Your argument is like the position during cold war when people said Germans can never unite. Yes political forces tried to divide them but today Germans are a signle & a strong nation. This is going to be repeated in the case of Koreans, Pushtuns and Kurds. Politics can delay but cannot prevent ethnic unity forever.
Once again, you're argument is flawed. East Germany and west Germany are STILL politically and economically divided. In Bavaria in particular, nazism and far right fascism is still deeply rooted, while in the west, the politics is mainly left wing. The two frequently argue over the future of germany, and this has divided many germans on what Germany's future should look like.
The Libyan/Syrian refugee crises showed just how divided Germany still is.
Not to mention the economic gap between the former east and west German states. What was once called east Germany is STILL poor, and there is still rampant violence there. On top of that, there are many east germans that do no like being a part of a united germany.
You are misreading the elections. PTI won in KPK because Pushtuns see IK as their great Pushtun leader.
Okay, let's ask
@Pakhtoon yum . If you were to vote for IK, would you vote for him because he's Pashtun? Or because of his political beliefs?
@PaulSimon your views here are blatantly racist. Pashtun people are not a hive mind, they don't all believe the same thing. If they did, there wouldn't be 3 different parties (PTI, ANP, PTM) with sizable Pashtun members.
PTI won in Punjab as there are sizable Pushtuns in Punjab too. IK himself is a Pushtun from Punjab.
https://tigerkhan007.blogspot.com/2017/08/pakistan-census-2017-pashtun-population.html
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Below is the approximate Pashtun population of Pakistan. The population of FATA has been grossly understated in Census 2017 (IDPs during operation in South Waziristan exceeded 1.5 million). According to my calculation the population of FATA has to be around 8-10 million. Furthermore, the percentage in my estimation of Pashtuns in non-Pashtun areas has also been very conservative, however, i am of the opinion that the below numbers give us some idea of the population of Pashtuns in Pakistan.
I have come across many studies that puts Pashtun population solely in Karachi at around 7 million. Furthermore, in case of Punjab, there is Pashtun indigenous population in Attock and Mianwali district, in addition to the migration of Pashtuns to major cities of Punjab due to economic reasons. Finally, war on terror has pushed many pashtuns to Sindh and Punjab which has to be considered.
The Pashtun voter base in Punjab is small, while it can sway certain electoral results, it's not enough to win the elections. The Pashtun voter base in Punjab is important to shore up support, but expecting to win punjab with only pashtun voters is extremely stupid.
You yourself are misreading the population census and election results.