Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 35%
male: 47%
female: 21%
Labor force: 36 million
by occupation: agriculture 46%, mining and manufacturing 18%, services
17%, other 19%
note: extensive export of labor
@Pakistan:Government
Names:
conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
conventional short form: Pakistan
former: West Pakistan
Digraph: PK
Type: republic
Capital: Islamabad
Administrative divisions: 4 provinces, 1 territory*, and 1 capital territory**; Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas*, Islamabad Capital Territory**, North-West Frontier, Punjab, Sindh note: the Pakistani-administered portion of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region includes Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas
Independence: 14 August 1947 (from UK)
National holiday: Pakistan Day, 23 March (1956) (proclamation of the
republic)