“Let the Turanis, Rajputs, Iranis & Afghans do the ruling & fighting; we will stay alive” [1]
Concludes the book Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten, but every conclusion has a premise & if the premise isn’t even true then the argument falls flat. The book also claims:
“Whether or not they were Muslim, survival had for centuries been the chief concern for most Punjabis”
Now granted this is directed at Punjabis in general, but I won’t bother getting in to Sikh history as that is not the business I am in & focus on the Punjabi Muslim Narrative of the Hindu to Muslim timeline.
In one of the Ghaznavid-Hindu Shahi engagements, a battle was fought at Pishore in 1009, where “the Gakhars penetrated the Ghaznavid ranks with their bare hands & feet, accounting for deaths of nearly 5000 enemy troopers” [2]. Then there is the Jatt-Ghaznavid engagement, which Sultan Mahmud had to take in order to ensure his armies would not be harassed when returning from campaigns with their spoils by the Multan based Jatts. [3]. These same Jatts would then later go on to play an essential role in Ghaznavid politics by reprimanding rebel governors in Lahore on behalf of Ghaznavids. [4]
Yet, the book briefly goes over the subject with “Other Punjabi tribes-Gakhars, Khokhars, Syals & Bhattis are also said to have fought valiantly but to no avail against Mahmud” [5]
The Punjabis would eventually be incorporated into Ghaznavid armies as the Seljuk Vizier, Nizam-ul-Mulk in his Siyasatnama notes that Mahmud Ghaznavi kept the various groups in his army: Turks, Hindus, Khurasanis & Arabs in homogenous units for better cohesion and take advantage of the diversity. [6]
If we look at the extent to which the Ghaznavids expanded Eastwards it becomes clear where these Hindus were recruited from & the last Ghaznavid Sultan Malik Khusrau relied heavily on the Khokhars of Koh-i-Jud for defense. [7]
I will continue on with my examples, but I will interject with a quote from Agha Amin used by the book directed particularly at the Punjabi Muslims “The Punjabi Muslims had a negligible role in the elite power groups which controlled Punjab…..Merely being a Muslim did not qualify the Punjabi for a respectable place in the Mughal hierarchy” [8] For context, Agha Amin is a retired Pakistan Army Major & also an author of numerous books particularly military history.
This superficial reading of history can be refuted with the fact(s) that the mere foundation of Delhi Sultanate’s Tughlaq dynasty was achieved due to the Khokhars playing a key role in the two wars that culminated in the new dynasty taking the reigns in Delhi. These same Khokhars in 1420 under the guidance of their Punjabi Muslim tribal chief, Jasrat Khokhar interfered in the politics of Kashmir by installing Sultan Zain-ul-Abideen of Kashmir to the throne, which he would rule for 5 decades in exchange for his monetary assistance against the Delhi Sultanate. Then the rebellion launched by Jasrath Khokhar would last for 20 years (on & off) & to give you an idea of the intensity of this campaign, the “Sayyid” dynasty Sultans had to repeatedly leave Delhi and go on campaigns themselves.
It has to be stated that Delhi Sultanate under Sayyids wasn’t exactly at its peak, in fact they ruled as vassals of Timur, but it is still one Punjabi Khokhar tribe keeping 3 of the 4 Sultans that the dynasty produced constantly busy in Punjab.
Not only that, before he was Sultan of Delhi Sultanate, Bahlol Lodhi lost to Jasrat Khokhar & had to retire in Sivalik Hills, when for a brief period the Sultanate & Jasrat had allied to curb Bahlol’s ambitions, who at the time was an officer posted in Punjab on behalf of the “Sayyid” dynasty. [9]
However, this entire topic is dealt with in just a page (32) & the author doesn’t even both to inquire whether Jasrath was a Muslim or a Hindu & whether if he was a Khokhar or a Gakhar. I was able to confirm both Jasrath’s Muslim faith & Khokhar lineage & the fact his Gakhar label was a mistake made by Firishta. A book dedicated to Punjab should be able to do more on the subject. Citations for Jasrath are in the linked article.
Speaking of Timur, in his autobiography, Malfuzat-i-Timuri he mentions “It was represented to me that in this country there was a certain zamindar , by name Nusrat, of the tribe of Khokhar, who having established himself with two thousand bloodthirsty soldiers in a fortress on the bank of a lake, breathed out defiance and rebellion. Leaving a body of men in that place, I immediately marched to attack this Nusrat Khokhar”. [10] The book (pg.32) doesn’t even bother quoting Timur.
