No we do have a common identity-
We were ruled by British for atlease 80 years each, that is older than Pakistan itself, afghanis wern't
You were ruled by british for 250 years, you got submissive. While pashtuns of present day pakistan gave armed resistance to farangis. Lar pashtuns participated in every anglo-afghan war due to their affiliation with afghanistan. Our struggle against british is distinct from hindostani muslims.
We have the same founding fathers who gave us freedom
Our struggle against british was distinct from hindostani muslims, you must have heard about bacha khan, ajab khan afridi, faqir of ipi etc
We have same enemies-fought 3 wars together as a nation-including some skimishes against afghanis
Hindophobia is instilled into minds of pashtuns through systematic brainwashing like mutala pakistan. Our struggle was against british, not hindus. Clever british was successful in creating hindu-muslim enemity.
Our culture is different from your desi culture. Though culture Lar o bar pashtuns is same.
We share genetics- Pakistanis are the same Genetics apart from we have a bit more arab genetics, Afghanis are more mongoloid then Pakistani pashtun
Genetics is complicated thing to discuss. But remember that genetically pashtuns are related to afghanistan than indics like punjabis, sindis etc
We speak the same language- Everyone knows urdu
Urdu is not a native langauge, like english.
We share faith, narly all in pakistan are sufi Islam, wheras afghnais are wahabi
People in punjab think that pashtuns of KP are wahabis. We follow deobandi sect, while majority of punjabis are of bareillvi sect. We also dont do pir-parasti, mazara-parasti , urs etc that muslims east of indus do.
It might be all lies. It might be all BS but at the end of the day officially all over the world you would be treated as a Pakistani or an Indian or an Afghan or an Irani. Not as a Hazara or a Tamil or a Pushtoon or a Persian.
So try to be a bit more mature and start focusing on that thing which is more important practically. Logically being Pushtoon or Punjabi or Baloch might be important for you or for anyone else but in this world no body cares which tribe you belong to or which language you speak.
I consider myself a pakistani. Religion,Langauge, country, ethncity, tribe every thing is important in this world. This is how socities are working.
Well if what you say is right, i believe the desi ones are much much better then the whatever you are or have in your mind. We Pushtuns living in Pakistan should start think like Muslims and then as Pakistanis, we have nothing to do with Afghanistan anymore.
I think we should start thinking like a Muslim instead of thinking like a Pushtun, Punjabi, Balochi, Sindhi or whatever.
Till the day we keep thinking as per our cast, race or whatever, we will be divided and have no value. Take a lot at Afghanistan, they are being eaten and received lot of damage while they have been thinking on the lines of Pushtuns, Hazaras, Tajiks, Uzbiks etc etc.
For God sake dont use islam card against any pashtun. I am a practical muslim. I frequently go to punjab for tabligh and i know how much islam is followed there. If we go by your logic then pakistanism is also not in accordance with islam.