Pakistan
Pakistan/Jamhuryat Islami Pakistan Capital Islamabad (1.7M) Population 190M (239/km2) Life expectancy 66 years HIV/AIDS 0.1% Literacy 50% Lang(s) Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Saraiki 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu OFFICIAL 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English OFFICIAL, Burushaski and other 8% Religions Muslim 95% (Sunni 75%, Shia 20%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 5% Ethnic Groups Punjabi 45%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15%, Sindhi 14%, Sariaki 8%, Muhajirs 8%, Balochi 4%, other 6% Gov’t Federal Republic GDP/cap $2,800 PCVs 1961-67, 1982-91; agriculture, business, health, education, youth development. VOLUNTEERS SERVED 517(+) Nat’l holiday Republic Day, 23 March (1956) |  Khanewal, Punjab In a small village near Khanewal, Punjab, an area known as Pakistan’s “cotton belt,” a woman sews clothes for her family. Next to her, seated on a Pakistani rope charpoy, her daughter learns to sew. The village, a farm cooperative, consists of mud homes surrounded by low mud walls. Inside each home an extended family lives and works. The women are not veiled and can be seen bustling about the compound doing chores with children all around. With traditional Pakistani hospitality, they warmly greet visitors and invite them into their compounds for a visit. |
Adult Books
Back to Pakistan
by Leslie Noyes Mass
Hardcover: 236 pages
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (August 12, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1442213197
Book Description
Mass was a Peace Corps volunteer in Pakistan in the early 1960s. This volume, subtitled A Fifty-year Journey and published in 2011, is a recounting of her return to Pakistan decades later, interwoven with letters and diary entries written during her volunteer service.
Kids' Books
Broken Moon
by Kim Antieau
Format: Hardcover, 183 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1-41691767-0
Age Range: 14+ years
Publisher: New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2007
Films
Film:Khuda Kay Liye
Director: (2007)
Music
Pakistani Dance (5:52 min)
Singer Shazia Khushk: Shazia (1:27 min)
Recipes
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