The Case for Pakistan as a Civilizational State

[Neojinnah]

The fact that despite many powers coming and going it still unified into what appears to closely match the boundaries of the IVC. Technically we could say Indian Punjabis and Gujarat are more Pakistani than full Indian.

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This is not a coincedence.

It is completely coincidental. The demographics, culture, economy, society, etc of Pakistan are wildly different from ancient IVC for there to be a connection between the two.

Thank you for explaining your position. I respectfully disagree.

I will not have the birthright of Pakistan surrendered to either India (who claim it erroneously in its entirety) or to Iran by default (the only alternative that is even remotely plausible, on the basis of distant genetic descendancy)....or even leave it unclaimed.

You're right that Pakistan's inception and purpose had little to do with the IVC, but it is ours, as much as the air, land, mountains, and sea that exist within our bounds. Just as we would defend the smallest and most barren patch of nothingness within our borders, the same goes for a long lost and ancient civilisation that resided here and - importantly - did actually contribute massively to our modern genome, even if nothing else.

You're not arguing from a place of truth anymore, you're arguing as a partisan person. It doesn't make sense at all to me why Pakistanis should lie to themselves and make it more difficult to understand the nature and history of their own country and people to claim an ancient civilization which collapsed by itself.