ShugaL MeLaa: Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is located in South Asia. It has a 1,046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. Strategically it is located in a position between the important regions of South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East.

Map:

Pakistan is a federal parliamentary republic having four provinces and four federal territories. With over 170 million people, it is the sixth most populated country in the world and has the second largest Muslim population after Indonesia. With a semi-industrialized economy, it is the 27th largest in the world in terms of purchasing power. The country faces challenging problems including poverty, illiteracy and corruption.

Pakistan has the seventh largest standing armed force and is the only Muslim-majority nation which is a nuclear power. It is a founding member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, Next Eleven economies and the G20 developing nations.

Major Cities