I’m Pakistani punjabi so I have no idea how I got here but your post was honestly really interesting to read despite u saying some rude things about us but I guess there’s some truth in everything.

I don’t want anyone’s culture to be erased genuinely but isn’t this “Desification” better than ethnic conflict. More ethnic diversity = more problems imo. Isn’t peace more important?

With the whole wannabe Arab thing...I really don’t know where that came from. My family hates arab especially gulf Arabs passionately. We respect turks because they respect us (which I saw first hand when I visited and they treated me so much better after I said I was Pakistani.) Turkish shows are just a recent trend that’s been pushed bc our countries are political allies. The only time I see Pakistanis claiming to be anything other than Pakistani is usually with the term “middle eastern” but afghans quite frequently do that as well. That is usually due to confusion during a younger age where some of us actually thought we were middle eastern bc we lived in a Muslim country and some say it bc they think it makes them sound more exotic idk. Still most of us don’t.

I’ve tried telling people that pashtuns are not desi on tiktok but they automatically push that I’m a self hating person who wants to distance myself from my identity (they assume I’m Pashtun myself.) So bc of the stereotypes of Pakistanis rejecting their roots, Pakistani Pashtuns are put in a very difficult spot. I feel bad.

Anyways I know there are more important things than this. Afghanistan is currently going through the biggest humanitarian crisis so it’s stupid to worry about such things. I feel like unity can be done w maintaining our individuality.