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Outline of Pakistan

Country in South Asia

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Pakistan:

Pakistan , sovereign country located in South Asia. It has a 1,046 kilometres (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan in the west, Iran in the southwest, India in the east and China in the far northeast.

01General reference

Pronunciation: /ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/
Common English country name: Pakistan
Official English country name: The Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Common endonym(s):
Official endonym(s): Islami Jumhuriyah-e-Pakistan
Adjectival(s): Pakistani
Demonym(s): Pakistani
Etymology: Name of Pakistan
International rankings of Pakistan
ISO country codes: PK, PAK, 586
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:PK
Internet country code top-level domain: .pk
How to start business in Pakistan

02Geography of Pakistan

Pakistan is:
- Country | Middle Power
- Sovereign state | Member of Organization of Islam
Location:
- Eastern Hemisphere
- Northern Hemisphere
  - Eurasia
    - Asia
      - South Asia
        Iranian Plateau
        
        Indian subcontinent
- Time in Pakistan
  - Time zone:Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+05)
- Extreme points of Pakistan
  - High: K2 8,611 m (28,251 ft) , second highest peak on Earth
  - Low: Arabian Sea 0 m (0 ft)
- Land boundaries: 7,307 km km

India, 3,323 km

Afghanistan, 2,430 km

Iran, 959 km

China, 595 km

Coastline: 1,146 km | (Arabian Sea | Indian Ocean)

Population of Pakistan: 219,347,294 (Census 2017), 5th most populous country
Area of Pakistan: 881,913 km² (340,509 sq mi)(Excluding Claimed Territories), 33rd largest country
Atlas of Pakistan
Subcontinent (Indian subcontinent)
List of cities in Pakistan
List of Union Councils in Pakistan

Environment of Pakistan

Geographic features of Pakistan

Administrative divisions of Pakistan

Provinces and territories Of Pakistan

Provinces of Pakistan
- By name:
Territories of Pakistan

Divisions of Pakistan

Divisions of Punjab, Pakistan
- Bahawalpur | Dera Ghazi Khan | Faisalabad | Gujranwala | Gujrat | Lahore | Mianwali | Multan | Rawalpindi | Sahiwal | Sargodha
Divisions of Sindh
- Hyderabad | Karachi | Sukkur | Larkana | Mirpur Khas | Shaheed Benazirabad
Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Bannu | Dera Ismail Khan | Hazara | Kohat | Malakand | Mardan | Peshawar
Divisions of Balochistan, Pakistan
- Kalat | Makran | Nasirabad | Quetta | Rakhshan | Sibi | Zhob | Loralai
Divisions of Azad Kashmir
- Mirpur | Muzaffarabad | Poonch
Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan
- Baltistan | Gilgit | Diamer

Districts of Pakistan

Municipalities of Pakistan

An enlargeable map of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

03Demography of Pakistan

Demographics of pakistan

04Government and politics of Pakistan

Political parties in Pakistan

Branches of the government of Pakistan

Executive of the government of Pakistan

Head of state: President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari
Head of government: Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif
- Part of Government: Cabinet of Pakistan | Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan

Legislature of the government of Pakistan

Parliament of Pakistan
- Senate of Pakistan (Aiwān-e-Bālā Pākistān) - upper house of the parliament (Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan)
- National Assembly (Aiwān-e-Zairīñ Pākistān) - lower house of the parliament (Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan)

Judiciary of the government of Pakistan

Foreign relations of Pakistan

International organization membership

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a member of:

African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF)
Colombo Plan (CP)
Commonwealth of Nations
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Group of 24 (G24)
Group of 77 (G77)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Criminal Court (ICCt)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Organization of American States (OAS) (observer)
Partnership for Peace (PFP)
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP)
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT)
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)
United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI)
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
World Trade Organization (WTO)

Law and order in Pakistan

Police

Local governance in Pakistan

Pakistan Armed Forces

Civil Armed Forces

05History of Pakistan

Ancient Civilizations
- Indus Valley civilization (3300-1700 BCE)
- Late Harappan culture (1700-1300 BCE)
Islamic empires (1206-1858)
- Delhi Sultanate (1206-1596)
- Mughal Empire (1526-1858)
Colonial India (1858-1947)
- British Raj
- Princely states
Pakistan Movement
- Two-nation theory (Pakistan)
- Partition of India (1947)
Timeline of Pakistani history (1947-present)
History of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Economic history of Pakistan
Military history of Pakistan

06Culture of Pakistan

Art in Pakistan

Sports in Pakistan

08Education in Pakistan

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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:

Flag of Pakistan.svg by User:Zscout370, Public domain
PAK orthographic.svg by Maanshen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Un-pakistan.png by Unknown author, Public domain
Pakistan Administrative Divisions.jpg by Gerald J. Coleman from Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)., Public domain
Pakistan BMNG.png by NASA, Public domain
Sub Pakistan.png by Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pakistan Districts.svg by Schajee, Public domain
Islamabad skyline.jpg by Kamranmangrio, CC BY-SA 4.0

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