Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government
- National capital city: Islamabad
- Form of government: Federal republic; constitution
suspended in 1999 following a military coup
- Population: 150,694,740 (July 2003 est.) (32% urban)
- Total area: 803,940 sq. km
- Languages: Urdu (8%) and English (official); Punjabi 48%, Sindhi
12%
- Religions: Muslim (97%), mostly Sunni
- Currency: Pakistani rupee
- Per capita GDP: $2,000 p.a. (2001 est.)
- Exports: $9.8bn; textiles, rice, leather, sporting goods, carpets
and rugs
- Literacy: 46% (2003)
- Life expectancy: 62.2 years (63.1f, 61.3m)
- Statistics Division, Government
of Pakistan
- Geological Survey of
Pakistan
- The Story of
Pakistan - comprehensive reference on the political
history of Pakistan
- CIA World Factbook
| country data - Pakistan
- U.S. Library of Congress | country study - Pakistan
- AsiaSource | country profiles maps and statistics - Pakistan - a resource of The Asia Society
- Atlapedia Online | country data - Pakistan
- E-Conflict World Encyclopedia - Pakistan - national anthem, flag, map, people, economy, geography, government, defence,
news and weather
- Middle East Institute
| Pakistan
- Nation by Nation | country data - Pakistan - facts, government, geography, history, human rights, people
- World Skip | country data - Pakistan
- Social development
- The Economist | country briefing - Pakistan
- OneWorld.net | country database - Pakistan - news articles selected from around the world
- IRINnews.org | news archive - Pakistan - news articles from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- Norwegian Refugee Council | Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) database - Pakistan
- U.S. Refugee Committee | World Refugee Survey country report - Pakistan
- Human rights
- Human Rights Watch | Human Rights Developments - Pakistan
- International Lesbian and Gay Association
| Country Survey - Pakistan
| - information for those working to promote lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights
- South Asia Terrorism Portal
| Pakistan
Assessment
- Governance
- CIA Library | Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members
| Pakistan
- ElectionWorld.org | election results in Pakistan
- Governments on the WWW - Pakistan - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices,
law courts, embassies, etc
- Political Resources
| - Pakistan
- World Audit.org | national statistics and reports - Pakistan - national statistics and reports from Freedom House, Transparency
International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others
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Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
- TOPP - Official Pakistani
Portal
- Pak Avenue
- Pakistan Link
- Pakistan Online
- Pakistan Page
- Pakvisit.com
- Jamal's Yellow Pages of Pakistan
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Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
- Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Legislative
- National Assembly of Pakistan
(Majlis-e-Shoora) - bicameral parliament composed of the National
Assembly and the Senate
- Ministries & Departments
- Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Rural Development
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of Industries
and Production
- Ministry of Interior
- Ministry of Narcotics Control
- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources
- Ministry of Religious Affairs, Zakat and Ushr
- Ministry of Science and Technology
- Judiciary
- Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Lahore High Court - the oldest superior court in Pakistan, with three benches at Rawalpindi, Multan and Bahawalpur
- Military
- Pakistan Navy
- Pakistan Army
- Pakistan Air
Force
- Command and Staff College
(Quetta)
- Agencies & Bureaus
- Central Board of Revenue
- Election Commission of
Pakistan
- Export Promotion Bureau
(EPB)
- National Accountability
Bureau (NAB) - strategic aim to eliminate corruption from
all segments of the society
- National Database and
Registration Authority (NADRA)
- National Highway Authority
(NHA)
- National Institute
of Public Administration (NIPA) (Karachi) - statutory body
responsible for training officers of the federal as well as
provincial governments of Pakistan
- National Language Authority
(NLA) - established to formulate and present recommendations
to the Government for the formal adoption of Urdu, the national
language, as the official language, and to develop linkages
for cooperation and collaboration with various academic, research,
and educational institutions
- National Reconstruction
Bureau (NRB) - strategic aim to establish genuine democracy
as soon as possible and transfer power to the people
- National Savings Organization
- National Tariff Commission
- Pakistan Computer Bureau
- Pakistan Housing Authority
(PHA)
- Pakistan Meteorological
Department
- Pakistan Post Office
- Pakistan Software Export
Board
- Pakistan Telecommunication
Authority (PTA)
- Private Power and Infrastructure
Board
- Privatisation
Commission
- Statistics
Division
- Technology Resource Mobilization
Unit (TReMU) - project of the Ministry of Information
Technology designed to raise awareness among citizens, economists,
technocrats, policy makers and other concerned professionals
on the importance of IT to Pakistan’s economy
- Provincial Governments
- Government of Sindh
- Government of the Punjab
- Government of Northwest
Frontier Province (NWFP)
- District Governments
- City District Government
of Karachi
- City District Government
of Lahore
- District Government
Vehari
- District Government
of Lasbela
- District Government
of Khairpur
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Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
- Aasthan Latif Welfare Society (ALWS) - dedicated to promoting basic education for females in the rural areas of Sindh
- APPNA SEHAT - a rural Healthcare and development project of the Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America
- Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
(Hong Kong) - seeks to protect and promote human rights by monitoring,
investigation, advocacy, and taking solidarity actions and to
work towards the development of regional human rights mechanisms
and encourage people’s participation in this process by promoting
the Asian Human Rights Charter
- British Council
in Pakistan - connects people with learning opportunities
and creative ideas from the UK
- ePoor.org - aims to overcome the digital divide in Pakistan by developing information technology (IT) solutions for poverty
eradication, undertaking and advocating measures to enhance the access of poor communities to IT resources, and providing
policy advice and carrying out advocacy to ensure the installation of structures and frameworks required for pro-poor
development
- Overseas Pakistanis Foundation
(OFP) - works under the administrative control of
the Ministry of Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis to
advance the social welfare of the Pakistanis working or settled
abroad and their families in Pakistan
- Pakistan Development Gateway
(PDG) - one-stop Web resource for all significant development
information pertaining to Pakistan
- Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) - non-profit media research, documentation and training centre, committed to promoting and
defending freedom of expression
- Peace Revival Association of Youth (PRAY) - a global campaign of young people working for the creation of a culture of peace
- South Asia
Foundation (SAF) Pakistan (Karachi) - voluntary, secular,
non-profit and non-political youth movement
- Sustainable Development
Networking Programme (SDNP) Pakistan - part of the
World Conservation Union's Pakistan Programme aimed at promoting
access to information on sustainable human development among
different sectors of society
- United Nations in Pakistan
(Islamabad) - agencies, programmes, jobs available, and current
news
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan
- World Health Organization
(WHO) Pakistan
- World Wide Fund for Nature
(WWF) Pakistan (Lahore) - aims to conserve nature and ecological
processes by preserving genetic, species and ecosystem diversity,
by ensuring the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable
both now and in the longer term, and by promoting actions to
reduce pollution and wasteful exploitation and consumption of
resources and energy
- Political Parties
- Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
- Jamiat Ulmae Islam Pakistan
- Kashmir Liberation Cell
- Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT)
- Pakistan Muslim League
- Pakistan Peoples Party
(PPP)
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