Pakistan

Pakistan Official name: Islam-i Jamhuriya-e Pakistan (Islamic Republic of Pakistan).
Form of government: multiparty, federal Islamic republic with two legislative houses (Senate [87]; National Assembly [217]). Chief of state: President. Chief of government: Prime Minister. Capital: Islamabad. Official language: Urdu. Official religion: Islam. Monetary unit: 1 Pakistan rupee (PRs) = 100 paisa, valuation (Sept. 25, 1998) 1 U.S.$ = PRs 50.07; 1 £ = PRs 85.24.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

provincess
Punjab Sindh Serhad Baluchistan

Cities

Karachi
Lahore
Islamabad
Rawalpindi
Multan
Sukker
Faislabad
Haiderabad
Sergodha
Sialkot
Murree
Gujranwala

 

Pakistan National economy Budget (1995-96

). Revenue: PRs 378,030,000,000 (customs duties 24.4%, nontax receipts 23.8%, income taxes 20.2%, excise taxes 13.6%, sales tax 13.4%). Expenditures: PRs 434,690,000,000 (public-debt service 36.2%, defense 26.5%, development 22.2%, general administration 3.9%). Public debt (external, outstanding; 1996): U.S.$23,694,000,000. Production (metric tons except as noted). Agriculture, forestry, fishing (1996): sugarcane 45,230,000, wheat 16,907,000, rice 5,551,000, seed cotton 4,597,000, cottonseed 3,065,000, corn (maize) 1,300,000, potatoes 1,064,000, chickpeas 638,000, rapeseed 246,000; livestock (number of live animals) 45,600,000 goats, 29,800,000 sheep, 20,200,000 buffalo, 17,900,000 cattle, 110,000,000 chickens; roundwood (1995) 29,665,000 cu m; fish catch (1994) 551,899. Mining and quarrying (1994-95): limestone 9,682,000; rock salt 890,000; gypsum 624,000; silica sand 152,000; chromite 13,513. Manufacturing (1994-95): cement 7,913,000; chemical fertilizers 3,826,000 of which urea 3,000,000; refined sugar 3,001,000; cotton yarn 1,370,000; vegetable products 678,000; industrial chemicals 377,000; paper and paperboard 215,000; jute textiles 67,300; cotton textiles 321,841,000 sq m; cigarettes 32,747,000,000 units; motor-vehicle tires 912,000 units; bicycles 475,000 units. Energy production (consumption): electricity (kW-hr; 1994) 57,147,000,000 (57,147,000,000); coal (metric tons; 1994) 3,534,000 (4,628,000); crude petroleum (barrels; 1994) 20,805,000 (50,063,000); petroleum products (metric tons; 1994) 5,778,000 (13,511,000); natural gas (cu m; 1994) 16,668,000,000 (16,668,000,000). Population economically active (1995-96): total 36,700,000; activity rate of total population 27.9% (participation rates: ages 15-64 [1992-93] 50.4%; female [1992-93] 14.2%; unemployed 4.9%). Gross national product (1996): U.S.$63,567,000,000 (U.S.$480 per capita). Household income and expenditure (1988). Average household size 6.3; income per household PRs 25,572 (U.S.$1,420); sources of income: self-employment 56.0%, wages and salaries 22.0%, other 22.0%; expenditure: food 47.0%, housing 12.0%, clothing and footwear 8.0%, other 33.0%. Tourism (1995): receipts U.S.$114,000,000; expenditures U.S.$449,000,000. Land use (1994): forest 4.5%; pasture 6.5%; agriculture 27.7%; other 61.3%.

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