Same with Pashtuns bro. If I start telling the reality of how Pashtuns are currently feeling I get labeled an Afghan ethno nationalist LMAOO
Because Pakistaniyat never existed in the first place. Pakistan is a young country which has largely failed to put its narrative out. We either harp around with Indus Civilization or ride with Arab/Afghan history.
Pak studies says Bin Qasim was the first Pakistani.
We never appreciated the provincial cultures we have.
Tell me about it, as I have a foot in both camps (Pashtun and Sindhi one) hence my active participation in the threads that dealt with those very regrettable but also blown out ethnic riots in Sindh a few weeks ago. Pashtuns have a history and presence in Sindh that FAR predates the nation of Pakistan as a country and Pakistani identity.
Ignorants within Pakistan label Pashtuns as Afghans forgetting that Pasthuns are just 1 group within Afghanistan (albeit the majority but less than 50% of the country), that Pashtuns predate the notion of Afghanistan which is only 300 years old as an nation state (Hotaki dynasty) and that Pashtuns of Pakistanis are natives that cluster genetically with other local Pakistani ethnic groups. Obviously Pashtun clans and tribes in Pakistan (Waziristan, SWAT and KPK as a whole), will have close ties to neighboring Pashtun tribes and clans just across that artificial and not even 75 year old border.
Similarly we have idiotic Indians who claim Sindhis even though there are no native Sindhis living in India. The only ones are migrants (Hindu too) who left after 1947 and they don't even number 5 million in a sea of 1.4 billion people. Not only that Sindhis are native to Pakistan and have nothing to do with Indians. In fact India named itself after Sindh (LOL) and have adopted/stolen tons of Sindhi culture, foods, dresses etc. and tried to make it their own "Indian" one. I have seen many Indian users here talk as if Sindhis and Punjabis "are their people" or "Indian" people.
As for the culture/history part, I could not agree more. It is quite frankly embarrassing and another long list of failures in regards to creating a genuine Pakistani identity and cohesion.
The whole notion that only Islam bids us together has been an effective propaganda tool used by the ignorant masses and those in power.
As if Islam binding us together (a fact but far from the only component that does this) is the only component of what makes Pakistan, Pakistan and Pakistanis, Pakistanis.