what religion are most people in pakistan?
Hindu Kush
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 Islam is the common heritage in the region with a 97 @.@ 22 % Muslim majority according to the 1998 Pakistan census report and 2001 population data sheet . Islamic influences are evident in the fundamental values of various inhabitants including cultural traditions , marriage , education , diet , ceremonies and policies with may reflect stark differences in rural villages as compared to urban areas . People live in tight @-@ knit joint families , although a nuclear family system is also emerging due to changing socio @-@ economic conditions . Ancient Pakistani culture prevails in most marriage practices in the region , as do certain restrictions related to ethnicity and caste . However , the influences of more modern societies have effected some change , particularly in the area of the dowry system . As of 2016 , monogamous and polygamous unions remain an acceptable marriage practice . In following ancient culture , marriages are customarily arranged by the parents or matchmakers . In some instances , the husband must buy his wife from her parents . Marriage ceremonies , which can be more or less formal , include rituals which are universal in nature and hold sociological importance . Studies conducted in 2007 and 2013 , the latter in an outlying rural village in Faisalabad District , acknowledged the existence of gender bias and discrimination against females , stating that " Gender discrimination is not a new phenomenon " , and that it still exists in the modern world . It was further noted that situations may be worse in villages because " whenever a girl is born , nobody celebrates her birth , whereas when a boy is born , it means great joy and celebration . " 

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 According to a report by the United Nations Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organisation ( UNESCO ) , the 2015 literacy rate for Pakistan ranked 160th which is among the lowest literacy rates in the world . 

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 In Pakistan , prime minister Nawaz Sharif ( whose father was a prominent Tablighi member and financier ) helped Tablighi members take prominent political positions . For example , in 1998 , Muhammad Rafique Tarar , a Tablighi member , took the ceremonial presidency while , in 1990 , Javed Nasir assumed the powerful director @-@ generalship of the Inter @-@ Services Intelligence , Pakistan 's chief intelligence agency . In 1995 , after Benazir Bhutto , who was less sympathetic to Islamist causes , returned to the premiership , the Pakistani army thwarted a coup attempt by several dozen high @-@ ranking military officers and civilians , all of whom were members of the Tablighi Jamaat and some of whom also held membership in Harkat @-@ ul @-@ Mujahideen , a U.S. State Department @-@ defined terrorist organization . In January 2016 , in what was " probably the first time that any restriction has been placed on Tableeghi Jamaat " in Pakistan , the Punjab government banned preaching on university campuses , and banned Tableeghi Jamaat ( and other non @-@ students ) from preaching and staying in campus hostels . 

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 Especially since the 1950s , religions from the former British colonies have grown in numbers , due to immigration . Islam is the most common of these , now accounting for around 5 % of the population in England . Hinduism , Sikhism and Buddhism are next in number , adding up to 2 @.@ 8 % combined , introduced from India and South East Asia . 

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 Pakistan has a general reservation to interpret the Covenant within the framework of its constitution . 