Timur’s might was such that he destroyed the Delhi Sultanate which was ruled by Tughlaq dynasty at the time on whose behalf Shaikha Khokhar was Governor of Lahore & the Ottoman Empires making them both in to his vassals. Yet, we are told “survival had for centuries been the chief concern for most Punjabis”
Circling back to Agha Amin claiming Punjabi Muslims had a “negligible role in the elite power groups that controlled Punjab” & that being a Muslim didn’t qualify us for a respectable place in Mughal hierarchy. I ask, what was the ethnicity of Sadullah Khan, the Grand Vizier of the entire Mughal Empire under Shah Jahan, when the Empire was still at its peak? What is really interesting is that Saadullah Khan was not a prominent tribal chief, who could mobilize an army should the empire needed manpower, so his leverage was purely his skill as a career civil servant starting from the very bottom as an Examiner of Petitions.
The career of Sadullah Khan also refutes the book’s claim that “or supporting one side in a battle for the Mughal throne, was a dangerous exercise that a Punjabi landlord or zamindar generally steered clear of” [11] as the Grand Vizier was in favour of Aurangzeb becoming Emperor over Dara Shikoh & Italian observer Niccolo Manucci & French traveler Francois Bernier even accuse Dara for poisoning the Punjabi Muslim Grand Vizier for this reason. Another example is when Razia Sultana according to Tabaqat-i-Akbari pg. 77 “after having in a short time collected a body of Khokhars and Jats and all the Zamindars of those parts” in her bid to recapture the throne from Muiz-ud-din Bahram of the Mamluk dynasty.
Third example is when Gakhars under Sarang Khan refused to accept Sher Shah Suri as their ruler after he overthrew Emperor Humanyun to found his own state due to the Gakhar alliance with Mughals. Sarang Khan in in response to Sher Shah’s invitation to submit to him “sent a lion cub and a bow with an arrow” [12]. Not only Sarang Khan died fighting in his cause, but Sher Shah had to build an entire Rohtas fort to keep these Punjabis in check & the Gakhars refused to work for wages nor allow anyone to do so delaying the project from its completion. The Suris with all their might weren’t truly able to assert their will on Potohar. Under Islam Shah’s reign the capital of Punjab was moved from Lahore to Mankot precisely because it was away from Gakhar territory. [13] This entire episode has absolutely no mention in the book.
Continuing on with Punjabi Muslims not having a respectable place in Mughal hierarchy, apart of Sadullah, there was Shahbaz Khan Kamboh, a key member in Akbar’s inner circle, who was in modern day terms the COAS of the entire Mughal Army; also openly refused to accept Akbar’s Din-e-Elahi & criticized the Emperor for it, which may have hindered his progression in the state machinery as per Ain-e-Akbari. Citations in the Kamboh article.
Here is a list I combined of Punjabi Muslim nobles, it isn’t extensive, but that is because I haven’t revisited this topic, but its all sourced from Maasir ul Umara’s 3 books. Some of these are Punjabi Muslims who have written invaluable works such as Shahjahan Nama & tutored emperors of the future such as Salih Kambo with Aurangzeb.
To understand the extent of Punjabi Muslim mobility in Mughal Nobility is that every biradri in Punjab that identifies with the Rajput title was due to their involvement with military service particularly in the Mughal era when the identity had crystallized as I talk about in this piece with references. So that is a lot of Punjabi Musulman with a respectable place in the Mughal hierarchy. Also, it makes no sense to separate Rajputs from Punjabis, when its the indigenous tribes that ascended to Rajput status, throughout the book Rajputs are mentioned as being of Punjab, but the “Let the Turanis, Rajputs, Iranis & Afghans do the ruling & fighting; we will stay alive” gives the impression that the Rajput is a separate group, akin to saying “let the Samurais do the fighting, we the Japanese will stay alive”.
To be fair, the book does state “the Gakhars, Janjuas or Bhattis fought an invader, yet such battles were the exception” [14] however have we not discussed enough to show this was not the exception?
Now, the book does talk about the War of Independence 1857 & Rai Ahmad Kharal does get a decent amount of coverage & it does a great job discussing Adina Beg in detail among other examples, but all of that is undone when the conclusion is that “survival had for centuries been the chief concern for most Punjabis” & resistance were exceptions, when as you can see in my piece that it was not the case.
