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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Official Name :[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Islamic Republic of Pakistan[/FONT]
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[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]conventional short form:[/FONT]Pakistan
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In reality, and verified by numerous sources, Pakistan is a composition of two words "PAK" and "ISTAN". PAK is a word of Persian and Urdu and it means "Holy/Pure/Clean" and "ISTAN" stands for "HOMELAND". Then the true meanings come to "Homeland of Holy People". [/FONT]
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Father of the Nation : [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah[/FONT]
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Independence Day : [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]14 August (1947)[/FONT]
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Republic Day : [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]23 March (1940)[/FONT]
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Head of State : [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Gerneral Pervez Musharaf[/FONT]
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Head of Government :[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mir . Shoukat Aziz [/FONT]
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Capital : [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Islamabad[/FONT]
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Area : [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Total: 803,940 sq km
Land: 778,720 sq km
Water: 25,220 sq km
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Land boundaries :[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Total: 6,774 km
Border Countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km
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Population :[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]135,135,195 (July 1998 est.) [/FONT]
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National Language : [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Urdu[/FONT]
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Official Lanaguage : [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]English[/FONT]
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National Flower : [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jasmine[/FONT]
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National Game : [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hockey[/FONT]
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National Bird : [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Chakor Partridge[/FONT]
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National Currency : [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Pak Rupee; Rs. 1 = 100 Passa[/FONT]