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Country Information - Islamic Republic of Pakistan اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان (PART 03)

Pak Defence Forces Parade: December 1947 at Rawalpindi (Left - courtesy Life Magazine) - 23 March Parade (Right)

Pakistan Defence Forces

Pakistan Armed Forces rank among the best and professionally trained forces. Some units of Pakistan Army are more than 200 years old and boast their past glories and feats with pride. Equipped with some of the latest and state of art weapons and equipment,  the Armed Forces of Pakistan have proved their mettle on the battle grounds. Besides defending the geographical frontiers of the country, the officers and men are always there to respond to the natural calamities and fighting out the terrorists. The timely assistance provided by the Pakistan Armed Forces in the recent earthquake has been case in point. The relief and reconstruction effort by the men in uniform continues unabated day and night even when the falling snow has made it difficult to reach the most inaccessible areas of the world.

Pakistan Armed Forces are also the major contributors of the UN Peace Keeping efforts all around the globe since Pakistan gained independence in 1947. The first Pakistani contingent was dispatched to Indonesia in 1962 when Indonesia and Holland developed a dispute on New Guinea. The Pakistani contingent had the distinction of transferring the occupation of New Guinea from Holland back to Indonesia and on 1 October 1962, the UN flag was raised by a Pakistani soldier in the disputed land. The contingent stayed in Indonesia for nine months. This was the beginning, and now Pakistani contingents are much sought out by UN for their devotion and excellent performance.

Pakistan Armed Forces and Nation Building: Ever since the independence in August 1947, Pakistan Armed Forces have been invariably engaged in tasks to build the communication infrastructure, excavation of earth from canals, mega projects like construction of KKH with the assistance of China, the Makran Coastal Highway, flood relief operations etcetera. However, the "Operation Lifeline" recently undertook by the Armed Forces of Pakistan in the wake of 8 October 2005 earthquake in the NWFP and Azad Kashmir would never be forgotten for years to come. Reacting promptly, the men reached the most inaccessible places on the rugged mountains and rescued injured to hospitals in Rawalpindi / Islamabad and down south to Gujranwala and Lahore. The entire fleet of Army Aviation flew innumerable sorties round the clock to take relief goods to the affected areas and brought back sick and injured back to base hospitals. Where helicopters could not reach, men carried relief goods on their back and reached the needy. The undertaking of relief operation of this magnitude could only be taken by the men and machines of the Armed Forces of Pakistan.

The Picture Gallery

 

1965 Indo-Pak War: President Ayub with Air Marshal Nur Khan and General Musa - With PAF Pilots - General Musa, C-in-C Pakistan Army at captured Indian railway station of Khemkaran

Squadron Leader M M Alam, SJ & Bar - Shot down 5 IAF aircraft in just 30 seconds (1965 War) - setting a world record. Read More...

Two IAF aircraft force landed in Pakistan - Captured Jeep of Indian General Narinjan Parsad - F-104 Starfighter - first supersonic jet in Indo-Pak region

Martyrs of 65: Squadron Leader Rafiqui, HJ, Major Bhatti, NH

1965 War - Pak Army enters Khemkaran - Indian Tank after Battle of Chawinda - BRBL Defences

1965 War - Wreckage IAF Vampire - AA Gun Pak Army getting into action

1965 War - News Clipping - Captured Indian Field Guns (Later Pakistan raised 3 artillery regiments from these guns)

Indian POWs - 1965 and 1971

Cover of Time Magazine - 1965 and 1971

Proud recipients of the Prestigious Nishan-e-Haider  - Read More

JF-17 Thunder jet being jointly co-produced by Pakistan and China. Read More.

Cadet Hercharan Singh - the first Sikh selected for training at Pakistan Military Academy shakes hands with the Prime Minister Shaukat Azia (left) - Sikh cadet with female cadet

The Gallantry Awards: (L to R) Nishan-e-Haider (NH), Hilal-e-Jurrat (HJ), Sitara-e-Jurrat (SJ), Tamgha-e-Jurrat (TJ)

Nishan-i-Haider (The Order of Haider) is Pakistan's highest decoration for the greatest acts of bravery in battle. The decoration may be awarded to any member of Pakistan's armed forces, regardless of rank or branch of service, for extraordinary bravery in the face of the enemy. It is, therefore, in the same category as Great Britain's Victoria Cross. Recipients may use the abbreviation NH. after their names.

