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ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN

COUNTRY PROFILE
Name of the Country : Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Geographical Location : Between 23° and 37° North Latitude
61° and 76° East Longitude
Boundary : North-East : China
North-West : Afghanistan
East : India
South-West : Iran
South : Arabian Sea
Area : Total : 796,096 Square Kilometers
Cropped : 22.67 million hectares (2016-17)
Forest : 4.55 million hectares (2016-17)
Population : 212 million (Include AJK & GB) (2017)
Population Growth Rate : 2.40 % (1998 - 2017)
Languages : National : Urdu
Official : English / Urdu
Regional : Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balouchi, Seraiki
Currency : Rupee
Capital City : Islamabad
Economy : Marching towards free market economy
Sea Ports : Karachi, Muhammad Bin Qasim, Gawadar and Pasni
Dry Ports : Hyderabad, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Multan, Sialkot, Peshawar and Quetta
International Airports : Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Quetta and Faisalabad
National Airline : PIA (connected with all important places in the world)
Literacy Rate : 58 % (70 % male, 48 % female)
GDP Growth Rate (constant factor cost) : 5.3 % (2016-17)
Per Capita Income (mp) : US $ 1,628.8 (2016-17)
GDP (mp) : Rs. 29,895,963 million (2016-17)
GNP (mp) : Rs. 33,634,411 million (2016-17)
Exports : U.S.$ 20,422,236 million (2016-17)
Major Exports : Knitwear, Readymade Garments (Articles of Apparels & Clothing), Bedware, Cotton
Fabrics, Rice, Cotton Yarn, Chemical & its products, Towels Textile Made-ups, Fish &
Fish preparations, Fruits, Leather Tanned, Surgical Instruments, Sports Goods, Apparels
& Clothing (Leather Garments), Cement, Petroleum & Its Products, Art Silk & Synthetic
Textiles, Leather Gloves, Vegetables, Machinery & Transport Equipment, Beef, Tents &
Canvas, Footwear, Cutlery, Carpets & Rugs, Marble & Stones, Raw Cotton, Knitted
Fabrics, Mutton, Yarn other than Cotton Yarn, Other Leather, Molasses, Jewellery, Onyx
Furniture, Precious / Semi-Precious Stones.
Imports : U.S $ 52,909,950 million (2016-17)
Major Imports : Chemicals, Drugs & Medicines, Dyes &Colours, Chemical Fertilizers, Electrical Goods,
Machinery (non-electrical), Transport Equipments, Paper, Board & Stationery, Tea,
Sugar refined, Art-Silk Yarn, Iron, Steel & Manufactures thereof, Non-Ferrous Metals,
Petroleum & Products, Edible Oils , Grains, Pulses & Flours.
Important Crops : Wheat, Rice, Bajra, Jowar, Maize, Barley, Gram, Sugar Cane, Rapeseed and Mustard,
Sesamum, Cotton Tobacco.
Major Industries : Food, Beverages, Tobacco, Textiles, Wearing Apparels, Leather & Products, Ginning,
Pressing & Baling of fibre, Wood & Products, Furniture & Fixture, Paper & Paper
Products, Printing & Publishing, Drugs & Pharmaceutical Products, Industrial Chemicals,
Petroleum Refining, Petroleum & Coal Products, Rubber Products, Plastic Products,
Pottery, China and earthenware, Glass and Glass Products, Non-Metallic Mineral
Products, Iron & Steel Basic Industries, Fabricated Metal Products, Non-Electrical
Goods, Electrical Machinery, Transport Equipment, Scientific Measuring, Photographic
and Optical Goods, Sports & Athletic Goods.

YELLOW PAGES OF PAKISTAN – 2018

(35th Annual Edition)