AgNoStiC MuSliM
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The majority always has a higher bar to meet, which honestly, as a Pakistani Punjabi, I have no issues with.Honestly, we Punjabis do not do anything but get blamed even for droughts and bad weather in Sindh. As if all problems in Sindh are the fault of Punjabis and Urdu speakers...
Really, it is getting tiring. Some Pukhtoon politicians used to blame Punjabis too when ANP had more sway, but now Pukhtoons have changed immensely and own their own issues.
Urdu speakers built Karachi and gave us so much, we should be accepting of them.
The NFC award and the 18th Amendment have allocated significantly more resources and responsibilities to the provinces, which is why I continue to support it (with some minor adjustments in terms of increased revenue for the Federal government). The provinces have control over education, health, agriculture, police etc ... atleast this way, hopefully, the tendency to blame Punjab will die down, though parties like the PPP will continue to resort to it to hide their own failures (and of course entities like the PTM).
@Ace of Spades made a good point - it is the responsibility of every community to change this ‘blame the other’ narrative. KP under the PTI has changed it, just need to reinforce it by rejecting PTM again in the next elections.
Sindh is going to be harder because of the control the PPP has for various reasons - the PPP will continue blaming everyone and their forefathers for their own failures, and therefore continue to stoke animosity and xenophobia against other ethnic groups, Punjabi’s in particular.
That’s what the White Right Wing Christians do in the US & Europe too - it’s xenophobic and discriminatory when it’s done in the US & Europe, it’s xenophobic and discriminatory when done in Pakistan.Hi,
Listen to the locals what they are saying---.
Because if you are too critical of them---they will retaliate---.
It is their land---they have a right and first choice---. Same with Baluchistan---.
If Pakistanis are not free to move around and live and work where they want in Pakistan, then why do we have a country called Pakistan?
The problem is not with people moving to different provinces to live and work - the problem is with the attitudes that resent those more successful than them just because they speak a different language.
Work hard. Make your provincial government provide more resources and better educational and training opportunities to the locals. Weaken the hold of the wadera’s. Stop blaming others for your own failures.