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Great. I agree with you totally that we should not use the word Mohajirs since that means our parents temporarily moved to Pakistan..which is incorrect and I'm 4th generation Pakistani (like most of people on pdf are 3rd or 4th gen) in most countries 2nd gen are considered naturalised. I just used it to describe so myself so as to show that a Pashtun can be a "mohajir". Well my both paternal and maternal sides are pathans even the same family and until recently, we were reluctant to marry outside the extended family but thankfully it has changed. i grew up hearing the stories of sacrifices our forefathers offered for the creation of a separate homeland for Muslims of subcontinent. Chants of "پاکستان کا مطلب کیا لا الہ الللہ " by my ancestors still echo in our heads. The love for Pakistan is woven into our blood and it does not matter where in the world we are. The aim is to develop strong and participate positively in rebuilding and reclaiming our country from the clutches of evil and corrupt elite. Pakistan is still far from the promise of Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali.Your story is very similar to mine. We are supposed to be Pashtun through a marriage of our ancestor with an Afghan princess and may have links through our Ansari side with Pir Roshan. After partition occrured families that were pashtun by origin but had forgotten pashto moved to Pakistani controlled side. Instead of calling themselves pashtuns they openly identified as muhajirs. This is exactly what happened to us as we did not know pashto and our links to pashtuns were inproven.
Personally I have such a deep respect for Pashtuns that I would rather identify as one rather than a muhajir a term we adopted for ourselves and which is a source of the ethnic mess in Karachi. However there are still many places in our UP like Fatehpur where Pashtuns are present.
@Samandri always tries to put Pashtuns at a collision course with the rest of their Pakistani brethren and I do not like it one bit. I don't know why he does this or what satisfaction he gains pitting ethnicities against each other but he is not the only one with the problem. I would advise the people of Pakistan to act united. Afghanistan, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia or whatever other country does not deserve our loyalty.
Samandri you contradict yourself. At one time you say Zaid Hamid types see pashtuns as supermen who can free Kashmir and all and then you say pashtuns are blamed for all the problems. How can both be true. The reality is Pashtuns have held immense respect in Pakistan because of their patriotism with a few ethnically charged individuals from MQM and gang who hate them. I have criticized these MQM terrorists constantly to the point muhajirs with their typical mentality hate me.
Further thugs from Afghanistan and their sympathizers are trying to change this image of Pashtuns as patriots. What is the gain if Pashtuns lose their position as perceived patriots? The victim will be pashtuns themselves.
Pashtuns don't want to destroy what lives they have built in Pakistan as patriotic citizens. Afghanistan is playing an emotional game with pashtuns of Pakistan now that it needs them. They kicked pashtuns away when they went to Afghanistan to seek support in their rebellions against the British and treated them as traitors just because Abdur Rehman Khan an Afghan monarch sold them to the British. Now they want Pashtuns back? Seriously smell the coffee Samandri. Afghanistan is no well wisher of Pakistan nor Pashtuns. It is dominated by non pashtuns in every field. So I would advise you not to do this as the ultimate victim is Pashtuns, patriotic pashtuns working hard to make a living and name in Pakistan
Jinnah (my grand father had the honour of meeting him).
Sir we will not let them do it. Our forefathers sacrificed their lives for Pakistan and we will do that same if need arises. Most of men in my family are serving in pak armed forces.