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The Islamic republic of Pakistan emerged as an independent sovereign state on 14th August
1947, as a result of the division of former British India.
It lies between 23-35 to 37- 05 north latitude and 60-50 to 77- 50 east longitude touching
the Hindukush Mountains in the north and extending from the Pamirs to the Arabian Sea.
Pakistan covers 796,095 sq.km
population of 187,342,721 (July 2011 est.)
It is divided into four provinces:
Sindh,
Punjab,
Khyber Pakhtun Khwa
Balochistan.
Climatically, Pakistan enjoys a considerable measure of variety. North and north western high
mountainous ranges are extremely cold in winter while the summer months of April to September are
very pleasant.
The country has an agricultural economy with a network of canals irrigating a major part of its
cultivated land. Wheat, cotton, rice, millet and sugar cane are the major crops. Among fruits: mangos,
oranges, bananas and apples are grown in abundance in different parts of the country. The main
natural resources are natural gas, coal, salt and iron. The country has an expanding industry. Cotton,
Textiles, sugar, cement, and chemicals play an important role in its economy.

Important points:
Current and 27
th
Prime minister of Pakistan: Raja Pervez Ashraf since 22 June 2012
Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali is the current Federal Education Minister of Pakistan
Chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry 22 March 2009 - Incumbent


Incumbent Party Office
Raja Pervez Ashraf PPP Prime Minister
Arbab Alamgir Khan PPP Communications
Syed Naveed Qamar PPP Defence
Farooque Hamid Naik PPP Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Abdul Hafeez Shaikh PPP
Finance minister, Revenue, Planning and Development, Economic
Affairs and Statistics.
Hina Rabbani Khar PPP Foreign Affairs
Ahmed Mukhtar PPP Water and Power
Ghulam Ahmad Bilour ANP Railways
Khurshid Shah PPP Religious Affairs
Makhdoom Ameen
Faheem
PPP Commerce and Agriculture
Makhdoom
Sahabuddin
PPP Industry, Manpower
Samina Khalid Ghurki PPP Environment, Minorities, and Human Rights
Reham malik ppp Interior minister
Dr. Asim Hussain

Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources

Current Chief Ministers of Pakistan
Province Name Took Office Party List
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
Amir Haider Khan
Hoti
31 March 2008 Awami National Party
Chief Minister of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
Balochistan Aslam Raisani 9 April 2008 Pakistan Peoples Party Chief Minister of Balochistan
Sindh Qaim Ali Shah 7 April 2008 Pakistan Peoples Party Chief Minister of Sindh
Punjab Shahbaz Sharif
Restored 31 March
2009
Pakistan Muslim League
(N)
Chief Minister of Punjab

Major parties and coalition
The Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians, (abbr. PPPP), is an electoral extension of the Pakistan Peoples Party, formed
in 2002 by the PPP for the purpose of complying with electoral rules governing Pakistani parties. The Pakistan Peoples Party
was founded on November 30, 1967 byZulfikar Ali Bhutto, who became its first chairman and later Prime Minister of Pakistan.
PPP is the largest political party of Pakistan. This party has been active in Pakistani politics since the separation of the East
Wing from the rest of Pakistan. The party gained much popularity and support during the era of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The party
won the 1971 elections on a socialist mandate of "Mani, Kapro, Ghar" ("bread, clothes, shelter"). It forms the provincial
government in Sindh and is the official opposition in Punjab. In the Angus-Reid pre-election polls of 22 December 2007, it was
in first place, with about 30% of the vote. It is strong in the rural areas of Sindh and Punjab.

Pakistan Muslim League (N) (abbr. PML(N); also PML "Nawaz group") is the second biggest party in Parliament. It is centrist
conservative party that has been led from by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Through the help and support of
Establishment especially Hameed Gul, it won the election in 1990. Its popularity has been considerably weaken due to support
of religious extremist group and poor administration of the Punjab.


Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (abbr. PML(Q); also PML "Quaid-e-Azam group") is officially called the Pakistan Muslim League.
It was supporter of former President Pervez Musharraf. It has some vote bank in rural areas of the two large provinces (Punjab
and Sindh).


Muttahida Qaumi Movement (abbr. MQM) is the third largest political party
[3]
and the largest liberal political party of Pakistan. It
is generally known as a party which holds immense mobilizing potential in province of Sindh. The student organization, All
Pakistan Muhajir Student Organization (APMSO), was founded in 1978 by Altaf Hussain which subsequently gave birth to the
Muhajir Quami Movement in 1984.
[4]
Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)is the second largest party in sindh and the
traditionally the third largest in the country.

Awami National Party (abbr. ANP) has 13 seats in the National Assembly
[1]
and 6 Senate seats.
[2]
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
province government is run by the ANP.

Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (abbr. MMA) is a coalition of six religious parties consisting of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Jamiat Ulema-
e-Islam (F) (Assembly of Islamic Clergy, Fazl-ur-Rahman Group), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) (Assembly of Islamic
Clergy, Sami-ul-Haq Group) Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Assembly of Pakistani Clergy), Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan,Jamiat Ahle
Hadith and a few more.