Pakistan is still struggling to get its own local board, even though its activity is better than our local community. I think our local community members are hesitating to apply for a local board, seeing that Pakistan hasn't gotten its own yet. I would expect Pakistan to get its own local board in the near future, and I hope we will apply for our own local board one day.
Why would you wait for the other community's local board to be made and then you apply? If you people are active and have confidence, you should also apply for the local board. What will happen at maximum, you won't get a board but atleast you bring your request to the table.
This Pakistan request thread was created in December 2022 and it's been almost three years, they are asking for it.
I would suggest that you take this initiative yourself and apply for the local thread for your community. Also, engage your community to present stats for your local thread as these Pakistan people are doing here.