Pakistani Culture

• Pakistan Culture is generally considered to be the

basic identity of Pakistan nation as their trends,
History, Salient Features, rituals and way of life
forms their culture of living, and this culture
becomes their distinctiveness
• Like all countries Pakistan also do have the
Culture which is being circulated all over the
territory but at the same time continuous
amendments are being done in the national
culture of the state.
• from where the culture of Pakistan has
originated?
• Before independence in 1947 Pakistan was
combined with the Sub Continent India,
where Hindus and Muslims used to live
together on one land.
• Before that it was the Mughal Empire of
Muslims which made us renowned and
popular all over the globe
• It is not surprising that still after hundreds of
years we do have various features and
reflection of that old traditional culture in our
modern Pakistan.
• So from those old days the culture of Pakistan
is being transferred and is being redefined at
regular intervals.
• After the independence when the Muslims of
Sub Continent got the separate homeland, it
was the time when the real culture of Pakistan
was being formed which was being made
complementing with the ideology on the basis
of which the independence was being
acquired.
• Sometimes it is the fact that the people living
in any specific culture modify themselves to
make them compatible with it.
• In the other cases people modify the culture
which suits their way of life.
• Western countries are the major example of
the second type in which people modify the
culture as per their interest and their comfort
ability.
• If we define the real concept of Culture than it
can be stated in such a phrase that; “Culture”
can be defined in many different ways, Culture
may be defined as behavior peculiar to human
beings, together with material objects used.
• Culture consists of language, ideas, values,
attributes, beliefs, customs, codes,
institutions, tools, works and arts, religion,
law, morality, ceremonies and festivals.
Salient Features of Pakistani Culture:

• The origination of the Pakistani culture and

ethnic background has firm foundations and
background in the past history; going back to
the Indus Valley Civilization, which existed
from 2800–1800 B.C, and was renowned for
its ordered cities, advanced sanitation,
excellent roads, and uniquely structured
society.
• Various invasions have taken place in the
territories of Pakistan as it has been invaded
many times in the past, and has been
occupied and settled by many different
peoples, each of whom have left their imprint
on the current inhabitants of the country.
Some of the largest groups were the ‘Aryans’,
Greeks, Scythians, Persians, White Huns,
Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Afghans, Buddhists and
other Eurasian groups, up to and including the
British, who left in the late 1940’s.
• Being a Muslim and the country being the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the culture of the
country should be aligned with the teachings
of Islam, Quran and Sunnah.
• The rules and regulations which are being
established in the state are not contradictory
to the teachings of Islam and that is why after
the independence the name of the state was
being finalized as Islamic Republic of Pakistan.