Genetics

About 85% of Pakistanis are Caucasoid by race, 10% Australoid-Negroid, and 5% Mongoloid in the overall genetic composition. The majority of Pakistanis are of average height. Pakistan is notable for having several individuals in the guiness book of world records (Alam Cheema) for the tallest man in the world. Most Pakistanis have brown skin, dark hair and eyes, however coloured eyes do occur in small portions of the population (namely the northern regions bordering afghanistan) among the Kalash, Tajik and North Western Pashtun tribes. The typical Pakistani can range from dark brown skin similar to south Indians, to light brown skin similar to North Indians. Though Indic people (or Indo-Aryan people) make up the large majority of Pakistan's population, such as Punjabis and Sindhis (numbering together around 128 million people), a significant minority of people inhabiting Pakistan's Northern and Western regions are Iranic (Pashtuns, Baluch) and share affinities with ethnic groups in Iran and Afghanistan. While the racial features of each ethnic group in Pakistan are not uniform, Pashtuns of North-Western Pakistan are the most Caucasoid, phenotypically, followed by the Kashmiris, then by, Baluchis, Sindhis, Punjabis, and Seraikis etc. The Australoid-Negroid people live along the Makran coast and are significant minority known as the Sheedi who came from East Africa in the 15th century. Mongoloid people also inhabit Pakistan and are of Mongolian origin.