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Punjab (/ p ʌ n ˈ dʒ ɑː b /; Punjabi, Urdu: پنجاب, pronounced [pəɳˈdʒɑːb] ⓘ; abbr. PB) is a province of Pakistan.Located in central-eastern region of the country, Punjab is the second-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the largest by population.
A 2005 report by the National Commission for Justice and Peace, a nonprofit organization in Pakistan, found that Pakistan studies textbooks in Pakistan have been used to articulate the hatred that Pakistani policy-makers have attempted to inculcate towards the Hindus. "Vituperative animosities legitimize military and autocratic rule, nurturing ...
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the Pakistan national cricket team for at least one One Day International. The table of results is complete to the end of the Micromax Asia Cup. Pakistan's most successful One Day captain in terms of number of won matches is Imran Khan, who retired after lifting the 1992 cricket World Cup.
As of the 2017 Census, there are two megacities, ten million-plus cities, and 100 cities having a population of 100,000 or more. Of these 100 cities, 58 are located in the country's most populous province, Punjab, 22 in Sindh, 11 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, six in Balochistan, two in Azad Kashmir, and one in Islamabad Capital Territory.
The official religion of Pakistan is Islam, as enshrined by Article 2 of the Constitution, and is practised by approximately 96.47% of the country's population. [1] [7] The remaining 3.53% practice Hinduism, Christianity, Ahmadiyya Islam (considered non-Muslims by the Pakistani constitution), [8] Sikhism and other religions.
Rayon, also called viscose [1] and commercialised in some countries as sabra silk or cactus silk, [2] is a semi-synthetic fiber, [3] made from natural sources of regenerated cellulose, such as wood and related agricultural products. [4] It has the same molecular structure as cellulose.
Ursus lotor Linnaeus, 1758. The raccoon ( / rəˈkuːn / or US: / ræˈkuːn / ⓘ, Procyon lotor ), also spelled racoon [3] and sometimes called the common raccoon or northern raccoon to distinguish it from the other species, is a mammal native to North America. It is the largest of the procyonid family, having a body length of 40 to 70 cm (16 ...
The Human Development Report includes data for all 193 member states of the United Nations, [16] as well as Hong Kong SAR and the State of Palestine. However, the Human Development Index is not calculated for two UN member states: DPR Korea (North Korea) and Monaco, only some components of the index are calculated for these two countries.