Pakistan: Others

Pakistan
Others

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Photo Tips

Petr Liška Wrote 27.01.2013:

The most photogenic is autumn, when mountain valleys full of poplars are colored golden golden.

How to speak here

Petr Liška Wrote 27.01.2013:

In most cases, people in Pakistan understand English.

Official languages

Petr Liška Wrote 27.01.2013:
  • Urdu (Hindi related)
  • English

Another local languages

Petr Liška Wrote 27.01.2013:

Thanks to a diverse national composition is spoken here of more than 60 other languages, such as Punjabi, Pashto, Kashmiri, Sindhi and more..

Which foreign languages are spoken here

Petr Liška Wrote 27.01.2013:

Everybody understand English in the cities (mainly because it is the official language)

What type of alphabet is used here

Petr Liška Wrote 27.01.2013:
  • In Pakistan, he writes Arabic script variant.
  • Lots of important inscriptions are fortunately in Latin alphabet.

Population

Petr Liška Wrote 27.01.2013:

Pakistan has a very diverse ethnic composition.

The main ethnic group

Petr Liška Wrote 27.01.2013:

More than half the population are Punjabis and Sindhs inhabiting the east of the country. On the west are the Pashtuns and Baluchis. In the north of the country are Balti people (Sino-Tibetan origin).

Ethnic minorities

Petr Liška Wrote 27.01.2013:

Outside the Pakistanis there are more than two million refugees from Afghanistan.

Religion

Petr Liška Wrote 27.01.2013:

Virtually all residents of the country are Muslims. After Indonesia's second most populous Muslim country.

The main religions

Petr Liška Wrote 27.01.2013:

The majority are Sunni Muslims.

Other religions

Petr Liška Wrote 27.01.2013:

There is a very large Shia minority, plus other Ahmadiyya sect. There are unfortunately very frequent sectarian terrorist attacks and assassinations.

Time zone

Petr Liška Wrote 27.01.2013:

Timeshift is +5: 00 hours from GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). There is the so-called „summer“ time.

Time shift compared to Czech Republic

Petr Liška Wrote 27.01.2013:

+3: 00 hours in summer, +4: 00 hours in winter.

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