Pakistanis are extremely conscious about their clothes. Most of the Pakistanis dress according to the rituals and custom, the dresses Pakistani people wear depend a lot on the traditions they posses. Pakistani people are as neat and clean as their circumstances allow them to be because most of the population lives below the poverty lines and some times their financial condition does not allow them to live up to the standard, but when ever they get a chance they prove it that they are very conscious and vigilant about their clothes.
Most of the men and women wear the national costume that is Kameez and Shalwar. Shalwar is some thing like baggy trousers and Kameez is a loose long shirt down to the knees.
Some Pakistani men and women also like to wear the western clothes but one only find these kind of people in big and developed cities, otherwise people mostly like to wear their national costume, not because of the fact that it is their national costume but because they think that it is easy going.
Some Muslims never like the dresses which are western or not according to the rituals of Islam, mostly Pakistani Muslims never like their women wearing the Western dresses because Kameez Shalwar Is exactly according to what Islam asks but some western dresses are not what Islam demands. Even the men who wear the western clothes are not considered as good Muslims by some of their fellow Muslims.
The lightweight scarfs or in Urdu Dupatta is one of the most important part of women dressing in Pakistan. It is especially very handy for them when they are visiting Mosque or some remoter area. They usually cover their heads and shoulders with Dupatta. Pakistani people like the foreigners visiting their country and even will like them more if they are wearing their national dress and especially they like the tourist women who are wearing Dupatta.
Apart from Kameez Shalwar every province has got it’s own dress which is usually very unique and descent. I specially like the Sindhi dresses, which are no doubt spectacular. The embroidery done on Sindhi dresses is very charming and unique. Sindhi people have got a different kind of Dupatta which they in their language that is Sindhi call as Agrak, if u ever visit Sindh than i will advice you not to forget to buy this beauty. Pathans of NWFP have got their own cultural clothes, men usually their wear a cap which in their language is known as Paggri, Paggri is not only just confined to Pathans but Punjabi and Balochi people also love to wear it. Emroidery of all these four provinces is totally different from each other and magnificent too.