The ancient architecture of Pakistan is highlighted mainly by tombs and mosques.
Pakistan Monuments:
Pakistan Art:
The art forms for decorating the architectures in Pakistan showcases exquisite work of stone carvings.
Transport in Pakistan Pakistan Tourism Religions in Pakistan
Models of transport in Pakistan specially passenger Buses are colorfully decorated.
Pakistan Tourism:
With diverse geography, Pakistan is emerging fast among the hot travel destinations in the world.
Pakistan Religions:
After Indonesia, Pakistan is the second most Muslim populous country in the world.
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Pakistan History:
An ancient region of Indus in Pakistan houses remains of the Indus Valley Civilization.
Pakistan Culture:
Pakistan has a rich blend of culture of different ethnicities from Islamic and non-islamic religions.
Music of Pakistan:
Pakistani music ranges in diverse forms, right from provincial folk music to the modern western.
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Pakistani Food:
The cuisine of Pakistan is mix bag of culinary from Middle-East, India, Iran and Afghanistan.
Climatic conditions in Pakistan shows sandy deserts, beaches and the icy-hills of the Himalayas.
Pakistan Population:
The population of 132,352,279 (1998) Pakistan is the 6th most populous country in the world.
Language of Pakistan
| Language | % |
| Punjabi | 48 % |
| Pashto | 13.5 % |
| Siraiki | 12% |
| Sindhi | 10 % |
| Urdu | 7.5% |
| Balochi | 3% |
| Other | 2.5% |
| Hindko | 1% |
| Brahvi | 2.5% |
Urdu is the only official language of Pakistan. Although English is generally used instead of Urdu in this regard. English is the lingua franca of the Pakistani elite and most of the government ministries.
Urdu is closely related to Hindi but is written in an extended Arabic alphabet rather than in Devanagari. Urdu also has more loans from Arabic and Persian than Hindi has.
Many other languages are spoken in Pakistan, including Punjabi, Siraiki, Sindhi, Pashtu, Balochi, Hindko, Brahui, Burushaski, Balti, Khawar, Gujrati and other languages with smaller numbers of speakers.
Arabic and Persian are still taught as classical languages albeit to a small number of students. Although this number is dwindling.
See Demographics of Pakistan for a numerical breakdown of language groups.
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