Did Only the Ulema Oppose the Creation of Pakistan

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Re: Did Only the Ulema Oppose the Creation of Pakistan

@shawaiz_K

Pashtuns fought hard to dislodge the British from their territory.

This is a typical statement based on half truths.

Pashtuns of Tribal areas in general and Wazirastan in particular were the trouble makers.

Settled areas of modern day Sooba Sarhad were lawful citizens of the British Raj and so were the Afridis of Tribal areas.

Good workers and fighters among Pashtoons were no trouble makers. They were instead teachers, businessmen, and "soldiers" in the British East India.

@shawaiz_K

....... Later they **[Pashtoons] **worked together with the Congress that their aim was similar, both wanted to get rid of the British raj. .

Pashtoons like any other group were divided in pro-Congress socialists and anti-Congress free marketers.

Bacha Khan Sahib represented the socialists, while the rest of Pashtoons joined the free-marketers.

British Raj was going to go. They wanted to make a deal with the local politicians so that British interests (military and economic) were fully protected once they leave. That's precisely why newly born India joined British-Commonwealth and so did Pakistan.

Congress was so "loyal" to British Raj, that they insisted Lord Mountbatten to stay on as governor general to "help" ease the pain of Indian birth.

Even though Pakistan refused similar help, we still ended up hiring a lot British to run our banks, army, and other institutions.

This my Shah Sahib is not a sign of "fight" for "independence" from Brits. It is a negotiated settlement at best.

@shawaiz_K

..... Pashtuns had no fear of Hindu dominance and had no reson to join the ML in its struggle for a seperate muslim state. .

Well fear of "Hindu dominance" was never an issue in Muslim majority states. How could it be when you have less than 20% Hindus living in a state.

Hindu dominance was issue only in UP, Bihar on state level and Delhi on federal level. On Federal level it was much more "constitutional" issue than anything else.

@shawaiz_K

.....It would have been better if BK had strived for the reunification of NWFP and upper Balochestan with Afghanistan, but he perhaps knew that the British would never let it happen.

This is a strange "mental twist" on your part Shah Ji. Bacha Khan Sahib was a visionary and not a pathetic "hostage taker" from Wazirastan.

He was a socialist for sure, but not as stupid as you want him to be. Afghanistan was a land of dirt, poverty, and lawlessness back then as it is now. And Bacha Khan was a sophisticated elite from Sarhad. The last thing he wanted to do was make Peshawar as poor, dirty, and dusty as the Afghan cities of today.

p.s. It is time we quit conspiring against our own homes and blowing them up with the help of suicidal Arabs.