Cronos my friend,
Thank you for the kind words.
Yes, since President Zia Ul Haq, Pakistan has followed a very aggressive form of “Arabization”. Over 10% of Pakistan has now had some formal Arabic training whether in a Madrassa or a school.
Pakistan had long wanted to become an Arab speaking country and kill any historical ethnic identity. The only place out of their five constituent countries they have succeeded is West Panjab.
West Panjabis are now not allowed to speak Panjabi in ANY official level. It is not officially recognized and the West Panjabi script (called Shahmukhi, which is related to the Persian script) is dying.
The biggest “benefactors” of this are the Sikhs. The Panjabis used to be divided equally between the Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus.
The Muslims have “De-Panjabized” West Panjab. The hindus have “de-Panjabized” the parts of East Panjab that they control (Haryana, Himachal, Uttarkhand). So the net result is that 5000 years of Panjabi heritage now rests on the shoulders of the brave Sikhs, who proudly embrace their Panjabi heritage (witness the worldwide popularity of Bhangra, Panjabi cuisine (mistakenly called Indian cuisine), Panjabi salwar kameez etc)
The irony of the Pakistani racial argument is that invaders made up less than 2% of the muslim population of India. Various genetic tests have proven that. They in fact instituted a caste system in the Muslim community to separate the fact that they were Turks etc.
98% of the Muslims in the Indian subcontinent are Hindu converts and forcible converts under the sword of Islam at that.
Just like anyone else with an inferiority complex, the Muslims most vocal about their ethnic “Turk/Persian” identity are the ones that are the most “Indian” aka the refugees that came from India.
Ironically the Baluchis and the Pashtos have historical intermingling ethnic links with the Persians and Turks.
However the muhajirs (the refugees who came from India, and the idiots who have foisted Urdu) are almost pure Hindu converts. They still carry a lot of Hindu customes with them (like birth charts, lingering caste system, superstitions etc)
You gave accurate facts — THAT is worth praising.
I find it funny that they are clubbed with the Middle East, and of course the Arabs laugh at them
The only place out of their five constituent countries they have succeeded is West Panjab. -- really? the Punjabis have given up their culture -- what sad folk Mozlems are...