fficial ; ▁majority ▁are ▁I bad hi , ▁less er ▁numbers ▁of ▁Sun ni ▁and ▁Sh ia ) ▁ 8 5 . 9 %, ▁Christian ▁ 6 . 5 %, ▁H indu ▁ 5 . 5 %, ▁Buddh ist ▁ 0 . 8 %, ▁Jewish ▁< 0 . 1 , ▁Other ▁ 1 %, ▁Un aff ili ated ▁ 0 . 2 % ▁ ▁L anguages ▁Arab ic ▁( o fficial ), ▁English , ▁Bal uch i , ▁K is w ah ili , ▁H indi , ▁Ur du , ▁Law ati ▁( K ho j ki ), ▁Gu jar ati , ▁Z adj ali , ▁A j ami , ▁Kam z ari , ▁J ib b ali ▁( Q ar aw i ): ▁She h ri , ▁Me h ri , ▁H aby oti , ▁Bath ari , ▁H ik man i , ▁H ars us i , ▁Mal ay al am , ▁T amil ▁and ▁other ▁Indian ▁languages ▁ ▁Liter acy ▁definition : ▁Liter acy ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁read ▁for ▁knowledge ▁and ▁write ▁coh er ently ▁and ▁think ▁crit ically ▁about ▁the ▁written ▁word . ▁total ▁population : ▁ 9 1 . 1 % ▁male : ▁ 9 3 . 6 % ▁female : ▁ 8 5 . 6 % ▁( 2 0 1 5 ▁est .) ▁ ▁O verse as ▁O man i ▁people ▁Today ▁several ▁thousand ▁O man i - born ▁people ▁have ▁em igr ated ▁abroad . ▁The ▁figures ▁are ▁shown ▁below ▁( only