Tajiks in Pakistan

Tajiks in Pakistan
Total population
	c. 947,000 (2023)
Regions with significant populations
	Gilgit-Baltistan; Punjab; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Balochistan; Islamabad-Rawalpindi; Karachi;
Languages
	Persian (Dari and Tajik); Urdu;
Religion
	Islam
Related ethnic groups
	Uyghurs in Pakistan; Kyrgyz in Pakistan; Turkmens in Pakistan; Uzbeks in Pakistan;

Tajiks in Pakistan are residents of Pakistan who are of Tajik ancestry. The Tajiks are a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group native to Central Asia, living primarily in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

There are also Afghan Tajiks refugees in Pakistan. According to the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions in 2005, at least 7.3% of all Afghans living in Pakistan or roughly 221,000 individuals were categorised as ethnic Tajiks. There are also expatriates from Tajikistan.

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