So you still believe our provinces are named after ethnic groups. First came the name of the provinces and the people who inhabitated them became known by that indentity. But hey since you have said it its set in stone. Go look it up ask anyone with knowledge about Pakistan's history they will tell you that our provinces were not named after the people who inhabited it but the other way around.
Punjab- Land of five rivers.
Sindh-Land by the sea
Baluchistan- I cant recall right now why it was named Baluchistan.
But then again you must of been their when they named these provinces so how can I argue with you.
Nit. Punjab (the province) is not coincidentally named after the Punjabi people.
Sindh is not coincidentally named after the Sindhi people.
Balochistan is not coincidentally named after the Baloch people.
These statements are so ignorant, it's actually amusing
Sindh is derived from Sindhu, which comes from Indu or the Indus river. Vedic Sanskrit in fact it comes from. Saptha Sindhu is the full Vedic description in Sanskrit, though the area of Saptha Sindhu was not only confined to modern day Sindh but to a great deal of the modern day region of Pakistan. The meaning of "Sindh" is FLOWING.
Sindh is a small state just west of India. The state is named for the river Sindhu (called Indus in English), which passes through the middle of the state and flows into the Arabian sea in the south. According to historians, Aryans called the river “Sindhu” when they established settlements there. The river is wide and flows all year around. Apparently, the word originated from the Sanskrit word “Sindh” which means flowing.
Sindh Ja Aguna Hindu
But let's just ignore your incorrect attempts at translation, and assume you're correct in saying it means "land by the sea"
Punjab meaning land of trhe 5 rivers (a recent name of course, but let's ignore this since it'll disprove your crumbling theory, which i suspect is to try and save an embarassed red face), Balochistan means "something else" (
you don't even know your full theory - here's a hint, Balochistan means "land of the Baloch, just as Pakistan means "land of the pure".) Which leads us as to what "Pakhtunkhwa" could mean according to your backward logic. Well, the derivation of Pakhtun is "mountain back" according to Rafferty, the name deriving from the fact that it's a mountainous region it has people living on the backs of them. So naming it Pakhtunkhwa just means "land of the backs", just as Sindh means (incorrectly, but according to you) - land by the Sea.
Now the other bright single digit IQ idea you had was that the same applied for Afghania. Even Afghan means something believe it or not! It derives from Ashvaka or horsemen, in other words Afghania, would mean "land of the horsemen", again much like Sindh would mean (incorrectly again
- land by the Sea). So one can argue that you're incorrect using your OWN logic.
However, the truth is this.
Punjab is a recent designation for the region where the Punjabi people live. You can see this, since Punjab's boundaries are drawn exactly along the lines of the Punjabi people. Sindh's boundaries against the Sindhi people, and SURPRISINGLY Balochistan's boundaries along where the Baloch live!
So these province are all named after the ethnic groups.
Now a far as the State of Emergency is concerned, all governments of the world are allowed to declare a state of emergency. He had the right to do it, but what went on during the emergency, even though I supported these acts were illegal.
Not what you said in your last post. And it certainly has not been proved to be illegal - if so describe what was illegal. I have a feeling you don't even know. Constitutions can be suspended leading to interim constitutions. Amendments can be made. This is not a problem in the slightest, though one would have to question Musharraf's judgement for giving Iftikhar Chaudry the hot seat in the first place. I suppose anyone can make a mistake though.
