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A Pakistani farmer in the village of Mahool Baloch in the Loralai district Waqar Ahmed house, Khuian district (کھوئیاں), Chakwal village of Pakistan Amra Kalan village in Kharian, Pakistan. Pakistani village life (Urdu: پاکستانی گاؤں کی زندگی) is the traditional rural life of the people of Pakistan.
The standard of living in Pakistan differentiates and varies between different classes of society. Pakistan is a largely developing country and according to the Human Development Index , is ranked 147th out of 170 countries, upper side of "low human development."
According to the 1951 census conducted by the Government of Pakistan, West Pakistan had 1.6% Hindu population, while East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) had 22.05%. [ 7 ] According to the 1998 census conducted by the Government of Pakistan, Hindus made up 1.85% of the population and Christians (Protestant and Roman Catholic) 1.59%, or around 3 ...
Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistan's national poet who conceived the idea of Pakistan. Pakistan has literature in Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Pashto, Balochi, Persian, English, and many other languages. [9] The Pakistan Academy of Letters is a large literary community that promotes literature and poetry in Pakistan and abroad. [10]
Lahore is home to Pakistan's Punjabi film industry, and is a major centre of Qawwali music. [30] The city also hosts much of Pakistan's tourist industry , [ 30 ] [ 31 ] with major attractions including the Walled City , the famous Badshahi and Wazir Khan mosques, as well as several Sikh and Sufi shrines.
Reena Varma, 92-year-old Indian citizen born in Pakistan, who after 75 years came to visit her ancestral home and school, speaks during an interview with Reuters, in Lahore
Most of this population were allotted, along with their respective provinces, to Pakistan after the partition of India, in 1947. [citation needed] Today, the Pashtuns in India can be divided into those who speak Pashto and those who speak Urdu/Hindi and other regional languages. However, the Pashtuns speaking Urdu/Hindi are in majority the. [26]
The New York City Metropolitan Area, including New York City, Central New Jersey, as well as Long Island in New York, is home to the largest Pakistani American population. Little Pakistan is a general name for an ethnic enclave primarily populated by Pakistanis or people of Pakistani ancestry abroad.