Give Pashto official status!

[MazloomyarMaseed]

^We failed to keep brotherly relationships with people of our own province the hazaraywals then how can we complain of punjab and their interference in our affairs? If pashtuns were self-sustaining and responsible people then i would have thought of independence but my life time observation says some thing else.

Iam sure Pashtuns were very nice to the Hazarawals, remmeber, it was the Hazarawals who caused all that problems on behalf of Punjab.

Hazarawals robbed a bank, looted two gun stores and roamed around the protests with armed weapons. Pashtuns could have done the same but they didnt.

I agree, Disunity does put alot of Pashtuns off.

Kind Regards

Just over 4 or 5 dead Hazarawals, the whole of Pakistan was greiving over it, but what about the 1000's slaughtered by Pak jets and armed cobra helicopters?

Where is our protests.

[Michin Khel]

Iam sure Pashtuns were very nice to the Hazarawals, remmeber, it was the Hazarawals who caused all that problems on behalf of Punjab.

Hazarawals robbed a bank, looted two gun stores and roamed around the protests with armed weapons. Pashtuns could have done the same but they didnt.

I agree, Disunity does put alot of Pashtuns off.

Kind Regards

Just over 4 or 5 dead Hazarawals, the whole of Pakistan was greiving over it, but what about the 1000's slaughtered by Pak jets and armed cobra helicopters?

Where is our protests.

You would not believe but Pashto speakers looked down upon hazarawals even if they belong to tribes of Jadoon, swati, tarin, pani and tanoli. As these tribes have lost pashto so their cousins pashto speakers call them Punjabies on their faces as an insult and rejection, while on the other hand their other cousins punjabies dont treat them like such. Those hazaraywals who tried to associate themselves with pashtuns, were always rejected by us. You can say we are treating our minority like that of punjabis to us. Ofcourse Musilm league has big hand in manipulating and exploiting the situation in Hazara but we where were we to remedy the hurt feelings of hazarawals? Infact their demand of new province is a big slap on our irresponsible faces.

[Baidariwal]

Hey, Urdu is our national language. How dare these Indian agents try to implement Pashto (of all languages) on us?! Long live Urdu! Death to Indian agents!

urdu is the national language just for name sake. Go to Karachi and all the official government documents are written in Sindhi

[Master Khan]

as long as they teach pashtun history in school in Pashtuns areas then that will be great..we will have to wait 60 years for that I guess

[Master Khan]

They teach about Sindhis history in Sindh.
yet we don't have Pashtun history in our Pukhtunkhwa

I know its bull****, I mean they did call Displaced Swat, Dir etc pashtuns as Refugees.
We pashtuns are refugees in Pakistan I guess

[Levanaye Zalmaye]

as long as they teach pashtun history in school in Pashtuns areas then that will be great..we will have to wait 60 years for that I guess

They teach about Sindhis history in Sindh.
yet we don't have Pashtun history in our Pukhtunkhwa

They actually do teach Pashtun history in our schools - Khushal Khan Khattak was a traitor, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Communist infidel traitor, Ahmed Shah Abdali was good when he was killing Hindus but he was eventually a traitor too since he went back to his homeland, proud Pashtuns have always been a threat to Pakistan, etc, etc.

@Jana, I'm not an Afghan national, in case you're mistaken. My ID card says Pakistan. So I cannot account for the successes or failures of the Afghan state. However, instead of saying that yes, as Pashtuns, we should give top priority to the sign (payzengali) of our ancestors, you come up with childish, flimsy and accusatory stories to try to derail us from the real issue. I'm assuming you've been watching too much Capital Talk.

Every red-blooded Pashtun will love his mother tongue and will not try to think about "logical" arguments in that regard. When you love someone or something, all rationality and logic go straight out of the door. Unfortunately, you have an agenda and you, for some reason, cannot deviate from it even when it comes to this issue. You represent the creed that fought against Khushaal Khan baba for the sake of the Mughals.

[Master Khan]

They actually do teach Pashtun history in our schools - Khushal Khan Khattak was a traitor, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Communist infidel traitor, Ahmed Shah Abdali was good when he was killing Hindus but he was eventually a traitor too since he went back to his homeland, proud Pashtuns have always been a threat to Pakistan, etc, etc.

@Jana, I'm not an Afghan national, in case you're mistaken. My ID card says Pakistan. So I cannot account for the successes or failures of the Afghan state. However, instead of saying that yes, as Pashtuns, we should give top priority to the sign (payzengali) of our ancestors, you come up with childish, flimsy and accusatory stories to try to derail us from the real issue. I'm assuming you've been watching too much Capital Talk.

Every red-blooded Pashtun will love his mother tongue and will not try to think about "logical" arguments in that regard. When you love someone or something, all rationality and logic go straight out of the door. Unfortunately, you have an agenda and you, for some reason, cannot deviate from it even when it comes to this issue. You represent the creed that fought against Khushaal Khan baba for the sake of the Mughals.

Yeah and Jinnah was a good muslim and a hero that kick britishs out and created a muslim state call Pakistan.
Punjabies are heros and Pashtuns are traitors and killers

[Badlun]

I am really happy that our worthy friends ponder over the present status of Pashto as a language like its official status, its use as medium of instruction, language of media both print and electronic, and the reasons why a foreigner should learn Pashto.

Pashto is one of the official language of Afghanistan but these days its real staus as an official language in Afghanistan can be better explained by a friend living in Afghanistan specially in Kabul and the South East regions of Afghanistan.

I have been told that Pashto is the medium of instruction in Primary schools in some regions of the Khyber Pashtunkhwah. I know nothing of the status of Pashto in Balochistan and have great curiosity to know that.

