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Pashtun culture ( Pashto: پښتون کلتور) is based on Pashtunwali, as well as speaking of the Pashto language and wearing Pashtun dress . Pashtunwali and Islam are the two main factors which make the baseline for the social behavior in Pashtun society. [1] Pashtuns are traditionally strict and conservative regarding the preservation of ...
Marriage in Pakistan ( Urdu: پاکستانی شادی) pertains to wedding traditions established and adhered by Pakistani men and women. Despite their local and regional variations, marriages in Pakistan generally follow Islamic marital jurisprudence. [1] [2] Marriages are not only seen as a union between a husband and a wife, but also an ...
Attan ( Pashto: اتڼ ), the national dance of Afghanistan, is a traditional dance originating from the tribal Pashtun regions. [ 1][ 2] The dance is performed during weddings or other celebrations (engagements, weddings and informal gatherings). The Attan was also conducted by Pashtuns in times of war such as the British occupation and the ...
Pashtuns. Pashtunwali ( Pashto: پښتونوالی ), also known as Pakhtunwali and Afghaniyat, [ 1] is the traditional lifestyle or a code of honour and tribal code of the Pashtun people, from Afghanistan and Pakistan, by which they live. Many scholars widely have interpreted it as being "the way of the Pashtuns" or "the code of life". [ 2]
Today, the Pashtuns are a collection of diversely scattered communities present across the length and breadth of India, with the largest populations principally settled in the plains of northern and central India. [ 75][ 76][ 77] Following the partition of India in 1947, many of them migrated to Pakistan. [ 75]
Imran Khan was born on 5 October 1952 in Lahore to father Ikramullah Khan Niazi, a civil engineer, and mother Shaukat Khanum. [ 1] He grew up as the only son in the family, with four sisters. Paternally, Khan belongs to the Niazi Pashtun tribe which has long been settled in Mianwali in northwestern Punjab. [ 2]
The Pashtuns of Punjab ( Punjabi, Urdu: پنجابی پٹھان; Pashto: پنجابي پښتانه ), also called Punjabi Pathans [3] or Pathans, are descendants of Pashtun settlers, [4] [5] an Eastern Iranian ethnic group, in the Punjab region of Pakistan [6] and India. [2] They were originally from the Pashtunistan region of Afghanistan and ...
Pashtunistan. Pashtunistan ( Pashto: پښتونستان, lit. 'land of the Pashtuns ', Persian: پشتونستان) [4] is a region located on the Iranian Plateau, inhabited by the indigenous Pashtun people of Afghanistan [5] and northwestern Pakistan, [6] [7] wherein Pashtun culture, the Pashto language, and identity have been based.