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Administrative divisions > A note the Pakistani-administered portion of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region includes Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas
Ambassadors from Finland > Current Finnish Ambassadors > Ambassador	Irmeli Mustonen
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Capital city	Islamabad
DEFINITION: The location of the seat of government.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of Ambassadors from Finland
Commonwealth Heads of Government > Current Heads > Head of Government	Pervez Musharraf
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Commonwealth Heads of Government > Current Heads > Title	President General
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Commonwealth Heads of Government
Copyright > Reference	s. 18,
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Commonwealth Heads of Government
countries' copyright length > Usual term of copyright protection	50 pma
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries' copyright length
CPIA equity of public resource use rating	3.5		[47th of 75]
DEFINITION: Equity of public resource use assesses the extent to which the pattern of public expenditures and revenue collection affects the poor and is consistent with national poverty reduction priorities.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries' copyright length
CPIA quality of public administration rating	3.5		[8th of 75]
DEFINITION: Quality of public administration assesses the extent to which civilian central government staff is structured to design and implement government policy and deliver services effectively.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
date of transition to republican system of government > Republic since	September 15, 1946
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Diplomatic representation from the US > Consulate(s) general	Karachi
DEFINITION: This entry includes the chief of mission, embassy address, mailing address, telephone number, FAX number, branch office locations, consulate general locations, and consulate locations.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by date of transition to republican system of government
Diplomatic representation from the US > FAX	[92] (51) 2276427
DEFINITION: This entry includes the chief of mission, embassy address, mailing address, telephone number, FAX number, branch office locations, consulate general locations, and consulate locations.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Diplomatic representation in the US > Consulate(s)	Chicago, Houston
DEFINITION: This entry includes the chief of mission, chancery, telephone, FAX, consulate general locations, and consulate locations.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Diplomatic representation in the US > Consulate(s) general Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Sunnyvale (California)
DEFINITION: This entry includes the chief of mission, chancery, telephone, FAX, consulate general locations, and consulate locations.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Diplomatic representation in the US > FAX	[1] (202) 686-1544
DEFINITION: This entry includes the chief of mission, chancery, telephone, FAX, consulate general locations, and consulate locations.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Diplomatic representation in the US > Telephone	[1] (202) 243-6500
DEFINITION: This entry includes the chief of mission, chancery, telephone, FAX, consulate general locations, and consulate locations.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Elections > Head of state Election by electoral college
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
embassies and high commissions in Ottawa > Address	10 Range Road
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Elections by country
embassies and high commissions in Ottawa > Neighbourhood	Sandy Hill
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of embassies and high commissions in Ottawa
Espionage organizations and agencies Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of embassies and high commissions in Ottawa
Executive branch > A note following a military takeover on 12 October 1999, Chief of Army Staff and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Pervez MUSHARRAF, suspended Pakistan's constitution and assumed the additional title of Chief Executive; exercising the powers of the head of the government, he appointed an eight-member National Security Council to function as Pakistan's supreme governing body; on 12 May 2000, Pakistan's Supreme Court unanimously validated the October 1999 coup and granted MUSHARRAF executive and legislative authority for three years from the coup date; on 20 June 2001, MUSHARRAF named himself as president and was sworn in, replacing Mohammad Rafiq TARAR; in a referendum held on 30 April 2002, MUSHARRAF's presidency was extended by five more years
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Espionage
Federal republic > Contemporary > Style	Republic
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Flag modification	14		[114th of 197]
DEFINITION: The date on which the nation's flag was last modified.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Federal republic
Foreign relations > Croatia > Date of Establishment	July 20, 1994
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SOURCE: Flagspot
Foreign relations > Nepal > Date of Establishment	March 20, 1960
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Foreign relations of Croatia
General government final consumption expenditure > annual % growth	2.27 %		[68th of 147]
DEFINITION: Annual percentage growth of general government final consumption expenditure based on constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2000 U.S. dollars. General government final consumption expenditure (general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Foreign relations of Nepal
General government final consumption expenditure > constant 2000 US$	7,767,379,000 constant 2000 US$		[40th of 145]
DEFINITION: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in constant 2000 U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
General government final consumption expenditure > constant LCU	401864000000
DEFINITION: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in constant local currency.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
General government final consumption expenditure > current LCU	512926000000
DEFINITION: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current local currency.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
General government final consumption expenditure > current US$	8,674,548,000 $		[48th of 169]
DEFINITION: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ (per $ GDP)	0.078 $ per $1 of GDP		[136th of 184]
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Heads of Missions from the United Kingdom	Robert Brinkley
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Heads of Missions from the United Kingdom > Resident Heads of Missions > Type	High Commission
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Heads of Missions from the United Kingdom
Independence Day > Date	August 14
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Heads of Missions from the United Kingdom
Kuala Lumpur embassies > Neighborhood	Golden Triangle
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Independence Day
Legal origin English
DEFINITION: Legal origin identifies the origin of the Company Law or Commercial Code in each country
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of Kuala Lumpur embassies
Legislative branch > A note Gen. Pervez MUSHARRAF dismissed Parliament 15 October 1999
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Management time dealing with officials > % of management time	8.69 %		[2nd of 38]
DEFINITION: Time dealing with officials is the percentage of management time in a given week spent on requirements imposed by government regulations (taxes, customs, labor regulations, licensing and registration).		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Mother of the Nation > Name (Madar-e-Millat), Fatimah Jinnah
DEFINITION: The epithet Mother of the Nation, unlike its male equivalent "Father of the Nation", has seen only occasional use, primarily due to the male-dominated history of nation-building. However, there are a few examples, mostly from the past century or so. Sometimes it is used less metaphorically for women who (for some reason) represent motherhood for many citizens of the nation.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Parliamentary seats > Female	2%		[129th of 143]
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Mother of the Nation
