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Full country name: |
Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
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Area: |
803,940 sq km (310,402 sq mi) |
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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: |
Mr. Asif Ali Zardari was elected President of Pakistan with an overwhelming majority in the presidential election held on September 6, 2008. President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari PPP Co-Chairman Senator Asif Ali Zardari was born on July 26, 1955 in a prominent Baloch family from Sindh. He is the son of veteran politician Mr. Hakim Ali Zardari. On his maternal side he is the great-grandson of Khan Bahadur Hassan Ali Effendi, the founder of the first educational institution for Muslims in Sindh. The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was among the prominent students to graduate from the Sindh Madrasa. He was married to Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in 1987 and was widowed on December 27, 2007 when Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a terrorist attack in Rawalpindi. Ms Bhutto was PPP Chairperson from 1979 until her assassination and was twice elected Prime Minister of Pakistan. They have three children, Bilawal, born in 1988, Bakhtawar, born in 1990 and Aseefa, born in 1993. |
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