Pakistani Culture & Society

• 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
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 comfortability.
• 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,
Mughals, 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 finalized as
Islamic Republic of Pakistan.