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Pakistan
Full country name:
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Area:
803,940 sq km (310,402 sq mi)
Population:
138,123,359 (July 1999 est.)
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Capital city
Islamabad (pop 400,000 in 1991)
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People:
Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India and their descendants)
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Language:
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%
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Religion
Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3%
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President:
Gen. Pervaiz Musharraf ousted the elected government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a military coup in October 1999.
