Day 30 - Pashtuns Away from home

Although most Pashtuns are found in Afghanistan and in the NWFP of Pakistan, there are millions living elsewhere.

 The city of Karachi in Pakistan has one of the largest Pashtun populations anywhere.  Many of the city’s taxi and truck drivers, chowkidars (house guards), and shopkeepers are Pashtuns.  Some estimates put the city’s Pashtun population at more than 3 million people.  

The Province of Baluchistan sits in the southwest corner of Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and Iran.  The northern section of this province, including the city of Quetta, has about 2 million Pashtuns.  Other significant populations of Pashtuns throughout Pakistan include the cities of Islamabad and Lahore, and the trucking and transportation industries country-wide.   

There have been large numbers of Pakistani Pashtuns who have migrated to England, where there are identifiable communities of Pashtuns.  Many have also migrated to N. America and are scattered everywhere.  There are also significant pockets of Afghan Pashtuns who have migrated to Europe, the USA, and Australia.

 There are hundreds of thousand of Pashtuns working throughout the Persian Gulf region. Other pockets of Pashtun businessmen and traders include China and Thailand.

 

Pray that: 

• Where ever they are, more and more Pashtuns will meet believers who will demonstrate God’s love and explain God’s Word to them.
• Pashtuns, who come to Christ in other lands, will share the gospel with family and friends back home.
• God will provide creative access strategies for Karachi and send workers to this city with the largest population of Pashtuns. (At the time of this writing there are no expatriate workers there targeting Pashtuns.)

 

Deuteronomy 14:29 You must also give food to the poor who live in your town, including orphans, widows and foreigners.  If they have enough to eat, then the Lord your God will be pleased and make you successful in everything you do. CEV