Pakistani society

GROUND RULES
 Be attentive
 Do not leave the room during presentation
 Do not talk
 Do not create disturbance
 Switch off your cell phones & shutdown your
laptops
 Questions & answer will be entertained at the
end of the presentation
Pakistani Society a Cultural Perspective 111/24/2016

P r e s e n t e d B y :
N / C S a n a S u l t a n
6 t h S e m e s t e r B S ( N )
Pakistani Society/Pakistan A
Cultural Perspective

Objectives
At the end of our presentation will be able to:
Define Society
 Define Culture
 Define Norms & Social Norms
 Define Mores
 Define Folkways
 Define Traits

Objective cont.
 Discuss the origin and development of Pakistani
Society
 Discuss the characteristics of Primary units of
social life in Pakistan.
 Describe the Culture in Pakistan.

Objectives cont.
 Review Traits, norms, mores, and folkways of
the following regions of Pakistan
 Northern areas.
 K.P.K
 Punjab
 Sindh
 Baluchistan

Objective Cont…
 Importance of different cultures in nursing

Introduction
As British rule end, Muslims demanded a
separate nation .
Pakistan came into being on 14th August 1947
resulted from the efforts of
“Mohammad Ali Jinnah”.
Culture of Pakistan includes religion ,literature art
,architecture ,dresses ,music , manners and
customs has its roots in the Islamic culture.

Society
“The term refers to not a group of people, but to
the complex pattern of norms of interaction, that
arise among and between them.”
(Capiere)
“Society is the sum of formal relations in which
individuals are associating together or bounded
together.”
(Guddings)

Culture
“The culture is social heredity which is transmitted
from one generation to other with the
accumulation of individual experiences.”
(Linton)
“Man made part of environment.”
(Herkovits)

Culture Cont…
"Culture is a complex whole which includes
knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, customs and all
other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a
member of a society."
(Tylor)

Culture Cont…
“Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a
particular group of people defined by anything
from language, religion, cuisine, social habits,
music and art.”
(Allama Iqbal)

Trait
“A reputedly irreducible unit of learned behavior
pattern or material product thereof.”
(Hoebel)

Norms
“A norm is a rule or standard that governs our
conduct in the social situation in which we
participate. A norm can be treated as a cultural
specification that guides our conduct in society.”
(Robert Biesrdt)
“Norms refer to the group-shared expectation.”
(Young & Mack)

Social Norms
“Social norms are rules developed by a group of
people that specify how people must, should,
may, should not, and must not behave in various
situations”
(Larson & Goreman)

Types Of Social Norms
There are different types of social norms
 Folkways
 Mores
 Law
HUMAN SOCIETY
NORMS
LAWS
MORES
FOLKWAYS
INTERACTION

Folkways
“Folkways are behavior patterns of everyday life
which generally arise unconsciously in a group.”
(Gillin & Gillin)
“Folkways are literally the ways of folk, that is
social habits or group expectations that have
arisen in the daily life of the group.”
(Merill)

Importance Of Folkways
 Foundation of every culture.
 Handle social relations in comfortable way.
 Universal characteristic of human societies.
 Important part of the social structure.
 Accepted ways of behavior.

Mores
“Mores are those customs and group routines
which are thought by the members of the society
to be necessary to the group's continued
existence.”
(Gillin & Gillin)

Importance Of Mores
 Powerful instrument of social control.
 Guardians of social solidarity.
 Bring people together.
 Makes strong cohesive groups.
 Guide the human being to show an appropriate
behavior.
 Help the individual to maintain social relations
with others.

Laws
“Laws are a form of social rule emanating from
political agencies.”
(Roucek)
“Law is an authoritative canon of value laid
down by the force of politically organized
society”
(Roscoe Pound)

Importance Of Law
 Most effective force among the social norms.
 The law can give protection to the victims and
will punish those who have done unlawful
actions.
 Without law, people will be free to do revenge
and it will be vice-versa even if it is bad and
unlawful.

