Search results

It's fascinating how fast things change. Just over a century ago; some of the first British travelers to modern-day Pakistan recorded how the lingua-franca of the region was Farsi and that even local dialects of Farsi existed (which they termed as "Sindho-Persian"), the same travelers noted...

No thank you,

I don't think that PAC chart properly highlights the visual distance, other reference populations should have been added. Also, it's better to just calculate the averages rather than adding individual samples, makes it much more cleaner. I recommend using G25 views. Here is one with ancient...

Punjabi Rajputs have no links with Rajasthani Rajputs. "Rajput" was a title given to land-owning families and clans that eventually morphed into an identity. Other examples include; "Khan, Sheikh, Mir, Rana, Jam, Malik, Singh, etc...". eg. A Punjabi Sheikh has no connection to a Bengali Sheikh.

Jatts began their migration to Punjab from what is now Sindh in around 800-1,100 CE.

Then Jatts are Sindhis who migrated.

It would absolutely make no sense spending billions of dollars and then a further hundreds of millions of dollars in maintenance each year for a border fence. India fenced their side of the border, they pour billions into it, lets keep it at that. There is no need to fence the border, there are...

He is being sarcastic.

That's really not true. There was clear distinction among the British in which "race/ethnicity" they categorized as weak or strong in South Asia. This eventually led to the martial races theory.

Again, you're putting all of "South Asia", a term which does not mean anything beyond a geographic definition, into one boat. What exactly do people of modern-day Pakistan have to do with the Cholas? "South Asian" is an inhabitant of 'South Asia', hence Pashtuns are South Asian. But even then...

Much of your "analysis" here is quite pseudo-scientific. First off, South Asia has a population greater than Europe and Africa combined, it is also one of the most ethno-culturally and genetically diverse region in the world. To put you into perspective, the genetic distance between a Punjabi...

Nice articles, He sums it up pretty good by stating: and this is what he has to say for the Tejas:

Then this would become a circle-jerk, not a defense forum.

Who are they betraying? They have a right to express protest against the incident, but why attack Imran Khan? who immediately called for the temple to be reconstructed and have the offenders arrested. Why is there also a banner calling to "stop Baloch genocide"? This seems much more like an...

I don't get why us Pakistanis here are banging their heads against the wall. It's their country, let them do what they want, we have many of our own problems. I am sure if there was some thread on how a European country has rejected the construction of a Mosque, people would be crying...

The article definitely romanticizes him. Feudal leaders of both Punjab and Sindh were mostly against the creation of Pakistan as they feared disturbing the status quo would hinder the vast power and influence they maintained. Hence why, even the Unionist Party of Punjab, mostly comprised of...

Ah yes, the same son of the soil who used Badshahi mosque as horse stables, who converted Moti Masjid into Moti Mandir, who turned Begum Shahi Masjid into a gunpowder factory. Oh and these are just a drop in the ocean of his many other good deeds.

Get out of this emotional mentality. Bengalis did what was best for their interests, just as what we would have done if the roles were reversed. East/West Pakistan was never feasible in the first place, my only regret is that the separation should have been done peacefully.

First off, rejecting the election results was not a decision of the army, but based upon the consensus of the people of West Pakistan. Giving the country's leadership to a person who met with Indian officials in 1966 to discuss the separation of East Pakistan...

The TTP cannot establish a "Taliban state" in Pakistan, what it can do is contribute to the instability within Pakistan and hence can serve as an asset for RAW. You do not have to subscribe to a group's ideology to support them in order to serve your interests, an example being Israeli covert...