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Examples
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It's only recently after hundreds of westerners have been killed by them that the British have learned to called the pathans 'pathans'.
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In the meley we were worried about locals falsely claiming to be refugees, which was tough but kept to a minimum to the extent that we had to bluntly refuse hampers to a few very vocal and insistent pathans.
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It is high time that the valiant pathans reclaim their identity from the frightful dogma of cultural superiority and fanaticism to which they seem to have fallen prey.
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Yet now, the only attribute of pathans that commentators can remember is that they are “fierce warriors” who challenged even the most resolute colonials.
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It is a dog fight to the end between the dons of MQM ( Urdu speaking muhajirs) and the dons of pathans' NAP political wings.
The Guardian World News Mustafa Qadri 2010
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Among the customers were also pathans carrying on trade in the Capital and those who came on occasional business trips for sightseeing or medical treatment.
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Among the customers were also pathans carrying on trade in the Capital and those who came on occasional business trips for sightseeing or medical treatment.
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When film parties increased after the audio-video boom of 1980s, the bribeable entry points moved from the pathans to certain journalists, PROs and photographers, says Thakur.
The Times of India 2009
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Among the customers were also pathans carrying on trade in the Capital and those who came on occasional business trips for sightseeing or medical treatment.
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Finally the pathans come to be called Pakhtuns once again after more than a 100 years as we hear the province NWFP get a name - Pakhtunkhwa
Bloggers.Pakistan 2008
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