Hilal-i-Jur'at (Crescent of Courage) is awarded to officers only for acts of valor, courage, or devotion to duty in the face of the enemy. The award carried the right to use the post nominal abbreviation HJ. This decoration is a rough equivalent to the British Distinguished Service Order. Established: 16 March 1957, by the President of Pakistan -No. F. 40(3)/Pres/57, Gazette of Pakistan 19 March 1957. Obverse: A circular gold medal, with a star and crescent in the center, surrounded by ten bundles of leaves. The medal is suspended from a gold bar with the name of the decoration "Hilal-i-Jur'at".

Sitara-i-Jur'at (Star of Courage) is awarded to all ranks for gallantry and distinguished services in the face of the enemy. The award carried the right to use SJ. as a post nominal abbreviation. The decoration is roughly comparable to the British Military Cross. Established: 16 March 1957, by the President of Pakistan - No. F. 40(3)/Pres/57, Gazette of Pakistan 19 March 1957. It is a pentagonal silver medal with a five-pointed star in the center and rays and stars between the points. The medal is suspended from an ornamental bar with the name of the decoration, "Sirata-i-Jur'at".

Tamgha-i-Jur'at (Medal of Courage) is awarded to non-commissioned officers and enlisted men for gallantry and distinguished services in the face of the enemy. The award carried the right to use the post nominal abbreviation TJ. The decoration is roughly comparable to the British Distinguished Conduct Medal. Established: 16 March 1957, by the President of Pakistan - No. F. 40(3)/Pres/57, Gazette of Pakistan 19 March 1957. Obverse: A circular bright bronze medal with a star and crescent in the center, surrounded by a trophy of arms and entirely surrounded by a wreath. The medal is suspended from an ornamental straight-bar suspender.

Pakistan's SSMs / Cruise Missile

Shaheen	Hataf-3 (Ghaznavi)	Hataf-2 (Abdali)	Ghauri	Hataf-VII (Babar) Cruise Missile
		Hataf - VI (2,000 km)

PAKISTAN ARMED FORCES RELATED LINKS

Note: The reference material contained in the site to which links are provided herein under is in no way to be taken as official view point of the government of Pakistan / Pakistan Armed Forces, except the official websites.

Education in Pakistan

Education in Pakistan has not geared up to the level it is required to be or as compared to other countries in the region. As per a study by the UNESCO, although the overall literacy rate stands at 46 per cent, independent sources and educational experts, however, are sceptical. They place the overall literacy rate at 26 per cent and the rate for girls and women at 12 per cent, contending that the higher figures include people who can handle little more than a signature. There are 163,000 primary schools in Pakistan, of which merely 40,000 cater to girls. Of these, 15,000 are in Punjab Province, 13,000 in Sind, 8,000 in North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and 4,000 in Balochistan. Similarly, out of a total 14,000 lower secondary schools and 10,000 higher secondary schools, 5,000 and 3,000 respectively are for girls, in the same decreasing proportions as above in the four provinces. There are around 250 girls colleges, and two medical colleges for women in the public sector of 125 districts. Some 7 million girls under 10 go to primary schools, 5.4 million between 10 and 14 attend lower secondary school, and 3 million go to higher secondary schools. About 1.5 million and 0.5 million girls respectively go to higher secondary schools/colleges and universities.

The situation gets worse in rural areas due to social and cultural obstacles. In some places, particularly northern tribal areas, the education of girls is strictly prohibited on religious grounds. The situation is the most critical in NWFP and Balochistan, where the female literacy rate stands between 3 per cent and 8 per cent. Some government organizations and non-governmental organizations have tried to open formal and informal schools in these areas, but the local landlords, even when they have little or nothing to do with religion or religious parties, oppose such measures, apparently out of fear that people who become literate will cease to follow them with blind faith.

