I will give you an example of the mistake we nationalists have made. When Pakhtunkhwa was getting a name change we severely opposed it-at least the majority of nationalist factions around tried to hamper it saying that a name change was bad and an anti-federation move as provinces on the basis of ethnicity are wrong. Even Pashtuns were part of it. However we did not see that 3 provinces are already named in this way. ANP came and took the fish from the mouth of the shark that promoted concepts such as honor and nationalism-which is so ghairatmand but we failed to have a single political movement yet. So it is a failure on our part to understand the ethnic issue. If a pro-federation party had renamed the place we could have stopped a party with questionable background and very questionable supporters like Luffy from coming to power.
The Pakistaniyat approach to ethnic issues has failed @
KingMamba93 and it is time to face this reality. This is why this debate is now open.
Pakistaniyat made us give a general order that all Nationalists were not to share their ethnicity with anyone. It didn't work-people would still figure out from where we lived and the language we spoke. We tried to teach our members another language to obfuscate it-this is how far we went. The only way is to break the shackles of identity is-
1) challenge why it is taken so seriously-by abandoning muhajir identity I give the message that this is not a necessity... it is not necessary to have an ethnic identity to survive.
2) By merging as a Pashtun I give a message of unity and respect of Pashtuns. I will help promote the culture, the language the ways. The offer of 500 Dhs is still on for anyone who can prove he will promote Pashtun culture and history. These parts of history we should know so Luffy cannot mislead us.
3) I also challenge muhajir identity itself. If you read all the posts on the muhajir identity thread you will be convinced. There is no one who cannot be. Migrants were supposed to merge with the ethnic groups where they came. In Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan this happened and even @
Monkey D Luffy admitted this but now finds the need to bash me as he does everyone else. It only failed in Karachi because muhajir population overwhelmed the local one and now makes up 70% of Karachi. This made it difficult for them to merge with the Sindhis other than their own attitudes.
4) You might ask why not sindhis. One is my attraction to Pashtuns. Two is demographics of karachi (25% Pashtuns and 7% Sindhis) so they are the logical choice. Most of all there is my background and my links to Pashtuns.
5) To promote self-criticism. I am from birth a muhajir and that identity though I realize it is a failure was imposed on me at birth and am trying to break it-but maybe me criticizing how my family behaved can result in a mass movement of this scale and result in the breaking of the ethnic identities itself as they become inconsequential.
I thank you @
ghilzai and @
Armstrong for supporting me when everyone else calls me an idiot. It is an honor. But I believe the debate has gone to a different tangent by Luffy responding and me responding back.
So king mamba I will not do something that is against my country-be sure of it. This is in its benefit that I take this stand. Furthermore yes I do love Pashtun culture, ways history and language. But there is nothing wrong with that. It does not make me a racist nor do I have to bash anyone to maintain this identity unlike Luffy. Also do remember I may have some heritage.