I know that in Pakistan , Afghanistan some radio stations and tv channels broadcast and telecast Pashto Programs. Details have to be systematically gathered by those who are expert in the field.

I know a little that Pashto is used as a language of writing and reading and calculating in Pashtun regions in Afghanistan but in Pakistan this trend almost does not exist. Urdu has practically repalced Pashto for reading, writing and arithmetic. Although Pashtuns speak and listen Pashto in Pakistan but they normally dont write and read Pashto. Thus in this case Pashto may become an endangered Lnaguage in Pakistan.

Pashto must be made and effective official language , court language and medium of instruction in Pashtun areas in Afghanistan and Pakistan but How? who will do so ?

In Pakistan the only hope now is ANP government and Bacha khan Trust or Education Foundation. They can can play an importnat role in this regard. But when I saw the websites of the Bacha Khan Trust and Education Foundation, I saw only English and Urdu books, even Pashto curriculum has not been finalized. There are retired Brigadiers, Human rights activitists and few professors but not educationists or Linguists on the Boarad of Directors. I dont know details of this Trust and Foundation still its a hope that it may do something better for making Pashto at least a medium of instruction along with English in few schools under its jurisdiction.

One concrete demand that I put forward here for the ANP government is to make Pashto a compulsory subject in all private and public schools and at least medium of instruction in Primasry schools in all Pashtun areas.

In Afghanistan the official status of Pashto may be made more effective. Pashtuns themselves can play a major role. If 70 million Pashtuns start using Pashto for reading, writing and speaking then who will dare not to give Pashto its due status.

[Nokia_Apridy]

I know its bull****, I mean they did call Displaced Swat, Dir etc pashtuns as Refugees.
We pashtuns are refugees in Pakistan I guess

haga chay kha rekhta waly di chay

DA NESKARAY (Nezdu) GATAY NA DA LARAY TAWAN GORA
Ao da Neskr (TAWAN) NA DA LARAY GATA ..........

Peera pa yo za ka Peghor Dar da..........Zka chay da karkha akhwa

da Babo zmanu Farsiwano da Kochyano na khpalay zmakay wagestay

Farsiwano ta warkray .........Jhaba Rogha Farsi kra Pukhtu la Khpay matay

kray khpala pam waka.........

awo wada key ELAN chay PUKHTUNISTAN jora wu gora

da awal Sar warta za Shendam kna

[Shayesta]

^ Oh haleka, te wale Farsiwanan sara dumra stunza lare? In every single thread I see you use the word 'Farsiwanan', are you gonna concentrate on your countrymen Punjabis as well for a change?

[Nokia_Apridy]

Punjbyan khu zma hes na di za khu pa Khakara GHAG (AWAZ) kwam

Khu taso waye chay FARSIWANAN ZMUNG RUNA DI ZMA

KOCHYANU NA ZMAKAY WAGSTALAY PA ZOR AO TASO WAYE CHAY RUNA MA DI

FArsiwano zma HEWAD rang kray da ao zma BABA YAYE

CHAY ROR DA KALA DA DUKHMAN SRA ODRGEY NU

AWAL ROR OWALA.......(ZMA PLAR BABA)

Za hem dumra Zalim na yam Farsiwanu ta ma pa Ghag ka zay warkru

hagu zma Jabay zma Lato Jamu puray khandalu..

staso Hero Ahmed Shah Masod sa karey di zma da PUKHTANO

MYANDU KHWANDU SRa..........wos sanga darta khuala OSparam..

[Nokia_Apridy]

ohhhhhhh great nazia khoray umbarak sha ta kho mata zaray raka

zma da Hewad khalak zma hewadi (sarkari) jaba PUKHTU ao Nazir khor mata

Zaray Rakray da.........mannnnnnnna

[Shayesta]

Khu taso waye chay Farsiwanan zmung runa di

Farsiwanan tool bad khaleg nedi, yaw wakht Farsiwanan Pukhtane ta dheer ehteram larode. Kho mung Pukhtane lek kam aqel wo che de Farsiwanano hamkari na ghalat faida mo wakhist.

Kochyanu na zmakay wagstalay pa zor aw taso waye che Farsiwanan runa ma di

De Taliban pe waqt ke Pukhtana ham Farsiwanan na zmaka ye wakhist, hagha waqt ke insaaf chera wo? Aw Farsiwanan Kochiyan sara pa jang nedi, Hazaragan Kochiyan sara pa jang di.

staso Hero Ahmed Shah Masod sa karey di zma da Pukhtano myandu khwandu sra

Ahmad Shah Massoud pa khpela de Pukhtano na faraar wokre, hagha dumra jurat ne larode che mung sara jang wokri. Be gham wosa.

[BLS_1919v2.0]

Pashto will never get official status. Pakistani Pashtuns are happy with Urdu. Even today I saw two Pashtuns talking in Urdu, I asked them why? They said its easier than Pashto.

My blood boiled..They were from "MARDAAAN"

2 pashtuns from pashtunkhwa means the entire people lolz. Come on peera, those kids probably have an identity complex (unfortunately some pashtuns are like that lar au bar), but 90 % or more in Pashtunkhwa speak pashto. We have to adopt a more mature stance than this manana.

[MazloomyarMaseed]

Pashto will never get official status. Pakistani Pashtuns are happy with Urdu. Even today I saw two Pashtuns talking in Urdu, I asked them why? They said its easier than Pashto.

My blood boiled..They were from "MARDAAAN"

My cousin use to work in a factory in Birmingham, There were this group of Afghans from Kunar, they were Pashtuns and one Dari Zuban, They use to push him about and call him all kinds of bad words, you complain about two guys speaking in Urdu, its only when you get your head kicked in then you realise what it feels like.

You cant assume two guys represent every pashtun just like those guys dont represent every pashtun from Kunar.

Kind Regards