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**Pakistan**
	sovereign state in South Asia
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Pronunciation audio	Luxembourgishⓘ
Instance of	sovereign state; country;
Named after	sincerity in Islam; Punjab; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Afghania); Azad Kashmir (Kashmir); Sindh; Balochistan;
Culture	culture of Pakistan;
Location	South Asia; Pakistan;
Capital	Islamabad;
Basic form of government	federal republic; parliamentary republic;
Legislative body	Parliament of Pakistan;
Executive body	Government of Pakistan;
Highest judicial authority	Supreme Court of Pakistan; Supreme Court of Azad Jammu & Kashmir; Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan;
Official language	English; Urdu (national language);
Anthem	Qaumi Taranah;
Currency	Pakistani rupee (1949–);
Head of state	Asif Ali Zardari (2024–);
Head of government	Shehbaz Sharif (2022–);
Inception	14 August 1947;
Highest point	K2 (28,251 ft);
Population	223,773,700 (2021);
Area	881,913 ±1 km²;
Religion or worldview	Islam (200,362,718); Christianity (2,642,048); Hinduism (3,595,256); Ahmadiyya (191,737);
Follows	Dominion of Pakistan;
Replaces	British Raj; presidencies and provinces in British India; Dominion of Pakistan;
Top-level Internet domain	.pk;
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	30° 00′ 00″ N, 71° 00′ 00″ E
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Pakistan is a country in South Asia. It borders the People's Republic of China to the north (Xinjiang Autonomous Region), and the north-east (Tibet Autonomous Region), the disputed territory of Kashmir which was part of the British Indian territory until 1948 is also included respectively, that borders the People's Republic of China to the east entirely. Pakistan borders the entire eastern length of the country with the Republic of India and on the south towards the Arabian Sea, to the north-west Pakistan is separated by fourteen kilometres of a narrow strip of the Afghan territory called the Wakhan Corridor which extends between Northern Pakistan and Southern Tajikistan. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is to the west and north, and brethren Iran is to the southwest. Pakistan also shares to the extreme south-west a maritime border with Oman.

National symbols of Pakistan

Map

Selected maps are included in the Wikimedia Atlas of Pakistan.

Locator map
Outline of Pakistan
Islamabad Capital Territory
Provincial languages of Pakistan
Topographic map
Satellite imagery
Historical map
1893
winter

Province of Pakistan

Autonomous administrative territorial entity

Category:Diplomatic missions of Pakistan

Pakistan Embassy, Berlin, Germany
Embassy of Pakistan, Tokyo, Japan
Embassy of Pakistan, Washinton D.C., United States
Embassy of Pakistan, Pargue, Czech Republic.
Embassy of Pakistan, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Embassy of Pakistan, Budapest, Hungary.

Architectural landmark

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
Shah Faisal Mosque, the national mosque of Pakistan, Islamabad
Pakistan's National monument
Mir Tombs, Hyderabad
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.

Landscape

Tanda Dam
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
Khor Kalamat
Chitral

Infrastructure

Manora Point Lighthouse
Jinnah International Airport
Pakistan International Airlines
Karakoram Express
(Karachi)
G.T. Road, which connects Afghanistan with Bengal

Pakistan Armed Forces

Culture

Pakistani cuisine
A Sufi mast dance
A musical instrument
Mehndi patterns with the dromedary camel
preparing for Eid al-Adha
Independence Day of Pakistan

Animal

Mammal

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
Urial endemic to Pakistan
Asiatic ibex
Ursus thibetanus
Marmot, found in the Northern Areas
Wild ass
Camelus dromedarius
Corsac fox
Golden jackal
Egyptian fruit bat
Indian desert jird
Ladakh Pika