Why do some Pakistani people look like white people or really pale?
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Re: Why do some Pakistani people look like white people or really pale?Well yeah i agree with u. but u know what there are very less people who are dark in pakistan. it is said that sindhis and balochis r closer to iranians. and punjabis closer to indian punjabis. In india only these punjabis are fair and so are pakistani punjabis. pathans are closer to russians. thats why in generally pakistanis tend to be fair.(Original post by Inzamam99)
The Pashtuns, Baloch and Kashmiris in particular tend to be light skinned. Also many people from Northern Punjab. The only regions of Pakistan where skin colour is more than a crisp brown on average are the South of Punjab and interior Sindh. Some of my cousins on my mother's side are brunette haired and green/hazel eyed and friends have commented that they look very German in their appearance.
Pashtun policeman: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2466/3...b43f59a261.jpg
Punjabi actress: http://www.cidpusa.org/pak.jpg
Punjabi model: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PQ1rqdGwKz...0/Iman+Ali.jpg
Punjabi Pathan cricketer and politician Imran Khan: http://img.xcitefun.net/users/2011/1...allpaper-6.jpg
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Re: Why do some Pakistani people look like white people or really pale?and what else i dont get is that whenever i say pakistanis are fair why u guys get so hyper. i mean whatever i wrote some1 just disliked my comment. Friends i know u guys think that pakistan originated from india. but seriously speaking they r not similar in looks with indians. Pakistanis tend to be fair where as indians tend to be dark. becuase pakistanis are iinterbred with turks, greeks etc etc.
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Re: Why do some Pakistani people look like white people or really pale?i certainly agree with u pal(Original post by Lilahx)
I know whites who are pale, some are a lot darker. It's the same with every race. Notice that Thai's,Phillipinos, Gurkhas are darker then Japs, Chinese ppl?
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Re: Why do some Pakistani people look like white people or really pale?Thais, Filipinos, Chinese, Japanese are not all one race.(Original post by Lilahx)
I know whites who are pale, some are a lot darker. It's the same with every race. Notice that Thai's,Phillipinos, Gurkhas are darker then Japs, Chinese ppl?
I agree that you get lighter and darker people in the Chinese race, or Japanese, or Thai or Filipino, but each race is on average quite different from another. Filipinos are easiest to spot, then maybe Thai. There are differences if you look carefully between Chinese and Japanese. -
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Re: Why do some Pakistani people look like white people or really pale?Lol, seriously?
Okay, I'm from India and I've seen a huge range of skin colours from really pale to really dark... Some people have looked at me and thought I was Spanish, some thought I was Thai :P ... so it's not about being 'mixed' or anything. -
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Re: Why do some Pakistani people look like white people or really pale?well seriously speaking I havent seen any pakistani quite dark. there are but they r in very very very minority. but in india u will find majority of these dark skinned people. i am not being a racist or saying that one is beautiful and one is not. and skin colour doesnt define someone's beauty. Like among europeans, even though the people are white but only few people come out to be beautiful. its just the fact. becoz although pakistan was a part of india but why do they still look so different from indians? i mean pakistani people's religion, culture, skin colour and even facial features are so different. and it had also been found out that 95% of people in pakistan are causicans...thats why u see pakistanis fair, less fair and some very white. and i also heard from most of the people that the reason pakistanis are different from indians is that these pakistanis are closer to afghanistan people than indians. thats why we find majority of these people to be fair.
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Re: Why do some Pakistani people look like white people or really pale?I also looked at some pictures of local people, models and actors of pakistan and india. after seeing these its true to say that they r different. difference is ofcourse both of their skin colour, religion, culture ,dresses and language too. i also compared the pakistanis with persian people and yeah they did look closer to the persians than indians. and u know most of the pakistanis speak afghan or persian language.
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Re: Why do some Pakistani people look like white people or really pale?India (and the sub-continent as a whole) is host to a variety of ethno-racial groups. Northern Indians are like the Pakistanis whereas southern and north-eastern Indians are different. Pashtuns and Balouchis mark the beginning of a shift towards West Asian populations. Of course it is a heavily mixed region so this is simply a general guide.(Original post by shahlakh)
I also looked at some pictures of local people, models and actors of pakistan and india. after seeing these its true to say that they r different. difference is ofcourse both of their skin colour, religion, culture ,dresses and language too. i also compared the pakistanis with persian people and yeah they did look closer to the persians than indians. and u know most of the pakistanis speak afghan or persian language.
