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	=== Leaders ===		=== Leaders ===

	Chief of state: President Asif Ali ZARDARI (since 10 March 2024) Head of government: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz SHARIF (since 3 March 2024) [19]		Chief of state: President [[Asif Ali Zardari\|Asif Ali ZARDARI]] (since 10 March 2024) Head of government: Prime Minister Muhammad [[Shehbaz Sharif\|Shehbaz SHARIF]] (since 3 March 2024) [19]


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	=== Geography ===		=== Geography ===

	Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north Area: 796,095 sq km Terrain: divided into three major geographic areas: the northern highlands, the Indus River plain in the center and east, and the Balochistan Plateau in the south and west Natural resources: arable land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone [20]		Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and [[Iran]] and Afghanistan on the west and [[China]] in the north Area: 796,095 sq km Terrain: divided into three major geographic areas: the northern highlands, the Indus River plain in the center and east, and the Balochistan Plateau in the south and west Natural resources: arable land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone [20]


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	=== Military ===		=== Military ===

	Branches: Pakistan Armed Forces: Pakistan Army (includes National Guard), Pakistan Navy (includes Pakistan Marines, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force; Ministry of Interior: Frontier Constabulary, Frontier Corps, National Police, Pakistan Coast Guard, Punjab (Pakistan) Rangers, Sindh (Pakistan) Rangers (2025) Expenditures: 2.5% of GDP (2024 est.) Personnel: approximately 650,000 active Armed Forces (2025) Equipment: the military's inventory is a mix of mostly imported and some domestically produced armaments; the majority of its imported weapons are from China; other suppliers include France, Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine, the UK, and the US; Pakistan also has a domestic defense industry, which produces or co-produces such items as armored vehicles, aircraft, missiles, naval vessels (2025) [41]		Branches: Pakistan Armed Forces: Pakistan Army (includes National Guard), Pakistan Navy (includes Pakistan Marines, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force; Ministry of Interior: Frontier Constabulary, Frontier Corps, National Police, Pakistan Coast Guard, Punjab (Pakistan) Rangers, Sindh (Pakistan) Rangers (2025) Expenditures: 2.5% of GDP (2024 est.) Personnel: approximately 650,000 active Armed Forces (2025) Equipment: the military's inventory is a mix of mostly imported and some domestically produced armaments; the majority of its imported weapons are from [[China]]; other suppliers include France, [[Russia]], Türkiye, [[Ukraine]], the UK, and the US; Pakistan also has a domestic defense industry, which produces or co-produces such items as armored vehicles, aircraft, missiles, naval vessels (2025) [41]


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			{{Infobox place\|name=Pakistan\|type=Place or actor\|region=middle east\|rows=91\|asof=2026-08-24\|image=[[File:pakistan-flag.png\|thumb\|220px\|Pakistan flag. (User:Zscout370, Public domain)]][[File:pakistan-map.png\|thumb\|220px\|Pakistan locator map. (Atin Bhattacharya, CC BY-SA 3.0)]]}}

	'''Pakistan''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.		'''Pakistan''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.

	{{Infobox place\|name=Pakistan\|type=Place or actor\|region=middle east\|rows=91\|asof=2026-08-24\|image=[[File:pakistan-flag.png\|thumb\|220px\|Pakistan flag. (User:Zscout370, Public domain)]][[File:pakistan-map.png\|thumb\|220px\|Pakistan locator map. (Atin Bhattacharya, CC BY-SA 3.0)]]}}

	{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-24\|summary=Most recent archived item: Pakistan’s army chief leaves for Iran - reported by IRNA, Iranian state\|latest=IRNA, Iranian state}}		{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-24\|summary=Most recent archived item: Pakistan’s army chief leaves for Iran - reported by IRNA, Iranian state\|latest=IRNA, Iranian state}}
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	'''Pakistan''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.		'''Pakistan''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.

