The society in Nasirabad district is predominantly patriarchal. Tribal affiliation remains strong. Women have hardly any influence on family and tribal affairs. The people live in close homogeneity, particularly in rural areas.

 The society is predominantly patriarchal. The decision making is in the hands of males. The decisions made by men are binding upon women. There are no special organisations worth the name to cater for the social needs and problems of the common people, especially not for women. The appointment of Lady Health Visitors under the Prime Minister Scheme is doing some good in that direction providing counselling. Also NGOs for primary education, such as SCOPE (Society for the Organization and Community Promotion of Education) with its base in Dera Allah Yar, can be helpful. The promotion of female welfare and education needs further organisation.

 The society is rather open. The tribes living in the district are not engaged in bloody tribal feuds. There are wealthy landowners in Tamboo and D.M. Jamali sub-divisions, but their influence is small. The Sardari system is nominal. The old customs of cooperation are not much in use anymore, though Biradari, under which relatives or neighbours are politically, and morally supported on occasions of marriages, child-birth, death and calamity, still exist. The people are not strictly religious. Fasting is not very common during Ramadan. The percentage of adults having performed "Haj" (pilgrimage to Mecca) is small.

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