Pakistan

Pakistan- Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia regions in Asia. It is the world’s 5th largest populous country, with a population of almost 242 million, and has the world’s 2nd largest Muslim population county in the world, Pakistan is the 33rd largest country by area, spanning 881,913 square kilometres (340,509 square miles). It has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China to the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.

National Portal Of Pakistan

http://www.pakistan.gov.pk

Pakistan National Flag & State Emblem

National Anthem

Qaumī Tarānah

Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Islāmī Jumhūriyah Pākistān)

Name	Pakistan
National Flag	Moon & Star With White & Green Background
National Anthem	Qaumī Tarānah
National Capital	Islamabad
Largest city	Karachi
Official Languages	Urdu, English
Other Languages	Punjabi (39%), Pashto (18%), Sindhi (15%), Saraiki (12%), Balochi (3%), Hindko (2%), Pothwari (1%), Brahui (1%), Kashmiri (0.17%), Others
Religion	96.5% Islam (official), 2.1% Hinduism, 1.3% Christianity, 0.1% Others
Government Of Pakistan	Federal Islamic Parliamentary Republic • President- Arif Alvi • Prime Minister- Shehbaz Sharif • Chairman of the Senate- Sadiq Sanjrani • Speaker of the National Assembly- Raja Pervaiz Ashraf • Chief Justice- Umar Ata Bandial
Legislature	Parliament • Upper house- Senate • Lower house- National Assembly
Independence	From the United Kingdom • Dominion- 15 August 1947 • Islamic republic- 23 March 1956 • Last polity withdrawn- 12 January 1972 • Current constitution- 14 August 1973
Area	• Total- 881,913 km2 (340,509 sq mi) 33rd in the world • Water (%)- 2.86
Population	• 2022 Estimate- Neutral increase 242,923,845 5th in the world • 2017 census- Neutral increase 207.8 million • Density- 244.4/km2 (633.0/sq mi) (56th in the World)
GDP	GDP (PPP) 2022 estimate • Total Increase- $1.468 trillion (44th in the world)
Gini coefficient	Gini (2018) 31.6 medium 98th
HDI	Human Development Index (HDI) 2021- 0.544 medium 161th
Currency	Pakistani Rupee (Rs) (PKR)
Time	Time zone UTC+05:00 (PKT)
Date	Date format dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	Left
Calling code	+92
ISO 3166 code	PK
Internet TLD	.pk

Administrative Divisions

SN	Name	Capital	Population
1	Balochistan	Quetta	12,344,408
2	Punjab	Lahore	4,567,982
3	Sindh	Karachi	4,567,982
4	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Peshawar	4,567,982
5	Gilgit-Baltistan	Gilgit	4,567,982
6	Azad Kashmir	Muzaffarabad	4,567,982
7	Islamabad Capital Territory	Islamabad	2,851,868