I dont know about now but first of all, we had Quota system in Army, then Sindh Quota was further divided into Sindh Rural and Sindh Urban. That was specifically to push people from Karachi/Hyderabad/Sukkur against the wall as their quota turned out to be 2%. SO for every 100 seats, only 2 people from Karachi can be selected. In the batch that I applied in, we were about 150 people from all over Pakistan. Only 1 boy from Karachi was selected and his father was a senior army officer.
So our army is not consist of people based on merit, its selection is based upon which language is your mother tongue. No wonder we are where we are as a nation.
In india there is no reservation in armed forces, only place where high castes cannot be discrimated against on the basis of reservation. We jatts make up nearly 10% of it, followed by pundas I think, they are at 9% :)
In india there is no reservation in armed forces, only place where high castes cannot be discrimated against on the basis of reservation. We jatts make up nearly 10% of it, followed by pundas I think, they are at 9% :)
You are some what wrong. There is no reservation in the army officers, however there is reservation in the some of the regiments:
I dont know about now but first of all, we had Quota system in Army, then Sindh Quota was further divided into Sindh Rural and Sindh Urban. That was specifically to push people from Karachi/Hyderabad/Sukkur against the wall as their quota turned out to be 2%. SO for every 100 seats, only 2 people from Karachi can be selected. In the batch that I applied in, we were about 150 people from all over Pakistan. Only 1 boy from Karachi was selected and his father was a senior army officer.
So our army is not consist of people based on merit, its selection is based upon which language is your mother tongue. No wonder we are where we are as a nation.
Karachi zindabad.
It's a good thing you didn't make it, or I'd hate you for gobbling up all our resources.
Pakistan spends too much money on it's army.
I think the Army bias is a leftover from the Martial Race days. The British would segregate Indians based on caste, tribe, and ethnicity. High caste Hindus were seen as unfit for duty whereas Punjabis and Pashtuns were seen as better fighters.
Now I'm not sure about this part, but on Wiki it also states that the Pakistani army held this belief in their superiority to Hindus, and was part of their justification for attacking a much larger country.
Canadians know their history. British picked winnners and losers.
Not sure about the discussion above, didnt read the posts but answering OPs first question:
Have never experienced racism as a hindrance factor in my life but never really felt judged or victimized for it while living in Canada. I only really started to feel the affects of cultural intolerance in the states and actually just a few weeks ago, for the first time ever fell victim to some cruel words for no reason. Was pulling out of a target parking lot when an angry moron cyclist thought I was in his path as I was making a turn into traffic and I didn't even notice until he showed up in front of my car yelling, (excuse my language as i am quoting because ill never forget) you effing idiot the line was back there you effing dirty paki, effing Arab terrorist something something something .... I started honking at him so I didn't hear the rest. Had never experienced anyone say anything like that to me ever so it was very upsetting. It was some white guy on his peddle bike riding on the side walk, idiot couldn't see the cross walk was way behind me, I was making a turn into traffic, how could I have done it without creeping up to the curb side of the road. I cried when I told my husband because I was a little disturbed. Coming from Canada I never felt the racial divide as much as I have in the states.
Sikh Regiment: Mostly Jatt and othe non-dalit Sikhs
Mahar Regiment: Dalit hindus from Mahar caste of Maharashtra
Jatt Regiment: Mostly jat hindus
Rajput Regiment: Mostly hindu rajputs
Gorkha Rifles: Gorkha hindus only
Naga Regiment: Naga tribe hindu/christians only
Ladakh Scouts: Ladakh & Tibetans only
Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry: 50% reservation of kashmiri muslims and rest of kashmiris only
Dogra Regiment: Only for Dogra people
I was talking about officers cadre only, the one which becomes general, regional based recruitment is only in infantry not in either artillery, mecahnized divisions. same is true for other corps. Many of yadavs are found in Jat and J&K regiment, all regiments of J&K are populated by UP wallas.
I was in Brighton in 2003 and hanging out with my niqabi friend and her husband at the beach....a group of white men saw her and started making fun of niqab by calling it mask. I was in shalwar Kameez and duppatta but was spared. She stopped wearing niqab for the rest of the period she remained in UK.
I was in Brighton in 2003 and hanging out with my niqabi friend and her husband at the beach....a group of white men saw her and started making fun of niqab by calling it mask. I was in shalwar Kameez and duppatta but was spared. She stopped wearing niqab for the rest of the period she remained in UK.
what would she have done if they made fun of shalwar kameez?
But I think when you merge into traffic from a parking lot, you have to be aware of pedestrians and cyclists on sidewalk. If he is on sidewalk he is either to ur left or right not behind.