After the demise of Tughlaq dynasty, their governors appointed in Gujrat region declared independence to launch their own Gujarat Sultanate lasting a solid 150+ years. The state was in fact founded by Khatri converts to Islam. [16] Why don’t Punjabi Muslims know of this?
There is probably a high chance the Tughlaqs themselves were Punjabi Muslims because Tabqat-i-Akbari written in Emperor Akbar’s time calls Ghazi Malik, the state’s founder “cheiftain of a tribe” which is very random, because the region’s rulers have primarily been Central Asians & it would make to sense to mix one of those ethnicities up.
Plus, which Turk can be a chieftain of a tribe in Punjab? Centuries later, Stanley Lane Poole, calls the dynasty “the race of the Jats” [18] in the book’s introduction; as opposed to the common theory that Ghazi Malik was of Turkish extraction. However, as of writing this piece I will hold off on claiming them Punjabis.
Final Thoughts:
Take this article in tribune for instance which was published in 2012, where was the pushback & why did it take till 2023 for someone to write a response? At the end, Punjabis and particularly Punjabi Muslims need to be proactive in countering this narrative that we were passive Sufi farmers that got walked all over without offering any resistance & needed saviours from next door, but Punjab was a military labour market, which every state relied on for manpower along with the state we founded in Gujarat Sultanate, far away from home that lasted a century and a half. Far longer than anything any of our neighbors in Pakistan ever created. So, Punjabi Muslims need to show more interest in our history in order to pushback.
References:
[1] Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten pg. 57
[2] Making of Medieval Punjab. Warfare, Territory & Resistance
[3] Making of Medieval Punjab. Warfare, Territory & Resistance
[4] Raza, S. J. (2010). HINDUS UNDER THE GHAZNAVIDS. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 71, 213–225.
[5] Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten pg. 23
[6] Raza, S. J. (2010). HINDUS UNDER THE GHAZNAVIDS. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 71, 213–225.
[7] Raza, S. J. (2010). HINDUS UNDER THE GHAZNAVIDS. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 71, 213–225.
[8] Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten pg. 58
[9] Lal, K. S. (1958). JASRAT KHOKHAR. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 21, 274–281.
[10] The History of India as Told by Its Own Historians the Muhammadan Period Edited from the Posthumous Papers of the Late H. M. Elliot by John Dowson. Volume 3. pg. 415.
[11] Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten pg. 58
[12] Punjab under the Great Mughals pg.24
[13] Punjab under the Great Mughals pg.27
[14] Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten pg. 57
[15] Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten
[16] The First Indian War of Independence 1857-1859 by Marx Engels.
[17] Al-Hind: the Making of the Indo-Islamic Society 14th-15th Centuries. pg.143
[18] The Coins of the Sultans of Delhi in the British Museum by Stanley Lane Poole. pg.11
Punjabi Waseb 
Very well articulated.
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If I’m not wrong, Zafar Khan, the famous military commander of Delhi Sultanate against Mongol empire was a Muslim from Punjab as well. We know for sure that he was a Indic Muslim but his specific place of origin seems to be Punjab. He is said to be the greatest (or one of) commander in terms of historical impacts in the book History of Medieval India.
I noticed, this article also omits Barha Seyyeds of Mughal empire who were from eastern Punjab.
Cheers.
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I want to dedicate some time to research that topic.
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Also, I forgot to mention… Yeah the separation of “Rajput” from “Punjabis” in the quote was quite hilarious. These kinds of confirmation biases end up accumulating in your memory and you end with silly conclusions. If one were to sit down and read basic medieval history, they’d realise without just one Punjabi revolt (Khokhars under Tughlaq war) to avenge Khilji’s assassination the imperial muslim rule would have ended a long time ago by the hands of a Gujarati Hindu usurper.
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Absolutely! Thanks for reading.
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Sarang bro I wouldn’t bother with agha amin he is a so called pashtun who was close to that infamo isi chiefwho bBhutto removed.
Quite frankly inm opinion brahui Shia, muhajir, Pashtun are national security threat to. You don’t want them aroun when discussing national security policy. You know in the “formation of rajputs catogery thread” I partially told the truth. I did not want to spill allbeans on the realities of these 4 groups.
You will see what I mean. E. G. During partition 50% of hindustani/muhajirs were shia, 35% pashtun and only 15 sunni regardless i call these grouping the unholy nexus. Because all though these groups hate punjabis and indic muslim they hate each other more with backstabs and even going on verge of genocide I. E. Mqm genocide of pashtuns.
