Pakistan Others
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Photo Tips
The most photogenic is autumn, when mountain valleys full of poplars are colored golden golden.
How to speak here
In most cases, people in Pakistan understand English.
Official languages
- Urdu (Hindi related)
- English
Another local languages
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
Everybody understand English in the cities (mainly because it is the official language)
What type of alphabet is used here
- In Pakistan, he writes Arabic script variant.
- Lots of important inscriptions are fortunately in Latin alphabet.
Population
Pakistan has a very diverse ethnic composition.
The main ethnic group
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
Outside the Pakistanis there are more than two million refugees from Afghanistan.
Religion
Virtually all residents of the country are Muslims. After Indonesia's second most populous Muslim country.
The main religions
The majority are Sunni Muslims.
Other religions
There is a very large Shia minority, plus other Ahmadiyya sect. There are unfortunately very frequent sectarian terrorist attacks and assassinations.
Time zone
Timeshift is +5: 00 hours from GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). There is the so-called „summer“ time.
Time shift compared to Czech Republic
+3: 00 hours in summer, +4: 00 hours in winter.