Re: Happy Nau Roz -
"You people are so blind with emotion and nationalism that you can't think logically, your heads are so deeply buried in sand"
Maybe you should take your head out of the sand and realise that I did not blame Punjabis for anything. Punjabi and Muhajir culture is being enforced on the rest of the nation and thats a fact. If anyone feels offended by this statement, so be it. And if you want to speak of logic, go back to your original post and tell me whats logical about annexing the Pashtun strip and incorporating them into our country when Pakistan cannot even give rights to it's current minority ethnic groups? Almost 70 languages and dialects are spoken in our country but we have 2 official langauges. One left over by the Ferangis and the other enforced on us by Indian-immigrants and the Punjabis who have sold their languge to become Urdu-speaking. What happens to the rest of us?
Before you speak of the plight of Pashtuns in Afghanistan, get educated on the history of Afghanistan. You thinks it's only Pashtuns who are suffering? The Uzbeks, Hazara's, Farsiwans, and other ethnicities have suffered immensly at the hands of the Pashtun elite that have ruled Afghanistan for the last 300 years. It has worked both ways so don't bias the situation.
As far as Pashtun culture goes, yes it is dieing on both sides of the border. However, atleast Pashto has some sort of recognition in Afghanistan, where as in Pakistan it has absolutely none. Pashto is more alive in Afghanistan, it is taught in schools and their are national institutions backing it (or atleats there were). In Pakistan this is not the case and I know that from first hand experience. Urdu is invading the frontier and many of our younger generations lack fluency in their mother tongues. Go to Peshawar city and you'll notice that you can understand the majority of what people are saying because Urdu vocabulary has completely dominated the local dialect.
