Facts
and background
Population
: 152.1 mill. (2004)
Surface area : 803.940 sq. km.
Population per sq. km : 189
Population growth : 2.4 % (2004)
Life expectancy : 64.9 (2004)
Population below national poverty line : 13.4 % (2002)
GNI per capita : 600 US$ (2004)
GDP : 96.1 US$ bill. (2004)
Sources: World
Development Indicators Database
Head of
State: Pervez Musharraf
Source:
Pakistan.gov
Now
Politics
and society
Pakistan
: political impact of the earthquake
Pakistan
World-Wide Web Virtual Library
Rebuilding
lives in Pakistan. World Bank
CIA.
The World Factbook
Statistical
Office
Government
sites
Pakistan.gov
Governments
on the WWW
Constitution
Prime
Minister
Political
parties
Political
Resources in the Net
Jamaat-e-Islami
Pakistan
Muttahida
Quami Movement
Pakistan
People's Party
Pakistan-India
Peoples' Forum for Peace and Democracy
Elections
Electionworld
Electoral
Commission of Pakistan
News
agencies
Internews
News
Associated
Press of Pakistan
Balochistan
Express
Business
Recorder
Daily
Jang
Daily
Times
DAWN
The
Frontier Post
Hi
Pakistan
Millat
The
Nation
The
News International
Pakistan
and Gulf Economist
Pakistan
Observer
Pakistan
Television Corporation
Pakistan
Today
News
from foreign sources
BBC.
South Asia
CNN.
International edition. Asia
Information
Times
Pakistan
Link
Yahoo!
News (incl. AP, Reuters)
Research
Institutions and Networks
Higher
Education Commission
Southasia
Matters - yahoo.group
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Development
organisations / agencies
World
Bank. Pakistan homepage
IMF
Country Information
Asian
Development Bank. Pakistan homepage
ReliefWeb
Others
Human
Rights Watch. Pakistan
Pakistan
Virtual Library
Map
of Pakistan (University of Texas)
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