Origin & Development Of Pakistan
 Partition of India
 World War – I & Lucknow Pact
 Two Nation Theory
 Muslim homeland, provincial elections, World
War-II, Pakistan Resolution:1930-1945
 Plan for partition & Independence:1946-1947
 Geographical Partition
 Population transfer & violence

Origin & Development Of Pakistan
 Resettlement of refugees in Pakistan
 Missing persons
 Rehabilitation of women
 Post-Partition migration

Culture Of Pakistan
 Culture Name
 Alternative Names
 Ethnic groups of Pakistan

Culture Of Pakistan Cont…
 Characteristics of Pakistani Culture:
 Islamic values and traditions.
 Languages
 Mixed culture.
 Food
 Variety of Dresses
 Handicrafts

CULTURE OF PAKISTAN
CONT…
 Islamic Values & Traditions:
 Belief in one Allah
 Prophet hood of Hazrat Muhammad P.B.U.H,
brotherhood
 Equality and social justice etc.
 Islam is religion of peace and patience

Languages:
National language:-
 Urdu
 Regional languages:-
 Punjabi
 Sindhi
 Pushto
 Balochi

 Mixed Culture:
 People came from different vallies brought their
culture with them.
 The local culture mixed with the culture of new
arrivals created a multicolored culture on the soil of
present day Pakistan.

 Foods:
 Due to regional and climate variations in Pakistan,
variety of food is available in Pakistan
 PUNJAB: Paratha, Makkhan, Lassi etc.
 SINDH: Fish, Sea foods etc.
 KPK: Sajji, Balti Meat etc.
 Baluchistan: Dry fruits, Pulses etc.

 Variety of dresses:

 Handicrafts :
 Sports and Surgical goods of Sailkot
 Sheets and khussa of Multan
 Cutlery of Wazirabad
 Bangles of Hyderabad

Culture Of Different Provinces Of
Pakistan

Culture Of Punjab
 Populous province
 Punjabi and Saraiki
 Capital of Punjab

Culture Of Sindh
 Geographically third largest province
 It is hot in summer
 Sindhi
 Capital of Sindh.

Culture Of Khyber Pakhton
Khan
 North-West Frontier Province
 Main ethnic group
 Pashto
 Tribal system
 Most beautiful province

Culture Of Baluchistan
 Largest province (by area)
 Less populated province
 Baluchi & Pashto

Units Of Social Life In Pakistan
 Structures and mechanisms of social order
 They include:
 The family
 Religion
 Peer group
 Economic systems
 The media

Units Of Social Life In
Pakistan Cont…
 General functions:
 Satisfy the Basic Needs of Society
 Define Dominant Social Values called as “Bill of
Rights”
 Establish Permanent Patterns of Social Behavior
 Provide Roles for Individuals e.g. Husband and Wife

Primary Unit Of Social Life In
Pakistan
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 Family is the primary unit of social life
 Micro unit
 Universality
 Limited size
 Responsibility of the members
 Social regulation
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Pakistan Cont…
The Family:
“A family is a social group characterized by
common residence, economics co-operation and
reproduction”
(Mardock)
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Pakistan Cont…
 Types of family:
 Based on size and structure family are three types:
 Nuclear Family
 Joint Family
 Extended Family
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Pakistan Cont…
 Nuclear Family
“Family consists of a mother, father, and their
biological or adoptive descendants.”
 Joint Family
“ The social unit consisting of several generations of
kindred living together under the same roof or in a
joining compound.”
 Extended Family
“An extended family is two or more adults from
different generations of a family, who share a
household. It consists of more than parents and
children.”

Pakistan Cont…
 Based on blood relation family is two types:
 Family of orientation
 Family of procreation
 Based on Marriage:
 Monogamy
 Polygamy
 Based on rules of marriage:
 Endogamous
 Exogamous

Pakistan Cont…
 Functions of Family:
There are two types of functions of a family
 Essential
 Non Essential

Pakistan Cont…
 Essential Functions:
 Sexual
 Reproduction and maintain of the children
 Placement
 Socialization

Pakistan Cont…
 Non Essential Functions:
 Economy
 Education
 Religious
 Health and recreation
 Political control
 Physical Protection
 Social
 Cultural

Pakistan Cont…
 Functions of the family:
 Satisfaction of biological need
 Psychological satisfaction
 Economic co-operation
 Maintaining the morality
 Giving legitimacy to the children
 Full feel the emotional needs
 Social, Religious and cultural recognitions for sexual
mating

Importance Of Different Culture
In Nursing
 Psychological Characteristics
 Reactions to Pain
 Gender roles
 Language and communication
 Orientation to space and time
 Food and nutrition
 Socioeconomic Factors

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