The sixth census of Pakistan 2017 put the country’s population at 207.685,000. The population of Punjab is 109,989,000, Sindh 47,855,000, KP 30.509,000, Balochistan 12.335,000, FATA 4.993,000 and Islamabad 2.003,000.
The first most spoken language of Pakistan is Punjabi. Punjabi speaking population in Punjab is 76,629,336, in Sindh 2,541,100, in Islamabad 1,046,968, in KPK 164,748, in Balochistan 139,385, in FATA 13,980 and it makes 80,370,769 total Punjabi speaking population of Pakistan.
The second most spoken language of Pakistan is Pushto. Pushto speaking population in KPK is 23,449,217, in FATA 4,913,112, in Balochistan 4,359,189, in Sindh 2,612,883, in Punjab 2,177,781, in Islamabad 244,966, and it makes 37,757,148 total Pushto speaking population of Pakistan.
The third most spoken language of Pakistan is Sindhi. Sindhi speaking population in Sindh is 29,478,680, in Balochistan 562,476, in Punjab 164,983, in KPK 27,458, in Islamabad 15,423, in FATA 4,993, and it makes 30,254,013 total Sindhi speaking population of Pakistan.
The fourth most spoken language of Pakistan is Seraiki. Seraiki speaking population in Punjab is 22,745,725, in KPK 1,134,934, in Sindh 1,067,166, in Balochistan 326,877, in Islamabad 42,463, in FATA 000, and it makes 25,317,165 total Seraiki speaking population of Pakistan.
The fifth most spoken language of Pakistan is Urdu. Urdu speaking population in Sindh is 8,709,610, in Punjab 5,356,464, in KPK 274,581, in Islamabad 244,966, in Balochistan 99,913, in FATA 24,465, and it makes 14,709,999 total Urdu speaking population of Pakistan.
The sixth most spoken language of Pakistan is Balochi. Balochi speaking population in Balochistan is 4,377,691, in Sindh 957,100, in Punjab 912,908, in KPK 24,407, in FATA 3,994, in Islamabad 3,004, and it makes 6,279,104 total Balochi speaking population of Pakistan.
The seventh most spoken language of Pakistan is Hindko. Hindko speaking population in KPK is 3,502,433, in Islamabad 128,192, Balochistan 43,538, in Punjab???, in Sindh ???, in FATA ???, and it makes 4,652,144 total Hindko speaking population of Pakistan.
The eight most spoken language of Pakistan is Brahvi. Brahvi speaking population in Balochistan is 2,111,752, in Sindh ???, in Punjab ???, in KPK ???, in FATA ???, in Islamabad ???, and it makes 2,575,294 total Brahvi speaking population of Pakistan.
The ninth most spoken language of Pakistan is Kashmiri. Kashmiri speaking population in Balochistan is 17,269, in Sindh ???, in Punjab ???, in KPK ???, in FATA ???, in Islamabad 42,063, and it makes 353,064 total Kashmiri speaking population of Pakistan.
Note:- Punjabi language population is split 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.
As Punjabi is the first most spoken language of Pakistan with 124,611,000 Punjabi speaking people out of 207.685,000 population of Pakistan and the majority of the rest of Pakistan population is able to speak Punjabi as a second language than why Urdu, the fifth most spoken language is the national language of Pakistan? Why is Punjabi not the national language of Pakistan?
Instead of declaring Punjabi as a national language of Pakistan in replacement of Urdu, to make it more acceptable, convenient, practical and useful for the people of Pakistan, the top three most spoken languages of Pakistan, Punjab, Pushto and Sindhi should be declared as the national languages of Pakistan.
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