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Electricity - production:
94.65 billion kWh (2011 est.)

country comparison to the world: 3 5

Electricity - consumption:

70.1 bill ion kWh (2011 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 1 8 2

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2012 est.)

Electricity - installed generating capacity:

22.27 mill ion kW (2010 est.)

Electricity - from fossil fuels:

68.3% of total instal led capacity (2010 est.)

Electricity - from nuclear fuels:

2.1% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)

Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:

29.6% of total instal led capacity (2010 est.)

Electricity - from other renewable sources:

0% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)

Crude oil - production:

61,660 bbl/day (2012 est.)

Crude oil - exports:

0 bbl/day (2010 est.)

Crude oil - imports:

151,200 bbl/day (2010 est.)

Crude oil - proved reserves:

247.5 mill ion bbl (1 January 2013 est.)

Refined petroleum products - production:

210,100 bbl/day (2010 est.)

Refined petroleum products - consumption:

426,700 bbl/day (2011 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports:

34,660 bbl/day (2010 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports:

227,100 bbl/day (2010 est.)

Natural gas - production:

39.15 billion cu m (2011 est. )

Natural gas - consumption:

42.9 bill ion cu m (2011 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2011 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2011 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

679.6 billion cu m (1 January 2013 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of
energy:

139.7 mill ion Mt (2011 est.)

Telephones - main lines in use:

5.803 mi l l i on (2012)
country comparison to the world: 29

Telephones - mobile cellular:

125 mi l l i on (2013)

Telephone system:

general assessment: the tel ecommuni cati ons i nfrastructure i s i mprovi ng dramati cal l y wi th
forei gn and domesti c i nvestments i n fi xed-l i ne and mobi l e-cel l ul ar networks; system consi sts
of mi crowave radi o rel ay, coaxi al cabl e, fi ber -opti c cabl e, cel l ul ar, and satel l i te networks;
domestic: mobi l e-cel l ul ar subscri bershi p has skyrocketed, exceedi ng 110 mi l li on by the end
of 2011, up from onl y about 300,000 i n 2000; more than 90 percent of Paki stani s l i ve wi thi n
areas that have cel l phone coverage and more than hal f of al l Paki stani s have access to a cel l
phone; fi ber systems are bei ng constructed throughout the country to ai d i n network growth;
fi xed l i ne avai l abi l i ty has ri sen onl y margi nal l y over the same peri od and there are sti l l
di ffi cul ti es getti ng fi xed-l i ne servi ce to rural areas
international: country code - 92; l andi ng poi nt for the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4
submari ne cabl e systems that provi de l i nks to Asi a, the Mi ddl e East, and Europe; satel l i te
earth stati ons - 3 Intel sat (1 Atl anti c Ocean and 2 Indi an Ocean); 3 operati onal i nternati onal
gateway exchanges (1 at Karachi and 2 at Isl amabad); mi crowave radi o rel ay to nei ghbori ng
countri es (2011)

Broadcast media:

medi a i s government regul ated; 1 domi nant state-owned TV broadcaster, Paki stan Tel evi si on
Corporati on (PTV), operates a network consi sti ng of 5 channel s; pri vate TV broadcasters are
permi tted; to date 69 forei gn satel l i te channel s are operati onal ; the state-owned radi o network
operates more than 40 stati ons; nearl y 100 commerci al l y l i censed pri vatel y owned radi o
stati ons provi de programmi ng mostl y l i mi ted to musi c and tal k shows (2007)

Internet country code:

.pk

Internet hosts:

365,813 (2012)

Internet users:

20.431 mi l li on (2009)

Airports:

151 (2013)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 108
over 3,047 m: 15
2,438 to 3,047 m: 20
1,524 to 2,437 m: 43
914 to 1,523 m: 20
under 914 m: 10 (2013)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 43
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m:
24 (2013)

Heliports:

23 (2013)

Pipelines:

gas 12,646 km; oi l 2,576 km; refi ned products 1,087 km (2013)

Railways:

total: 7,791 km
broad gauge: 7,479 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km el ectri fi ed)
narrow gauge: 312 km 1.000-m gauge (2007)

Roadways:

total: 262,256 km
paved: 189,218 km (i ncl udes 708 km of expressways)
unpaved: 73,038 km (2010)

Merchant marine:

total: 11
by type: bul k carri er 5, cargo 3, petrol eum tanker 3
registered in other countries: 11 (Comoros 5, Marshal l Isl ands 1, Mol dova 1, Panama 3,
Sai nt Ki tts and Nevi s 1) (2010)

