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Linguistic, ethnic and Religious Diversity of Pakistan

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Percentageas of speakers of larger languages

Around 44% speak Punjabi, 15.5% speak Pashto, 15.5% speak Sindhi, 10.5% Saraiki, 7.5% Urdu, 3.5% Balochi and 3.5% other languages (Hindko, Brahui etc.) as their first language

There are other 32 regional languages other than these.
Demographics of Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

According to the Mohsin Ahmed in the book "Pakistan Beyond the crisis state" edited by Maleeha Lodhi ( ex Pak ambassador to US and UK),

"Linguistically Pakistan is so diverse that Punjabi speakers in Pakistan are more than the population of entire France, Pushto speakers in Pakistan are more than the population of whole of Saudi Arabia, Sindhi speakers are more than the population of Australia, Seraiki by more than the population of Netherlands, Urdu by more than the population of Cuba and Balochi by more than the entire population of Singapore.
Pakistan's diversity is not limited to language, religiously Pakistan is mainly Muslim but Pakistan has more non Muslims than there are people in either Toronto or Miami."


This country can be made a model for Muslim world, trust me because of its diverse nature. All the countries in Muslim world don't have more than two to three regional languages, this country has 32. All it needs is a right leader to put it back on track.
 
This country can be made a model for Muslim world, trust me because of its diverse nature.

Yes, certainly, but it's also very complicated - power in Pakistan is also diffusely distributed, as are political and economic ambitions but the present social or cultural battles that are going on, and will continue to grow, make consensus very difficult and therefore regardless of leadership, getting a majority on the same page is/will be very difficult, if not impossible.

There is a temptation to look at solutions which use "unity of command" - and while the concept is tested and true in the context it grew out of, the limits of this concept become apparent outside the institution the concept was created for.

But I think we are too fixated on the "leader" and the "political" --- Pakistan's diversity is a blessing, so long as we are careful to keep adventurers and experimenters away from the economy. The vast majority of the problems we have in Pakistan are due primarily to the dwarf economy and the economy is a dwarf because the State controls much of the economy, a situation without parallel in the recent history of the country. The whole idea that the business of the state is the state being in business, is a bit of a novelty and has presented Pakistan with tragic outcomes.

And finally let me say that it's time Pakistan compared itself with Germany or France or Japan, in terms of the kinds of social cohesion it ought to create, the liberty it may create, the opportunity it may create, the kind of prosperity it may create, the kind of political order or concord it may create, I think comparing ourselves with countries in the Muslim world is a oxymoron of sorts, after all, besides Turkiye, what else is there that can be seen as a model of sorts?
 
Percentageas of speakers of larger languages


"Linguistically Pakistan is so diverse that Punjabi speakers in Pakistan are more than the population of entire France, Pushto speakers in Pakistan are more than the population of whole of Saudi Arabia, Sindhi speakers are more than the population of Australia, Seraiki by more than the population of Netherlands, Urdu by more than the population of Cuba and Balochi by more than the entire population of Singapore.
Is is talking about the "Diversity" or the "quantity"???
He seems confused.
 
in positive sense , it is a beauty too.
it is just like a garden with different color and kind of flowers.
it,s up to gardener to manage garden and taker of every type of flower.
regards
 

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