Deepak, It is a good point you have made. Bangladesh would have been less of a disappointment for us if that mature founing Premier, Mujibhur Rehaman, had not been murdered by very immature, young army officers. Now, B'desh is also paying the price for that violent start. Politically, that country is in a mess. But you may recall that "Frontier Gandhi" Khan Abdul Ghafoor Khan and his Khudai Kidmadgars were AGAINST PARTITION. The NWFP (including part of Baluchistan) voted against Pakistan. I am not sure, but there were Baluchis in the Congress and worked for Congress in Baluchistan. They are an ancient people like the KURDS and their culture should be preserved from West Punjabi domination and destruction by the Pak.army. Both "Mengal" and "Marri" sound like Hindu surnames. "Mangal" is Vedic-Sanskrit meaning "auspicious, productive, plenty" = e.g. "Mangal Muhurath" or "Mangal Suthru". "Mareechi" was a Vedic Hindu surname - the name of a Rishi, who may have lived in the border of Sindh and Baluchistan. The name "Marri" is very likely a derivative of "Mareechi". There are several other Pakistani surnames- all historically Hindu surnames. Gokul, Kalash, Ranjah, Bhutto, Choudhry, Cheema, Patel (of course) Bhatt, Kayani (the present Chief of Pak. army has that surname!!) Bhasani and so on. You can make a very long list. None of them is of Arabic origin, I am told.