These groups were oppprtunists and never believed in Pakistan. I already told you how northern balochistan and fata never believed in paksitan. The only Reason NWFP is with Pakistan is because Pashtuns m up less then half of the population in 1947.It was the non pashtuns who voted more for Pakistan. After all its Dardic land and so just half of pashth voted for Pakistan. If northern balochistan or fata would have been included they would have not have voted for Pakistan. Bacha khan was never that popular in NWFP compared to fata.
If Pakistanis want to move forward we will have to dismantle this unholy cabal charade. Remember main shia organisations opposed pakistan on sectarian grounds. Agha khan and jinnah were ismaili shia and only reason they got on board muslim league wagon was political opportunism personally. The gujrati ismailis were in competition with their hindu counter part and jinnah had personal axe to grind with gandhi after he took away his leadership in the Indian Home league.
The Indian muhajirs never cared about Pakistan or its indic nations. E. G. Agha khan built karachi Hospital with help contrubtion from muhajir Memons but only ismailis are better treated similar to shaukat khanum hospital. Pakistan was made to free indicmu from Shackles of Hindu semi slavery.
These 4 groups will never ever be loyal to pakistan. So we should not worry about them instead we should concentrate on improving our people and separating ourselves from their lies.
Now coming to the Gandhi pov. Its typical Hindu behaviour. Straight a:
Its not Pakistani indics who suffer from inferiority complex. It’s their own muhajir couzin and rest of groups who mostly suffer from this disease.
The funniest is Indians claiming afghans to be Hindus and thus baharti.
Before partition Sindh was 73% muslim majority, Punjab 63% muslim majority exculding Delhi division including Delhi 58%.muslim kashmir 80% muslim majority,Nwfp 90%.
Even in these stasticis if you take away shia and Pashtun or others it will still leave over 75.5% indic sunni majority Muslims in Pakistan region.
This inferiority complex in pak is largely due to Muhajirs and others who came from muslim minority provinces and thus have an inferiority complex in regards to their hindu brother.
Its similar to Sindhi hindu, Punjabi Hindu,Kashimiri hindu, frontier hindu who don’t have their own culture and constantly try to copy Indic Pakistani Muslim culture and traditions. Although Sikhs also like pashtun suffer from some inferiority complex, they have their own culture heritage in their area princely States Malwa area. While pashtuns have northern balochistan fata etc.
So next time a gangadeshi or Maqsood frankenstein goes on about inferiority complex whateva just respond with no that’s our culture. Heer ranjha is ours which culture do hindu punjabi exactly have? Lol there shamelenes has no limits when they even try to plagerise Punjabi muslim folklore as written by Hindus.
Some pigtuns on twitter try to duvel silly issues like Indians saying indic or punjabi Muslims don’t have tribes and its castes or copying them etc. Well to that I say its idocracy at its finest. Punjabi Muslims do not share Indian caste system . When we mean caste we mean race or Nasal zaat or nation that’s why even the British were forced to acknowledge races in Pakistan region as opposed to ganges India. Ofcourse the martial race theory was propaganda by British but what they inadvertently found while studying is that the pakistan region has always been 99%(not fact but general example) pure compared to rest of India. Tribe is just another word for qoum or nation perhaps more accurate would be “clan” but then again the word “caste” in pak region means occupation zaat or nasal.
That’s why indic Muslims should not marry outside zaat or race especially to non indic cowardly.
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This unnecessary hatred by afghans and Indians against indic Muslims does not warrant a merit.
Do you see pakistani indic muslim calling out names of India or doing gali galoch etc no we don’t need to we are calm and calculated.
In fact its their supposed allies the unholy nexus brahui, pashtun muhajir, shia who have waged wars and are the most anti Hindu anti Western people in Pakistan. Just because they are incompetent does not mean they are not dangerous. Yes they might do damage to Pakistans standing but they do more damage to others I. E. Imran khan calling out modi and exposing him.
So why the obsession and hatred against “Punjabi Muslims”? No we don’t pretend to be Indian others sometimes mistake us as light skinned Indians but we have nothing to do with you! It’s up to india if they want peace with Pakis.
Indic Muslims don’t need India it’s better if the border remains closed. We will get through any problem or problems by ourselves.
