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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Southern Punjabis of Pakistan

The Southern Punjabis of Pakistan, numbering approximately 24,400,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a people of Pakistan, South Punjab and north Sind, Indus River valley, Jampur area. 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: 24,400,000
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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Pray for the Southern Punjabis of Pakistan

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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:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Saraiki:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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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

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
read1 John 4:10

Pray for those without the hope of Christ to understand the depth of God's love and the sacrifice He made for them.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that the gospel will advance among those who don’t know the good news of salvation in Jesus so that they might believe and trust in Jesus.

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples."
readJohn 8:31

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Christ daily, depending on Him for every need.

And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
readMark 1:17-18

Pray that God will raise up believers from this place and/or other cultures nearby to proclaim the gospel to those who desperately need to encounter it.

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

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southern PunjabisPG006405Southern PunjabisPakistan24,400,000Engaged yet UnreachedSaraikiSunni Islam

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