COUNTRY PROFILE ACTIVITY

1. Answer the following questions

Physical
Geography

1. What is your country’s official name?

- Conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Conventional short form: Pakistan
2. What region of the world is your country located in?
- Southern Asia
3. How big is your country in square miles?
- 796,095 square km
4. Who are your country’s neighbors?
- India, Iran, Afghanistan, China
5. How would you describe your country’s physical features and climate?
- The terrain in Pakistan is divided into 3 major geographic areas: the northern
highlands, the Indus River plain in the center and east, and the Balochistan
Plateau in the south and west. The climate is mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in
the northwest and artic in north.

Cultural
Geography

6. How many people live in your country?

- 204,924,861 (July 2017 est.)
7. What is your country’s ethnic composition?
- Punjabi 44.7%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.4%, Sindhi 14.1%, Sariaki 8.4%, Muhajirs
7.6%, Balochi 3.6%, other 6.3%
8. What is your country’s official language? What other languages are
spoken in your country?
- Urdu is the official language in Pakistan
- Other languages: Punjabi, Sindhi, Saraiki, Pashto, Balochi, Hindko, Brahui,
English, Burushaski
9. What is your country’s capital? What are some of its major cities?
- Capital: Islamabad
- Major cities: Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Multan, Islamabad
10. How would you describe the quality of life for the average person living
in your country?
- The quality of life for the average person living in Pakistan is not going to be easy
because Pakistan’s health services and education are pretty low. With a low
quality health service, the chances of getting sick or even infected with the
disease are high. To have good education in Pakistan is also difficult because
around 57% of the population have good literacy. Pakistan has poor econmony,
people have low incomes.
Political
Geography

11. When was your country founded?

- August 14, 1947
12. What type of government does your country have?
- Federal parliamentary republic
13. Who are some of your country’s leaders?
- Chief of state: President Mamnoon Hussain
- Head of government: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Prime Minister
Mohammad Nawaz Sharif
14. How many people serve in your country’s military?
- 617 000 people (2010)
15. Who are your country’s allies? Who are your country’s enemies?

- Allies: US, China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey

- Enemies: India, Afghanistan

HISTORY

1. The date the country came into existence.

- 14 August 1947

2. Famous people/rulers/kings/presidents/etc. from the country's history.

- Muhammad Ali Jinnah: founder of Pakistan

- Benazir Bhutto: She was twice prime minister of Pakistan, from 1988 to 1990,
and from 1993 to 1996.
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3. Major events in the country's history. (create a timeline with at least 8 events)

4. How the country became a country.

- Muslim state of East and West created out of partition of India at the end of
British rule. Pakistan became an independent country on 14 August 1947 with
Muhammad Ali Jinnah as the first head of government