Ports and terminals:

major seaport(s): Karachi , Port Muhammad Bi n Qasi m
container port(s) (TEUs): Karachi (1,545,434)

Military branches:

Paki stan Army (i ncl udes Nati onal Guard), Paki stan Navy
(i ncl udes Mari nes and Mari ti me Securi ty Agency), Paki stan Ai r
Force (Paki stan Fi za'ya) (2013)

Military service age and obligation:

16-23 years of age for vol untary mi l i tary servi ce; sol di ers cannot
be depl oyed for combat unti l age 18; the Paki stani Ai r Force and
Paki stani Navy have i nducted thei r fi rst femal e pi l ots and sai l ors;
the Paki stan Ai r Force recrui ts avi ati on techni ci ans at age 15;
servi ce obl i gati on (Navy) 10-18 years; reti rement requi red after
18-30 years servi ce or age 40-52 (2012)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 48,453,305
females age 16-49: 44,898,096 (2010 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 37,945,440
females age 16-49: 37,381,549 (2010 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 2,237,723
female: 2,104,906 (2010 est.)

Military expenditures:

3.04% of GDP (2012)
3.13% of GDP (2011)
3.04% of GDP (2010)

Disputes - international:

vari ous tal ks and confi dence-bui l di ng measures cauti ousl y have begun to
defuse tensi ons over Kashmi r, parti cul arl y si nce the October 2005 earthquake
i n the regi on; Kashmi r neverthel ess remai ns the si te of the worl d' s l argest and
most mi l i tari zed terri tori al di spute wi th porti ons under the de facto
admi ni strati on of Chi na (Aksai Chi n), Indi a (Jammu and Kashmi r), and Paki stan
(Azad Kashmi r and Northern Areas); UN Mi l i tary Observer Group i n Indi a and
Paki stan has mai ntai ned a smal l group of peacekeepers si nce 1949; Indi a does
not recogni ze Paki stan's cedi ng hi stori c Kashmi r l ands to Chi na i n 1964; Indi a
and Paki stan have mai ntai ned thei r 2004 cease-fi re i n Kashmi r and i ni ti ated
di scussi ons on defusi ng the armed standoff i n the Si achen gl aci er regi on;
Paki stan protests Indi a' s fenci ng the hi ghl y mi l i tari zed Li ne of Control and
constructi on of the Bagl i har Dam on the Chenab Ri ver i n Jammu and Kashmi r,
whi ch i s part of the l arger di spute on water shari ng of the Indus Ri ver and i ts
tri butari es; to defuse tensi ons and prepare for di scussi ons on a mari ti me
boundary, Indi a and Paki stan seek techni cal resol uti on of the di sputed
boundary i n Si r Creek estuary at the mouth of the Rann of Kutch i n the Arabi an
Sea; Paki stani maps conti nue to show the Junagadh cl ai m i n Indi a's Guj arat
State; si nce 2002, wi th UN assi stance, Paki stan has repatri ated 3.8 mi l li on
Afghan refugees, l eavi ng about 2.6 mi lli on; Paki stan has sent troops across and
bui l t fences al ong some remote tri bal areas of i ts treaty-defi ned Durand Li ne
border wi th Afghani stan, whi ch serve as bases for forei gn terrori sts and other
i ll egal acti vi ti es; Afghan, Coal i ti on, and Paki stan mi l i tary meet peri odi cal l y to
cl ari fy the al i gnment of the boundary on the ground and on maps

Refugees and internally displaced persons:

refugees (country of origin): 2.6 mi l li on (1.6 mi l li on regi stered, 1 mi l li on
undocumented ) (Afghani stan) (2014)
IDPs: 930,000 (pri mari l y those who remai n di spl aced by counter -terrori sm and
counter-i nsurgency operati ons and vi ol ent confl i ct between armed non-state
groups i n the Federal l y Admi ni stered Tri bal Areas (FATA) and Khyber -
Paktunkwa Provi nce; i ndi vi dual s al so have been di spl aced by repeated
monsoon fl oods) (2014)

Illicit drugs:

si gni fi cant transi t area for Afghan drugs, i ncl udi ng heroi n, opi um, morphi ne, and
hashi sh, bound for Iran, Western markets, the Gul f States, Afri ca, and Asi a;
fi nanci al cri mes rel ated to drug traffi cki ng, terrori sm, corrupti on, and smuggl i ng
remai n probl ems; opi um poppy cul ti vati on esti mated to be 2,300 hectares i n
2007 wi th 600 of those hectares eradi cated; federal and provi nci al authori ti es
conti nue to conduct anti -poppy campai gns that uti l i zes forced eradi cati on, fi nes,
and arrests

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