Yea i got it. I dont see how watching a TV show on Ottoman Empire, will make Pakistanis think of that as their culture. The only people who think that are right wing Hindus and Far Left Muslims. Pakistanis obviously identify with subcontinent Muslims, as that's who they are. But since they are Muslims, they would be interested in other Muslim cultures as well. If there was a show on African Muslims, there would be interest for that too.
The real problem is that like right wing Indians, far left Subcontinent Muslims, have deemed Muslims who came and settled in the subcontinent from Central Asia, Afghanistan, and to a lesser degree Iran and Arabia, as perpetual foreigners. So the architecture, the poetry, the cuisine, the literature, art, etc that all the various Muslim empires produced is foreign. You cant accept the idea that Muslims who settled in the subcontinent assimilated the other local Muslims into there culture, and together they created a new civilization, which had elements from both Islamic culture, Persian culture, as well as local subcontinent culture.
This would be the equivalent of people in England saying that because Anglo-Saxons invaded, Westminster Abbey and Palace of Westminster is not part of there heritage. Or because the Normans invaded the Tower of London and Canterbury Cathedral is not part of there heritage. Or because the Romans invaded Hardians Wall and Bath is not part of there heritage. And that they want to go back to the culture that existed before the Romans arrived. And they want to rename England, which is a name from the Anglo Saxons, and get rid of the English language and go back to the language before they all came.
But people in England like all sane people, don't view invaders and settlers as perpetual foreigners. They accept that there culture has many influences.
