BunnyRabbit
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Basically I am from the capital of Pak which is supposed to be a place where there is good enough representation of almost all ethnic/regional people from around the country. Growing up, I was taught to not believe in such stuff and for many years I actually thought it was a thing of past and was exaggerated and not as prevalent as it was talked about.
But since entering the professional world, I have come across people not just the relatively uneducated ones but a lot more educated ones who believe in such stuff. There often exists some sense of superiority of their own ethnic group while I have seen others complaining of being victimized by other more prevalent ones in the city.
For example, I have come across a lot of Pushtoons who blame Punjabis of taking all the jobs in the capital that they deserved. I have also heard Punjabis talking about Pashtoons making a clique and hiring their owns in a lot of organizations. On the other hand, there are Urdu speaking/Muhajirs, who I have heard talking about how they are the only true gems the country has to offer. I have heard Sindhis talking about how they don't find others sincere. I have heard Kashmiris talk about how they are different to everyone in Pakistan and better than other ethnicities. The last of all, there's region of Gilgit-Baltistan, where people talk about how they are never given their due rights (like voting, Pakistan ID nos etc) and the whole country sleeps over it.
Apart from that, I never really paid much heed to the so called cricket journalists of Pakistan who are always highlighting the region from where a certain player is playing and how much players from a certain city have historically been deprived of opportunities. But over the past few years, especially after spending time on PP and reading people's comments and them actually believing it to be a case of conspiracy or something, I wanted to discuss it. Even though a lot of them will not accept they have this bias but reading some peoples contrasting views about people from different regions, it becomes hard to ignore how the decades of media washing and segregationist sentiments have eventually prevailed in Pakistan and they are only flourishing where very little else is flourishing.
In short, all of this divide leads to less than favorable environment and not much unity among the people that belong to the same country. Apart from that, there's region of Balochistan which is very rarely covered in media even though they may be Pashtoons, the facilities and development the whole province has been given has been sad to see.
What's you take on this topic and how much of this bias have you experienced or seen it in your respective cities? Is there an element of truth in it or is it just a result of decades long segregationist sentiments eventually prevailing in this country?
I know this is a sensitive topic. Would like to hear of your thoughts and views. Kindly be gentle in your replies.
But since entering the professional world, I have come across people not just the relatively uneducated ones but a lot more educated ones who believe in such stuff. There often exists some sense of superiority of their own ethnic group while I have seen others complaining of being victimized by other more prevalent ones in the city.
For example, I have come across a lot of Pushtoons who blame Punjabis of taking all the jobs in the capital that they deserved. I have also heard Punjabis talking about Pashtoons making a clique and hiring their owns in a lot of organizations. On the other hand, there are Urdu speaking/Muhajirs, who I have heard talking about how they are the only true gems the country has to offer. I have heard Sindhis talking about how they don't find others sincere. I have heard Kashmiris talk about how they are different to everyone in Pakistan and better than other ethnicities. The last of all, there's region of Gilgit-Baltistan, where people talk about how they are never given their due rights (like voting, Pakistan ID nos etc) and the whole country sleeps over it.
Apart from that, I never really paid much heed to the so called cricket journalists of Pakistan who are always highlighting the region from where a certain player is playing and how much players from a certain city have historically been deprived of opportunities. But over the past few years, especially after spending time on PP and reading people's comments and them actually believing it to be a case of conspiracy or something, I wanted to discuss it. Even though a lot of them will not accept they have this bias but reading some peoples contrasting views about people from different regions, it becomes hard to ignore how the decades of media washing and segregationist sentiments have eventually prevailed in Pakistan and they are only flourishing where very little else is flourishing.
In short, all of this divide leads to less than favorable environment and not much unity among the people that belong to the same country. Apart from that, there's region of Balochistan which is very rarely covered in media even though they may be Pashtoons, the facilities and development the whole province has been given has been sad to see.
What's you take on this topic and how much of this bias have you experienced or seen it in your respective cities? Is there an element of truth in it or is it just a result of decades long segregationist sentiments eventually prevailing in this country?
I know this is a sensitive topic. Would like to hear of your thoughts and views. Kindly be gentle in your replies.
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