The power of punjabis?

I actually really can't think of somebody, in pakistan, being picked on for being small and weak and punjabi?

where would that be? Lahore? (can u imagine that) islamabad? karachi? or maybe gujjar/jatt heartland gujranwala, gujrat, sialkot etc?

Punjabi's do have more peaceful image of whole of pakistan (also the punjab province, as a place), but the reason behind it is,

punjabi's never fought a sepatarist or some kind of other war with the state, in contrast with all the other regions (i.e. nwfp-baluchistan-sindh-karachi)

And as u maybe well aware about it, punjabi's feel very much pakistani.

Punjabi's don't tend to keep tribal lashkar's (anymore), because they see the pakistan army as their army. Hence u have got "demilitarization" of punjab.

Punjabi's generally, martially tend to be equalls to pakhtun's only, with whom they form the pakistan army.

The different punjabi tribes, like jutt, gujjar, raja, awan, gakhar, and many more small or big tribes,  still take big proud in their martial history.

U can't take some malnourished punjabi (and their maybe alot, according to the UNESCO/WHO) for mainstay punjabi, like some pathetic people did ("who picked on punjab�'s for being small and weak"), if it really occurred in pakistan.

About the jatt's reputation in pakistan, referring to singh. The jatt very much hold their warrior status to this day, but not in areas in pakistan where they aren't heard of, like nwfp, baluchistan, sindh. Particularly in the area between Lahore, gujrat, Islamabad, and then westward to sialkot, south to Lahore. This area (adjoining indian punjab) is where the jutts are most visible, also the gujjars.

One jutt tribe holds the biggest nr of seats (as one tribe) in the punjab assembly: cheema. The most important (chief minister)one is held by another powerful jutt tribe: warraich. But these people don't shout about their ancestry anymore, they want votes, by shouting jutt they would get only a small percentage of total pakistan. Also it is a fact that while in idian punjab jutts would be a majority (50 % sikhs being jutt), in pakistan they aren't. Maybe the biggest minority, probably because of more versatile ethinic make up of pakistani/punjab (being on edge of invading route- and all). There is no majority "tribe' of punjab.

I think the punjabi's have had the most peaceful image withing pakistan, because:

- it's terrain (punjab province) has not seen anykind of rebel activities/big public unrest. U feel safe in lahore, anytime

- punjabi's are quite passionate pakistani's, and don't feel that much "unattended to" by islamabad (unlike baluchistan for example). They don't shout out their "punjabiness", like their counterparts in india.

- Punjabi's worked for integrating/uniting pakistan more, as a result they adopted heavily "pakistani"- things: punjabi parents bringing their childre up with urdu as mother-tongue, rather than punjabi.

- I think punjabi's in general are very warm-hearted social people. I can assure u of their openness/hospitality (differend kind than the pashtun, with the emphasize on openness). The punjabis have a relaxed kind of reputation also,  humor taking an important place in their life.

In contrast to the punjabis in india, where we have seen a movement from the start (1947) going anti-delhi. In the beginning they were fighting for their separate sikh-dominated state (because they wanted punjabi, as official language, but this was impossible due to majority hindu-punjabis, speaking Harjanvi/hindi), they got it: punjab split ito punjab and haryana.

Then in the eighties there was armed uprising  demanding independent "khalistan". This, combining with the fact that sikhs/punjabis have always had a disproportionate representation in indian army (british-era legacy: dispropriate recrutation from punjab) and indian filmindustry (believe it or not, dispropriate nr hails from punjab again) indian state of punjab has had the highest per head ppp rate for a long time, which results in less malnourishment and more healthy people, gives them this image,

IMO

P.s. I apologise sincerely my friends, if i have wasted ur time .