Sarang bro I actually thought that Sikhs wouldn’t be able to influence pakistani jatts unfortunately I was wrong some pakistani jatts have a inferiority complex which is why they look up to the Sikhs.
E. G. The experiment with imran khan and general bajwa was in my opinion absolute collapse of pashtunistan and jattistan.
The corrupt establishment wanted to turn pakistan in to pashtunistan under leadership of imran khan and jattistan under leadership of General bajwa. However its utter failure has made it clear pakistan is not anybodys property.
I think a part of the reason is that although muslim jatt have the single largest share of jatts at 45%.According to the 1931 census Sikhs jatts around 34 % and Hindu jatts at 27.9% so overall non Muslims jatts are in majority.
You don’t see this inferiority complex in Sindhi sheikh or Kamboh even though they are almost just about equal in non Muslim-Muslim population.
Compare to this in the same census Muslim rajputs were 60 % of all rajputs in the pak region. While out of Gujjars are 75.6% are Muslim. No wonder Hindu Gujjars have a massive inferiority complex! They all look dark and juiced up!
Muslim Gujjars are also the only Muslim tribe or race south asia that still has a nomedic “Hun”element.
That’s why there isn’t a rigid caste system in Pakistan Punjab unlike India punjab where jatts make up 60% of the sikh population.
Pakistani punjab has diversity so many biradris that you cant have 1 community in power when jatts only make up 15% of pakistani punjab population. Its another reason British couldn’t use castism regarding Punjabi muslaman. That’s why although jatt Muslims are minority overall in number of jatts, coming under Punjabi muslim label should be perfect for jatt punjabi Muslims.
Jattism or jattistan will never work in Pakistan unlike Afghanistan or India.
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Whether pashtun tribials were sent to kashmir as a distraction from bacha khan’s activities or as military distraction is not clear. What is clear is that pashtuns have not and will never be reliable.
Tribal pashtuns went to kashmir because of loot plunder and not to help out Muslims. Infact it was the killing of pashtuns in kashmir punjab by India that set.when indian muhajirs came under attack they asked pashtuns for help but only when pashtuns in kashmir punjab were driven out did the fata tribials call for revenge. They did not care punjabi Muslims were being slaughtered only when liquat ali khan with some human remains and pashtun surviors of Indian massacres came to fata in September1947 did pashtuns join. It was they who 1st started killing of Hindus Sikhs in march and when it got too tough whisked back to their hideouts.
The corrupt establishment celebrates tribal force attack on kashmir. But this will make no difference. The pashtuns of fata and Northern balochistan rejected pakistan. Appeasement will not work. In fact there is hardly any difference in what Sikh jathas around partition and what pashtuns did. Both were cowards that dared not set foot in other half and massacred innocent population. Only some punjabi muslim lashkar/jathas went to East punjab to help Muslims.
The real hero’s of kashmir liberation have been deliberately sidelined by the. Unholy Nexus. It was liquat ali khan who was more involved then jinnah as he was baloch or jat from karnal East punjab.
Major kurshid arain and Sardar shaukat Hayat were instrumental in liberation of half of kashmir. Infact it was sardar shaukat Hayat who did not want pashtun involvement as he knew they would mess up . He wanted direct involvement of army and non pashtun.
However Aslam khan afridi and Akbar khan persuaded liquat ali khan otherwise.
This is important fact to Mention because since the tribal invasion the proxy warfare going on now is a pashtun idea.
That’s not the Punjabi Muslim way. We prefer to fight in the open and be done with it. I. E. telling jokes openly.
Not saying punjabi Muslims are not good at irregular warfare, we are but
This originally was not our idea and this proxy terrorism I don’t agree with. Rather fight face to face. The corrupt establishment should stop with proxy terrorism and either have peace with India or go all out once and for all.
Indic Muslims have always believed in Strong instutions.
However in regards to Sikhs pashtuns we do have a Ace up our sleeves.
Both the Sikhs and Pashtuns are
Political Orphans nobody trusts them or will help them out Genuinely!They are orphans and have no friends. The international community is not Stupidd.
The recent crap Indian propaganda film peice “Kashmir files” attributes wrongdoing on kashmiris however what it failled to mention is the is that the exodus of pandits were carried out by mostly by outsider not kashimiri Muslims. In 1990 the pashtun isi director: General durrani flooded the Valley with Afghan/ pashtun terrorists who were the driving force behind the exdhus. li Mast gul and HuM chief Khalil.
