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Yes but are they "pure"? Highly unlikely as they would have intermarried with the "natives" and given this was circa 400/1000 the proportion of Arab blood is much less than the "native" blood.You are misinformed brother.
Pakistanis can be any ethnic origin, what matters most is that they are born and have lived in Pakistan for generations.
Arains are indeed descendants of Arab tribes who came with the first Muslim armies. This is indisputable.
There are other families who have Turkish, Iranian, Afghan, and Mongol lineages.
We are a nation formed with a unique identity as a result of Muslim conquests and assimilation of immigrants.
It matters not what is the origin, what matters is what they will do for Pakistan.
Even many Libyan Arabs and Syrian Arabs are not Arab by blood....my neighbours are Libyans and guess what their ancestry is Turkish...mixed up with others...but they consider themselves Arabs and speak Arabic....the only thing Turkish about them is the tribal/family name....Exactly what I meant thanks @TMA if hundreds of years ago you came from Arabia or Central Asia would make sense but with mixing with local populace we became what we are today, heck can we compare modern day Arab states in the Gulf and Levent to the Arabia of the yesteryears hell no they are changed so are we, at end of the day we are PAKISTANI