Pakistan

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, given this name in the constitution of
1956, is a nation in south-central Asia bordering Iran, Afghanistan, China,
India, and the Arabian Sea. Pakistan is home to around 140 million people,
most of whom are Muslim, which is the state religion. Although the port city
of Karachi was capital, the current capital of Pakistan is the city of
Islamabad.

Pakistan is an Urdu term meaning "land
of the pure", but the name was also
selected for the country because it
formed an acronym of the chief
geographical and ethnic components of
multi-ethnic Western Pakistan (but not
Eastern Pakistan, which seceded to form
Bangladesh): the P represents the
Punjab; the A stands for the Afghan
tribes of the North-West Frontier
Province; K represents Kashmir; S is
for Sind; and TAN is the last part of
Baluchistan, the region along the
southern border with Iran.              Official
                                        languages        English,Urdu
Although officially a federal republic, Capital          Islamabad
Pakistan has experienced some
instability lately. In October 1999,    President        Pervez Musharraf
General Pervez Musharraf overthrew the
civilian government and assumed         Prime Minister   Zafarullah Khan
                                                         Jamali
executive authority, although he did    Area             Ranked 34th
not declare himself president until     Ê- Total         803,940 km²
2001. Because of the government's       Ê- % water       Negligible
dependence on foreign aid and the
nation's desperate need of foreign      Population
investment, Musharraf is probably       Ê- Total (2002)  Ranked 6th
                                                         147,663,429
reluctant to risk offending world
opinion by becoming a permanent         Ê- Density       53,79/km²
dictator. A new parliament has been
elected and Zafarullah Khan Jamali, a   Independence     From the United
loyal follower of Musharraf, has been   Ê- Date          Kingdom
                                                         August 14, 1947
appointed Prime Minister.
                                        Currency         Pakistani rupee
   * History of Pakistan                Time zone        UTC +5
   * Geography of Pakistan
   * Demographics of Pakistan           National anthem  Pak sarzamin shad
                                                         bad
   * Politics of Pakistan
   * Economy of Pakistan                Internet TLD     .PK
   * Communications in Pakistan         Calling Code     92
   * Transportation in Pakistan
   * Military of Pakistan
   * Foreign relations of Pakistan

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