Partners in Population and Development > Representatives > Name	H.E. Ch. Shahbaz Hussain
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SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Policy uncertainty > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	40.1 %		[3rd of 38]
DEFINITION: Policy uncertainty measures the share of senior managers who ranked economic and regulatory policy uncertainty as a major or very severe constraint.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Partners in Population and Development
political parties > Multi party	•
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Political parties and leaders > A note political alliances in Pakistan can shift frequently
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of political parties
Procedures to build a warehouse > number	12		[143rd of 168]
DEFINITION: Number of procedures to build a warehouse is the number of interactions of a company's employees or managers with external parties, including government agency staff, public inspectors, notaries, land registry and cadastre staff, and technical experts apart from architects and engineers.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Procedures to enforce a contract > number	55		[11th of 170]
DEFINITION: Number of procedures to enforce a contract are the number of independent actions, mandated by law or courts, that demand interaction between the parties of a contract or between them and the judge or court officer.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Procedures to register property > number	6		[93rd of 167]
DEFINITION: Number of procedures to register property is the number of procedures required for a businesses to secure rights to property.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %	21.3 %		[47th of 174]
DEFINITION: Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber occupied by women.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Start-up procedures to register a business > number	11		[44th of 171]
DEFINITION: Start-up procedures are those required to start a business, including interactions to obtain necessary permits and licenses and to complete all inscriptions, verifications, and notifications to start operations. Data are for businesses with specific characteristics of ownership, size, and type of production.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Status	pseudo-democracy
DEFINITION: Democracy: state in which democratic structures provide for an alternance of power Pseudo-Democracy: state in which there are democratic structures but without a real chance for an alternance of power Transition State: a state with a transitional structure Absolute Monarchy: a one-party state, or a state governed by an absolute monarchy or dictatorship.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Time required to build a warehouse > days	218 days		[60th of 168]
DEFINITION: Time required to build a warehouse is the number of calendar days needed to complete the required procedures for building a warehouse. If a procedure can be speeded up at additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is chosen.		View time series
SOURCE: electionworld.org
Time required to enforce a contract > days	880 days		[20th of 171]
DEFINITION: Time required to enforce a contract is the number of calendar days from the filing of the lawsuit in court until the final determination and, in appropriate cases, payment.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Time required to register property > days	50 days		[82nd of 167]
DEFINITION: Time required to register property is the number of calendar days needed for businesses to secure rights to property.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Time required to start a business > days	24 days		[120th of 171]
DEFINITION: Time required to start a business is the number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business. If a procedure can be speeded up at additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is chosen.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours	560 hours		[23rd of 169]
DEFINITION: Time to prepare and pay taxes is the time, in hours per year, it takes to prepare, file, and pay (or withhold) three major types of taxes: the corporate income tax, the value added or sales tax, and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social security contributions.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Time to resolve insolvency > years	2.8 years		[84th of 151]
DEFINITION: Time to resolve insolvency is the number of years from the filing for insolvency in court until the resolution of distressed assets.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Total businesses registered > number	40,631		[57th of 71]
DEFINITION: Total businesses registered. Because of underreporting of firms that have closed or exited, especially in developing countries, the data on total registered firms may be biased upward.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Trademarks, nonresidents	4,455		[15th of 99]
DEFINITION: Trademark applications filed are applications for registration of a trademark with a national or regional trademark office. Trademarks are distinctive signs that identify goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise. Trademarks protect owners of the mark by ensuring exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services or to authorize its use in return for payment.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Trademarks, residents	8,319		[17th of 98]
DEFINITION: Trademark applications filed are applications for registration of a trademark with a national or regional trademark office. Trademarks are distinctive signs that identify goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise. Trademarks protect owners of the mark by ensuring exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services or to authorize its use in return for payment.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International various talks and confidence-building measures cautiously have begun to defuse tensions over Kashmir, particularly since the October 2005 earthquake in the region; Kashmir nevertheless remains the site of the world's largest and most militarized territorial dispute with portions under the de facto administration of China (Aksai Chin), India (Jammu and Kashmir), and Pakistan (Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas); UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) has maintained a small group of peacekeepers since 1949; India does not recognize Pakistan's ceding historic Kashmir lands to China in 1964; India and Pakistan have maintained their 2004 cease fire in Kashmir and initiated discussions on defusing the armed stand-off in the Siachen glacier region; Pakistan protests India's fencing the highly militarized Line of Control and construction of the Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir, which is part of the larger dispute on water sharing of the Indus River and its tributaries; to defuse tensions and prepare for discussions on a maritime boundary, India and Pakistan seek technical resolution of the disputed boundary in Sir Creek estuary at the mouth of the Rann of Kutch in the Arabian Sea; Pakistani maps continue to show the Junagadh claim in India's Gujarat State; by 2005, Pakistan, with UN assistance, repatriated 2.3 million Afghan refugees leaving slightly more than a million, many of whom remain at their own choosing; Pakistan has proposed and Afghanistan protests construction of a fence and laying of mines along portions of their porous border; Pakistan has sent troops into remote tribal areas to monitor and control the border with Afghanistan and to stem terrorist or other illegal activities
DEFINITION: This entry includes a wide variety of situations that range from traditional bilateral boundary disputes to unilateral claims of one sort or another. Information regarding disputes over international terrestrial and maritime boundaries has been reviewed by the US Department of State. References to other situations involving borders or frontiers may also be included, such as resource disputes, geopolitical questions, or irredentist issues; however, inclusion does not necessarily constitute official acceptance or recognition by the US Government.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
United Nations mission http://www.un.int/pakistan/
DEFINITION: United Missions mission or approximate website
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood	Cleveland Park
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SOURCE: Wisconsin High School Model United Nations

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