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Religion in Lahore. It is estimated that the city of Lahore, Pakistan, has a Muslim majority with 94.7% and Christian minority constitute 5.1% of the population and rest Sikhs and Hindus constitute the remaining 0.2%. There is also a small but longstanding Zoroastrian community. [ 1]
Khawaja Nazimuddin, Pakistan's second Prime Minister, argued against equal rights for all citizens in an Islamic state. [23] However, The Constitution of Pakistan establishes Islam as the state religion, [24] and provides that all citizens have the right to profess, practice and propagate their religion subject to law, public order, and morality. [25]
Badshahi Mosque. / 31.58806°N 74.30944°E / 31.58806; 74.30944. The Badshahi Mosque Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد, romanized : Bādshāhī Masjid) is a Mughal-era imperial mosque located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [ 1][ 2] It was constructed between 1671 and 1673 during the rule of Aurangzeb, opposite of the Lahore Fort on the ...
lahore.punjab.gov.pk. Lahore(/ləˈhɔːr/lə-HOR; Punjabi: لہور[lɔː˩˥ɾ]; Urdu: لاہور[laːˈɦɔːɾ]ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani provinceof Punjab. It is the second largestcity in Pakistan, after Karachi, and 26th largest in the world, with a population of over 13 million.[10] Located in north-eastern ...
Islam by country. 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.
Photograph of a Sikh health worker of the Karachi Plague Committee in Old Town, Karachi, by R. Jalbhoy, 1897 Gurdwara Dera Sahib, Lahore. Prior to independence in 1947, 2 million Sikhs resided in the present day Pakistan and were spread all across Northern Pakistan, specifically the Punjab region and played an important role in its economy as farmers, businessmen, and traders.
Christianity is the third largest religion in Pakistan, [2] [3] making up about 1.37% of the population according to the 2023 Census. [4] [2] Of these, approximately half are Catholic and half Protestant (primarily Anglican and Presbyterian ). A small number of Eastern Orthodox Christians, and Oriental Orthodox Christians also live in Pakistan.
The recorded history of Lahore (Punjabi: لہور دی تریخ , ਲਹੌਰ ਦਾ ਇਤਹਾਸ ; Urdu: تاریخ لاہور), the second largest city-district of Pakistan, covers thousands of years. Lahore is regarded as the post medieval or modern day capital and largest city of the Punjab region, it has since its creation changed ...