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Islam in Pakistan
Role and impact of Islam in Pakistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Islam is the largest and the state religion of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan has over 236 Million adherents of Islam (including the administrative territory of Azad Kashmir[6] and Gilgit Baltistan[7] ).[8][9] As much as 90% of the population follows Sunni Islam. Most Pakistani Sunni Muslims belong to the Hanafi school of jurisprudence, which is represented by the Barelvi and Deobandi traditions.
Eid Prayers at the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore | |
Total population | |
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c. 240.76 million (2024)[1][2][3] (98% of the population) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Throughout Pakistan | |
Religions | |
Majority: 90% Sunni Muslims, Minority: 10% Shia Muslims[4] | |
Languages | |
Punjabi , Sindhi , Pashto , Balochi |
About 97% of Pakistanis are Muslims.[10] The majority are Sunni (85-90%)[11][12][13][14][15] while Shias make up between 10% and 15%.[16][12][17][18][19][20] The Hanbali school has gained popularity recently due to Wahabbi influence from the Middle East.[21] Smaller minority Muslim populations in Pakistan include Quranists, nondenominational Muslims.[22] There are also two Mahdi'ist based creeds practised in Pakistan, namely Mahdavia and Ahmadiyya,[23] the latter of whom are considered by the constitution of Pakistan to be non-Muslims; they jointly constitute around 1% of the Muslim population.[24] Pakistan has the world's largest Muslim majority city (Karachi).[25]