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Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population in the world as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor. Pakistan is the site of several ancient cultures, including the 8,500-year-old Neolithic site of Mehrgarh in Balochistan, the Indus Valley Civilisation of the…

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Pakistan

FCDO travel advice for Pakistan. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

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Official source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Facts & statistics

Pakistan

Capital: Islamabad
Language: English
Currency: Pakistani rupee
Time zone: UTC+05:00
Calling code: +92
Internet domain: .pk
Driving side: left
Plug type: Europlug
Voltage: 230

Source: Wikidata.

CapitalIslamabad

Population212,215,030

CurrencyPKR

Languagesur-PK,en-PK,pa,sd,ps,brh

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