Re: Reason of Separate State Pakistan
Chal Chabela, this PakiPatroit1 is a political naive. He judges only from one angle without taking into account the multitude of factors that determine the future events. Because, non-Pashtuns don't want Pashtuns of Pakistan to be part of Afghanistan, so, he concludes, Pakistan will stay forever. He cannot see the rule of history: the fast that cultural-ethnic communities have always outlived political entities and that countless kingdoms, empires, countries, and states have come into existence and then faced annihilation but nations (e.g. Pashtuns, Baluchis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, etc.) have survived. He either overlooks or cannot see the dis-harmony within Pakistan itself that may unfold in an 1971 like situation. And neither can he sense the changed international political and strategic scenario.
No more are we living in a world like the one that was till 1990s when the interests of some powers necessitated a particular kind of international system. It is being predicted that the number of the member states of UNO will raise to 300 in 21st Century.
Also I am not an ant-Punjabi because I've got nothing to do with them socially but it annoyes me when I see their hypocrisy. Take Pakipatriot1, Deedawar, and Iconoclast, for example.
Like other Punjabis, they consider themselves the ultimate icons of Pakistaniyath and the true symbols of all that is patriotic. Any person who doesn't subscribe to their "Punjabized vision of Pakistan" is dealt with harshly by them. They have kind of become grandpas of Pakistan.
Nevertheless, First I will tell them that Pakistan is just a state and not something divine. As long as it fulfils the needs of its citizens, there is a justification for it; otherwise it will suffer the same fate as other states and empires have in the past. This is the law of history.
Second, Punjabis are Pakistani patriots because they are presently the most privileged in Pakistan and not because they have made any great sacrifices for Pakistan or freedom from British Raj.
Punjab's contribution to freedom struggle against the British imperialism is virtually nill. They cannot point out a single Punjabi personality that has any significant share in the fight for freedom. On the contrary, they have been in the forefront of serving the British Raj so much so that the British Masters affectionately called them PMs (this means Punjabi Musalmans) and termed Punjab as the "Sword Arm of India".
Probably these guys don't know that the British were able to supress the 1857 mutiny of Dehli mainly due to the help from Punjabi Muslims. In that mutiny, while the Pashtun Bakht Khan Rohila was heroically leading the freedom forces, Punjabis were on the side of British to thwart the uprising.
Moreover, While Pashtuns were up in arms against British in NWFP and Tribal Areas throughout the second half of 19th Century and first half of 20th Century, Punjabis were fighting alongside British colonialist against our brave ancestors. While in World War I, Pashtuns deserted British Army because they didn't want to fight Muslim Turks, Punjabis even fired at "Khana Kaaba", the holiest Muslim place on earth.
In WW I, 2.4 millions Hindustanis fought for British and the bulk of them came from Punjab. (Ironically, British have made a lot of movies about the bravery of their own soldiers but there isn't available even a single documentary about the "sacrifices" of their Hindustanis mercenaries ).
Further, wherever, the local Hindustanis revolted against British, British were able to suppress them with the help of army and police mostly recruited from the Punjab.
Politically also, struggle of the Punjabis for freedom from British has been nill. Even on 14th August, 1947, Punjab was being ruled by pro-British Unionist coalitition of Punjabi Musalmans, Punjabi Hindu , and Punjabi Sikh elite. It was when their negotiations with Mohammad Ali Jannah concluded successfully and they were promised major share in power that they decalred accesion to Pakistan.
Then all these pro-colonialist Punjabi elite became the granpas of Pakistan overnight.
In fact Punjab cannot boost up of any prominant Punjab-based literary, military, or political movement/personality/struggle as for as freedom from British is concerned.
And now they are considering themselves super-Pakistanis and patriots!
In fact, they are the ultimate beneficiaries of the imperialist set-up of Pakistan. That is why they pretend to be zealot Pakistani.
Actually, the elite of Punjab are power-worshipers. They are willing to serve any power whether British, Chinese, Arabs, or American.
They are presently vehemently opposed to any association with India because they know that the present imperialist set-up best serves their interests. But if ever the present set-up changed with other provinces getting control over their resources and the power of the Punjab-heavy establishment was slashed or the regional trade boomed with a good share for Punjab's elite, Punjab will be the first to revive its Hindustani roots and throw Pakistani patriotism into a guttor.
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