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اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان
Islāmī Jumhūrī-ye Pākistān
Banner State emblem
(Banner) (State emblem)
Motto: Unity, Discipline, Faith
(Urdu: Template:Line-height)
Ittehad, Tanzeem, Yaqeen-e-Muhkam
Pakistan
Offeecial leid Urdu, Inglis
Caipital Islamabad
Lairgest Ceety Karachi
Guvrenment 
 - Preses
 - Prime meenister
Federal Parliamentary republic
Mamnoon Hussain
Mian Nawaz Sharif
Aurie
 - Tot
 - % watter

796,095 km²
3.1&
Population
 - 2011
 - 1998 census
 - Density
 
170,600,000
132,352,279
214.3/km²
Foondin
 - Unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick
14 August 1947
Siller Pakistani rupee (Rs.)
Time zone UTC + 5
Simmer UTC + 6
Naitional anthem Qaumī Tarāna
Internet TLD .pk
Cawin code 92

Pakistan (ofeecially The Islamic Republic o Pakistan, frae the Urdu meanin "Laund o the puir") is a kintra in Sooth Asie that haes mairches wi Indie, the Cheenae, Afghanistan an Iran. Pakistan haes an estimatit 156,770,000 indwallers.

National symbols of Pakistan (Official)
National animal Markhor.jpg
National bird Keklik.jpg
National tree Pedrengo cedro nel parco Frizzoni.jpg
National flower Jasminum officinale.JPG
National heritage animal Snow Leopard 13.jpg
National heritage bird Vándorsólyom.JPG
National aquatic marine mammal Platanista gangetica.jpg
National reptile Persiancrocodile.jpg
National amphibian Bufo stomaticus04.jpg
National fruit Chaunsa.JPG
National mosque Shah Faisal Mosque (Islamabad, Pakistan).jpg
National mausoleum
National river Indus river from karakouram highway.jpg
National mountain K2, Mount Godwin Austen, Chogori, Savage Mountain.jpg

History[eedit | eedit soorce]

Pakistan wis whiles pairt o the Breetish Empire but becam independant in 1947, alang wi Indae. Afore than it haedna existit as a unitit state, tho fowk haes bid there syne the sievent yearthoosand BC. Ane o the warld's auldest ceeties, Moenjo-Daro, wis in Pakistan.

In 1947, efer mony years o campaignin, Pakistan an Indie war unthirlt frae Breetain. Pakistan wis creatit as the kintra for the Muslims, an Indae for the Hindus. This o coorse left the problem o whaur the Christians, Jews, Buddhists etc. wis tae bide, an their places in the twa kintras haes been a problem tae the day. The kintra that's cried Bangladesh the nou wis whiles pairt o Pakistan (cried East Pakistan) til it becam independant in 1971.

Leids[eedit | eedit soorce]

The heidmaist leid o Pakistan is Urdu. Anerly aboot 10% o Pakistani's haes it as their mither tongue, but it haes become Pakistan's lingua franca an aw edicate Pakistanis haes it fluent. The ae ither naitional offeecial leid is English, but ilkane o the provinces haes offeecial leids forby thon, sic as Punjabi, Pushtu, Sindhi an sae on. Punjabi haes the maist native speakers, aboot 44% o the kintra's indwallers.

Mair nor aichty leids an byleids is spak in Pakistan. Some is spak bi gey few fowk, sic as Aer thatin 1998 haed anerly 100-200 speakers, while maist haes a wheen mair.

Maist Pakistanis haes at least twa leids, an ken o fower or mair isna byordinar.

Releegion[eedit | eedit soorce]

Syne Pakistan wis foodit as a state for the Muslim fowk o the Indie sub-continent, it isna supreesin that the feck o fowk in Pakistan (96%) is Muslims, (spleet atween awmaist 77% Sunni an 20% Shi'a). The lave is maistlins Christian, Jewish, Buddhism an a tait is Anamist, maistly o the Kalash fowk in the Nor' o the kintra.

Eddication[eedit | eedit soorce]

Anerly 53% [1] o Pakistan's indwallers is leeterate. Eddication stairts at the eild o five, tho mony stairtna schuil ava. There is, forby state schuils, Islamic schuils cried madrassas in Pakistan that haes been creeticised for upbiggin fundamentalist Islamic support in the kintra, an as an affcome biggin up support for terrorism. Aboot 7.5% o childer in the Nor' Wast Frontier Province is jaloused tae be eddicatit in madrassas.

There's modren varsities in Pakistan, as weel as mony airmy colleges that offers trainin for offishers an siclike.

Refernces[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. Ministry of Education Literacy level