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A4: The dark green area shows the total area constituting Pakistan while the area shaded in light green denotes Jammu and Kashmir – territory that is claimed, but not administered, by Pakistan. This geographic detail is per neutral point of view and does not adhere to the Pakistani, Indian or any other government's descriptions of territory.

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April 22, 2009	Featured article review	Demoted
January 24, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
March 29, 2010	Good article nominee	Not listed
January 14, 2012	Peer review	Reviewed
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March 6, 2017	Good article nominee	Not listed
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Claimed territory?

why is this southern peninsula part of India Shows as claimed territory? It looks very non valid. Kashmir is understandable, but this looks more like a symbolic then a serious claim. 2003:D9:973F:DB63:7632:3B01:AC58:4E91 (talk) 21:39, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See Annexation of Junagadh, although emphasis comes from more recent politics. CMD (talk) 01:18, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

this doesn't answer my point.

Barely any world doesn't even feature this point. On a neutral perspective its barley any feature worth. 84.158.62.180 (talk) 10:11, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

world map

84.158.62.180 (talk) 10:13, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to me to belong on the map, though a mention of it needs to be added to and the article. (I've already done so to the caption.) —DocWatson42 (talk) 12:27, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New religious and ethno-linguistic demographics

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has just released their detailed census results, and I think the page’s religious and ethno-linguistic demographics should be updated Hardees123 (talk) 09:21, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 21 July 2024

Kindly update the religious statistics in the lead infobox as per the 2023 Pakistani census according to which following is the religious composition of Pakistan:

Islam 96.3%
Hinduism 2.2%
Christianity 1.4%
Others 0.1%

Source ^[1]

References

^ "Religious Demographics of Pakistan 2023" (PDF).

Science and Technology

"Pakistan witnessed a fourfold increase in its scientific productivity in the past decade surging from approximately 2,000 articles per year in 2006 to more than 9,000 articles in 2015. Making Pakistan's cited article's higher than the BRIC countries put together."

This seems like a misleading claim to me. Using "making" as the linking word here is misleading (on first reading, it appears according to this claim that 9000 articles is more than what Russia, China, Brazil and India product together). In the source, there's a reference of the article count of pakistan and percentage of cited articles, these two claims are unrelated to each other. 2A02:1810:140B:2C00:AB7A:9D86:48CF:7F41 (talk) 22:15, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Linking

Per MOS:SOB, we should avoid grouping multiple links together to look like a single link. Nikkimaria (talk) 01:17, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why won't you update GDP data

I perhaps forgot how many it have been since release of revised GDP data for Pakistan by Pakistan Bearu of Statistic. It's still on 1.5 years or more old data you are using. I even got banned for vandalism when I myself tried to do it? Why won't you update it? Source: PBS It seems Wikipedia authors have Personal issues with Pakistan. It won't even allow me to add Pakistan economic survey 223.123.41.90 (talk) 01:38, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Saudi Arabia, UAE invest $26.8m in Pakistan

Saudi Arabia and the UAE contributed a total of $26.8 million during this period. In 2023, Pakistan established the Special Investment Facilitation Council, a joint civil-military body aimed at expediting foreign investment decisions in key economic sectors, including agriculture, mining, minerals, and tourism.

This initiative came amid Pakistan’s ongoing economic crisis, which had pushed the country to the brink of a sovereign default. The crisis was mitigated by a crucial $3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund last year, preventing further economic collapse.

According to a breakdown shared by Radio Pakistan, China led foreign investments in the first quarter with $404 million, followed by the UAE’s $25 million and Saudi Arabia’s $1.8 million. Other notable contributors included Hong Kong, with $98 million; the UK, with $72 million; and the US, with $28 million.

Radio Pakistan reported: “A significant increase of 48 percent has been seen in foreign investment in Pakistan in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, reflecting the effective strategies of the Special Investment Facilitation Council.”

During a recent visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held talks with leaders from both nations to discuss boosting cooperation in trade, investment, and energy. Notably, in October, Pakistani and Saudi businesses signed 27 agreements and memorandums of understanding valued at $2.2 billion.

During Sharif’s visit to the Kingdom last week, the two countries agreed to increase this figure to $2.8 billion.

The UAE remains Pakistan’s third-largest trading partner, after China and the US, and serves as an important export market due to its proximity, which helps minimize transportation costs and facilitates trade exchanges. Alidor123 (talk) 17:19, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Religious Demographics of Pakistan 2023" (PDF).

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