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Pakistan
By: Amy Azaria & Julia
Shanno
A beautiful lake in the Saif
ul Muluk.
Government
✴ Current president: Asif Ali Zardari
✴ Zardari has been in office since September 8, 2008
✴ Current prime minister: Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani
✴ Gillani has been in office since March 6, 2008
Syed Yousuf
Raza Gillani
Asif Ali Zardari
Government
✴ Pakistan has a federal republic government
✴ This means a government in which federal states are
each have their own government; country has a
constitution.
✴ System of governing is similar to that of the United
States
The Supreme
Court Building
Economy
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Macroeconomic improvements since 2000
1990- about 2% of GDP on development spending
2003- 4% of GDP on development spending
GDP Per Capita- $2,800 (U.S. Dollars)(2011 est.)
Unemployment rate- 5.6% (2011 est.)
Population Below Poverty Line- 22.3% (05-06 est.)
Exports- $25.35 billion
Imports- $35.82 billion(U.S. Dollars, 2011 est.)
Yarn is one of
Pakistan’s exports.
General Geography
5 regions of geography in Pakistan:
5 regions of geography in Pakistan:
Thar Desert and
the Lower Indus
Valley: There are
rocky hills, dry
valleys.
Balochistan Plateau:
makes up almost half
of Balochistan
Dry plateau region
General Geography
Indus Basin: the world's
biggest connected
irrigation system
Five major rivers in
basin: Indus, Jhelum,
Chenab, Ravi, and
Sutlej
Northwest Frontier: Full
of mountains that have
little to no vegetation.
There is also very rocky
land.
There are many
irrigated, fertile valleys.
Five Regions of Geography Continued
Far North: This region is full of many tall
mountains with snow-capped peaks, including
the K-2, with a height of 8,611 meters. There
are also thin valleys and glaciers.
This region is a very beautiful sight.
General Geography
A political map of
Pakistan
A map of the world with
Pakistan highlighted
A physical map of
Pakistan
Climate
✴ Temperate climate.
✴ People living in Pakistan experience very hot
summers and relatively warm winters.
✴ From June until September the Pakistani
people are lashed by monsoons.
Flag of Pakistan
✴ This is the flag of Pakistan.
✴ Flag has a crescent to signify the bright future.
✴ Five pointed star signifies the five pillars in the Islamic
religion, Tauheed,
Salat, Shahada, Zakat,
and Hajj.
This is the flag of Pakistan.
Currency
Currency
$1.00 U.S.= 98.08 Pakistani rupees (Data taken May 1st,
2012)
Currency Code: PKR
A Pakistani rupee coin
Rupee dollar bills
Culture
✴ Main sports- cricket and field hockey
✴ Fun activities- kite flying, marbles, hide-and-seek, a
game with sticks,and a physical fighting game known
as Kabaddi.
This is a kite, one of the main activities played.
Cultural Visuals
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A Pakistani Dance
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The Pakistani National Anthem
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Culture Continued...
✴ The national dress is called the shalwar kameez, there
are different types for the seasons and for women and
men.
✴ Very conservative, men only wear shorts for sports.
women aren't allowed to wear shorts.
✴ Almost all of a woman's body is covered.
✴ This includes the head and the face.
This is a Shalwar Kameez.
Food!
✴ Most popular beverage: tea .
✴ Rice is often found in dinners, as a side or for dessert.
✴ Spicy food is often eaten, many dishes are made
spicy.
✴ Curry is a theme in many dishes.
✴ An example of a spicy curry dish: chicken curry.
You can see the rice under this dish.
Tea: the most popular beverage in in
Pakistan
Holidays
✴ Christmas is only celebrated by the small
population of Christians National Holiday of Pakistan
is Republic Day.
✴ Holiday is always on March 23rd
✴A holiday celebrated by almost everyone is the
birth of Quaid-E-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the
first ruler of Pakistan.
This is a
picture of
Quaid- EAzam
Mohammad
Ali Jinnah
Fun Facts
✴ Pakistan was the first Islamic country to have a
woman prime minister.
✴ Pakistan is known as the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan.
✴ In the mid nineteen hundreds Pakistan was part of
India.
✴ Pakistan has the sixth highest population in the world,
with more than one thirty-sixth of the world's population.
Benazir
Bhutto,
Pakistan's,
and the first
Muslim
states first
woman
president
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