Pakistan 
Facts
Population: 164,741,924 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 36.9% (male 31,264,576/female 29,507,174)
15-64 years: 58.8% (male 49,592,033/female 47,327,161)
65 years and over: 4.3% (male 3,342,650/female 3,708,330) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 1.828% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 27.52 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: -1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.048 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.901 male(s)/female
total population: 1.045 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 68.84 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 68.94 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 68.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 63.75 years
male: 62.73 years
female: 64.83 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 3.71 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 74,000 (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 4,900 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Pakistani(s)
adjective: Pakistani.
Ethnic groups: Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India at the time of partition and their descendants).
Religions: Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 3%.
Languages: Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski and other 8%.
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 49.9%
male: 63%
female: 36% (2005 est.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $437.5 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 6.6% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,600 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 22%
industry: 26%
services: 52% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 48.29 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 42%
industry: 20%
services: 38% (2004 est.).
Population below poverty line: 24% (FY05/06 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%: 27.6% (FY96/97).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7.9% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 6.5% plus substantial underemployment (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $20.55 billion
expenditures: $25.65 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk, beef, mutton, eggs.
Industries: textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, paper products, fertilizer, shrimp.
Industrial production growth rate: 6% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 80.24 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 74.62 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $19.24 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: textiles (garments, bed linen, cotton cloth, yarn), rice, leather goods, sports goods, chemicals, manufactures, carpets and rugs.
Exports - partners: US 24.8%, UAE 7.8%, Afghanistan 6.6%, UK 5.7%, Germany 4.5% (2005).
Imports: $26.79 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, plastics, transportation equipment, edible oils, paper and paperboard, iron and steel, tea.
Imports - partners: Saudi Arabia 11.1%, UAE 10.3%, China 9.2%, Japan 6.4%, US 6%, Kuwait 5%, Germany 4.5% (2005).
Debt - external: $42.38 billion (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $2.4 billion (FY01/02).
Currency (code): Pakistani rupee (PKR).
Exchange rates: Pakistani rupees per US dollar - 60.35 (2006), 59.515 (2005), 58.258 (2004), 57.752 (2003), 59.724 (2002).
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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(Urdu-language), Islamabad
http://www.alqamar.org/
(Independent, Urdu-language), Jhelum City
http://www.apnajhelum.com/
(Urdu-language daily), Islamabad
http://dailyausaf.com/
(English-language), Karachi, Lahore
http://www.brecorder.com/
(Internet magazine), Karachi
http://www.chowk.com
(Urdu-language), Rawalpindi
http://www.dailyasas.com.pk/
(Urdu-language), Gujranwala
http://www.gujranwalatimes.com/
Pakistan in the News
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The text of a speech recently given by President Musharraf, appeared in The Washington Post, and while it did not generate a lot of buzz in the U.S., all the major Pakistani newspapers picked it up and have been analyzing and debating his words ever since.
Thanks to a video link organized by the BBC, families from the Pakistani and Indian sides of the divided region of Kashmir get a glimpse of each other for the first time in 20 years.
In an article for Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, Greg Bearup writes a vivid history of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan's role in developing, and proliferating, Pakistan's nuclear program.
Tariq Rahman, in an article for Karachi's The News, writes that Pakistani government propaganda has been too effective: It has created a monster it can no longer control.
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