Re: Pakistan's great history
I get what roadrunner is trying to say. I don't believe its an extremely valid argument though. The problem lies in the fact that some people believe Pakistan detached from India. That is not true. Both Pakistan and India gained independence from the British empire at the same time. The India of today is technically not the same as the India of any time before 1947. So after the partition, Pakistan could have been called India and present day India could have been called Pakistan and it would have made no difference. Its just that in the past, the South Asian region was referred to as "India", thus people get this false image that the present day India is the same and that Pakistan detached from it. Once again, both countries gained independence from the British empire. With that in mind, both countries are can claim each other's heritage but for some Indians to think that only they can claim Pakistan's heritage as their own but Pakistanis can't claim India's history as theirs is completely erroneous. I know that is the concept that roadrunner is trying to convey but you have seemed to taken it a step further.