Place names in Pakistan need to be changed

Many Pakistani cities and villages still sport names that have Sanskrit suffix “Pur”. In the Islamic republic of Pakistan all such names should be changed to suitable Arabic suffixes or names. In some cases, such as Haripur, the name should be changed outright to something like Salimabad after the Sheikh Salim of Kuwait. Here is the long list of cities that need their names changed immediately.

Shahdadpur
Mihrabpur
Khairpur
Shikarpur
Khanpur
Rukanpur
Hasilpur
Basirpur
Kanganpur
Nurpur
Haripur
Shekhupur
Mirpur
Lalalpur
Jalalpur
Sharaqpur
Rajanpuri
Alipur

I also feel that other countries other than Saudi Arabia be honoured if new names are to be assigned. Kuwait sheikhs have been neglected in this respect and many sheikhs of Kuwait can be honoured in changing names of these cities. Pakistan can in fact may very well receive a few billion dollars in the process

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Don't flatter yourself by calling the word 'pur' as originating from Sanskrit...

The word 'pur' has its roots in Persian, not Sanskrit...

But still, not a bad idea...

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so the famous host of Kasoti Qureshi Pur needs to change his name too :hehe:

Pur = sanskirat only :cb:???

waisaY sanskirat is also a langauge created by Allah:swt: nothing wrong in communicating in that :wink:

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omg not that stupid argument again :vivo:

do you like a country without any sort of history attached to it? without any kind of cultural background? why in the world should we change the names of our cities after some guy in kuwait?

oh and those countries would not feel “honored”. instead their notion of us being second class people will be further emphasized. so kindly, leave the names as it is. ok thanks bye :slight_smile:

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^
so which PUR you are from :cb:?

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expato, that's a very stupid idea.. don't forget.. we are closer to ancient india ( we ARE a major part of ancient india).. than to the arab world.. just because Islam came from ARABIA don't mean we need to bow to them and show them respect.. and name our cities after THEIR sheikhs.. where is your self respect? our cities have great history attached to them.. just because the history is not islamic doesnt mean we should dump it and pretend to be closer to the arab punks.. who mostly look down on pakistanis..

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:clap:

Lahore-pur :stuck_out_tongue: but my maternal village has the word -nagr attached to it. i’m sure that’s extremely unislamic too :rolleyes: and wait a minute…isn’t there a gujrat in india too! omgosh…we should change the name of the gujrat-zila to something like sheikh abdullah or somethng immediately!! :eek: :disgust:

i’m being sarcastic :vivo:

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Okay....i am eagerly awaiting from some to contribute their 'valuable' logic here.

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thank you for letting us know.. naheeN tau pataa naheeN kiyaa ho jaataa :layd:

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what all languages are created by allah according to you?

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:bism:
Surah Al-Rahman(Translation by Yusuf Ali)

1. ((Allah)) Most Gracious! 2. It is He Who has taught the Qur’an.

3. He has created man:

4. **He has taught him speech (and intelligence). **

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^^i didn't get you....

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Sorry I missed that nagar. All nagars should be changed also pronto. If the great Pakistani President Zia-ul-haq had lived, he perhaps would have done it.

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Yes, I am fully aware that Sanskrit and Persian share many words, but I say if it even sounds like it comes from Sanskrit, get rid of it.

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bhai sahab sanskrit nay aap ka kya bigara hai?

in that case get rid of all the sanskrit words in urdu, or all the sanskrit based words in urdu. heck. i have an idea. let's start speaking arabic :)

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expat is one of those arab-wannabe pakis who wanna DELETE everything un-islamic from his roots, history, language, customs.. khumar is right.. start speakinng arabic.. ban every other language.. and stop using the internet (it is not made by muslims)... stop usig your computer also.. only wear arab clothes........Rtard.. ! you will never accomplish that.. argh ! you make me sick dude please move to the arab world.. pakistan dont want you.. you are a disgrace !

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This is an absurd suggestion! These are all historic names!

Did Prophet(SAW) changed any of his converted sahabs name?

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I vehemently support this!

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ha ha…I expected it from you.
don’t fool yourself. You exactly know what it means.

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Even "abad" is a persian word to best of my knowledge.