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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.
[1] [2] [3] The outfit has been a part of Punjabi tradition of India and Pakistan for centuries. [4] [5] It is also the national dress of Pakistan, [6] [7] and since the later 1960s, the salwar is being used in government offices in Pakistan. [8] Salwar can be distinguished from the Punjabi suthan which is shorter than the salwar.
The ghagra has its origin in the candataka, which had become a popular garment in the Gupta period. [60] The candataka was a men's half trousers [ 61 ] which eventually developed into the ghagra. The intermediate formation has been described as a shirt like dress for men and women from the neck to the thighs.
As Bengali nationalism grew, the family decided to invest in West Pakistan and established a spinning mill in Bahawalpur in 1966. [4] Political instability in East Pakistan led the family to move to Karachi in 1970, where they acquired the Sapphire Textile Mill in Kotri, Sindh, in 1971, and later used it as the group identity. [4]
[17] [21] [22] The shalwar-kameez is widely-worn by men and women in Pakistan, [23] [24] and is the country's national dress. [25] It is also widely worn by men and women in Afghanistan, [26] and some men in the Punjab region of India, from which it has been adopted by women throughout India, [27] and more generally in South Asia. [28]
The national dress of Pakistan is the Persian origin shalwar kameez, a unisex garment widely-worn around South Asia, [58] [59] and national dress, [60] of Pakistan. 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. [ 61 ]
Sherwanis are mostly worn in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. [16]: 571 These garments usually feature detailed embroidery or patterns. One major difference between sherwani-wearing habits is the choice of lower garment: while in India it is mainly worn with churidars or pyjamas, in Pakistan and Bangladesh it is mainly worn with a shalwar.
Khadi (pronounced, Khādī), derived from khaddar, [1] [2] [3] is a hand-spun and woven natural fibre cloth promoted by Mahatma Gandhi as swadeshi (self-sufficiency) for the freedom struggle of the Indian subcontinent, and the term is used throughout India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.