The future of puktho in chach.

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Salamoona

Pukhto was the main spoken language of the people of the Chach at one time but is now in decline, even though the pukthoon traditions and customs are still very strong in all towns and villages the language is being spoken less and less.

It is important to reverses this trend because once the language has disappeard so will the customs and traditions together with our ghairat so please do all you can to promote and learn the language.

kudi pa amman.

 

[Faizan Khan]

do phatans of attock called punjabies or phatans? bc punjab wale kehte hain u r phatans and srahad wale kehta hai tum log punjabi ho. bt our caste is phatan we speak pashto bt sarhad wale kehte hain nhe tum punjabi ho

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The pathans of Chach are definitly not panjabies their "khels" and "tribes" are the same as the  "khels" and "tribes" of puktoonkhawa, the only difference is that some chachie pathans no longer speak pukhto and this is why the pathans of sarhad have an issue with chachi pathans.
However there are other ethnic groups also living in Chach who are not pathans and some people get confused and think that everyone in Chach are the same, ignorance must be defeated through knowledge so all Chachies are hereby requested to research their history.

[sahiba]

NOT all puktho speakers are Pathan and  people who may speak Hindko could be Pathans too.May I ask exactly where does one enquire from in Attock, about their origins.
Thankyou

[Faizan Khan]

Chhachh is a geographical region in the northern section of Attock District and south-west Hazara. Chhachh is a plain which rolls from the Hazara-Gandhara Hills south to Kamra, and from east of the Indus to the broken lands near Lawrencepur. It is the most fertile area of the Rawalpindi Division. It is known to be one of the most beautiful region in Pakistan due to its varied topography. It is a valley surrounded by mountains from three sides and Indus river from one side. Almost 50% of the population of this area are of Pushtoon (Pathan) origin, who speak Hindko language. There is also signifigant number of Pukhto speaking Pukhtuns like in the village of Pabuto, who have managed to keep there Pukhto language by inter-marrying within there tribes, but are often bilingual in Hindko. The remaining population consists of Bangash, Awans, Sayyeds, Gujjars and other pathan tribes. A large percentage of the population of Chhachh have Pashtoon roots and are mostly descendants of the tribes of Durrani,Alizai,Yousafzai,Kakar,Jadoon, Tareen,Tahirkheli,Sadozai and Kakhar. They arrived in the area around 1000A.D as part of the army of Ghazni and made it their permanent home after defeating the Hindu confederation near Hazro. Proof of this is that many of the villages & individual quarters are named after certain Pakhtun personalities & tribes, markedly proving who had founded them. For eg. Aka Khel, Nasozai, Inayat Khel, Utman Khel, Khan Khel, Saleem Khan, Ghourghushti, Adalzai, Barazai etc. Most of these Pashtoons now refer to themselves as Pathans and speak Hindko as their main language. Chach Pathans are revered for their fighting ability in ancient times and more recently for their many advancements in education, culture, and society. It is claimed that Hindko was the original ancient language of Chhachh when it was part of the Gandharan civilisation and was adopted over time by the Pashtoon tribes of the area. The remaining population of Chach consists of Mughals, Kashmiris, Jats,Bangashs, Rajputs, Gujjars, Syeds, Awans. However you can still find villages that are predominantly inhabited by Pashto speakers. Even though the majority of Chach Pathans may no longer speak Pashto as their mother tongue, they still zealously guard the Pukhtoonwali/Pashtunwali traditions of badla, jirga, parda, ghairat, hujra, malmasti etc.

[bradford_crew]

neva listen to punjaeebs coz they will try to tell you we are jus like them and then laugh behinde ur backs. we are chaci pahtan not punjabes or pushtoos fuk em all!!!

[Pataan_Gal]

lols at Braddy crew.. cudnt have sed it ant plain n simpler ma self..! x