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Tribals were not given any choice, neither they put forward any demands or conditions..British simply handed over FATA to its successor Pakistan...Jinnah did one thing very good that he decided to pull out the army from tribal areas, winning confidence and thanks of tribals.....but then we see him sending tribals to kashmir instead of reguler army, political agents paid them like mercenaries....it was not a good start.
Don't peddle lies ! They were given a choice & they subsequently entered into standstill agreements with Pakistan which are recorded as follows : Soon after Independence, the various tribes in the region entered into an agreement with the government of Pakistan, pledging allegiance to the newly created state. Some 30 instruments of accession were subsequently signed, cementing this arrangement. To the tribal agencies of Khyber, Kurram, North Waziristan and South Waziristan were later added Mohmand Agency (in 1951), and Bajaur and Orakzai (in 1973).
Accession did not subsume the political autonomy of the tribes. The instruments of accession, signed in 1948, granted the tribal areas a special administrative status. Except where strategic considerations dictated, the tribal areas were allowed to retain their semi-autonomous status, exercising administrative authority based on tribal codes and traditional institutions. This unique system, given varying degrees of legal cover in each of the country earlier constitutions, was crystallized in Pakistan Constitution of 1973.
The source for the above - History of FATA & it is further reproduced here - Pakistan's FATA Policy
Secondly we didn't send them to Kashmir like regular army ! When the Swati & Gilgti Scouts revolted & won over the Northern Areas for Pakistan & later when the harrowing stories of Kashmiris from Jammu & Kashmir escaping into Punjab & AJK were related all across Pakistan it were the Pashtun Tribes who on their own initiative & after repeated calls for Jihad fought along with Kashmiri Irregulars & whatever joke of an Army & Arsenal we had ! No one paid them....don't insult them like that !
And I do know what I'm talking about because I personally know a 90 something guy from Bajaur who fought in that war - He wasn't paid a dime ! According to him the Pakistan Army had promised that whatever arms they captured it would be theres but Pakistanis reneged on that promise & kept some for themselves ! He said that they didn't make a fuss out of it after they were told that the Army had next to no military arsenal left & desperately needed weapons to equip their ranks ! His only gripe with the Army was the indecisiveness that cost us the rest of Kashmir because we didn't move forward & kept putting things off - Thats one thing he was sorely pissssed about !
At any rate for a country that was literally bankrupt where the hell did we find the money to pay off the Tribals & why would the Tribals of all people fight like mercenaries ? Only the Khattaks ever did that - Never the Mehsuds & the Wazirs who were at the forefront of the fight in Kashmir !
If you don't believe me ask @Hyperion !
And i wont respond to your pashtun bashing at the end. A kind request from you not to question our way of life, our women do pardah and stay in homes according to islam...wont you feel insulted if i start pointing fingers at the women in your culture? That they dont have even the etiqettue of wearing rope-like dupatta properly..
There was no Pashtun bashing anywhere in my post - Don't let your own victim mentality & racism reflect itself when you read whatever I wrote !
I love Pashtuns...I always have & I always will ! But I reserve the right to criticize something if I think its wrong because thats what you do when you care about someone - I wasn't & I never will score points by highlighting someone's weaknesses or bad habits just so that I can be in the right !
Tribal way of life must evolve for the better & books, education & above all knowledge must take preference over the gun otherwise the Tribal Areas will continue to remain a few decades behind the rest of the world !
Tribals are ferocious people with an iron will - Let us use that ferocity & that iron will to make Doctors, Engineers & Leaders out of them as they deserve !
So in short keep the gun but the pen must take precedence over the gun !
As for the women - Islam does not confine a woman to the house as if her only purpose in life is to bear kids & feed her husband ! If Hazrat Ayesha (RA) can lead an Army of Muslim Men to war than Pakistani women can sure as hell work, study & be constructive citizens of the society ! It is not Islam...it is male chauvunism in the guise of Islam that we - men - use to keep women degraded as second class human beings ! And this is true for Muslims across the length & breadth of Pakistan & not just Pashtuns or Baloch or Punjabis etc. - its true for all of us !
I'm sure @Spring Onion would agree with me on this !
A little help here @Secur !
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