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{{Short description|Country in | {{Short description|Country in the Indian subcontinent}} | ||
{{About|the country in | {{About|the country in the Indian subcontinent}} | ||
{{Infobox country | {{Infobox country | ||
| conventional_long_name = Islamic Republic of Pakistan | | conventional_long_name = Islamic Republic of Pakistan | ||
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{{Contains special characters|Urdu|compact=yes}} | {{Contains special characters|Urdu|compact=yes}} | ||
'''Pakistan''',{{ | '''Pakistan''',{{refn|name = name|group= n|{{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|پَاکِسْتَان}}}}, {{IPA|ur|ˈpɑːkɪst̪ɑːn|audio=Pakistan pronunciation.ogg}}; Pronounced variably in English as {{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Pakistan.ogg|ˈ|p|æ|k|ᵻ|s|t|æ|n}}, {{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Pakistan-2.ogg|ˈ|p|ɑː|k|ᵻ|s|t|ɑː|n}}, {{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|æ|k|ᵻ|ˈ|s|t|æ|n}}, and {{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɑː|k|ᵻ|ˈ|s|t|ɑː|n}}.}} officially the '''Islamic Republic of Pakistan''',{{refn|name= long name|group=n|[[ISO 15919|ISO]]: {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|اِسْلامی | ||
جُمْہُورِیَہ پَاکِسْتَان}}|label=none}}, {{Transliteration|ur|Islāmi Jumhūriyāh Pākistān}}}} is a country in [[South Asia]]. It is the [[List of countries and dependencies by population|fifth-most populous country]], with a population of over 241.5 million,{{efn|"This figure does not include data for Pakistan-administered areas of Kashmir; Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan."}} having the [[Islam by country#Countries|second-largest Muslim population]] as of 2023. [[Islamabad]] is the nation's capital, while [[Karachi]] is [[List of cities in Pakistan by population|its largest city]] and [[financial centre]]. Pakistan is the [[List of countries and dependencies by area|33rd-largest country by area]]. Bounded by the [[Arabian Sea]] on the south, the [[Gulf of Oman]] on the southwest, and the [[Sir Creek]] on the southeast, it shares land borders with [[India]] to [[India–Pakistan border|the east]]; [[Afghanistan]] to [[Durand Line|the west]]; [[Iran]] to [[Iran–Pakistan border|the southwest]]; and [[China]] to [[China–Pakistan border|the northeast]]. It shares a maritime border with [[Oman]] in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from [[Tajikistan]] in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow [[Wakhan Corridor]]. | جُمْہُورِیَہ پَاکِسْتَان}}|label=none}}, {{Transliteration|ur|Islāmi Jumhūriyāh Pākistān}}}} is a country in [[South Asia]]. It is the [[List of countries and dependencies by population|fifth-most populous country]], with a population of over 241.5 million,{{efn|"This figure does not include data for Pakistan-administered areas of Kashmir; Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan."}} having the [[Islam by country#Countries|second-largest Muslim population]] as of 2023. [[Islamabad]] is the nation's capital, while [[Karachi]] is [[List of cities in Pakistan by population|its largest city]] and [[financial centre]]. Pakistan is the [[List of countries and dependencies by area|33rd-largest country by area]]. Bounded by the [[Arabian Sea]] on the south, the [[Gulf of Oman]] on the southwest, and the [[Sir Creek]] on the southeast, it shares land borders with [[India]] to [[India–Pakistan border|the east]]; [[Afghanistan]] to [[Durand Line|the west]]; [[Iran]] to [[Iran–Pakistan border|the southwest]]; and [[China]] to [[China–Pakistan border|the northeast]]. It shares a maritime border with [[Oman]] in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from [[Tajikistan]] in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow [[Wakhan Corridor]]. | ||