	{{Infobox place\|name=Pakistan\|type=Place or actor\|region=middle east\|rows=91\|asof=2026-08-24\|image=[[File:pakistan-flag.png\|thumb\|Pakistan flag. (User:Zscout370, Public domain)]][[File:pakistan-map.png\|thumb\|Pakistan locator map. (Atin Bhattacharya, CC BY-SA 3.0)]]}}		{{Infobox place\|name=Pakistan\|type=Place or actor\|region=middle east\|rows=91\|asof=2026-08-24\|image=[[File:pakistan-flag.png\|thumb\|220px\|Pakistan flag. (User:Zscout370, Public domain)]][[File:pakistan-map.png\|thumb\|220px\|Pakistan locator map. (Atin Bhattacharya, CC BY-SA 3.0)]]}}

	{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-24\|summary=Most recent archived item: Pakistan’s army chief leaves for Iran - reported by IRNA, Iranian state\|latest=IRNA, Iranian state}}		{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-24\|summary=Most recent archived item: Pakistan’s army chief leaves for Iran - reported by IRNA, Iranian state\|latest=IRNA, Iranian state}}

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	{{Infobox place\|name=Pakistan\|type=Place or actor\|region=middle east\|rows=91\|asof=2026-08-24}}		{{Infobox place\|name=Pakistan\|type=Place or actor\|region=middle east\|rows=91\|asof=2026-08-24\|image=[[File:pakistan-flag.png\|thumb\|Pakistan flag. (User:Zscout370, Public domain)]][[File:pakistan-map.png\|thumb\|Pakistan locator map. (Atin Bhattacharya, CC BY-SA 3.0)]]}}

	{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-24\|summary=Most recent archived item: Pakistan’s army chief leaves for Iran - reported by IRNA, Iranian state\|latest=IRNA, Iranian state}}		{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-24\|summary=Most recent archived item: Pakistan’s army chief leaves for Iran - reported by IRNA, Iranian state\|latest=IRNA, Iranian state}}
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	* [40] Pakistan is a diverse society with estimates suggesting it has between 75 and 85 languages. - 1787707422.231362		* [40] Pakistan is a diverse society with estimates suggesting it has between 75 and 85 languages. - 1787707422.231362
	* [41] Branches: Pakistan Armed Forces: Pakistan Army (includes National Guard), Pakistan Navy (includes Pakistan Marines, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force; Ministry of Interior: Frontier Constabulary, Frontier Corps, National Police, Pakistan Coast Guard, Punjab (Pakistan) Rangers, Sindh (Pakistan) Rangers (2025) Expenditures: 2.5% of GDP (2024 est.) Personnel: approximately 650,000 active Armed Forces (2025) Equipment: the military's inventory is a mix of mostly imported and some domestically produced armaments; the majority of its imported weapons are from China; other suppliers include France, Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine, the UK, and the US; Pakistan also has a domestic defense industry, which produces or co-produces such items as armored vehicles, aircraft, missiles, naval vessels (2025) - 1787695250.244135		* [41] Branches: Pakistan Armed Forces: Pakistan Army (includes National Guard), Pakistan Navy (includes Pakistan Marines, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force; Ministry of Interior: Frontier Constabulary, Frontier Corps, National Police, Pakistan Coast Guard, Punjab (Pakistan) Rangers, Sindh (Pakistan) Rangers (2025) Expenditures: 2.5% of GDP (2024 est.) Personnel: approximately 650,000 active Armed Forces (2025) Equipment: the military's inventory is a mix of mostly imported and some domestically produced armaments; the majority of its imported weapons are from China; other suppliers include France, Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine, the UK, and the US; Pakistan also has a domestic defense industry, which produces or co-produces such items as armored vehicles, aircraft, missiles, naval vessels (2025) - 1787695250.244135

	~~== Images ==~~

	~~[[File:pakistan-flag.png\|thumb\|Pakistan flag. (User:Zscout370, Public domain)]]~~

	~~[[File:pakistan-map.png\|thumb\|Pakistan locator map. (Atin Bhattacharya, CC BY-SA 3.0)]]~~

	== How this page is made ==		== How this page is made ==

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	'''Pakistan''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.		'''Pakistan''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.