Also, most Pakistanis speak Indo-Aryan languages, not Iranian ones. However, there is a huge Perso-Arabic influence in the Indo-Aryan languages in Pakistan as is there in India.
As for the original question, most Pakistanis are classified as Caucasian. Now whether race has any real basis is a topic of hot contention but it is often based on physical appearance and genetics. By that I mean to say they are fairly similar to European and West Asian populations as are most of the people in the northern part of the sub-continent. Thus, due to variation of features and colour within a racial family there are bound to be people from varying regions who look similar. -
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Re: Why do some Pakistani people look like white people or really pale?I can't believe I'm the first person to do this but "Oh my God runtyou, you can't just ask people why they're white!"
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Re: Why do some Pakistani people look like white people or really pale?It's very simple. They are actually quite dark. As an Arab, I'm quite white.
My ancestor, Muhammad bin Qasim of the Arabs helped to conquer these people and make good converts out of them. In the process he and his men took great pleasure in taking their women away to humilate their men. So now, these locals are very grateful that we came and made good good muslims out of them.
So now, the average pakistani uses skin whitening cream. They want to look white as us. They look up to us. I get so much attention when I visit their country, the father of the families literally offer me their daughters for a quick wedding and divorce.Last edited by El-Sayyid; 07-08-2012 at 06:53. -
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Re: Why do some Pakistani people look like white people or really pale?Hello everyone,
I am doing my Masters thesis project at LCC about skin, beauty and lightening and would be really interested to conduct some interviews and possibly take some pictures (only if you are also willing to let me do this) to understand peoples' experiences of lightening their skin, whether positive or negative. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss this further and see how you might like to participate in this project. In return for your help I would be willing to give a free mini portrait session and credits in the final project if you would like. I am also looking for people who have strong opinions on the subject, whether positive or negative. I am based in London, UK, but am willing to travel across the UK to meet participants
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Re: Why do some Pakistani people look like white people or really pale?ok you must be crazy ..i know many pakistanis and they are all BROWN ...you people wish you were white...you never will be... you meet one blue eyed fair person that makes up 1% of your population and act like thats what your whole population is when it is really not... those fair people you refer to are of middle east origin ( that are of originally of european descent) (they left middle east because original middle easterns didnt want them , who are also brownish) and pathan people are of Israeli , you people dont even know what fair skin means ..its a person with red under tones..lol people that are not really pakistani..ARE YOU STILL PROUD TO BE PAKI?? and i have never met a pakistani that fair ...and pakistanis are not heavily interbred they have clans and stay within their clans ...the afghan refugees want nothing to do with the natives ...and please dont talk about india...it is made up of a billion people with all different origins and ancestral roots...so i would not compare all those people with a couple of clans of people that separated into pakistan ..and FYI the sun rays hit from top to bottom NOT left and right ..so dont say indians are different ..india is bigger so it has a range of colors..(length and width) .if you notice pakistan stops before it enters south india thats why dont come in the darkest color ..so as a whole is pakistan more fair ?YES do they have more fair people? NO even if you cut off south india there still will be more people in north india that sit next to pakistan (length wise)...and pakistan cant go any lighter than india because both countries start at the same place ..majority about 97% of pakistan is not interbred and still with their clans and are relgious...the refugees want nothing from them and afghans are not that fair ..only pathans are because they are orginaly isralei....sooo WAKE UP ..be proud of what your ****in country really is ..your just a dumb villager that immigrated to the UK that doesnt know crap about history(Original post by shahlakh)
well seriously speaking i have never seen a pakistani who is very dark skinned. all the pakistanis are fair ,a bit less or too fair but not dark. u will mostly find these dark skinned people in india. but among pakistanis it is very rare. even once in my class a new guy came he was dark skinned . all the pakistanis and even other students of other nationality said that he must be bangladeshi or indian but cant be pakistani. even once it happened that i mistook an arabian guy to be pakistani. so pakistanis r fair because if u see the map u will see that this country is located in the northern side i guess. and thats why these pakistanis r fair. yeah i agree that pakistan originated from india.but isnt it strange that still one can distinguish b/w pakistanis and indians. the reason behind this is that pakistanis are much inter bred with turks, greeks and they resemble more with afghans. in other words they r heanily inter bred which is not the case with Indians, Bangladeshi, Sri lankans etc. Thats why pakistani people r fair, some r less fair but not dark at all. seriously. and some r as fair as europeans. My friend told me that these extremely white pakistanis are pathans. pathans have colourful eyes, hair and as fair skin as europeans.
