If you're Pakistani and you're mistaken for an Indian...

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Re: If you’re Pakistani and you’re mistaken for an Indian…

@shaasavera

I came across this really interesting article. Zia ul Haq’s daughter has a brother-sister relationship with Shatrughan Sinha, an MP from the BJP in India. They attend each other’s family events and meet every year. Zia Ul Haq was present when this brother-sister relationship formed and he even supervised Sinha’s children when they visited Pakistan once.

Shotgun keeps date with ‘sister’ from Pakistan - Indian Express

Shatrughan Sinha hosts Zia Ul Haq’s daughter | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

Two people representing two hardcore religious nationalist parties/concepts, maybe bordering on xenophobia, from across the border have a personal friendly relationship beyond just friendship which remains untarnished by political events.
Could anyone accuse these two of being less patriotic because of this and not hating all from across the border?
Is this strange or what? I cannot imagine this happening in any other 2 countries with our level of animosity. Maybe there is hope after all.

Looking at the above example then how can any person say someone is less “patriotic” because they like Indian people/things or are indifferent to labelling. Same concept vice versa. Liking people across border doesn’t make someone less Pakistani/Indian or mean there is no difference between the two.

u talked about Zia ul Haq’s daughter and Hina Rabani. you can also take the example of Sanya mirza and Shoiab Malik.