Punjab

 

 In Pakistan by population Punjab is the largest province. 56% of the total population is the Punjab population; it has 36 Districts and is contributing about 50 – 60 % of the economy. Punjab is most popular for its culture.  Pakistani Villages are the best places from where the glimpses of Pakistani culture are clearly visible. All the people from villages give more respects to their traditions, culture and norms and do according to their traditions. Punjab people are like to celebrate each and every tradition of their culture, Punjab is very rich with literature and Sufis adds more in its literature. Provincial capital Lahore is popular for its recreational events and activities. Lahori’s are famous all over the country for their celebrations particularly for Basant festival and people from different cities specially go there to celebrate Basant. Life line for agriculture of Punjab are the five rivers, in the villages people are very kind and concerned about each others.

 They take active part in the happiness and grieve of each other and are very hospitable. People tell stories of traditional tales like Hir Ranjha, Hir Waris Shah and music is also full of colors. In Punjab some cities have more importance for Sikh community from India.

The founder of Sikh religion was born in Nankana Sahib, it is the district of Punjab, and so Sikh from different parts of world come and visits Punjab. Jahngir tomb and Badshahi masjid in Lahore are the important places of Pakistan. Data sb in Punjab is very scared place in Pakistan and Punjab, and most of the people come and visit Data sahib every year. People must come to Punjab to enjoy the different colors of Punjab culture.

The main language is Punjabi.^[10] Recently two Punjabi varieties, Saraiki and Hindko, have been standardized.^[11] The national census of Pakistan has tabulated the prevalence of Saraiki and Hindko speakers since 1981.^[12]:46. However this standardization is controversial because Saraiki and Hindko are now considered to be dialects of main-stream Punjabi, on the basis that they are morphologically and syntactically similar to standard Punjabi. This is agreed by the majority of local linguists such as Dulai, K Narinder, Gill, Harjeet Singh Gill, A Henry. Gleason (Jr), Koul, N Omkar, Siya Madhu Bala, Afzal Ahmed Cheema, Aamir Malik, Amar Nath^{[13][14][15][16]} as well as modern linguistics publications such as the US National Advisory Committee based UCLA Language Materials Project (LMP) along with modern linguistics such as Cardona and Nataliia Ivanovna Tolstaia classifing Saraiki, Hindko and other Lahnda varieties as dialects of Punjabi Language

 

The word Punjab is a xenonym/exonym that was formally introduced by the Mughals in the 17th Century CE. It is a combination of the Persian words panj (five) and āb (water), thus the (land of) five rivers.[8] The five rivers are the tributaries of the Indus River namely Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej. From the Himalayas they all end up in the down-stream of Panjnad, eventually to the Arabian Sea. Sometimes, in English, there can be a definite article before the name i.e. the Punjab.[9] The name is also sometimes spelt as Panjab or Panjaab or Punjaab

 

 

The capital and largest city is Lahore which was the historical capital of the wider Punjab region. Other important cities include Gujrat, Multan, Faisalabad, Sheikhupura, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Jhelum and Rawalpindi. Undivided Punjab is home to six rivers, of which five flow through Pakistani Punjab. From west to east, these are: the Indus, Jhelum, Beas, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej. Nearly 60% of Pakistan's population lives in the Punjab. It is the nation's only province that touches every other province; it also surrounds the federal enclave of the national capital city at Islamabad.This geographical position and a large multi-ethnic population strongly influence Punjab's outlook on National affairs and induces in Punjab a keen awareness of the problems of the Pakistan's other important provinces and territories. In the acronym P-A-K-I-S-T-A-N, the P is for PUNJAB.

Kabaddi is a wrestling sport played in South Asia. The name is derived from the Tamil word (கை-பிடி) "kai" (hand), "pidi" (catch), which is translated into "catching hands".^[1] Two teams occupy opposite halves of a small swimming pool or field and take turns sending a "raider" into the other half, in order to win points by tackling members of the opposing team; then the raider tries to return to his own half, holding his breath and chanting the word "Kabaddi" during the whole raid. The raider must not cross the lobby unless he touches any of his opponents. If he does so then he will be declared as "out". There is also a bonus line which ensure extra points for the raider if he manages to touch it and return to his side of the field successfully.