			{{Infobox place\|name=Pakistan\|type=Place or actor\|region=middle east\|rows=67\|asof=2026-08-24}}

	{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-24\|summary=Most recent archived item: Pakistan’s army chief leaves for Iran - reported by IRNA, Iranian state\|latest=IRNA, Iranian state}}		{{Situation\|asof=2026-08-24\|summary=Most recent archived item: Pakistan’s army chief leaves for Iran - reported by IRNA, Iranian state\|latest=IRNA, Iranian state}}
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	* [38] Expenditures: 2.5% of GDP (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook		* [38] Expenditures: 2.5% of GDP (2024 est.) - CIA World Factbook
	* [39] Personnel: approximately 650,000 active Armed Forces (2025) - CIA World Factbook		* [39] Personnel: approximately 650,000 active Armed Forces (2025) - CIA World Factbook

			{{See also\|pages=[[Timeline:Pakistan\|Timeline: Pakistan]] · [[Iran]]}}

	== Publication history ==		== Publication history ==
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	* [1] Pakistan’s army chief leaves for Iran - https://archive.isnull.dev/archive/1787686101.586531/		* [1] Pakistan’s army chief leaves for Iran - https://archive.isnull.dev/archive/1787686101.586531/
	* [2] Iran says Pakistan's army chief to visit Tehran on Monday - https://archive.isnull.dev/archive/1787689305.502771/		* [2] Iran says Pakistan's army chief to visit Tehran on Monday - https://archive.isnull.dev/archive/1787689305.502771/
	* [3] Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Türkiye , Algeria , Indonesia , Jordan , Lebanon , Malaysia , Mauritania , Pakistan , Palestine , Qatar , Saudi Arabia and Somalia , 21 August 2026 / Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Foreign Affairs - https://~~www~~.~~mfa~~.~~gov~~.tr/~~joint-statement-by-the-foreign-ministers-of-turkiye--algeria--indonesia--jordan--lebanon--malaysia--mauritania--pakistan--palestine--qatar--saudi-arabia-and-somalia.en.mfa~~		* [3] Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Türkiye , Algeria , Indonesia , Jordan , Lebanon , Malaysia , Mauritania , Pakistan , Palestine , Qatar , Saudi Arabia and Somalia , 21 August 2026 / Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Foreign Affairs - https://archive.isnull.dev/archive/1787693124.22906/
	* [7] Reaction from Hezbollah to Netanyahu: He wants to raise tensions for election goals. - https://~~www.star~~.~~com~~.tr/~~dunya~~/~~hizbullahtan-netanyahuya-tepki-secim-hedefleri-icin-tansiyonu-yukseltmek-istiyor-haber-2034113~~/		* [7] Reaction from Hezbollah to Netanyahu: He wants to raise tensions for election goals. - https://archive.isnull.dev/archive/1787693124.229412/
	* [11] Pakistan , India , and Israel expanding eastern front - https://~~www~~.~~jns~~.~~org~~/~~analysis~~/~~pakistan-india-and-israels-expanding-eastern-front~~		* [11] Pakistan , India , and Israel expanding eastern front - https://archive.isnull.dev/archive/1787693124.229004/
	* [13] Background: During the second millennium B.C., remnants of this culture fused with the migrating Indo-Aryan peoples. - 1787695250.244135		* [13] Background: During the second millennium B.C., remnants of this culture fused with the migrating Indo-Aryan peoples. - 1787695250.244135
	* [14] Background: The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world and dating back at least 5,000 years, spread over much of modern-day Pakistan. - 1787695250.244135		* [14] Background: The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world and dating back at least 5,000 years, spread over much of modern-day Pakistan. - 1787695250.244135

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 * [12] 2026-07-01 - outlet not recorded: Israel-Lebanon Deal: A Path to Peace or Another Ceasefire Illusion?
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 * [28] Government type: federal parliamentary republic - CIA World Factbook
 * [29] Legal system: common law system with Islamic law influence - CIA World Factbook
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'''Pakistan''' as this archive records it. Every line in the reporting sections below is a headline that was collected, with its outlet and date. Nothing here is written by a model: if a claim appears, some outlet made it, and this page does not say whether it is true. The Background section is different in kind: those lines are encyclopedic facts from a reference work, each cited to the source it came from.

