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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Southern Punjabis of Pakistan

The Southern Punjabis of Pakistan, numbering approximately 24,390,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a people of Pakistan, South Punjab and north Sind, Indus River valley, Jampur area They are an Indigenous people, with Punjabi as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Punjabi people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Saraiki is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Southern Punjabi

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Punjabi
Primary Language(s): Saraiki (skr)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 24,390,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006405

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

90%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Saraiki
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Saraiki Speakers

Media Resources in Saraiki:

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Bible Resources in Saraiki:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Southern Punjabis are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Southern Punjabis:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Southern Punjabis of Pakistan

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
readHebrews 10:32-33

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the day of their salvation and persevere in their faith despite hardships and suffering.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
read2 Corinthians 5:21

Pray that Christians will cross cultures and share the hope of Christ, and that many will trust the One who took their sins and offers them His righteousness.

Punjabi, Southern Across Countries (ROP3 - 109509) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southern PunjabisPG006405Southern PunjabisPakistan24,390,000Engaged yet UnreachedSaraikiSunni Islam

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