Pakistan

Text Box: In 1847, Pakistan rebelled against the British Raj, alongside India. Following fears of an under-represented Muslim minority, the two-state solution was fashioned in 1947, and the nation of Pakistan was born. Successive regimes grew gradually more militant, and massive Muslim immigration both boosted and strained the resources of Pakistan, along with several military altercations with India. Today’s Pakistan is administered in a very dictatorial manner by General Pervez Musharraf, and has close ties to Sri Sri and Seljuqia. Border skirmishes with Indian states are frequent, and Pakistan’s army is always on call. While insufficient to compare with the armies of Mulgaria, Warlordia, Borisgrad or other major world powers, Pakistan has sufficient forces to consider herself a major regional power. A unified India is her greatest fear, and to that end Pakistan has invested time and money in the continual destabilization of the subcontinent.

Text Box: Sub-Region: East Provinces (4): Balochistan, NWFP, Punjab, Sindh Population: 165,803,560 Gross Domestic Product: $89.55 bn

Text Box: Country Name Conventional Long Form: The Islamic Republic of Pakistan Long Local Form: سلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان Local Short Form: N/A Country Motto: Land of the Pure Government Type: Theocratic Democracy Independence: August 14, 1963 from the British Empire National Holiday: August 14 Legal System: Sharia Law Suffrage: 25 years, Property-owning Muslim men over 25 with approval of state-sanctioned Ummah

Text Box: Major Political Parties: Islamic Congress, The Brethren of Muhammed, Communist Party of Pakistan, Pakistan Soviet, Hindu People’s Party Political Pressure Groups: Ulema association of clerics, the military Legislature: N/A Last Election Date: January 2004 Last Election Results: Islamic Congress >80% Pakistan Soviet 15% Brethren of Muhammed 3% Other <1% Next Election Date: January 2007

Text Box: Members of the Council of Integrity: Three Process through which Justices Come to Power: Elected by Head of State

Text Box: International Organization Participation: Prospective African Union member Territorial Disputes: Claims the entirety of Kashmir and some parts of neighboring Indian states

Text Box: Pakistan is a nation that is part-industrialized, and struggling hard to catch up with Africa. Hi-tech industries and skyscrapers rise from slums and tribesmen eke out a living in tents while businessmen speed along potholed roads in Soviet-made limousines. The airforce reckons itself one of the greatest in Asia while the national civilian carriers brink on bankruptcy. Pakistan’s economy relies highly on European and American job-exporting and many families subsist entirely on the tourist trade and on money sent by relatives living abroad.

Text Box: GDP Growth Rate: 6.6% GDP Per Sector: Agriculture: 17% Industry: 32% Services: 51% Unemployment Rate: Urban: 6.6% Rural: 6.6% Percentage of Population Below the Poverty Line: 32% Urban: 32% Rural: 32% Inflation: 8% Electricity Production by Source: Fossil Fuels: 90% Hydro: 0% Nuclear: 10%
Other: 0% Nuclear Energy Capabilities: Seeking nuclear energy capabilities and uranium enrichment Currency Name: Pakistan Rupee Current External Debt: N/A Current Creditor States: N/A

Text Box: Head of State: Juhayman ibn Muhammad ibn Sayf al-Otaibi Head of Government: President General Pervez Musharraf (Islamic Congress) Cabinet: N/A

Text Box: Ports and Harbors (2): Karachi, Port Muhammed Bin Qasim Airports with Paved Runways: 91 Major International Airports: ALLAMA IQBAL INTL (Lahore), CHAKLALA (Islamabad), JINNAH INTL (Karachi), MASROOR (Karachi), SHEIKH ZAYED (Rahim Yar Khan), WALTON (Lahore)

Text Box: Life Expectancy at Birth Male: 69 Female: 58 Total Fertility Rate: N/A Nationality Noun: Pakistani Adjective: Pakistani Ethnic Groups: Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India at the time of partition and their descendants) Religions: Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3% Languages: Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official and lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8%

Text Box: Literacy (definition — age 15 and older can read and write): Total Population: 48.7% Male: 61.7% Female: 35.2% HIV/AIDS Adult Prevalence Rate: 0.1% People Living with HIV/AIDS: 74,000 Deaths in the Past Year: 4,900 Major Infectious Diseases/Risk: degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and cutaneous leishmaniasis are high risks depending on location
animal contact disease: rabies

Text Box: Military Branches: Army (includes National Guard), Navy (includes Marines), Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza'ya) Military Service: Compulsory, Minimum age for service is 16. Manpower avail. for military service: males age 16-49: 39,028,014
females age 16-49: 36,779,584 Military Expenditures per Year: $15.4 billion Military Expenditures as a Percentage of GDP: 3.9% Weapons of Mass Destruction: Nuclear: N/A Chemical: N/A Biological: N/A

Text Box: XII. Transnational Disputes

Text Box: Territorial Disputes: Pakistan claims the entirety of Kashmir and some parts of bordering Indian states Non-Territorial Disputes: N/A

Pakistan

Oil		Uranium		Machinery
Gas (Natural)		Gold		Vehicles
Petro Products		Diamonds		Man. Goods
Medicine		Minerals		Consumer Goods
Perfume		Textiles		Tobacco
Chemicals		Foodstuffs		Wine
Livestock		Cotton		Vanilla (& Other Spices)
Coffee		Timber		Sugar
Tea		Flowers		Fish
Cocoa			Services:	Tourism

Oil		Uranium		Machinery
Gas (Natural)		Gold		Vehicles
Petro Products		Diamonds		Man. Goods
Medicine		Minerals		Consumer Goods
Perfume		Textiles		Tobacco
Chemicals		Foodstuffs		Wine
Livestock		Cotton		Vanilla (& Other Spices)
Coffee		Timber		Sugar
Tea		Flowers		Fish
Cocoa			Services:	Tourism