And having an actor who's from a country right next to another is a damn sight more accurate than having some random white va play someone of Pakistani descent. It's not all or nothing.
'More accurate than having some random white va play someone of Pakistani descent'
No it isn't, not in this context. It may as well be 'some random white'. They don't represent Pakistani ethnicity, or even more specifically Pakistani-American ethnicity - which is quite significantly different than just Pakistani ethnicity too.
It's such a reductive view.