PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE
AND RURAL/URBAN AREAS, 1981 AND 1998
| Year | Area | Urdu | Punjabi | Sindhi | Pushto | Balochi | Siraiki | Others |
| 1998 | All Areas | 0.8 | 1.0 | - | 73.9 | - | 3.9 | 20.4 |
| Rural | 0.3 | 0.2 | - | 74.0 | - | 4.0 | 21.5 | |
| Urban | 3.5 | 4.6 | - | 73.5 | - | 3.2 | 15.1 | |
| 1981 | All Areas | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 68.3 | - | 4.0 | 25.7 |
| Rural | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 68.6 | - | 3.9 | 26.9 | |
| Urban | 4.8 | 5.8 | - | 66.3 | - | 4.4 | 18.7 |