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- noun Plural form of
Punjabi .
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Examples
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What's really going on here is the Pashtuns in the tribal areas view this entire incursion as the Punjabis, that is the part -- which is the largest part of Pakistan, trying to take over their part of Pakistan, which has historically been left alone.
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And what's really going on here is the Pashtuns in the tribal areas view these entire incursion as the Punjabis, that is the part -- which is the largest part of Pakistan trying to take over their part of Pakistan which has historically been left alone.
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Closely allied with the Punjabis are the Sinds (14 percent), and together these two groups pretty much run the country.
StrategyPage.com 2009
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On 19 th January, then chief minister Farooque Abdullah resigned on appointment of Jagmohan as governor of state of RSS brand anti - Muslim communal of the kind of Punjabis of 1947 type saying he couldn't work with such a man who repetedly violated state constitution & worked arbitrarily like a dictator, Chief Martial Law Administrator or General Dyer.
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More importantly, Punjabis dominate the military in this country where the military is the government.
Melissa Roddy: The Afghanistan Pipeline Story Is a Floppy Red Herring Melissa Roddy 2010
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The Bengalis were numerous enough to take on the Punjabis, but they seceded.
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Pakistani authorities have remained engaged since 2004 in brutally suppressing an indigenous uprising, led by the native Balochs, which calls for an end to exploitation and manipulation of their mineral wealth by the dominant Punjabis.
Malik Siraj Akbar: Pakistan Vs. Balochistan Malik Siraj Akbar 2012
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Emerging from a literate middle class in the capital of Quetta and elsewhere, and financed by compatriots in the Persian Gulf, these Baluch have surmounted the age-old weakness of feuding tribes, which outsiders like the Punjabis in the Pakistani military once played against each other.
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He harbored both hope for and fear of the future: change could mean even less freedom for the Baluch, as Punjabis and other urban Pakistanis sweep down to take over the city.
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Punjabis are the largest ethnic population in Pakistan.
Melissa Roddy: The Afghanistan Pipeline Story Is a Floppy Red Herring Melissa Roddy 2010
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