Pakistani

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Pakistanis
Pakistanis (Urdu: پاكِستانى قوم‬‎; Pakistani Qaum) are the people who are citizens of the modern Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan
Pakistan is a multi-ethnic and multilingual state: the majority of its people belong linguistically to the Indo-Iranian group while the remaining minority mainly belongs to a small amount of other language groups and families. As per the 2017 Census, the estimated population of Pakistan
Pakistan was over 207 million making it the world's fifth most-populous country.[12]

Contents

1 Ethnic sub-groups 2 Culture 3 Languages 4 Religion 5 Diaspora 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading

Ethnic sub-groups[edit] Main article: Ethnic groups in Pakistan Pakistan
Pakistan has one of the world's fastest growing populations. As the country is located in South Asia, Pakistani people are a mixture of various indigenous ethnic groups. Pakistani people belong predominantly to seven main ethno-linguistic groups: Punjabi, Sindhi, Saraiki, Pashtun, Urdu
Urdu Speakers, Baloch, and Kashmiri, with substantial numbers of Brahui, Hindkowan, Pahari, Shin, Burusho, Wakhi, Balti, Chitrali and other minority ethnic groups in the remote north of the country. The Punjabi people, the largest ethnic group in Pakistan
Pakistan followed by Pashtuns who reside predominantly in North West regions of Pakistan. Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in neighboring Afghanistan. The Sindhi people, on the other hand have been settled in the southeast of the country and gave their name to the mighty Indus/Sindhu river, while regional groups such as the Saraiki people
Saraiki people have inhabited the regions between Punjab and Sindh.[13] The Kashmiri people
Kashmiri people are an important ethnic group of the Kashmir region in the north. There are other important indigenous people like the Balti, Hunzakots, and Gilgiti people(s) of the northern territories of Gilgit through whose territory ran the ancient Silk Route
Silk Route connecting Asia
Asia and Europe. The Chitrali people
Chitrali people are another indigenous people who live high in the mountains in the northwest. Along with these main groups, there are smaller communities of Sheedi's who are descendants of African sailors and warriors who are believed to have arrived from the horn of Africa, as well as Urdu
Urdu Speakers who came as migrants from India when Pakistan attained its independence from Britain in 1947. There are countless other ethnic groups that make up part of Pakistani's mosaic such as the Bengali, Burmese, Hazara, Uzbek, Tajik and Hakka.[13] Culture[edit] Main article: Culture of Pakistan Pakistan
Pakistan has a heterogeneous culture, with all of the provinces maintaining differing social mores. However, Islam
Islam is the driving force behind the unity of varying ethnic groups from different parts of the country, and has significantly shaped the values and traditions of Pakistanis. Pakistani culture falls in the category of high context. and Pakistani wear the qamiz shalwar that is the culture of Pakistan Languages[edit] Main article: Languages of Pakistan Urdu, a major standard register of Hindustani, is Pakistan's national language. Urdu
Urdu was chosen as a token of unity and as a lingua franca so as not to give any native Pakistani language preference over the other. It is mostly learned as a second language, with nearly 93% of Pakistan's population having a mother tongue other than Urdu. Urdu
Urdu is spoken as a first, second or at times third tongue by almost all Pakistani people. Numerous regional and provincial languages are spoken as first languages by the ethno-linguistic groups making up the country, with Punjabi having a plurality of native speakers with 45% of the total population. English is spoken at an official level and in most elite circles, as a legacy of the long British Raj
British Raj colonial rule in the region. Many Pakistanis
Pakistanis worldwide speak the various regional languages of Pakistan
Pakistan such as: Urdu, Saraiki, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, and Kashmiri. Religion[edit] Main article: Religion in Pakistan Further information: Islam
Islam in Pakistan The largest religion practiced in Pakistan
Pakistan is Islam. Other religious groups in Pakistan
Pakistan include Judaism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Hinduism
Hinduism and Christianity. Diaspora[edit] Main article: Pakistani diaspora There are large populations of Pakistani ancestry around the world, due to emigration. The population of Pakistanis
Pakistanis abroad is considered to exceed seven million and can be found in the Middle East, North America, Europe, Asia
Asia and Australia. See also[edit]

Ethnic groups in Pakistan List of Pakistanis

References[edit]

