district in Punjab. The population was estimated to be 4.5 million in 2010. Religion According to the 2017 census Muslims were the overwhelming majority religion with 98.01%, while Christians were 1.90% of the population. Language At the time of the 1998 census of Pakistan, the following were the demographics of the Rawalpindi district, by first language: Punjabi: % Urdu: 3.5% Pashto: 4.3% Others: approx. 2.2% At the time of the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the distribution of the population of Rawalpindi District by first language was as follows: 68.7% Punjabi 10.9% Pashto 10.2% Urdu 3.2% Hindko 1.8% Kashmiri 1.0% Saraiki 0.2% Sindhi 0.1% Brahui 0.1% Balochi 4.0% Others Education According to the 2015 census, Rawalpindi was ranked number one district of Pakistan in terms of education and school infrastructure facilities. According to official 2014 Public Schools Census data, district Rawalpindi had a total of 1,230 primary, 316 middle, 365 secondary and 40 higher secondary schools. Out of these public sector schools, 911 are male schools while 1,040 are for girls. There were 4,279 teachers teaching at primary level while 3,129, 6,516 and 1,155 teachers are teaching at middle, secondary and higher secondary level, respectively. Out of these teachers, 9,788 are female while 5,291 are male. 24% of the Class 2 students could not read a story in Urdu, 26% could not read a sentence in English and 46% of Class 5 students could not do two digit divisions. 8% of the students dropped out of the school at the primary level. Agriculture The principal crops were wheat, barley, maize, millets, and pulses. The district was traversed by the main line of the North-Western railway, crossing the Indus at Attock and also by a branch towards the Indus at Kushalgarh. Notable people Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah Current Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Pakistan Army Raja Zafar-ul-Haq, Chairman PML N (Political Party), Opposition Leader in Senate, Former Leader of house in Senate, Former Federal Minister, Former Ambassador. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, ex Prime Minister of Pakistan Khaqan Abbasi, ex. Federal Minister for Production Raja Ashfaq Sarwar, ex. Minister Punjab Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, ex Prime Minister of Pakistan Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, ex Chief of the Army Staff (2007–2013) Gen. Tikka Khan, ex Chief of the Army Staff (1972–1976), Governor of East Pakistan (1971), Governor of Punjab (1988–1990) Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, ex Interior minister of Pakistan. Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, MNA, Former