Like I mentioned before the love between Afghans and Hindutva is artificial. Its the unholy nexus that has been the vanguard in attacking India still the Indians blame “Punjabi Muslim” just because we Honestly said we have “F^^^ all” to do with you!.
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Despite the afghan or so pashtun 1 sided love affair with India.Baloch and Indians do not shy away from giving lessons to them.E. G. Shazaib khan Incident and Naveed Pathan brutal murder by rssmob.
Afghan pashtuns are like southern French, while tajiks are northern French and turkic are like Germans.
So if Afghans mostly love India why do they sometimes dislike it? It’s exactly like France England Germany history.
3 times France lost against Germany. 3 times Afghanistan was defeated by British India. 1871,1917 mutinies when they refused to fight. Ww2.
We have another aceup here: It was was British India and UP biharis that invaded Afghanistan twice in 1839 and 1870s.3rd Anglo Indian afghan war. For the 1st 2 invasions it was mostly UP Bihar armies Hindu dominated that pluenderd Afghanistan under British officers. Punjabi Muslims were mostly recruited 1901 and took part mostly in 3rd Anglo afghan war where they defended territory from being attacked.
Now the question is if Indians and afghans like each other,perhaps they should return the Somnath Ghaznv gates that were stolen from Afghanistan in 1840s.They were brought over to India by British andHindu soldiers. Reality is that even though they are not the gates of somnath mandir they Indians would never let go of their biggest war prize that they ever had even if with help of Gora. The modern Indian army loves celebrating the exploits of the Bombay soldiers in their action against Afghanistan. I. E. Kesari movie.
The afghans are a defeated overran nation. The past few have won is due to international/ dhalkhor help against soviet. And recently due to proxy war Russia china help again with ‘dhalkhor’ . So pashtun are not special holy.
So what do they want?
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Sarang Bro; you were absolutely right in 1 of your tweets where you said pashtuns want to enjoy easy life while others do the work.
Just compare 2 genetically stupid nations. Sikhs Pashtuns
What good do Sikhs provide for india? Nothing no good doctors, engineers, scientists, intellectual.
The only real benefit I can think of is agriculture Sikh Punjab provides to india. But the Sikhs are so greedy and with rampant castism they have a almost poisoned landmass due to the “Green revolution”. Do you see Arians in Pak punjab do this? Arians were most productive Peasants in British india.
Just to get a majority they 2wice divided punjab and these Sikhray want to lecture us.
I don’t even want to get in to cannon fodder for India, even degrees are meaningless for these 2 communities , not withstanding huge number of fake.
Pashtuns are not even good for cannon fodder as they run away at sign of trouble.
The only valuable industry Pashtuns have or do is recycling industry in Pakistan. However they also put OUT more rubbish.
Yes the Sikhs have few numbers in the transport industry India. But they don’t own it.Hindus do.
Just like in India Pashtuns have quite a few numbers but don’t own the transport or truck industry. Its owned by kashimiris and punjabis in Lahore and Karachi. A side business of truck industry is the truck ART Again set up by Punjab Muslims.
Afghans or Pashtuns operate in what I call the “Grey Industry”. The pashtuns are more greedy then Sikhs, Halal working is not suitable or desirable.
The reason they work in transport industry is, its easier to transport alcohol and Drugs. Yes they have set up some shops and restaurants. But the shops are cover for illg activities and summgled goods hence ”Chor Bazar’.
Don’t even get started on restaurants, anybody that thinks Afghan or Pashtun food is delicious [(+_+)] is def High! Go search (“Afghan basti Karachi Dead animals being cut up and sold as fresh meat)”. Punjabi muslim food is best!
Sikhs and pashtuns also have other 1 other thing in common but more so with Pashtuns. Sikhs sometimes sell to Bihari and UP in their states.
P pashtuns Large families Surplus childre they are often abandoned and made homeless by pashtuns and left to fend for themselves. They are Mischievous and involved in crime/il activities. If they can’t sell them before hand then they leave them to fend for themselves. Pashtuns are 1 of few community that do this in pakist. State can’t afford to take in abandondd.
Some Sikhs but often Pashtuns are Sold in Gulf countries to Arab sheikhs,a friend dissscused with facts evidence.
The most 4 most incompetent and corrupt persons in Pakistan, Javed Afridi,Malik Riaz Kakkazai, Aleem Khan, Jehngair Tareen, don’t help pashtuns but require help from punjabi. All of them &any associates should be inJail.
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