The present government  has however taken some very concrete steps to boost education, specially the basic and higher education in the country by establishing the Higher Education Commission under veteran Dr Atta ur Rehman. The Commission has been set up to facilitate the development of the universities of Pakistan to be world-class centres of education, research and development. The Commission is also making concerted efforts to encourage individuals to undertake doctorate studies. Due to liberal policies of the government, recently the trends in education are changing and a large number of educational institutes have come up in the private sector. This includes chain of schools, medical colleges and universities in all major cities of Pakistan. However, standardization of the education system remains a big challenge for the governments, since the basic education rests on two streams, that is the government sponsored schools, where the medium of instruction is in Urdu and the private sector sponsored schools where medium of instruction is English.

The present government has established 987 Community primary schools at Union Council level, along with 5,953 Literacy Centers, 554 Early Childhood Education Centers (ECE), 8,400 Non-formal basic education Community schools. Education has been declared free up to matric level in two provinces and free text books distributed to primary school children throughout the country. Additionally, 441 Technical Workshops established in secondary schools and 6,240 schools have been upgraded through Public-Private Partnerships; 60.7% such schools are for girls. PhD output increased from 60 p.a. to 250 p.a. Seven new IT universities and degree awarding institutes have recently been set up, while two new educational channels launched in June 2004 under Virtual University Endowment Fund of over Rs.1.3 billion set up for public sector engineering universities. Budget for higher education increased from Rs. 800 million to Rs. 9.1 billion.

