Maddi LutzGallaherHour 3PakistanIn a country home to over 193 million people and growing at around 1.5%, with English being the official language but having many more in because of diversity. Handshakes are the most common greeting. Pointing your shoe at another person is not appropriate. Visiting friends and relatives is an important social custom. The whole family eats together. This is what constitutes the country Pakistan. Dating, marriage, family, housing, religion and vacations are all important cultural characteristics of the country Pakistan. Meetings are rare, as the young men and women attend separate schools and need supervision to interact with each other (culturegrams). .com). Opposite sexes see each other socially at reunions, family functions, weddings, funerals, or gatherings of family friends. Families consider romantic advances towards their “wife” as an attack on family honor. Individual choice of marriage partner is less common than arranged marriages. In some parts of the country, families arrange marriage before birth (Pakistan Book). Some families even turn to a matchmaker. This is called a Wacholan. Some parents decide who their son will marry, but if the woman he asks to have a family with is from a higher social or financial class, the choice to accept or decline is theirs. Your cousin's marriage is acceptable in Pakistan. This ensures that the family will marry within their castle. There is a big difference in the ideal age for marriage between men and women. For men, it is between 28 and 35 years old, for women, between 16 and 25 years old. Commitments can last from months to several years. It also depends on the age of the couple when the arrangements are made. The man's parents are usually in the middle of a paper......and electricity. Islam is the most practiced religion in Pakistan. 95% of the population is Muslim (75% Sunni Muslims and 20% Shiite Muslims) and freedom of worship is granted to everyone. There are small Hindu and Christian communities, although they vote separately from others. The following holidays are celebrated in Pakistan: Pakistan Day (March 23) Labor Day (May 1) Independence Day (August 14) Pakistan Defense Day (September 6) Quaid-e Death Anniversary -Azam (September 11)Iqbal Day (November 9)Birth of Quaid-e-Azam (December 25)Pakistan is a growing country. Vacations, religion, housing, family, marriage, divorce and dating are only a small part of the country. Many other things make Pakistan whole. Among the characteristics discussed, family is at the top of the list for making the country special..