{{Situation|asof=2026-08-24|summary=Most recent archived item: Pakistan’s army chief leaves for Iran - reported by IRNA, Iranian state|latest=IRNA, Iranian state}}

{{Coverage note|rows=12|days=2026-02-27 and 2026-08-24}}

== Reporting by provenance ==
The tag records where a report came from, not who is fighting. A state outlet is named with its affiliation attached.

== Other archived reporting ==
Items on this subject with no side recorded against them.

* [1] 2026-08-24 - IRNA, Iranian state: Pakistan’s army chief leaves for Iran
* [2] 2026-08-23 (ingested; no publication date recorded) - Al-Monitor: Iran says Pakistan's army chief to visit Tehran on Monday
* [3] 2026-08-21 - mfa.gov.tr: Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Türkiye , Algeria , Indonesia , Jordan , Lebanon , Malaysia , Mauritania , Pakistan , Palestine , Qatar , Saudi Arabia and Somalia , 21 August 2026 / Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Foreign Affairs
* [4] 2026-08-21 - outlet not recorded: Pakistan, 11 Muslim nations urge global action to halt Israeli strikes on Syria
* [5] 2026-08-20 - outlet not recorded: Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and Syria discuss bilateral ties, regional and global developments
* [6] 2026-08-20 - outlet not recorded: Air Quality & Pollen
* [7] 2026-08-15 - star.com.tr: Reaction from Hezbollah to Netanyahu: He wants to raise tensions for election goals.
* [8] 2026-08-12 - outlet not recorded: U.S. and Iran close to a "peace arrangement or a deal," Pakistan says
* [9] 2026-07-26 - outlet not recorded: U.S. pauses attacks on Iran for a second straight day and Tehran does too
* [10] 2026-07-20 - outlet not recorded: Gail H. Murphy, Damascus, Ohio
* [11] 2026-07-11 - jns.org: Pakistan , India , and Israel expanding eastern front
* [12] 2026-07-01 - outlet not recorded: Israel-Lebanon Deal: A Path to Peace or Another Ceasefire Illusion?
* ...and 45 more not listed here.

== Background ==
Encyclopedic context, retrieved from a reference work and archived. It is not war reporting and is not counted as any.

=== History ===

* [13] Background: During the second millennium B.C., remnants of this culture fused with the migrating Indo-Aryan peoples. - CIA World Factbook
* [14] Background: The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world and dating back at least 5,000 years, spread over much of modern-day Pakistan. - CIA World Factbook
* [15] Background: The area underwent successive invasions in subsequent centuries from the Persians, Greeks, Scythians, Arabs (who brought Islam), Afghans, and Turks. - CIA World Factbook

=== Leaders ===

* [16] Chief of state: President Asif Ali ZARDARI (since 10 March 2024) - CIA World Factbook
* [17] Head of government: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz SHARIF (since 3 March 2024) - CIA World Factbook

=== Geography ===

* [18] Area: 796,095 sq km - CIA World Factbook
* [19] Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north - CIA World Factbook
* [20] Natural resources: arable land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone - CIA World Factbook
* [21] Terrain: divided into three major geographic areas: the northern highlands, the Indus River plain in the center and east, and the Balochistan Plateau in the south and west - CIA World Factbook

=== Climate ===

* [22] Climate: mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north - CIA World Factbook

=== Culture ===

* [23] Ethnic groups: Punjabi 44.7%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.4%, Sindhi 14.1%, Saraiki 8.4%, Muhajirs 7.6%, Baloch 3.6%, other 6.3% - CIA World Factbook
* [24] Languages: Punjabi 38.8%, Pashto (alternate name, Pashtu) 18.2%, Sindhi 14.6%, Saraiki (a Punjabi variant) 12.2%, Urdu 7.1%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2.4%, Brahui 1.2%, other 2.4% - CIA World Factbook
* [25] Religions: (2020 est.) - CIA World Factbook
* [26] Religions: Muslim 96.4%, Hindu 1.6%, Christian 1.4%; less than 1%: scheduled castes, Qadiani/Ahmadi, other, Sikh. - CIA World Factbook

