Geographical position: Pakistan is located in Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north.
The country’s climate is mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north.
Languages: 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%.
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan.
Surface: 803,940 sq km
Population: 162,419,946
System of government: federal republic
Capital: Islamabad
Religion: Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3%
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