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 A
country, situated
in the heart of the South Asian sub-continent, it is a country with
its own history and cultural heritage, fascinating in its own right.
Pakistan was the site for one of the world's earliest human
settlements, the great prehistoric Indus Valley Civilisation, the
crucible of ancient empires, religions and cultures.
From the shores of the Arabian Sea to the mountains
of the Karakoram and Hindu Kush, the vast contrasts in Pakistan's
landscape are only matched by the diverse cultures of all the peoples
who, since the beginning of time, have chosen to settle here at the
Crossroads of Asia.A nation, which is only 50 years old, Pakistan is bubbling cauldron of the ingredients of millennia. Official name of
Pakistan is Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Urdu is the national
language and English the official language. Pakistan is Asia's seventh
largest country, occupying the northwestern portion of the Indian
subcontinent. It covers an area of 796 095 square km excluding the
Azad Kashmir in the northeast. The capital is Islamabad. It is bounded
to the west by Iran, to the northwest by Afghanistan, to the northeast
by China, to the south by the southeast by India and to the south by
the Arabian Sea.
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