What is Pakistan, Where is Pakistan, When was it found? Who found it? These are some questions that come to mind when thinking about this Unique country!
The Great Country Of Pakistan
Introduction
This is an informative piece about Pakistan, it explains many things about this country. Not a lot of people know what this country is. It isn't well known but this country is a very unique country and has many special celebrations and many different cultural events! It is a great country and there's a lot to learn about so let's begin!
A Quick Note
A quick Note: My family is from Pakistan so a lot of stuff in this has been corrected and information has been given by family members I personally was not born in pakistan but my sister, father, and mother were born in Pakistan so I had some reliable sources at home
History
Before Pakistan was founded, It was Hindustan, the British took control for 90 years but after that, independence was found; Hindustan was divided in two. One part became Pakistan and the other became India. Pakistan was found by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. In 1956, Pakistan turned into a Federal republic. For a long time Pakistan was being controlled by the military but Pakistan's first Prime Minister was Liaquat Ali Khan, PAKISTAN is P for Punjab, A for Afgania, K for Kashmir, S for Sindh and itan from Balochistan. The name Pakistan was chosen by Choudhry Rahmat Ali. Pakistan also means Land of the Pure In Urdu and Persian.
Pakistan is in Southern Asia and Borders the Arabian Sea in the south, India is in the east, Iran and Afghanistan in the west. Karachi is Pakistan's biggest city also Pakistan's capital is Islamabad Pakistan’s size is 803,940 square km wow thats big! Pakistan’s coordinates are 30 00 N, 70 00 E. In Pakistan the climate is Very warm. It has a desert in the northwest (The Thar Desert). Some of the landmarks in Pakistan There is the Thar desert, K2, Indus River Valley those sound like some fun places to go check out. Maybe someone reading this might get to go there someday!
Geography And Location
Pakistan's currency is PKR or the Pakistani Rupee. Some of the major money makers of the country are Textiles and apparel, Pharmaceutical, Paper Production ETC. Some things that are transported to Pakistan are Petroleum, Plastics, iron and steel, tea ETC. Some things exported from Pakistan are Textiles, sports goods, copper, salt, Chemicals ETC. According to Ducksters.com The natural resources of Pakistan are land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone. Ducksters.com also says that Pakistan’s Agriculture Products are cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk, beef, mutton, eggs As of 2018 Pakistan's GDP is 314.6 billion USD. As of 2019 Pakistan's debt is 105 billion USD.
Economy
Pakistan's official language is Urdu but the majority of Pakistan's language is Punjabi by 48% Sindhi 12% Saraiki 10% Pashtu 8% and Urdu which is the main language 8% Those are not all languages spoken but these are probably the best known. The main Religion in Pakistan is Islam There are two types of islam Sunni and Shi'a there is not much of a difference but they think of certain things differently of certain things it is one religion but there are certain things that are thought of differently between the two groups
Language and Religion
Pakistan's Military is made up of 6 branches those are the Pakistan Army, the Pakistan Navy, the Pakistan Air Force, Paramilitary forces of Pakistan, Pakistan Coast Guard, and lastly the Pakistan Strategic Nuclear Command. (As the only source I could find of information was wikipedia be informed that this information may not be true but it is the only source I could find for this information) Wikipedia states that Pakistan's Army has 550,000 Total Active Duty Personnel and 500,000 Total Reserve. Wikipedia states that Pakistan's Navy has 34,500 Total Active Duty Personnel and 5,000 Total reserve.
Wikipedia states that Pakistan's Air Force Has 70,000 Total Active Duty Personnel and 8,000 Total Reserve. Wikipedia states that Pakistan's Paramilitary forces has 482,000 Total Active Duty Personnel and the Total Preserve is unknown. Wikipedia states that Pakistan's SPD Force (Strategic Plan Division) is 21,000+ Total Active Duty Personnel and total preserve is unknown. (All content that is said to be stated by Wikipedia could be wrong but it was the only source I could find) Pakistan's Military has said that they will not fight in any war unless they are being attacked this is due to the fact that India and Pakistan have been having conflict since Pakistan was created due to the fact that India thought that Hindustan should not have been split into two countries and due to the majority of Hindus in Hindustan that they chose to think that they had the majority.
Military
Pakistan is a good place for Tourism the people of the country are kind to new people and people visiting. Some places in pakistan that are good to visit are Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, and Naran and those are only some of the places these places have many monuments, historical sites, zoos, and fun places to see. Usually up to 1.9 million tourists go to Pakistan every year Pakistan has some very cool and beautiful places to visit.
Tourism
In Conclusion Pakistan is a great country that is not well known in the world. Pakistan is a pretty peaceful country and wont attack you if you don't attack them. Pakistan is a very beautiful country and is a place that you probably want to visit one day!
Conclusion
Video Made by Asil Khizar to explain more about Pakistan
Goes over the key facts
Sites Used.
https://www.ducksters.com/geography/country/pakistan.php
https://kids.kiddle.co/Pakistani_military
https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/whats-the-difference-between-a-prime-minister-and-a-president
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Armed_Forces Used to find the information on how many forces there are in the military.