jinxeD_girl
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There is a huge difference. Punjabi is not really an ethnic group, that ethnic name was given to us. Panj-ab means "land of five rivers" in Farsi, and the Persians called us Punjabis (the inhabitants of Punjab).
The main ethnic groups in Punjab are Gujjar, Jatt, Malik, Syyed, Qureshi, Rajput, Rai, Gilani, Sheikh etc...
Pakhtun is an ethnic group and naming a territory after an ethnic group is not good for the country. Although the name "NWFP" needs to be changed.
I am amazed that no one objected to this flawed statement.. and people are giving thumbs up to this post.. Gujjar, Jatt, Malik, Syyed, Qureshi are NOT ethnicities.. but they are clans.. they all speak Punjabi and belong to Punjabi ethnic group..
Pakhtun is an ethnic group.. Durrani, YusufZai, Ghizlai etc are clans of Pakhtuns.