, they have the so called
load shedding for three up to three days continuously.
(3) How come Punjab gets paid for growing carrots , and turnips but our
electricity revenues are stolen by the federal government..?
(4) How come all the government funded industries are set up in Punjab
and Sindh while Pakhtonkhwa is being kept backward industrially..?
(5) How come tax free industrial zones are setup in other parts of
Pakistan but industries in Pakhtonkhwa are heavily taxed thus
discouraging any potential investors.
As it is, some people don't seem to be able to stand just the name
Pakhtonkhwa let alone addressing the other issues and tragically without
using their brains accuse anybody who talks about Pakhtoon rights of
treason. When you constantly keep accusing someone of something they are
not than they become what they are accused of. Its not about breaking
Pakistan, its about our rights and by denying us our rights and our
identity we are being pushed to opt for Independent Pashtunistan and
like I said the islam trick is not gona work because no other group of
people in Pakistan can match Pakhtoons their love for Islam and fight
for Pakhtoon’s is not UNISLAMIC, on the contrary its exactly Islam to
stand up to the group of thieves that are looting the resources of
Pakhtoonkhwa and depriving Pakhtoons of their rights.
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