Pakistan Profile, pakistan information, pakistan, apnapakistan

Name:	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Name of the founder:	Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-e-Azam)
National day:	23rd March
Independence day:	14th August
Population:	150 million
Major languages:	Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochi and Kashmiri
National Poet:	Allama Mohammad Iqbal
National Flower:	Jasmine
National language:	Urdu
Capital:	Islamabad
Area:	796095 sq km
Country dialling code:	0092

Located in south Asia, Pakistan is unique land with rich culture, hard working people, and beautiful views. Pakistan became independent on 14^th august 1947. Pakistan shares borders with India in the east, china in the northeast Iran in the southwest and Afghanistan in the northern-west

Urdu is the country's national language while English is extensively used in offices and commercial circles. Other regional languages include Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Balochi.

Pakistan has four provinces – Punjab, Sindh, Sirhad (North West Frontier) and Balochistan. Balochistan is the largest province and Punjab being most populated. In 2000 the Pakistan’s total population was 140,000,000. Pakistan is a hot country with temperature between 25 ⁰C to 45 ⁰C depending on the place. In 1998-1999 when Pakistan carried out nuclear test, the temperatures even raised up to 52 ⁰C.

The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad with area of 906.5 KM. Islamabad enjoys pleasant climate with maximum average being 16.7 ⁰C and minimum 3.4 ⁰C in the winter and 34.2 ⁰C and 24.4 ⁰C in the summer. The landmark of the city includes: Parliament, Aiwan-e-Sadr (Presidency), State Bank Complex, Building, Secretariat Blocks, Rawal Lake and Faisal Mosque.

Punjab info: very informative site and covers most cities of Punjab.

http://www.tourism.gov.pk: another very good site