Pakistan (پاکستان)

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English: Full Name: Islamic Republic Pakistan

Religion: Islam
President: Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister: Mir Hazar Khan Khoso(Acting)
Chairman of the House: Nayyar Hussain Bukhari
Speaker of the House: Fahmida Mirza
Chief Justice of Pakistan: Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
Chief of Army Staff: Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Capital: Islamabad
Largest city: Karachi

Major National Level Political Party: Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan Muslim League-N,Pakistan Muslim League (Q), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Muttahida Quami Movement and Awami National Party.

Smaller Political Parties: Jama'at-e-Islami, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Jafaria, Pakistan Muslim League (F), Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao), National Peoples Party, Balochistan National Party (Awami) etc.

National Language: Urdu

Offical Language: English

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

National Games: Hockey, Cricket, Polo
Provinces: Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Federal territories: Islamabad, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, 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

Forces: Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Air Force, Coast Guard

Popular Leader(s): Mummahad Ali Jinnah (Founder of the state), Allama Iqbal, Fatima Jinnah, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif, Qazi Hussain Ahmed

Contents

قومی علامت Insignia [edit]

نقشه Maps and satelite images [edit]

  • Orthographic projection of Pakistan

  • Location of Pakistan in Asia

  • Location map of Pakistan in South Asia

  • Outline of Pakistan

  • Topographic map of Pakistan

  • Ethnolinguistic groups in the country

  • Satellite image of Pakistan

Notable Landmarks [edit]

  • 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

  • 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.

Landscapes [edit]

  • 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

Infrastructure [edit]

  • 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

پاک مسلح افواج Military [edit]

Culture [edit]

  • Valued images The main staple

  • A Sufi mast dance

  • A musical instrument

  • Mehndi patterns with the dromedary camel

  • preparing for Eid al-Adha

Wildlife and Natural habitat [edit]

Mammals [edit]

  • 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

Endemic fauna [edit]

  • 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

Birds [edit]

  • 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

Atlas [edit]

Atlas of Pakistan

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