Pakistan (پاکستان)

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English: Full Name: Islamic Republic Pakistan

Religion: Islam
President: Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister: Mr. Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani
Opposition Leader: Chaudary Nisar Ali Khan
Chief Justice of Pakistan: Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
Chief of Army Staff: Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Capital: Islamabad

Major National Level Political Party: All Pakistan Muslim League & Pakistan Peoples Party

Local / Regional Political Parties: Awami National Party only in few areas of Pashtu speaking people, MQM in parts of Karachi and Hyderabad cities.

Smaller Political Parties: Jamat Islami, JUI, JUP, [JDP], TI,

National Language: Urdu

Offical Language: English

Major Languages spoken in Pakistan: Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtu, Balochi, Seraiki, Brahvi, Hindko.

National Games: Hockey, Polo
Provinces: The Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Federal territories: Islamabad, FATA, AJK State, Autonomous region of Gilgit Baltistan
Major Cities: Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Quetta, Sialkot, Mirpur, Ziarat, Mardan, Gujar Khan, Rawalpindi, Multan,Dera Ghazi Khan,Gujranwala, Jhelum, Larkana, Muzzafarabad, Gawader, Hyderabad, Sukkar, etc
Web site: http://www.pakistan.gov.pk
Forces: Pakistan Army, pakistan navy, Pakistan Air Force, Coast Guard

Popular Leader(s): Baba-e-Quam, Mummahad Ali Jinnah, Quiad-I-Azam (Founder), Dr. Allama Iqbal, Madar-e-Millat, Fatima Jinnah, Khatoon-I-Pakistan, Quaid-e-Awam, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif,Qazi Hussain Ahmed
मराठी: पाकिस्तान हा दक्षिण आशियातील एक देश आहे. इस्लामाबाद हे पाकिस्तानचे राजधानीचे शहर आहे.

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[edit] قومی علامت Insignia

[edit] Notable Landmarks

  • Icon of Lahore and the National tower of Pakistan

  • Chaukandi Tombs near Karachi

  • Mohatta Palace, Karachi was the official residence of Fatima Jinnah.

  • Icon of Karachi and the National mausoleum of Pakistan

  • St Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi

  • Lahore Fort, Old City

  • Badshahi Masjid (Emperor's Mosque), Old City, Lahore

  • Quaid-e-Azam Library in Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore

  • Derawar Fort of Cholistan

  • A famous sufi shrine, Multan

  • Tomb Dera Ghazi Khan.jpg

    Icon of City Dera Ghazi Khan City Foundation

  • Shah Faisal Mosque, the national mosque of Pakistan, Islamabad

  • Pakistan's National monument

  • Mir Tombs, Hyderabad

  • Sukkur Barrage, Sukkur

  • Bahawalpur Noor Palace, Bahawalpur

  • Nankana Sahib Darbar

  • The Kyhber Pass, near Afghanistan with Pakistan

  • The Beating Retreat ceremony on the Border of Pakistan and the Republic of India.

[edit] Landscapes

  • A view of the Arabian sea from the Astola island, the largest in Pakistan

  • Seaside off the coastline of Karachi

  • A freshwater lake in Northern Pakistan

  • Ranikot fort located in the Thar desert of E Pakistan

  • Pothowar plateau, near the Salt range

  • A train near the Khyber, NW Pakistan

  • Swat Valley

  • Abbottabad hill station

  • Kaghan Valley

  • Saif ul muluk valley

  • Nanga Parbat west face

  • Hunza valley in Karimabad

  • The world's tallest cliffs, Northern Pakistan

  • Indus river, near Skardu

  • A Hut in Balochistan near Awaran District

  • Beautiful Landscape of Balochistan

  • Beautiful Green Land

[edit] Infrastructure

  • Tallest lighthouse of Pakistan

  • Jinnah International Airport (JIA)

  • PIA, the national airliner

  • Karakoram Express, Karachi

  • Faisalabad interchange

  • G.T. Road, which connects Afghanistan with Bengal

[edit] پاک مسلح افواج Military

[edit] Demographics

  • Demographics of Pakistan

  • A girl of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

[edit] Culture

  • Valued Image seal The main staple

  • A Sufi mast dance

  • A musical instrument

  • Mehndi patterns with the dromedary camel

  • preparing for Eid al-Adha

[edit] Wildlife and Natural habitat

[edit] Mammals

  • Leopard, one of the big cats residing in Pakistan (photographed in the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo)

  • Caracal, ranges from southern Pakistan

  • Wild Junglecat

  • Fishing cat

  • Lynx, ranges from Northern Pakistan

  • Pakistan sandcat

  • Chinkara gazelle

  • Urial endemic to Pakistan

  • Asiatic ibex

  • Asiatic blackbear

  • Marmot, found in the Northern Areas

  • Wild ass

  • Dromedary camel

  • Corsac fox

  • Golden jackal

  • Egyptian fruit bat

  • Indian desert jird

  • Ladakh Pika

[edit] Endemic fauna

  • Himalayan Tahr

  • Argali

  • Bharal

  • Alpine Markhors

  • Common Mormon

  • Butterfly

  • Common blue Apollo

  • Leopard gecko, native to the region

  • Indus Crocodile, coastal areas

  • Cobra, most of Pakistan

  • Indus Valley bullfrog

  • Indus Valley toad

  • Finless Porpoise, around the coastal waters

  • Gourami

  • Rainbow trout

  • Chaetodon collare

  • Blandford's fox

  • Dhole, Asiatic wild dog

  • Persian goitered Gazelle

  • Rhesus Macaque

  • Red panda of the Himalaya

  • Grey wolf

  • Snow Leopard

[edit] Birds

  • Lahore pigeon

  • Wood pigeon

  • Emerald dove, common to the Indian subcontinent

  • Common Nightingale

  • Red-bellied woodpecker

  • Rose-ringed Parakeet, a common site in Islamabad

  • Bearded Reedling

  • Western horned Tragopan in Kashmir

  • Black Frankcolin

  • Himalayan bulbul

  • Himalayan snowcock

  • Laggar falcon

  • Common kestrel

  • Alexandrine Parakeet

  • Egyptian vulture

  • Houbara bustard

  • Asiatic peafowl

[edit] نقشه Maps and satelite images

  • Satellite image of Pakistan

  • Topographic map of Pakistan

  • Outline of Pakistan

  • Pakistan located

  • Location of Pakistan in the world

  • Location map of Pakistan in south central asia region

[edit] Atlas

Atlas of Pakistan

[edit] Heading text

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