Pakistan - CIA World Factbook Flashcards
Major Rivers
Indus; Sutlej; Chenab
Population
fifth largest in the world
Languages
Punjabi, Pashto
Religion
Muslim
Government Type
federal parliamentary republic
Capital
Islamabad
Independence
August 14, 1947 (British India)
National Holiday
Pakistan Day (Republic Day) - March 23,1940
President
Arif Alvi
Interim Prime Minister
Anwaar - ul - Haq Kakar
National Symbols
five-pointed star between the horns of a waxing crescent moon, jasmine
Pakistan - Afghanistan
Pakistan sent troops across and built fences along some remote tribal areas of its treaty defined Durand Line border; intended to finish constructing the barbed wire fence along the Durand
Pakistan - India
Kashmir territory dispute; disputes over water sharing of the Indus River and its tributaries; seek technical resolution of the disputed maritime boundary in Sir Creek estuary at the mouth of the Rann of Kutch in the Arabian Sea