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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Tajiks of Pakistan

The Tajiks of Pakistan, numbering approximately 1,885,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Dari-speaking Tajik diaspora from Afghanistan, shaped largely by successive waves of Afghan displacement into neighboring Pakistan since 1979 They are an Diaspora people, with Tajik as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Tajik people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Dari is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Persian-Median Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Tajik
Primary Language(s): Dari (prs)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 1,885,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024392
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dari
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Dari Speakers

Media Resources in Dari:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Dari:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Good News for a New Age✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Dari bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Tajiks 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 Tajiks:
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 Tajiks of Pakistan

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
readMatthew 5:6

Pray for those who are lost to desire righteousness and to be filled with the peace and purpose that only comes from following Jesus.

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
readPsalm 34:8

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many will have the opportunity to taste and see the goodness of God and entrust their lives to Him.

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.
readRomans 10:12

Pray that as people from different backgrounds place their faith in Christ, they will be unified by their faith Him.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
readActs 17:30

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will boldly and lovingly declare that God commands all people everywhere to repent.

Tajik Across Countries (ROP3 - 109733) reported in the following countries:

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11 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
TajiksPG024296TajiksKazakhstan34,500Unengaged and UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksPG024369TajiksKyrgyzstan65,500Unengaged and UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksPG024637TajiksTurkmenistan5,900Unengaged and UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksPG047175TajiksUnited States2,400Unengaged and UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksPG047418TajiksCanada3,100Unengaged and UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksPG050462TajiksGermany25,000Unengaged and UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksPG024018TajiksAfghanistan11,470,000Engaged yet UnreachedDariSunni Islam
TajiksPG024315TajiksUzbekistan1,730,000Engaged yet UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksPG024392TajiksPakistan1,885,000Engaged yet UnreachedDariSunni Islam
TajiksPG024529TajiksTajikistan7,410,000Engaged yet UnreachedTajikSunni Islam
TajiksPG050099TajiksRussian Federation1,240,000Engaged yet UnreachedTajikSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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