Urdu speaking ethnicity is such a canard. Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and everyone knows and speak urdu. Its association with the so called muhajir is simply absurd.

@s.khan By some estimates, at least a quarter of Pakistani population does not speak Urdu, so no, not "everyone" speaks it. Further, even if everyone did, they would not start calling it their mother tongue. It is a well established fact that the (as per you, so-called) muhajirs were predominantly Urdu speaking people, and hence the association is natural. The point is that living in a region does not change ones ethnicity, Rajasthanis, Biharis, Delhi-walay (and similarly Punjabis, Baloch), who ever the muhajirs are, they would not simply become Sindhis since they now live in Sindh. You might not like the politics, but to dismiss their association with their language is not fair.

A perfect piece of writing. Highly appreciable.

nothing wrong in retaining ones ethnic identity but the onus is on settlers to accept the historical legitimacy of the local language and culture and not undermine it with their resistance

@s.khan - Its not absurd. Urdu speakers are those whose mother tongue is Urdu. Like you can speak Urdu because its the national language of Pakistan, but your mother tongue is Punjabi or Pashto.

Keeping linguistic-identity issue aside, it is matter of fact no Pathans, settled now in India over during raj, are asking for their separate province in India; nor those Baloch and Punjabis sell toted in Sindh over the centuries ago are asking for seperate province in Sindh, I hope that all those from Pakistan having different ethnic identities selltled in Europe as well as in America will never ask for having therir territorial province either on the basis of being Pakstanis, or having different ethnic / linguistic or being altogether all Muslims, but on the there hand no one would surprise if MQM make such absurd demand either in Europe or America. Finally, Pathans, who migrated into india, assimilated themselves within border Indian alongwith local regional identities and cultures same goes to Baloch and Punjabis who migrated into Sindh, but unfortunately those who migrated from India into Sindh never assissmilited themes elves into local culture nor learnt local language, whereas those who migrated from Indian into Punjab and kpk assimilated themselves into local culture and learnt their respective a languages I.e punjabi and pudhto.