This Remote Pakistani Village Is Nothing Like You’d Expect

[StonyArabia]

I wonder how much of their "progressiveness" has to do with them being Ismaili though, since even in India and Pakistan (and East African diaspora), Ismailis are less radical and definitely more outwardly secular compared to the Muslim majority. Earliest proponents of social reforms and womens rights, in terms of banning purdah and weakening the zenana system, came from Khoja and Dawoodi Bohra leaders such as the likes of Badruddin Tyabji, well before India's independance, but in Pakistan, they are still often persecuted and target of sectarian violence from Sunni militants. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32721136

If they were not Ismaili they would not be as progressive. Ismailism was originally radical but it transformed when it moved underground and out from the Arab world into India, they are also influenced by Indian mysticism and many of the early Hindu converts came from merchant castes. Indian Ismailis tend to do well, compared to Hazara Ismailis who tend not to assimilate or integrate and generally become part of the immigrant under class.

[turbosat]

This area is not really Pakistan but it is controlled by Pakistan. The area is part of Kashmir and it is a disputed area claimed by India. The Wakhi people are not natives of the area. They migrated not that long ago from Wakhan corridor, or perhaps Tajikistan, I dont recall now exactly.

[Óttar]

The Ismailis escaped after the fall of the Fatimids in Egypt. The Aga Khan builds hospitals and contributes to humanity in backward places in the Islamic world like Saudi Arabia. They don't deserve him. Ismailis pwn Sunni barbarians.

[wvwvw]

obviously there are proper brown people even living among them, btw they are genetically closest to So called Indic influenced Pakistani Pashtuns(referred as Pathan on oracles) lol

From the peoples of central Asians I am genetically closest to Pathans if I remember corectly.

[gum_dum]

They are their own thing, but have more to do with afghans than most indics. In 20 years they're going to start claiming that Pakistani Pashtuns have nothing to do with afghan ones, too.

No one said that, the thing you claim these people as "Afghans" when they are not. You come up with stupid non existent words like Duranid Kalash empire when they were supposed to be part of Afghanistan? But reject any dark skinned Paki pakhtun as pathan, you have to sort some issues with your complex and OWD. Khowar language is more related to indo-aryan so they sure have to do with indics at large but you only concentrate on their skin colour.