Punjabis

• Punjabis in Pakistan are multi-ethnical group of people

• Pakistan's first largest ethnic group and are divided into sub-groups.

• Punjabis make up 78.7 million (45%) of Pakistan's total population.

Pashtuns

• Pashtuns or Pukhtuns (sometimes Pathans) are Pakistan's second largest ethnic group

• Pashtuns make up an estimated 27.7 million (15%) of Pakistan's total population.

• The largest urban population of Pashtuns is interestingly found in the southern coastal city of Karachi with a fluctuating population estimated up to 7 million.

•  This is then followed by Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, and Lahore in descending order.

• Pashtuns make up the largest ethnic group in neighboring Afghanistan, forming anywhere between 42 to 60% there.

Sindhis

• Sindhis are ancient people principally inhabiting the province of Sindh,

• Believed to be the inheritors of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization

• Sindhis are heavily influenced by the adjacent Balochs in Pakistan and can also be found in the southern part of Punjab.

• The prominent personalities of Pakistan that hail from Sindh are Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pir Sahib Pagara and Abdul Satar Edhi.

Baloch

• Baloch as an ethnic group are principally found in the east of Baluchistan province of Pakistan.

• Baloch are also settled in the adjacent provinces of Sindh and Punjab where their historical chief Mir Chakar Khan Rind lies buried in Satghara, Okara District in Central Punjab.

• Baloch also inhabit the Iranian Baluchistan as a small ethnic minority and have settled in other areas of the Middle East, notably in Oman, Yemen, and The UAE.

Ranghar and Meo

• The Ranghar and related Meo are Muslim Rajputs (immigrants) from Haryana, East Punjab and Rajasthan.

• The Ranghar, though being part of the Punjabi diaspora in the undivided Punjab

• The Ranghar use the titles of Rao (surname), Rana (title), & Kanwar prefixed to their given names, and use Khan as a Suffix.

Hazara

• Hazara are a mixture of Turk-Persian people and those of Middle East and Central Asia.

• The genetic research suggests that they are closely related to the Eurasian and the Uygurs

• The Pakistani Hazaras estimated population is believed to be more than 550,000.

Baltis

• The Balti are an ethnic group of Tibetan descent with some Dardic admixture located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and Ladakh.

• In Pakistan they mainly live in the major urban centres of Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi

Chitralis

• There are more than 10 other ethnic groups represented in Chitral.

• Despite their diverse ethnic backgrounds they have a strong sense of being Chitrali and they share a common culture and use Khowar as a lingua franca.

Kalash

• The Kalash or Kalasha, are a unique ethnic group of the Hindu Kush

• The culture of Kalash people is unique and differs drastically from the  various ethnic groups surrounding them

• The Kalash pantheon is the last untouched, living representative of Indo-European mythology.