The Pakistani rupee (Urdu: روپیہ / ALA-LC: Rūpiyah; sign: Re (singular) and Rs (plural); ISO code: PKR) is the official currency of Pakistan since 1948. The coins and notes are issued and controlled by the central bank, namely State Bank of Pakistan.. In Pakistani English, large values of rupees are counted in thousands; lakh (100,000); crore (ten-millions); Arab (billions); kharab …

Pakistani cuisine (Urdu: پاکستانی پکوان, romanized: pākistānī pakwān) can be characterized by a blend of various regional cooking traditions from South Asia, Central and Western Asia, as well as elements from its Mughal legacy. The country's various cuisines are derived from its ethnic and cultural diversity.. Pakistani cuisine is based on Halal principles, which forbids pork ...

The Indian rupee (symbol: ₹; code: INR) is the official currency of India.The rupee is subdivided into 100 paise (singular: paisa), though as of 2022, coins of denomination of 1 rupee are the lowest value in use whereas 2000 rupees is the highest.The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India.The Reserve Bank manages currency in India and derives its role …

The Pakistan Armed Forces (Urdu: پاکستان مسلح افواج, romanized: Pākistān Musāllah Afwāj; pronounced [ˈpaːkɪstaːn mʊsaːləɦ əfwaːdʒ]) are the military forces of Pakistan.It is the world's sixth-largest military measured by active military personnel and consist of three formally uniformed services—the Army, Navy, and the Air Force, which are backed by various ...

Cricket in Pakistan has a history predating the creation of the country in 1947. The first ever international cricket match in Karachi was held on 22 November 1935 between Sindh and Australian cricket teams. The match was seen by 5,000 Karachiites. Ghulam Mohammad was the captain of team Sind and Frank Tarrant was the captain of Tarrant's team. Following the …

Pakistan Railways (reporting mark PR) (Urdu: پاکستان ریلویز) is the national, state-owned railway company of Pakistan.Founded in 1861 and headquartered in Lahore, it owns 7,791 kilometres (4,841 miles) of track across Pakistan, stretching from Torkham to Karachi, offering both freight and passenger services.. In 2014, the Ministry of Railways launched Pakistan Railways Vision …

Historically, Muslim reformers such as Syed Ahmad Khan tried to bring education to women, limit polygamy, and empower women in other ways through education. The founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, was known to have a positive attitude towards women. After the independence of Pakistan, women's groups and feminist organisations initiated by prominent …

As part of the Partition of India in 1947, Bengal was partitioned between the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan.The Pakistani part of Bengal was known as East Bengal until 1955 and thereafter as East Pakistan following the implementation of the One Unit program.. Bilateral relations between the two wings grew strained over the lack of official recognition for the …

Balochistan (/ b ə ˈ l ɒ tʃ ɪ s t ɑː n, b ə ˌ l ɒ tʃ ɪ ˈ s t ɑː n,-s t æ n /; Balochi: بلۏچستان; Urdu: بلوچستان) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area but is the least populated one.It shares land borders with the Pakistani provinces of Khyber ...

Pakistan is a multilingual country with dozens of languages spoken as first languages. The majority of Pakistan's languages belong to the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European language family.. Urdu is the national language and the lingua franca of Pakistan, and while sharing official status with English, it is the preferred and dominant language used for inter-communication …