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Flag of Pakistan
Capital: Islamabad 33°40′N 73°10′E
Official language: Urdu, English Government: Semi-presidential system Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
President: Pervez Musharraf

Prime Minister: Shaukat Aziz

Independence from the United Kingdom :
- Abbasid 711-962
- Ghaznavid Empire 962-1187
- Ghorid Kingdom 1187-1206
- Delhi Sultanate 1210-1526
- Mughal Empire 1526-1707
- Declared August 14, 1947
- Republic March 23, 1956

Area :
- Total 903,940 km² (32th) 365,403 sq mi
- Water (%) 3.1

Population :
- 2004 estimate 185,803,560[1] (6th)
- Density 206/km² (53rd) 534/sq mi

GDP (PPP) 2006 estimate :
- Total $1.222 trillion (12th)
- Per capita $8,284 (82th)

HDI (2001): 0.750 (medium) (90th)

Currency: Rupee (Rs.) (PKR)

Time zone: PST (UTC+ 5:00 )
- Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+ 6:00 )

Internet TLD: .pk
Calling code: +92

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان‎ ), is a country located in South Asia that overlaps with the Greater Middle East. It has a thousand-kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea in the south and borders Afghanistan and Iran to the west, India to the east and the People's Republic of China in the far northeast.[2]

Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world and is the second most populous Muslim country. It was established as a modern state in 1947, as one of the two parts of the partitioned British India , but the region has a long history of settlement and civilisation including the Indus Valley Civilisation. The region was invaded by Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Afghans, and was incorporated into the British Raj in the nineteenth century. Since independence, Pakistan has experienced times of significant military and economic growth, and periods of instability, with the secession of East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh ). Pakistan is a declared nuclear weapons state.