Abstract

In terms of religion, Pakistan has followers of different religion and religious beliefs as approximately 5% of its population are associated with religion other than Islam. Reportedly, religious minorities in Pakistan have a mixed of experiences with regard to social adjustment, identity and cultural assimilation with the local majority Muslim population. Various reports and research conducted on religious minorities in Pakistan portray a different story and experiences. The present study focuses on the issues of social adjustment, identity and nationalist tendencies of religious minorities in Pakistan. The objective of this research was to highlight the problems of social adjustment, identity and their social acceptance by the local inhabitants. In order to achieve our research objective and find answers to our research questions, primary sources of information in the form of Semi Structured Interviews (SSI) were designed for data collection.

Keywords: Minority, Identities, Pakistan, Social adjustment