PAKISTAN
Population: 161,10 million (UN, 2005)
Capital: Islamabad
Area: 796.095 km2 (307.374 sq mi), excluding Parties held Pakistani Kashmir (83.716 sq km/32.323 sq miles)
Major languages: Urdu (official), Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi and English
Main religion: Islam
Life expectancy: 63 years (men), 63 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Pakistani rupee = 100 paisa
Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a nation very hidden from the West with a vanguard of religious extremism and violence, which unfortunately are not unfounded. From massive militant movements Pakistani connections in public University, travelers and locals believe a great danger to be here. Pakistan does not deny the terrible situations caused by the conservativists as the Taliban Jamiat of Islam, and this resistance by fascists has become ubiquitous with locals fearing for their lives seemingly insignificant. The peace that are raw and real, in no way brought and conducted and security often transient and short-lived, is a powerful feat yearning to see the other side of the coin, a vision of educated of the rich cultural heritage and tourist attractions involving, architectural wonders, music and art. Pakistan is a country always in the headlines, but so far from the truth.
However, Pakistan is progressing and evolving over time and with a drag on. As a country hampered by poverty and outdated traditions, it has become a place where art and cultures flourish with special attention to the media, all in this newly achieved MTV generation. Now, Pakistan is there, as it is a country where young people dream of being large and fresh. And it is this trait blooming proving "promising" to Pakistan as a tourist destination.
GEOGRAPHY & CLIMATE
Pakistan (30 00 N, 70 00 E) is a large piece of 796.095 km2 of land in Asia large enough to have 3 different climates: desert in the East, temperate in the mountains to the Northwest and Arctic in North. Legendary Indus plain lies greatly in the East and the prestigious Karakoram mountain range and Kirthar range lies to the North and Northwest. The extractor of real and unique multitude of Pakistan predominantly, K2 or Mount Godwin-Austen, is the highest point of the Earth, in second place in the world at an altitude of 8,611 meters above the sea level, which is the Indian Ocean. Partly because of this size and diverse terrain, the country renounces warm spring from March to may, four seasons, cold, dry winter from December to February, hot and humid summer months of June to September and I withdraw fall slightly cold monsoon from October to November.
CULTURE & PEOPLE
As a result, Pakistani, benefiting from extensive resources and arable land of 24.4%. A huge advantage for the Pakistani 169,342,000 that require much of the land and natural resources without a doubt, being the sixth most populous country ahead of Russia had. The Punjabis, the dominant ethnic group, are a small number, far constitute half of the population (44.68%), while Islam is the State religion with followers of 96% of the population. The tiny rest of Hindus and Christians are victims of violence by Muslim militants are related to religion. URDU is the language used in the home, soap operas, etc. but other Pakistani languages and dialects are also in use such as Punjabi, Pashto, Burushaski and so on. Spanish and on the other is the other language of State de facto used in political education, business issues and is also widely spoken at various levels among the population with the highest level of competition among the elites who have had higher levels of study.
ATTRACTION & FOOD
In 2008, Pakistan telecom forced customers down a cul de sac for interrupting internet traffic as an attempt to block YouTube within the country. This leaked around the world making YouTube inaccessible globally for 2 hours that day, showing that Governments, in this case the Pakistani Government, which are custom control internet traffic can do so easily. In any case, this says that Pakistan is technologically updated as their Western urbanized cities of Karachi and Lahore that logically would make foreigners feel at home, fully contrastive to the imagery of rickshaw camels and people bouncing produce top over their heads. Karachi, the eighth largest city in the world, it is cosmopolitan, with a beach! But Pakistan is rather the Mountaineer crowd pleaser with its lure of Karakorum and K2, as well as its almost unheard of scenic spectacle of Baltoro glacier northward, which is one of the longest glaciers outside of the polar regions. They are even more unheard of Lakes of the country and glittering beaches that are politically veiled by tumultuous borders of Iran, India and Afghanistan.
Since 2007, rhythmic efforts failed in the launch of the Pakistan tourism industry have left people question if the new around the world speaks of Pakistan is worth seeing, being a hard neighborhood that is. However, the mythical leopards in the world, as well as Pakistani food that the majority of us know and love as kebabs with rice or flatbread.
Meat is fairly standard and is an important ingredient in many dishes served with clips based on starch like rice, bread, or tubers such as potatoes. Vegetarian dishes such as da it are also tasty and healthy food options. Pakistani desserts are as wild as intense as the religious agitation and the flavors are as abundant as natural resources. Cold ice cream stand out against the heat is a favorite with abundant flavors of kulfi, pistachio, also many ways to serve. Shirini or mithai are the generic names for more sweets in Pakistan which varies by region. International fast food chains grows everything like McDonalds, Subway, Pizza Hut, KFC, domino and many other European networks.
Pakistani cuisine varies in the region and the personal taste of its chef, ranging from mild to spicy. It is good but to inform them of your preferences of individuals in terms of spices and warms up, while you follow the courtesy of eaten without cutlery, do not eat too much all at the same time or finishing your squeaky Board clean, granite is especially if you do not know the plate heat factor, or simply because rude behaviors are all. A means of clean plate that you want more, too left means that you do not enjoy it, so leave a little on the plate. It is important to stay hydrated, it is unsafe to drink tap water.
Safe travel and enjoy.
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