Universities in Pakistan
Province	Public	Private
Sind	NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi [official] University of Karachi, Karachi [official] Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi [official] Institute of Business Administration, Karachi [official] Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi [official] Pakistan Naval Academy, Karachi Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai University, Khairpur [official] Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro [official] Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology, Nawabshah [official] University of Sindh, Jamshoro [official] Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam [official] Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro [official]	Hamdard University, Karachi [official] Aga Khan University, Karachi [official] Baqai Medical University, Karachi [official] Ziauddin Medical University, Karachi [official] Greenwich University, Karachi [official] Iqra University, Karachi [official] KASB Institute of Information Technology, Karachi [official] Karachi Institute of Information Technology, Gulshan-e-Maymar, Karachi[official] Shaheed Zulfiqat Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi[official] Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi [official] Jinnah University for Women, Karachi [official] Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi [official] PAF-Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology, Karachi [official] Indus Valley School of Arts and Architecture, Karachi [official] Institute of Business Management, Karachi [official] DHA Suffa University, Karachi Newports Institute of Communications and Economics, Karachi [official] Preston Institute of Management Sciences and Technology, Karachi [official] Textile Institute of Pakistan, Karachi [official] Dadabhoy Institutes of Higher Education, Karachi [official] Isra University, Hyderabad [official]
Punjab	University of Punjab, Lahore [official] Government College University, Lahore [official] University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore [official] Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore National College of Arts, Lahore [official] Lahore College for Women University, Lahore [official] University of Education, Lahore Virtual University, Lahore [official] University of Health Sciences, Lahore Institute of South Asia, Lahore University of Agriculture, Faisalabad [official] National Textile University, Faisalabad [official] Government College University, Faisalabad Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan [official] Islamia University, Bahawalpur [official] University of Sargodha, Sargodha [official] University of Gujrat, Gujrat University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila [official] University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi [official] Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi [official] National University of Science and Technology, Rawalpindi [official]	Lahore School of Economics, Lahore [official] Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore [official] University of Central Punjab, Lahore [official] Hajvery University, Lahore [official] University of Lahore, Lahore [official] Institute of Management Sciences, Lahore [official] Institute of Management and Technology, Lahore [official] National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore [official] University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad [official] GIFT University, Gujranwala [official]
Balochistan	University of Balochistan, Quetta [official] Balochistan University of Engineering & Technology, Khuzdar Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences, Quetta [official] Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University, Quetta
NWFP	University of Peshawar, Peshawar [official] NWFP University of Agriculture, Peshawar [official] NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar [official] Institute of Management Science, Peshawar Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir , Muzaffarabad University of Hazara, Dhodial, Mansehra [official] Kohat University of Science and Technology, Jarma [official] Military College of Engineering, Risalpur Cantt. Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul Abbottabad University of Malakand, Chakdara Karakuram International University, Gilgit	Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar [official] CECOS University of Information Technology and Emerging Sciences, Peshawar [official] City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar [official] Gandhara University, Peshawar [official] Northern University, Nowshera [official] Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, D.I.Khan [official] Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Swabi [official] Preston University, Kohat Al-Khair University, Azad Jammu & Kashmir Mohi-ud-Din Islamic University, Azad Kashmir [official]
Islamabad	Quaid-e-Azam University [official] Allama Iqbal Open University [official] National University of Modern Languages [official] Bahria University [official] International Islamic University [official] Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences [official] COMSATS Institute of Information Technology [official] Air University [official]	National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences [official] Riphah International University [official]
Medical Colleges
Sind	College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, Karachi [official] Dow Medical College, Karachi [official] Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi Jinnah Medical & Dental College, Karachi [official] Sind Medical College, Karachi Chandka Medical College, Larkana Peoples Medical College, Nawabshah
Punjab	Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore [official] King Edward Medical College, Lahore [official] De'Montmorency College of Dentistry, Lahore Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur [official] Nishtar Medical College, Multan Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad [official] Army Medical College, Rawalpindi Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi [official] Foundation Medical College, Rawalpindi [official]
Balochistan
NWFP	Khyber Medical College, Peshawar [official] Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad [official] Frontier Medical College, Abbottabad [official]
Islamabad	Margalla Medical College, Islamabad [official] Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad [official] Margalla Medical College of Dentistry, Islamabad [official] Islamic International Medical College, Hummak-Islamabad [official] Women Medical College, Abbottabad [official}
Other Professional Institutions
Sind	Pakistan Institute of Management, Karachi [official] Fauji Foundation Institution of Management and Computer Science, Karachi [official] College of Accounting and Management Sciences, Karachi [official] Asian Management Institute [official] Asian Institute of Management & Information Technology, Karachi [official] IndusTec Institute of Computer Science, Karachi [official] COMMECS Institute of Business Education, Karachi [official] Dadabhoy Institute of Management Sciences, Karachi [official] Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering, Karachi Institute of Management and Computer Sciences, Karachi [official] Textile Institute of Pakistan, Karachi [official] Usman Institute of Technology, Karachi [official] Dawood College of Engineering and Technology, Karachi Institute of Business Administration, Sukkur [official] College of Modern Sciences, Jamshoro
Punjab	Information Technology & Management College, Sargodha [official] Multan Law College, Multan College of Information Technology, Rawalpindi [official] College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Rawalpindi [official] Institute of Leadership and Management, Lahore [official] Punjab Institute of Computer Science, Lahore [official] Barani Institute of Information Technology, Rawalpindi [official]
Balochistan
NWFP
Islamabad	Bahria Institute of Management and Computer Sciences, Islamabad [official] NUST Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad [official]
Others	Institute of Chartered Accountants in Pakistan [official] Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan [official] Barani Institute of Information Technology [official] Pakistan American Institute of Management Sciences [official]

Maps of Pakistan

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Geographical map (left) - Borders (Right)

General Map (Left) - Population Distribution (Right)

   

Major Ethic Groups (Left) - Ethnic Groups Details (Right)

 

Agriculture and Land Use (Left) - Industrial, Mining and Power Centres (Right)   

Generalized Soil Layout (left) - Satellite Map (right)

Pakistan at a GLANCE

Official Name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Logo GOP (Left) - National Flag (Right)

  

 

  

 

 

Comparison with Regional Countries - Telephone and Internet
	Country	Telephone	Cell Telephone	Personal Computers	Internet Users
	India	22.6	1.9	3.3	4.5
	Pakistan	22.4	2.1	4.3	8.5
	Sri Lanka	36.4	12.2	5.6	3.4
Source: Intl Telecommunication Union (2000), Nua Internet Surveys (2000), ADBI working paper (Jan, 2001)
The Mobile Phone users increased from 24.3 users per 1000 (2000) to 115.9 per 1000 in 2005. Access to internet increased from 2.2/1000 (2000) to 67.4/1000 in 2004

