9 % of Punjabis were given Kashmiri status who were missing in 2001 data.
2 %
more since 2001 when Sindhis were 15 % and Baluch were 2 %.
One might have different idea from the title and below excerpt -
It's indeed based on the facts.
Only 2 % increase of Sindhi population since 2001, the sudden downwards of jump of Punjabi fraction in Army is because of sudden
9% induction from
Azad Kashmir.
Punjabis dominate PA, it's fact, anyone saying otherwise is just turning a blind eye towards the reality.
You remind me of a story a friend once SMSed me, i have kept it in my inbox just for the guys like yourself:
A very rich man went 2 a vilage with his son. to show him HOW POOR CAN PEOPLE B.
On return, father askd "WHAT DID U LEARN?"
Son replied,
"We have no cattles but THEY HAVE 4."
"We have a swiming pool whch is quite big but THEY HAVE A LAKE & ITS END CAN'T BE FOUND."
"Our garden has imported lamps but THEY HAVE A SKY FULL OF STARS."
"Our courtyard ends after few yards but THEY HAVE THE WHOLE WORLD AHEAD TO PLAY.
THANKS DADY FOR SHOWING ME HOW POOR WE R!
It is said that one cannot do ANYTHING about the following kind of people (i am sure you'll agree):
1- Jo admi apkay moo per jhoot bol day (the one who can lie right at your face)
2- Jo nehar/darya k dosray paar say apko apna **** nikal k dikha k bhag jaye (the one who swings his dick at you while standing on the other bank of a river/canal)
3- Pessimists
4- Hatermongers/Prejudiced Rascals
Please see, where do you fit in?
Xeric, I don't think PA officially discriminate people based on ethnicity, it's just that PA and IA are continuation of British Indian Army and historically Muslim Punjabis made the bulk of the armed forces. It's the martial race theory in effect.
So you agree that Sindhis/Balochis dont really want to join the military rather like to opr for other professions, right?
This was exactly what i was going to say when you started acting like a troll and made me post my 'knowledge' about them.
So i was saying that i have been part of the recruitment drive for Balochis, and man that was one thankless job! You just cant think what all we did to 'motivate' our Balochi brethren to join the Army. Infact i was part of the team who was visiting various cantts in Balochistan where the units had recruited the Balochi youth, to find out if the units have met the bare minimum criteria for recruitment (as we have already relaxed the standards for them quite a bit). Now in the areas (in Balochistan) where there was the availability of some kind of natural resource (gas, minerals - limestone, graphite etc, coal, copper, marble etc), the turnout of youth for recruitment was the lowest.
For instance, in the place (no names because it gives of the locations) there was such abundance of limestone and graphite that people were digging it out with their bare hands!!!!!!!!!!!! They had made boundary walls around that hole/well and had actually built their homes around it - they were living in it. No they each household used to send off atleast 3-4 truck load of limestone/graphite every day. This coupled with no Tax deduction, no development fee, no levy for Dept of Mines and Minerals etc was like each of them have their own gold mine!
Now tell me, would these guys ever come towards finding a 'job'?
Second, i dont know if you know Balochs nd Pathans, but i know them inside out. Let's talk about Pathans (about half of thr population of Balochistan is Pathan). i know Pathans who HATE jobs! i mean they would polish other people's shoes on the streets but would NOT like work "under' some boss (job)! They will have a Khokha of Niswar at a Godforsaken place where their sale would be zero, but they will not even work for the NGOs or the UN Programs (working there for their betterment and paying them mind blowing salaries), that's how Balochistan is, and you expect them to join the Army?
Third, just try to visit an Army Recruitment center in Sargodha, Multan, Lahore, Peshawar, Kohat, Hyderabad, Karachi etc, you will find youngsters reaching the recruitment centers DAYS before the opening with all the bedding, pillows and stuff!! They would sleep outside the centers, damn it! So that they can get into that 'queue' earlier than other guys - that's the kind of fierce competition out there to join the military, butwe dont find such zeal in Balochistan.
It's only since the last 1o years (since the Army began a special effort to recruit Balochis) that they have started coming towards this profession. This is because, Balochista
nis (not Balochis - tanis include all the ethnicities in Balochistan) as a sub-nation dont like to stay 'away' from their homes, yes their mud huts and caves. They would not like to spend nights 'out' of their houses. Come what may, they would prefer to starve rather than go and serve at Lahore or Karachi or even Quetta. This is primrily because 1) they have some kind of income generation system (though very poor) in the vicinity of their villages, like shepparding, goats/lambs, mining, farming etc or the least, they being a tough lot, dont require much comfort, no electricity, no gas, they would just grow 3-4 acres of wheat, keep livestock (mostly lambs), cut trees for fuel/heating/cooking and that's it. In short, its very difficult to get them out of their 'world' which they feel is filled with harmony and stuff.
We had to 'beg' them to join the military, they resisted like hell at first, yound boys would tell me; oye laka, tum suna hai seesha (glass) or choona (limestone) mix kar k pilata hai logo training k doran (you guys make recruits eat broken glass mixed with limestone during training to make them tough), and i was like, damn, even the SSG dont train like this.
So this is just one example that how their minds were far 'away' from 'jobs' especially a tough one like the military.
Also they being a proud cult, dont like to be ordered around, the basic stuff in any military, it took alot of effort to get them to understand that there is a difference between discipline and people ordering you around.
And now when they are aware that the military 'job' do not 'bite', they have started joining the military in flocks.
It's been like 8, 6 may be 7 years since i left Balochistan (my posting) and i still receive calls from guys who i dont even know asking me for
safarish them into the Army!!! And my first reply ALWAYS is, why the heck you didnt join when we were 'begging' you??!! And their reply ALWAYS is; 'Sir galati hogaya'
Now what do you want? That the Balochis and Sindhis (oh and yes i have a similar story regarding the Sindhis also) should fill up the Army over night (withing 2-3 years ) or as Agno said, should the Punajbis drown themselves in Indus to let their Balochi and Sindhi brothers take their place in the Army?
SO, like i said, try to find the category you fit in among the sampling i have done above.
Taking a wild guess, most of them would have come from areas near Mirpur.
You dont even know a shyt about how many Mirpurs are there inside Pakistan and you are trying to take a guess!
We'll talk again when you would understand what i was trying to say here.
Even during same period Pakistan had more inflation than India.
