Pakistan khappay ( ur, sd, پاڪستان کپي) is a
Sindhi language
Sindhi ( ; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 30 million people in the Pakistani province of Sindh, where it has official status. It is also spoken by a further 1.7 million people in India, where it is a Scheduled languages of India ...
phrase which means "We want Pakistan".
Origin and usage
The term was first used and coined by the President Asif Ali Zardari. Since then phrase has become important part of Zardari's speech.
Criticism
Critics of
Asif Ali Zardari and
PPP question if he meant a
Punjabi
Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...
meaning or a
Sindhi meaning when he said ‘Pakistan Khappay’.
People’s confusion regarding this word “khappay” has increased since Zardari has delivered speeches, first in
Faisalabad on 17 January 2010 and then in
Talagang
Talagang ( ur, ) is a city and the headquarters of the Talagang District located in Punjab, Pakistan. The former Talagang Tehsil
Talagang Tehsil (تلا گنگ تحصیل), is a tehsil of Talagang District in the Punjab province of Pakistan ...
(Danda Shah Bilawal) on 21 January 2010, when he gave speeches in Punjabi on both occasions and he used this phrase.
Other media
Munir Ahmad Memon wrote a book with name Pakistan Khappay and presented it to
Nisar Ahmad Khuhro
Senator Nisar Ahmad Khuhro ( ur, نثار احمد کھوڑو) is a Pakistani Sindhi politician who has been the member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2022. He is also the President of Pakistan Peoples Party's Sindh chapter.
Early life ...
References
Sindhi words and phrases
Pakistani nationalism
Political terminology in Pakistan
Asif Ali Zardari
Pakistani political slogans
Pakistan People's Party
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