Pakistan (Urdu: پاکِستان [ˈpaːkɪstaːn]), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia.

09/12/2022 · Pakistan, populous multiethnic country of South Asia. Having a predominately Indo-Iranian speaking population, Pakistan has historically and culturally been associated with its neighbours Iran, Afghanistan, and India. Since Pakistan and India achieved independence in 1947, Pakistan has been distinguished from its larger southeastern neighbour by its …

02/12/2022 · Pakistan’s GDP growth has gradually increased since 2012, and was 5.3% in 2017. Official unemployment was 6% in 2017, but this fails to capture the true picture, because much of the economy is informal and underemployment remains high. Human development continues to lag behind most of the region.

07/12/2022 · Pakistan is the fifth largest country in the world by population and the 42nd largest economy in 2019. The United States is Pakistan’s largest export destination country, while China is Pakistan’s largest import partner. U.S.-Pakistan trade in 2019 stood at $6.5 billion, with Pakistan running a modest surplus of $1.3 billion. The United States has been one of the top …

History of Pakistan. The history of the lands of Pakistan for the period preceding the country's independence in 1947 [1] is shared with that of Afghanistan, India, and Iran. Spanning the western expanse of the Indian subcontinent and the eastern borderlands of the Iranian plateau, the region of present-day Pakistan served both as the fertile ...

24/02/2021 · Pakistan (officially, Islamic Republic of Pakistan) is divided into four administrative provinces, two autonomous territories and one federal territory. The administrative provinces are: Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Gilgit –Baltistan and Azad Jammu & Kashmir are the two autonomous territories; while Islamabad Capital Territory is a federal …

16/12/2022 · KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Former Pakistan captain Azhar Ali says he will quit test cricket after the third and final test against England which begins Saturday. “It has been a great honor and privilege for me to represent my country at the highest level,” the 37-year-old Azhar said Friday. “Deciding on when to call it a day is always tough, but, after contemplating …

7 giờ trước · Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto is currently visiting the US and the TTP was likely on the agenda when he met United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a Security Council ...

21 giờ trước · The Pakistan government is trying hard to take its beleaguered economy out of the crisis. While debt restructuring or seeking monetary assistance from international organisations may be some of the steps, Pakistan has found a UNIQUE way of curbing its economic crisis and that is - selling its embassy properties. You may recall that Greece sold its islands to help its …

7 giờ trước · Speaking in the UN Security Council on Wednesday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had slammed Pakistan for raising the Kashmir issue in the council and said that a country that hosted slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and attacked a neighbouring Parliament does not have the credentials to “sermonise” in the power UN organ. Jaishankar …