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The traditional clothing for the lower region is the khat partug which is a shalwar kameez combination and is worn by men and women. The khat (also called khattaki or in Marwat Pashtu, kamis) [1] is the shirt which fits closely to the body to the waist and then flares out, either to the knees, or in the case of women, to the ankles.
Begum Liaquat Ali (centre), dressed in a gharara, 1950. A gharara (Urdu: غرارہ, Hindi: ग़रारा, Bengali: ঘারারা) is a traditional Lucknowi outfit, [1] traditionally worn by Muslim women of the Hindi-Urdu Belt region of India. [2]
Pakistani clothing refers to the ethnic clothing that is typically worn by people in the country of Pakistan and by Pakistanis. Pakistani clothes express the culture of Pakistan , the demographics of Pakistan , and cultures from Punjab , Sindh , Balochistan , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Gilgit-Baltistan , and Kashmir regions of the country.
When women wear the shalwar-kameez in some regions, they usually wear a long scarf or shawl called a dupatta around the head or neck. [38] The dupatta is also employed as a form of modesty—although it is made of delicate material, it obscures the upper body's contours by passing over the shoulders.
The culture of Pakistan (Urdu: ثقافتِ پاکستان, romanized: S̱eqāfat-e Pākistān) lies at the intersection of Turko-Persian, Arab, and North Indian cultural traditions. [1] Over centuries, the region has developed a distinct cultural identity , shaped by a fusion of Middle Eastern , Central Asian and North Indian influences.
A chādor (Persian, Urdu: چادر, lit. 'tent'), also variously spelled in English as chadah, chad(d)ar, chader, chud(d)ah, chadur, and naturalized as /tʃʌdər/, is an outer garment or open cloak worn by many women in the Persian-influenced countries of Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, and to a lesser extent Tajikistan, as well as in Shia communities in Iraq, Bahrain, Lebanon, India ...
The national dress of Karachi is Shalwar Qameez (Urdu: شلوار قمیض), a traditional a garment worn by both women and men in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Shalwar are loose pajama-like trousers. The legs are wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The Qameez is a long shirt or tunic.
A traditional cotton kurta with wooden cuff-links-style buttons, centre placket opening with chikan, a style of embroidery from Lucknow, India. A kurta is a loose collarless shirt or tunic worn in many regions of South Asia, [1] [2] [3] and now also worn around the world. [4]