^ "U.S. and World Population Clock". United States
United States Census Bureau. ^ "2011 Census: Ethnic group, local authorities in the United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2015. ^ Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS). "American FactFinder - Results". Retrieved 17 March 2015. ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics. "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables – Ethnic Origin (101), Age Groups (10), Sex (3) and Selected Demographic, Cultural, Labour Force, Educational and Income Characteristics (327) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey". 12.statcan.ca. Retrieved 11 December 2017. ^ Al-Qarari, Hussein (2009-03-29). " Pakistanis
Pakistanis celebrate National Day in Kuwait". Kuwait
Kuwait Times. Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2012-04-14. ^ " Europe
Europe and Russian Federation", Yearbook of Pakistan
Pakistan Foreign Relations, 2003-2004, Pakistan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2004, archived from the original on 2007-10-19, retrieved 2008-11-18 ^ Husain, Irfan (2002-11-09), "The Italian jobs", Dawn, Pakistan, retrieved 2008-11-18 ^ Qatar´s population by nationality Archived 2013-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. bq magazine Retrieved 15 December 2014 ^ "TablaPx". Ine.es. Retrieved 11 December 2017. ^ 출입국·외국인정책본부. "통계연보(글내용) < 통계자료실 < 출입국·외국인정책본부". Immigration.go.kr. Retrieved 11 December 2017. ^ "Standard Outputs - Census Data Explorer - Scotland's Census - Log in". www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk. ^ Dawn.com (2017-08-28). "Census results show 59.7pc growth in Karachi's population, 116pc in Lahore's since 1998". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2017-09-01. ^ a b "Pakistan". Infoplease.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.

Further reading[edit]

Abbasi, Nadia Mushtaq. "The Pakistani diaspora
Pakistani diaspora in Europe
Europe and its impact on democracy building in Pakistan." International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (2010). Awan, Shehzadi Zamurrad. "Relevance of Education for Women's Empowerment in Punjab, Pakistan." Journal of International Women's Studies 18.1 (2016): 208+ online Bolognani, Marta, and Stephen Lyon, eds. Pakistan
Pakistan and its diaspora: multidisciplinary approaches (Springer, 2011). Eglar, Zekiya. A Punjabi Village in Pakistan: Perspectives on Community, Land, and Economy (Oxford UP, 2010). Kalra, Virinder S., ed. Pakistani Diasporas: Culture, conflict, and change (Oxford UP, 2009). Lukacs, John, ed. The people of South Asia: the biological anthropology of India, Pakistan, and Nepal (Springer, 2013). Marsden, Magnus. "Muslim village intellectuals: the life of the mind in northern Pakistan." Anthropology today 21.1 (2005): 10-15. Mughal, M. A. Z. "An anthropological perspective on the mosque in Pakistan." Asian Anthropology 14.2 (2015): 166-181. Rauf, Abdur. "Rural women and the family: A study of a Punjabi village in Pakistan." Journal of Comparative Family Studies (1987): 403-415.

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Pakistan
Pakistan topics

Basic topics Alphabetical index of topics

History

Ancient

Stone age Soanian Mehrgarh Indus Valley Indo-Iranics Indo-Aryan Achaemenid Greco-Bactrian Maurya Gandhara Indo-Greek Indo-Scythians Indo-Parthian Kushan Indo-Sassanid

Medieval

Indo-Hephthalite Kamboja Rai Dynasty Shahi Pala Solanki Muhammad bin Qasim Ghaznavid Ghurid Mamluk Khalji Tughlaq Sayyid Lodi Timurid

Modern

Pre-colonial

Mughal East India Company Durrani Sikh Confederacy Sikh Empire First Anglo-Afghan War First Anglo-Sikh War Second Anglo-Sikh War Rebellion

Colonial

British Raj Second Anglo-Afghan War Durand Line Third Anglo-Afghan War Aligarh Movement Hindi– Urdu
Urdu controversy Pakistan
Pakistan Movement

Muslim League Two nation theory Jinnah's 14 Points Lahore Resolution Direct Action Day

Partition Independence

Dominion

Dominion of Pakistan Princely states 1947 War Liaquat–Nehru Pact Baghdad Pact

Republic

Indus Treaty 1965 War 1971 War Project-706 Islamisation Baloch insurgency Kargil War Liberalization War in North-West Pakistan

Geography

Features

Beaches Deserts Glaciers Islands Lakes Mountains Passes Rivers Valleys Waterfalls Wetlands

Areas

Arabian Sea Gwadar Bay Indus Plain Pothohar Plateau Salt Range Sistan Basin

Geology

Coal fields Gas fields Minerals Oil fields Tectonics Volcanoes Floods

Environment

Botanical gardens Ecoregions Environmental issues Forests Protected areas

national parks game reserves sanctuaries

Wildlife

flora fauna

Zoos