User talk:212.90.131.132

Hey, You made an edit to Mahira Khan article a week ago, noting that Pathans and Pashtuns are not used interchangeably. Would you care to explain that? I have reverted the edit because there is no basis for that edit to the article. The term Pathan, Pukhtun or Pashtun redirect to the same Page that is Pashtuns. The terms have been used and continue to be used interchangeably since these terms refer to the same ethnic/racial group of people. In Pakistan, in the north-west, often the word Pakhtun or Pukhtun is used, which is not used as an alternative or a variant of the term Pashtun. Pukhtun or Pashtun or Pathan are used to address the same community, so what makes you think that these cannot be used interchangeably. Imran Khan or Shahid Afridi have been addressed as Pukhtun, Pathan and a Pashtun in media/articles/books. Also, it is important to note that Pathans of Punjab is used distinctively to address those Pathans/Pashtuns/Pukhtuns who have been long-settled in Punjab, however, despite this, Punjabi Pathans have been/can be addressed as Pashtuns.

It would be highly appreciated if you came up with a proper reason for this edit. For now, this edit has been reverted. Thanks! 101.50.95.78 (talk) 22:00, 1 October 2019 (UTC)