It can not be described as that fear of seeing a beast or monster, its phobia from them on the pattren of islamphobia, that bearded pashtun walking in my city might be a terrorist. For example, just weeks ago, islamabadi residents informed police that there are potential terrorists staying in their mosque. Police arrested them, but it turns out they were pashtun labourers from swat , charsada etc, involved in nearby construction project. Punjabi and sindhi mothers, along with the indian ones, still warn their kids not to go near any pathan or else they will be abducted in a bori and sold to slave labour. Just few days ago, a sindhi man told me that they used to run away in fear to their houses whenever a pathan clothes seller used to come to their village.