=== Government ===

* [27] Capital: Islamabad - CIA World Factbook
* [28] Government type: federal parliamentary republic - CIA World Factbook
* [29] Legal system: common law system with Islamic law influence - CIA World Factbook

== Publication history ==
What changed and when. Computed from the sources each revision cited, not written by anyone.

* rev 1, 2026-08-25 — first published from 9 source(s)

== Sources ==
Where a durable link was recorded, it is here. Google News items carry a redirect stub rather than an article and are listed above without one.

* [1] Pakistan’s army chief leaves for Iran - https://archive.isnull.dev/archive/1787686101.586531/
* [2] Iran says Pakistan's army chief to visit Tehran on Monday - https://archive.isnull.dev/archive/1787689305.502771/
* [3] Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Türkiye , Algeria , Indonesia , Jordan , Lebanon , Malaysia , Mauritania , Pakistan , Palestine , Qatar , Saudi Arabia and Somalia , 21 August 2026 / Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Foreign Affairs - https://www.mfa.gov.tr/joint-statement-by-the-foreign-ministers-of-turkiye--algeria--indonesia--jordan--lebanon--malaysia--mauritania--pakistan--palestine--qatar--saudi-arabia-and-somalia.en.mfa
* [7] Reaction from Hezbollah to Netanyahu: He wants to raise tensions for election goals. - https://www.star.com.tr/dunya/hizbullahtan-netanyahuya-tepki-secim-hedefleri-icin-tansiyonu-yukseltmek-istiyor-haber-2034113/
* [11] Pakistan , India , and Israel expanding eastern front - https://www.jns.org/analysis/pakistan-india-and-israels-expanding-eastern-front
* [13] Background: During the second millennium B.C., remnants of this culture fused with the migrating Indo-Aryan peoples. - 1787695250.244135
* [14] Background: The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world and dating back at least 5,000 years, spread over much of modern-day Pakistan. - 1787695250.244135
* [15] Background: The area underwent successive invasions in subsequent centuries from the Persians, Greeks, Scythians, Arabs (who brought Islam), Afghans, and Turks. - 1787695250.244135
* [16] Chief of state: President Asif Ali ZARDARI (since 10 March 2024) - 1787695250.244135
* [17] Head of government: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz SHARIF (since 3 March 2024) - 1787695250.244135
* [18] Area: 796,095 sq km - 1787695250.244135
* [19] Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north - 1787695250.244135
* [20] Natural resources: arable land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone - 1787695250.244135
* [21] Terrain: divided into three major geographic areas: the northern highlands, the Indus River plain in the center and east, and the Balochistan Plateau in the south and west - 1787695250.244135
* [22] Climate: mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north - 1787695250.244135
* [23] Ethnic groups: Punjabi 44.7%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.4%, Sindhi 14.1%, Saraiki 8.4%, Muhajirs 7.6%, Baloch 3.6%, other 6.3% - 1787695250.244135
* [24] Languages: Punjabi 38.8%, Pashto (alternate name, Pashtu) 18.2%, Sindhi 14.6%, Saraiki (a Punjabi variant) 12.2%, Urdu 7.1%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2.4%, Brahui 1.2%, other 2.4% - 1787695250.244135
* [25] Religions: (2020 est.) - 1787695250.244135
* [26] Religions: Muslim 96.4%, Hindu 1.6%, Christian 1.4%; less than 1%: scheduled castes, Qadiani/Ahmadi, other, Sikh. - 1787695250.244135
* [27] Capital: Islamabad - 1787695250.244135
* [28] Government type: federal parliamentary republic - 1787695250.244135
* [29] Legal system: common law system with Islamic law influence - 1787695250.244135

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