Why Punjabi fragmented in 2017 National Census of Pakistan?

The final results of the sixth census of Pakistan put the country’s population at 207.685,000.

Punjabi turned out to be the largest mother tongue in Punjab, a province of 109,989,000. About 76,629,336 or 69.67% people living in Punjab reported Punjabi as their mother tongue followed by 22,745,725 or 20.68% Seraiki, while 5,356,464 or 4.87% reported Urdu, 2,177,781 or 1.98% Pushto, 912,908 or 0.83% Balochi, 164,983 or 0.15% Sindhi, and 2,001,799 or 1.82% speaks other languages.

On the national level as a mother tongue, Punjabi stood first with 80,540,243 or 38.78%, Pushto second with 37,881,744 or 18.24%, Sindhi third with 30,259,704 or 14.57%, Seraiki fourth with 25,316,801 or 12.19%, Urdu fifth with 14,704,098 or 7.08%, Balochi sixth with 6,272,087 or 3.02%, Hindko seventh with 4,652,144 or 2.24%, Brahvi eight with 2,575,294 or 1.24%, Kashmiri ninth with 353,064 or 0.17% and 5,129,819 or 2.47% speaks other languages.

As in census of Pakistan, the Punjabi language population was fragmented in Punjabi, Seraiki, and Hindko therefore, actual Punjabi speaking population is; Punjabi 38.78 + Seraiki, the Multani dialect of Punjabi + Riyasti dialect of Punjabi + Derawali dialect of Punjabi is 12.19 + Hindko 1.24 = 53.21 and it makes 110,509,188 population of Pakistan.

If it was necessary to split the Punjabi language into dialects then it was required to split the Sindhi language in Kachhi, Thari, Lasi, Lari, Vicholi and Sindhi Seraiki.

It was required to split the Pushto language in Kandahari, Kakari, Bettani, Shirani, Karlani, Banuchi, Masidwola, Wazirwola, Taniwola, Khosti, Zadran–Mangal, Bangash–Turi–Zazi, Khogyani, Wardak, Ghilji, Peshawari. Also, Chitrali, Kohati, Kohistani, Sawabi, Sawati speaking was not required to be included in Pushto.

Gujarati, Rajasthani, Bihari, Marathi, Marwari speaking were not required to be included in Urdu.

Makrani, Rakhshani, Sulemani speaking were not required to be included in Balochi.

Besides this, a lot of Punjabi speaking settlers of Sindh were included in Sindhi on the ground of speaking Sindhi as a second language but without their consent or by pressurizing and harassing them. A lot of Punjabi residents of Karachi were included in Urdu on the ground of speaking Urdu as a second language but without their consent or by pressurizing and harassing them. A lot of Punjabi and Hindko inhabitants of KPK were included in Pushto on the ground of speaking Pushto as a second language but without their consent or by pressurizing and harassing them and a lot of Punjabi and Hindko inhabitants of Balochistan were included in Pushto and Balochi on the ground of speaking Pushto and Balochi as a second language but without their consent or by pressurizing and harassing them. Therefore, the actual percentage of Punjabi speaking in Pakistan is about 60% and it makes 124,611,000 population of Pakistan.

It is an undeniable fact and a ground reality that in KPK after Pushto speaking the second biggest population of KPK is Punjabi speaking and they also speak Pashto as second language, in Pushtoon areas of Balochistan after Pushto speaking the second biggest population of Pushtoon areas of Balochistan is Punjabi speaking and they also speak Pashto as second language, in Baloch areas of Balochistan after Balochi speaking the second biggest population of Baloch areas of Balochistan is Punjabi speaking and they also speak Balochi as second language, in Sindh after Sindhi speaking the second biggest population of Sindh is Punjabi speaking and they also speak Sindhi as second language, in Karachi after Urdu speaking the second biggest population of Karachi is Punjabi speaking and they also speak Urdu as second language, and it is practically visible and also known to everyone.