Foreign relations of Pakistan

A second most populous nation-state (after Indonesia) and being the singular nuclear power state in

the Muslim world, enabled the country to play a important role in the international community.[104][105] With semi-
agriculture and semi-industrialized economy, it foreign policy interacts with foreign nations and to determine its
standard of interactions for its organizations, corporations and individual citizens. [106][107] Its clear geostrategic
intentions were explained by Jinnah who described the principles and objectives of Pakistan's foreign policy in
a broadcast message:[108] The objectives of foreign policy of Pakistan:

“ The foundation of our foreign policy is friendship with all nations across the
globe. ”
—Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of Pakistan, 1947, source[108]

Since then, Pakistan have tried maintaining balance relations with the foreign nations as part of its determined
policy. A non-signatory party of the Treaty on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Pakistan is a good and influential
member of the IAEA

Pak-China Friendship Centre was constructed by China as a gift for Pakistan. Pakistan also hosts China's largest overseas
embassy

Administrative divisions
Main articles: Administrative units of Pakistan  and  Districts of Pakistan

Administrative Division Capital Population

Balochistan Quetta 7,914,000

Punjab Lahore 101,000,000

Sindh Karachi 42,400,000

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar 28,000,000

 Gilgit–Baltistan Gilgit 1,800,000

FATA 3,176,331

Azad Kashmir Muzaffarabad 4,567,982

Islamabad Capital Territory Islamabad 1,151,868

Military

Military
The armed forces of Pakistan are the eighth largest in the world in terms of numbers in full-time service.
The United States, Turkey, and China maintains close military relations who imported the military equipment
and technology transfer to Pakistan.[165] . Joint logistics and major war games are occasionally carry out by the
militaries of China , Pakistan has been an active participant in United Nations peace keeping missions. It
played a major role in rescuing trapped American soldiers from Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1993 in Operation
Gothic Serpent.[173][174][175] According to UN reports, the Pakistani military are the largest troop contributors to
UN peace keeping mission Pakistan has deployed its military in some Arab countries, providing defence,
training, and playing advisory roles.

Economy
Pakistan is a rapidly developing country[221][222][223] and is one of the Next Eleven, the eleven countries that, along
with theBRICs, have a high potential to become the world's largest economies in the 21st century.

 According to the World Bank, Pakistan has important strategic endowments and development potential. The
increasing proportion of Pakistan’s youth provides the country with a potential demographic dividend and a
challenge to provide adequate services and employment.[232]

“ Pakistan would become the 18th largest economy in the world by 2050 with a GDP of US$ 3.33
trillion. ”
—Goldman Sachs, 2015, [233]

, Pakistan is one of the largest producers of natural commodities, and its labour market is the 10th largest in the
world. The 7 million strong Pakistani diaspora, contributed US$11.2 billion to the economy in 2011-12.[245] The
major source countries of remittances to Pakistan includes in the UAE, United States, Saudi Arabia, Gulf
states(Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman), Australia, Canada, Japan, Untied Kingdom, Norway,
and Switzerland.[246][247] According to the World Trade Organization, Pakistan's share of overall world exports is
declining; it contributed only 0.128% in 2007. [248] The trade deficit in the fiscal year 2010–11 was US$11.217
billion

Pakistan key economic statistics

Pakistan GDP composition by [261]

sector

Agriculture 25.3%

Industry 21.6%

Services 53.1%

Labor force by occupation [262]

Agriculture 45.1%

Industry 20.7%

Services 34.2%
 Employment [263]

Labour force 59.7 million

People employed 56.0 million

Natural Resources [264][265]

Copper 12.3 million tonnes

Gold 20.9 million ounces

Coal 175 billion tonnes

Shale Gas 105 trillion cubic feet

Shale Oil 9 billion barrels

Gas production 4.2 billion cubic feet/day

Oil production 70,000 barrels/day

Iron ore 500 million[266]