My maternal grandfathers entire family/ village of 300 people in India, were slaughtered brutally in the late 1940's by Hindu fanatics. He was the sole survivor and ended up inheriting about +/- 400 hectares of fruit orchards. But he was so traumatized and disillusioned with life, that he donated everything he had to an orphanage. He handed over his kids to their maternal grandparents and became a sufi, moved to Pakpattan, eventually dieing there.
After this tragic incident everyone that could, moved to Karachi. None of my 700 relatives that I know of in Karachi support sectarian or language based politics. They appreciate every big / little thing that Pakistan has offered them, and are loyal to this land. They do realize had they stayed back, they would have never gotten such opportunities, and would have been 3rd class citizens.
I personally - all the way from my ISSB selection, to being badly injured at the border, forcing me to leave my infantry unit and then my higher education borne by the Army, and ultimately retiring at the age of 44 as a Brigadier, never faced any crap like Ghilzai. On three occasions misguided bigots did confront me, but they got well taken care of. In two instances Punjabis and in one a Pathan took care of it, on my behalf. Teaching me the most important lesson of my life, that Pakistanis stick together in thick and thin.
Misguided people like Ghilzai exist in our society, but are very few. AND usually a hug and a kiss on the forehead sorts them out.
My apologies for derailing this thread. Coming back to Biharis the best thing for them would be for GOP to send back the 1m+ Bengalis, and bring the 300k Biharis, but this as we all know is not going to happen. Nonetheless, we should all at least try and do what we can, to bring back these Pakistanis, if not, at least remember them in our prayers. This is the least we can do.
