Punjabies and Pashtuns, so close yet so different?

[R3SISTANC3]

many "Punjabis" are of Pashtun descent due to Pashtun men of past having wives of Punjabi stock, this is common in Multan and Mianwali

there are even Bangladeshi Pashtuns, who are remnants of Lodhis and Sher Shah Suris men.

Very true. Punjabi and Pashtun are not races but ethnicity. Racially they overlap in certain regions. Punjabis mostly have Indic characteristics and Pashtuns mostly Central Asian but its not uncommon to find both in these two communities.

[R3SISTANC3]

I personally think indians punjabies(sikhs) are better looking, we have more jatts in indian punjab

Who could have played Gabbar Singh better than a Pashtun?

Darmindara is one of the most famous Hindi actors among Pashtuns. Some Jatts are very similar in physical features to Pashtuns. Yet there are Jatts who are very Indic looking.

[Karachi]

Kashmala Tariq has Afghan/Pashtun background. The name Kashmala is exclusively Afghan/Pashtun.

I am not saying you are wrong, she could be from there, but name doesn't mean anything, even a bangali or sri lankan might have a afghan name, but that doesn't mean they are afghan. also if you are correct, then i would say atleast 20-30% of people in the cities of punjab and even karachi are related to afghans in some form atleast, I have studied in schools in 3 cities in pakistan and a lot of people look like that in schools, especially people coming from wealthier/respected familes. But again like i said before, even in the wealthier familes of villages(chaudaries), you will find people like that

[Karachi]

[QUOTE=Sanskrit;484537]I personally think indians punjabies(sikhs) are better looking, we have more jatts in indian punjab

Pakistan Punjab is like 10 times larger then Indian punjab, you find all types of people in punjab. Also didn't most sikhs(jatts) actually came from pakistan region and migrated to India in 47?

[R3SISTANC3]

I am not saying you are wrong, she could be from there, but name doesn't mean anything, even a bangali or sri lankan might have a afghan name, but that doesn't mean they are afghan. also if you are correct, then i would say atleast 20-30% of people in the cities of punjab and even karachi are related to afghans in some form atleast, I have studied in schools in 3 cities in pakistan and a lot of people look like that in schools, especially people coming from wealthier/respected familes. But again like i said before, even in the wealthier familes of villages(chaudaries), you will find people like that

That is true because elite families want to marry the best. I have also noticed that the rich in Pakistan are fairer than others. I guess you can call it natural selection, passing on the genes by being more desirable. Wealthy men in our regions want to marry trophy wives. This was and is the case in Arab countries who married California blondes and bring in girls from places like Syria and Lebanon.

[Espresso]

Pakistan Punjab is like 10 times larger then Indian punjab, you find all types of people in punjab. Also didn't most sikhs(jatts) actually came from pakistan region and migrated to India in 47?

well not its not

The Indian Punjab was divided in 1966 with the formation of the new states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh as well as the current state of Punjab. Punjab is the only state in India with a majority Sikh population.[3]

so now its punjab 50,362 km2 (19,444.9 sq mi) + haryana 44,212 km2 (17,070.3 sq mi) + himachal pradesh 55,673 km2 (21,495.5 sq mi)

thats a total of 150,247 sq km /58,010.7 sqmi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab,_India

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haryana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh

plus you also have DELHI 1483 km2 (573 sq mi)
who's

Official languages


English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu During British Raj it was adjacent to the

During British Raj it was adjacent to the


province of Punjab and still historically and culturally tied closely to the region of Punjab

Delhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


plus chandigarh which is ad 114 km2 (44 sq mi) Chandigarh (Punjabi ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ Hindi: चण्डीगढ़) is a union territory
of India that serves as the capital of two states, Punjab and Haryana


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandigarh




pakistan punjab - Total 205,344 km2 (79,283.8 sq mi)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan

now west punjab ( pakistan) is larger of the two but the not 10 times infact its not even double far short of it sorry its only just 21,000 sq mi or 55,000 sq km thats close to just 1/4 more additional areas thats not much of a difference eg: Belarus & Nepal

Belarus
Area- Total 207,595 km2 (85th)
80,155 sq mi


Belarus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nepal Area- Total 147,181 km2 (94th)
56,827 sq mi
Nepal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://webpages.scu.edu/ftp/nkhetarpal/images/800px-Punjab_map.svg.png

[Karachi]

^ i am only talking about the sikh part, sikhs are the real punjabies in India.

[Espresso]

^ i am only talking about the sikh part, sikhs are the real punjabies in India.

who said that what about mona punjabis (hindu) muslim punjabis punjab is a multi-religious province you have muslims,hindus,sikhs,jatts,khatris,kapoors, sharma,joshi are all punjabi names

pritie shapru non sikh hindu punjabi from jammu




then there is
Jeetendra was born Ravi Kapoor on 7 April, 1942 in Amritsar, Punjab to Amarnath and Krishna Kapoor whose business dealt with imitation jewellery.[citation needed] While supplying jewellery to V. Shantaram, he was cast as Sandhya's double in the 1959 movie "Navrang".[

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeetendra

Rajesh Khanna
BornJatin Khanna
29 December 1942 (1942-12-29) (age 68)
Amritsar, Punjab, India

Urvashi Sharma (Hindi: उर्वशी शर्मा) is an Indian Bollywood actress & model, born in Delhi in a Hindu Punjabi Family

Urvashi Sharma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



"Jas Arora" is a model come Bollywood actor. He comes from a Punjabi background



& so many others

[faye]

one day faye when everything sorts out you can go visit

swat is stunning

i've seen a lot of photos and that would be nice. i wish they would hurry and sort things out. we will just have to be patient, i guess.

[graveyardofempires]

Punjabis and Pashtuns have nothing in common.
i personally love the desi punjabis korey and mundey panchait etc.

[R3SISTANC3]

I had Hindu Punjabi friends from India and most were very fair skinned and had colored eyes. They came from the warrior caste Kshatriya and are also very respectable believers of honor and pride.

This is Hindu Punjabi Tej Sapru movie actor



Most of the Hindu Punjabis from Kshatriya caste look like that.

[ScimitarXEdge]

I personally think indians punjabies(sikhs) are better looking, we have more jatts in indian punjab

I honestly can't tell pakistani or indian punjabis apart.

[TheCongo]

Can you people tell Afghanistan's Tajiks apart from its Pakhtuns? Are there physical difference or is it just language ?

[randolph85]

pretty easy to tell apart

tajik



pashtun



tajik



pashtun

[darwezkhail]

Can you people tell Afghanistan's Tajiks apart from its Pakhtuns? Are there physical difference or is it just language ?

In terms of physical appearances Tajiks are generally short in height, darker, wider noses, different skull shape and large mouths.


Pashtuns I can recognize from sharp, high noses, long, thin faces, more Caucasoid appearance in general and higher stature. Any person that has traveled to Kabul and then to a Pashtun dominated city like Peshawar or Quetta will tell you people's appearances dramatically change from a majority Tajik population to a Pashtun one.