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Iranians In Pakistan
There are a small number of Iranians in Pakistan, the vast majority of whom live in Karachi and Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. .... Most are students, while others are political asylum seekers, of which the latter are mostly Iranian people. Community In Karachi, there are several Iranian cuisine, Iranian restaurants, known as "Iranian cafes", which are run by Iranian families. They speak Persian language, Persian. Notable people Notable Pakistani people of Iranian descent include: *Aga Khan III *Nusrat Bhutto, of Kurdish Descent and wife of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto *Benazir Bhutto served as the 11th and 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan *Lady Abdullah Haroon *Muhammad Ali Shahki *Abul Hassan Ispahani *Asghar Ali Ispahani *Nahid Mirza – wife of Iskander Mirz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964) and Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. It is written officially within Iran and Afghanistan in the Persian alphabet, a derivation of the Arabic script, and within Tajikistan in the Tajik alphabet, a der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
