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Pakistan came into existence to provide a way of life-based on Islam for its people. People, customs, and rituals typically follow the same religion. Almost all Pakistanis practice Islam. Islam is the state religion of Pakistan, and about 95-98% of Pakistanis are Muslims. The Muslims are largely divided into two sects, Sunni Islam and Shia Islam. Shia Islam in Pakistan is practiced by 5-20% of the Muslims and the remaining larger number of Muslims practice Sunni Islam. The food is eaten and social etiquette is strictly in compliance with Islamic values and regulations. The male members of the family have a central role in the Pakistani community. The family is headed by a male and would typically be the primary source of income for other family members, but this does not imply over-ruling others.

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Different influences from thousands of years of ancient heritage enrich the clothing tradition of the Pakistani people. Clothing is every nation's identification. The dress represents the climatic conditions, lifestyle and particular style in each regional culture, which gives it a distinct identity in all cultures. The Shalwar Kameez is Pakistan's national dress and is worn in all five provinces by men and women. Since 1982, national dress has been mandated to be worn by all government officials employed in the Secretariat. Wearing a shalwar kameez famous for Sindhi shalwar kameez, Punjabi shalwar kameez, Balochi shalwar kameez and Pashtun shalwar kameez, each province has its style.

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Approximately 70 million native Urdu speakers are present. Urdu is a scripting language and is written and read from right to left. Its grammar, word construction, and phrase structure are rather systematic, but some difficulties occur. Urdu uses formal and informal verb forms and each noun has a gender that is either male or female. Urdu pronunciation is not always read as it is written, so memorizing vocabulary with the exact pronunciation is advisable. There are 39 basic letters in the Urdu alphabet and 13 extra characters. It is written from right to left and is closely similar to the alphabets of Arabic and Persian, but includes some Sanskrit sounds as well. In Urdu, the nearest relationship is Hindi. Spoken Urdu and Hindi are almost identical at the day-to-day functional level, apart from certain words (Guide to Pakistan: Pakistani Etiquette, Customs & Culture).

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Urdu language, member of the Indo-Aryan group within the Indo-European family of languages. Urdu is spoken as a first language by nearly 70 million people and as a second language by more than 100 million people, predominantly in Pakistan and India. It is the official state language of Pakistan and is also officially recognized, or "scheduled," in the constitution of India. Significant speech communities exist in the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States as well. Notably, Urdu and Hindi are mutually intelligible.

Urdu developed in the 12th century ce from the regional Apabhramsha of northwestern India, serving as a linguistic modus vivendi after the Muslim conquest. Its first major poet was Amir Khosrow (1253-1325), who composed dohas (couplets), folk songs, and riddles in the newly formed speech, then called Hindvi. This mixed speech was variously called Hindvi, Zaban-e-Hind, Hindi, Zaban-e-Delhi, Rekhta, Gujari, Dakkhani, Zaban-e-Urdu-e-Mualla, Zaban-e-Urdu, or just Urdu, literally 'the language of the camp.' Major Urdu writers continued to refer to it as Hindi or Hindvi until the beginning of the 19th century, although there is evidence that it was called Hindustani in the late 17th century. ( Hindustani now refers to a simplified speech form that is the Indian subcontinent's largest lingua franca.)

Urdu is closely related to Hindi, a language that originated and developed in the Indian subcontinent. They share the same Indo-Aryan base and are so similar in phonology and grammar that they appear to be one language. In terms of lexicon, however, they have borrowed extensively from different sources-Urdu from Arabic and Persian, Hindi from Sanskrit-so they are usually treated as independent languages. Their distinction is most marked in terms of writing systems: Urdu uses a modified form of Perso-Arabic script known as Nastaliq (), while Hindi uses Devanagari.

Phonologically, the Urdu sounds are the same as those of Hindi except for slight variations in short vowel allophones. Urdu also retains a complete set of aspirated stops (sounds pronounced with a sudden release with an audible breath), a characteristic of Indo-Aryan, as well as retroflex stops. Urdu does not retain the complete range of Perso-Arabic consonants, despite its heavy borrowing from that tradition. The largest number of sounds retained is among the spirants, a group of sounds uttered with a friction of breath against some part of the oral passage, in this case /f/, /z/, /zh/, /x/, and /g/. One sound in the stops category, the glottal /q/, has also been retained from Perso-Arabic.

From the grammatical point of view, there is not much difference between Hindi and Urdu. One distinction is that Urdu uses more Perso-Arabic prefixes and suffixes than Hindi; examples include the prefixes dar- 'in,' ba-/baa- 'with,' be-/bila-/la- 'without,' and bad- 'ill, miss' and the suffixes -dar 'holder,' -saz 'maker' (as in zinsaz 'harness maker'), -khor 'eater' (as in muftkhor 'free eater'), and -posh 'cover' (as in mez posh 'table cover').

Although both Urdu and Hindi typically mark the plural by changing the singular suffix -aa to -ee, Urdu uses -aat in some cases, such as kaagazaat 'papers,' jawaharaat 'jewels,' and makaanaat 'houses.' In addition, where Hindi and Urdu both use the suffix -ka 'of' in many constructions, Urdu marks the genitive 'of' with -e(e), as in subhe-azadi 'the morning of freedom' and khoon-e-jigar 'the blood of heart.'

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Urdu language | History, Script, & Words

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Urdu language, member of the Indo-Aryan group within the Indo-European family of languages. It is mutually intelligible with Hindi but is distinguished by its heavy borrowing from Arabic and Persian as well as its use of the Perso-Arabic Nastaliq script.

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An important part of any Pakistani recipe is spices and curry. Chilli powder, turmeric, garlic, paprika, black and red pepper, cumin seed, bay leaf, coriander, cardamom, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, saffron, nutmeg, poppy seed, among others, are the most common spices. Another traditional recipe is the use of yogurt to marinate meat. Instead of the use of spices and curry for the main dish, the typical side dish is plain rice. Another popular specialty is lentils. In the south, the food is more exotic and heavily spiced, while in the north, simple barbecued meat is always the main dish. Any beef, fowl, or seafood is typically curried, and frying is the traditional cooking process. Another widely used recipe ingredient, Ghee, which is clarified butter, is frequently used for frying. The use of pickles, chutneys, preserves, and sauces along with curried meats, seafood, vegetables, and lentils are considered key elements of the daily diet and are the reason why Pakistani cuisine has such a unique flavour.

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In the celebration of the end of the Ramadan fasting era, food also plays a part. This begins with a special Kharma (a sweet dish) breakfast, which is vermicelli cooked in dried-date milk, raisins, almonds and other nuts. Moreover, crowds are hurrying to buy fruit, meat, and sweets as well as new clothes and jewellery at local bazaars.

As part of the celebration of the birth of a new baby in a family, sweets are distributed and an animal sacrificial offering is also made, one goat for a girl and two for a boy, with the animal meat distributed between the poor or between friends and relatives. Food is also part of a ritual to celebrate an infant who is six or seven months old. Using a silver spoon, sisters and relatives insert rice pudding in the mouth of the child, and a drop of chicken broth is also placed in the mouth. The adults then hold an elaborate dinner following this ritual, ending with a special dessert called kheer (Pakistan).

Normally, greetings are between members of the same sex. Males prefer to shake hands with each other, but they may both hug and shake hands until a stronger relationship is formed. Generally, females embrace and kiss each other. Pakistanis do not hurry greetings and they will take the time to inquire about the general well-being of an individual, family, and how they do business (Guide to Pakistan: Pakistani Etiquette, Customs & Culture).

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Pakistani Culture And 10 Facts You Should Know | ProPakistani