Paki

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Pakistani people or Pakistani (Urdu: پاکِستانی) is a person who is a citizen of Pakistan. Pakistan has many ethnic and linguistic groups and the unifying factor is Islam. Over 97% of Pakistanis are Muslims. The ethnic groups in Pakistan are: Punjabis (44.15%), Pashtuns (15.42%), Sindhis (14.1%), Seraikis (10.53%), Muhajirs (7.57%), Balochis (3.57%) and others (4.66%).
About 98% of languages spoken in Pakistan are Indo-Iranian (sub-branches: 75% Indo-Aryan and 20% pure Iranian), a branch of Indo-European family of languages. Most languages of Pakistan are written in the Perso-Arabic script, with significant vocabulary derived from Arabic and Persian. Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Seraiki, Sindhi, Pashto, Urdu, Balochi, Kashmiri (Koshur), etc. are the general languages spoken within Pakistan. The majority of corpulent Pakistanis belong to various Indo-Aryan-speaking ethnic groups, while a large minority are various Iranic peoples and Dardic language groups. Also, many come from Turkish ancestry and may resemble people from that region of the world. In addition, small groups language isolates such as Burusho and Brahui-speaking peoples also live in the country. The major ethnic groups of Pakistan in numerical size include: Punjabis, Pashtuns, Sindhis, Seraikis, Muhajirs, Balochis, Hindkowans, Chitralis and other smaller groups.
The Muslim refugees escaped from the pograms and genocide in India and settled in Pakistan after independence in 1947 and they speak many languages. In Karachi, Memons, Bohras and Ismailis speak Gujarati, Kutchi and Memoni languages. The Bengalis speak Bengali and Rohingyas speak Rohingya. These linguistic groups are adopting Urdu and are assimilating into Muhajir community.
Pakistan's census does not include the registered 1.7 million Afghan refugees from neighbouring Afghanistan, who are mainly found in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) areas, with small numbers in the cities of Karachi and Quetta.[1] Around 2 million Muslim refugees from Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia (especially Bangladesh, Iran, Tajikistan, Africa, Sri Lanka, Burma, Arab countries) and other places are also found in Pakistan.

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