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Capital: islamabad
Country name
: conventional long form: islamic republic of pakistan conventional short form: pakistan former: west pakistan
National holiday: republic day. 23 march (1956)
Government type
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federal republic
Administrative divisions: 4 provinces. 1 territory*. and 1 capital territory**; balochistan. federally administered tribal areas*. islamabad capital territory**. north-west frontier province. punjab. sindh note: the pakistani-administered portion of the disputed jammu and kashmir region consist of two administrative entities: azad kashmir and northern areas |
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Independence:
14 august 1947 (from uk)
Political parties and leaders: awami national party or anp [wali khan]; balochistan national movement/hayee group or bnm/h [dr. hayee baluch]; baluch national party/awami or bnp/awami [moheem khan baloch]; baluch national party-mengal or bnp/m [sardar ataullah mengal]; jamhoori watan party or jwp [akbar khan bugti]; jamiat-al-hadith or jah [sajid mir]; jamiat-i-islami or ji [qazi hussain ahmed]; jamiat ulema-i-islam. fazlur rehman faction or jui/f [fazlur rehman]; jamiat ulema-i-islam. sami ul-haq faction or jui/s [sami ul-haq]; jamiat ulema-i-pakistan or jup [shah faridul haq]; muttahida majlis-e-amal pakistan or mma [qazi hussain ahmed]; muttahida qaumi movement. altaf faction or mqm/a [altaf hussain]; muttahida quami movement. haqiqi faction or mqm/h [afaq ahmad]; national people's party or npp [ghulam mustapha jatoi]; pakhtun khwa milli awami party or pkmap [mahmood khan achakzai]; pakhtun quami party or pqp [mohammed afzal khan]; pakistan awami tehrik or pat [tahir ul qadri]; pakistan democratic party or pdp [mehbooba mufti sayeed]; pakistan muslim league. functional group or pml/f [pir pagaro]; pakistan muslim league. nawaz sharif faction or pml/n [nawaz sharif]; pakistan muslim league or pml [chaudhry shujaat hussain]; note - as of may 2004. the pml/q changed its name to pml and absorbed the pml/j. pml/z. and na; pakistan national party or pnp [hasil bizenjo]; pakistan people's party or ppp [aftab ahmed khan sherpao]; pakistan people's party parliamentarians or pppp [benazir bhutto]; pakistan tehrik-e-insaaf or pti [imran khan]; tehrik-i-islami [allama sajid naqvi] note: political alliances in pakistan can shift frequently
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
military remains most important political force; ulema (clergy). landowners. industrialists. and small merchants also influential
International organization participation
: arf. asdb. c (reinstated 2004). cp. eco. fao. g-24. g-77. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icftu. icrm. ida. idb. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. iho. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso. itu. miga. minurso. monuc. nam. oas (observer). oic. onub. opcw. pca. saarc. sacep. sco (observer). un. unamsil. unctad. unesco. unhcr. unido. unitar. unmil. unmis. unoci. unomig. upu. wcl. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto
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