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The Saraikis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group inhabiting parts of central and southeastern Pakistan, primarily in the southern part of the Pakistani province of Punjab. [21] They are mainly found in Derajat, a cultural region of central Pakistan, located in the region where the provinces of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan meet.
Pages in category "Tribes of Pakistan" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Awan (tribe) B.
Tribes of Pakistan (11 C, 27 P) Diasporas in Pakistan (9 C, 2 P) ... Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Pakistan" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of ...
Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.
They are considered unique among the people of Pakistan, [web 2] [web 1] [10] and form Pakistan's smallest ethnoreligious group, [web 5] practising what authors consider as a form of animism and ancestor worship [a] with elements of Indo-Iranian (Vedic-or Hindu-like) religion.
A tribe called Pakthās, one of the tribes that fought against Sudas in the Dasarajna, or "Battle of the Ten Kings", are mentioned in the seventh mandala of the Rigveda, a text of Vedic Sanskrit hymns dated between c. 1500 and 1200 BCE: [86] [87] Together came the Pakthas (पक्थास), the Bhalanas, the Alinas, the Sivas, the Visanins.
Sindhi-inhabited areas of Pakistan (yellow) in the early 1980s. The two main tribes of Sindh are the Soomro—descendants of the Soomra dynasty, who ruled Sindh during 970–1351 C.E.—and the Samma—descendants of the Samma dynasty, who ruled Sindh during 1351–1521 CE. These tribes belong to the same bloodline.
Pashtunwali (Pashto: پښتونوالی), also known as Pakhtunwali and Afghaniyat, [1] is the traditional lifestyle or a code of honour and tribal code of the Pashtun people, from Afghanistan and Pakistan, by which they live.