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National dress of Pakistan is
“Sherwani”. Pakistani clothes have many varieties, as in four province of
Pakistan there are different trends of wearing cloths. In sindh, people usually
wear, Shalwar qameez with “Sindhi Topi” an embroidered cap on which special kind
of embroidery done with small button like glasses, and Ajrak. Women in Sindh
wear special kinds of cloths, which include long shirt and Shalwar with long
embroidered shawl. In Balouchistan, men wear special kind of Shalwar named as
Balouchi Shalwar with Qameez, they wear Dastar on heads and embroidered waste
coat. Women wear Balouchi dresses, which are fully embroidered. In Punjab, men
like wearing, “Lacha” a kind of skirt with Shirt and “Paghri”, women also wears
“Lacha” or “dhoti” with long colorful shirts and “Chunri” a kind of Dupatta,
they also wear “Paranda” in hair. In NWFP, men wear frock like shirt with
Shalwar and “koti” (embroidered waste coat) with “Pushto cap”.
Normally Pakistani people wear loose and
easy dresses like “Shalwar Qameez”. Women usually cover themselves with
“Dupatta” or “chadar”. Scarf is a popular kind of veil among young girls. Most
of the women wear “Burqa” or “Abaya” in more advanced terms. Jean shirt is very
popular among young boys. In weddings and other occasions people wear colorful
and embroidered dresses. The special dress for wedding is “Sherwani” with “Qula”
for men and fully embroidered long “Gharara” or “Sharara” for women. In
weddings, Groom wears “Sehra” in which there are a numbers of strings of hanging
flower buds that are tied together in a string. Sari is also very popular among
women, it is a type of long unstitch fabric which is folded around the body, it
is wear on long skirt with Blouse.
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