Communications	Transport & Communication	Health	Education
Post Offices: 13,419 Telephone connections: 2.80 million Public Call Offices: 10,000 Telegraph offices: 427	Total length of roads: 228,206 km Pakistan Railway network: 8,775 km Railway stations: 781 Pakistan International Airlines: Covers 55 international and 38 domestic stations Major Airports: 6 - Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Peshawar and Gwadar	Hospitals: 830 Beds: 86,921 Doctors registered: 74,229 Dentists registered: 2,938 Nurses registered: 22,810	Primary schools: 150,963 Middle schools: 14,595 High schools: 9,808 Arts & science colleges: 798 Professional colleges: 161 Universities: 35 (10 in Private sector)

Facts and Figures about Pakistan

Pakistan has the world's sixth largest population, more than Russia, but less than Brazil; because of Pakistan's high growth rate, it is expected to overtake Brazil in population in the year 2020. According to the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ''2005 World Data Sheet'' the population of Pakistan was 162,400,000 on July 1st, 2005. The fertility rate was 34 per thousand and death rate was 10 per thousand. The rate of natural increase was 2.4%. Pakistan also had high infant mortality rate of 85 per thousand births. Pakistan's population is estimated to be around 166,300,000 in 2006.

Official Name Islamic Republic of Pakistan Capital Islamabad First-Level Political Divisions Four provinces, two federally administered areas (FATA), and the Federal Capital Territory of Islamabad Area 796,095 sq km(307,374 sq mi) Population 159,108,000 (2007 estimate) Population Growth Rate 2.1 percent (2005) - reduced from 2.4(2000) Population Density 189 persons per sq km (2003 estimate) Linguistic and Ethnic groups Punjabi-48 % , Pashtun-13% , Sindhi-12% . Saraiki-10% , Urdu-8% , Other-9% Languages Urdu (official), English (commonly used), Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, Saraiki Religious Affiliations Sunni Muslim-77% , Shia Muslim-20% , Others-3%

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - Billion US $ 128.8 (2006) - increased from 73.3 (2000) GDP Per Capita (U.S.$) $410 Monetary Unit 1 Pakistani rupee (PRe), consisting of 100 paisa, Exchange Rate = Approx Rs. 60 / US $ Major Trade Partners for Exports United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong SAR, and Germany, China, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore Communications Main telephone lines: 5 million, mobile cellular: over 48 million Radio Stations (AM:27 FM: over 10 and increasing), Internet users: over 2 million Mobile Phone users increased from 24.3 users per 1000 (2000) to 115.9 per 1000 in 2005. Access to internet increased from 2.2/1000 (2000) to 67.4/1000 in 2004 RELATED SITES ON STATISTICS Stat Division - GOP Ministry of Finance Pakistan Development Gateway Pakistan Water Resources Population Census Organization

Life Expectancy (in Years) Female = 63.1 , Male = 61.3 Total = 62.2 (2003 estimate) Infant Mortality Rate 79 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005) - reduced from 85/1000 (2000) Population per Physician 2,703 people Literacy Rate 45.7 percent Agriculture Sugarcane, wheat, rice, cotton lint, corn, livestock - Agriculture land increased from 35% of total surface (2000) to 35.1% (2005) Mining Petroleum, limestone, rock salt, gypsum, silica sand, natural gas, coal Manufacturing Textiles, food products, petroleum products, consumer goods, fertilizers, chemicals, cement Major Exports Cotton clothing, thread, and textiles; raw cotton and rice; petroleum, leather, and fish products - $15.07 billion (2004 est.) Major Imports Machinery, electrical goods, petroleum products, transportation equipment, metals and metal products, fertilizer, foodstuffs - $14.01 billion (2004 est)   Forest Total area under forest reduced from 21,160 sqkm (2000) to 19,020 sqkm (2005)

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