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Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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Pakistan
,
officially the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
,
[c]
is a country in
South Asia
. It is the
world’s fifth-most populous
country with a population exceeding 212.7 million people.
In area, it is
the 33rd-largest country
, spanning 881,913 square kilometres (340,509 square miles). Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile)
coastline
along the
Arabian Sea
and
Gulf of Oman
in the south and is bordered by
India
to the east,
Afghanistan
to the west,
Iran
to the southwest, and
China
in the northeast. It is separated narrowly from
Tajikistan
by Afghanistan's
Wakhan Corridor
in the northwest, and also shares a
maritime border
with
Oman
.
A
middle power
,
Pakistan has the
sixth-largest standing armed forces
in the world and is also a
nuclear power
as well as a declared
nuclear-weapons
state, the second in South Asia and the only nation in the
Muslim world
to have that status. Pakistan has a semi-industrialised
economy
with a well-integrated
agriculture sector
and a growing services sector.
[33]
[34]
It is ranked among the
emerging and growth-leading economies
of the world,
[35]
[36]
and is backed by one of the world's largest and fastest-growing middle class. Pakistan is a member of the
UN
, the
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
, the
OIC
, the
Commonwealth of Nations
, the
SAARC
, the
Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition
and the
Major non-NATO ally
.
Capital
Islamabad
Square
803 940.0
Population
212 215 030
Languages
Urdu, English, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, brh
Currency
PKR
Continent
Asia
Minister of Agriculture
Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research
Link to the Website of the Ministry
http://www.mnfsr.gov.pk/
Food Security Index
49.10
Source for Food Security Index
https://foodsecurityindex.eiu.com
Pakistan in news
Govt planning to import more wheat for building strategic reserves
05 May 2021
A summary will be presented before next ECC meeting for requisite approval in this regard
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Agriculture is among top govt priorities: PM
11 May 2021
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Pakistan assists the poorest segments of its population during the pandemic
07 July 2021
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Pakistan struggles to address food insecurity and poverty
07 July 2021
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IOFS delegation started in Karachi its working visit to Pakistan
10 November 2021
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IOFS continues expanding cooperation within the visit to Pakistan
11 November 2021
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IOFS strengthens partnership with Pakistan
13 November 2021
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NPMC for making efforts for availability of strategic reserves of edible oil
03 December 2021
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Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan paid a visit to the IOFS
15 December 2021
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Food security top agenda item in national security plan: Fakhar Imam
23 December 2021
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IOFS INVITES PAKISTANI YOUTH TO PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY AGENDA
29 July 2022
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