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Pakhnes
Pakhnes (Πάχνες, also Pachnes/Pahnes) is the 2,453 m highest peak of Crete's Lefka Ori (White Mountains) and the island's second highest point, 3 m below Psiloritis, reached by a rough 4x4 road from Anopoli plus a 1.5-2 hour walk.
Paki (slur)
Paki is a British ethnic slur, a 1964 shortening of Pakistani, directed at people of Pakistani, South Asian, or Muslim descent; linked to Paki-bashing and now called the P-Word.
Pakicetus
Pakicetus, an extinct early Eocene cetacean genus from Pakistan and India about 50 million years ago, is one of the first whales: a wolf-sized, four-legged land mammal with a whale-like skull and cetacean ear bulla.
Pakistan (پاکستان)
Pakistan (پاکستان), the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a federal parliamentary republic in South Asia under the 1973 constitution, the world's fifth most populous country, with four provinces, an Indus-centered water economy, recurring IMF programs, and severe climate vulnerability.
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) is Pakistan's state-owned aircraft manufacturer at Kamra, Attock District, near Islamabad, producing trainer aircraft and target drones and co-producing the JF-17 Thunder fighter with China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation.
Pakistan Air Force
Pakistan Air Force (PAF, Pakistan Fauj ki Hawai Bahria), Pakistan's aerial warfare service, founded 15 August 1947 as the Royal Pakistan Air Force; US-allied jet force of the 1965 and 1971 wars, now built around Chinese-origin JF-17 and J-10CE fighters.
Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism
Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism: allegations that Pakistan's state or security institutions supported militant groups in Afghanistan and Kashmir. Never US-designated; 1993 review declined listing; FATF gray list 2018-2022; Pakistan denies.
Pakistan and weapons of mass destruction
Pakistan's weapons of mass destruction: a nuclear arsenal of about 170 warheads first tested in May 1998, full spectrum deterrence against India, de-mated warheads under centralized NCA/SPD control; no known biological or chemical weapons program.
Pakistan Armed Forces
The Pakistan Armed Forces, also called the Military of Pakistan, are the unified military of Pakistan, comprising the Army, Air Force, and Navy with nuclear weapons.
Pakistan Army (پاک فوج)
Pakistan Army (پاک فوج), land branch of Pakistan's armed forces, ~550,000 active troops, GHQ Rawalpindi, chief Asim Munir also Chief of Defence Forces since the 27th Amendment (2025).
Pakistan Army Aviation Corps
The Pakistan Army Aviation Corps (PAA) is the air arm of the Pakistan Army, headquartered in Rawalpindi, operating attack and transport helicopters since independence in 1947.
Pakistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Pakistan at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo, held July–August 2021) sent 10 athletes, 7 men and 3 women, in six sports; Arshad Nadeem placed 5th in javelin and Pakistan won no medals.
Pakistan at the 2026 Asian Games
Pakistan at the 2026 Asian Games: Pakistani delegation at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026, Japan, Sept 19-Oct 4. Won men's cricket silver, volleyball bronze, squash silver; no gold.
Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup
Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup: the men's ODI team's record in the ICC tournament, played every edition since 1975, won the 1992 title under Imran Khan, five semi-finals, never beaten India at a World Cup.
Pakistan at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Pakistan at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup covers the national team's record: champions in 2009 at Lord's, runners-up in 2007 and 2022, and semi-finalists in 2010, 2012, and 2021.
Pakistan at the Olympics
Pakistan at the Olympics: the South Asian nation (NOC: Pakistan Olympic Association, founded 1948) first competed at London 1948, won 10 medals, 8 in field hockey with three hockey golds (1960, 1968, 1984) plus Arshad Nadeem's javelin gold at Paris 2024.
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) is the national body responsible for atomic energy in Pakistan, owning and operating its nuclear power plants and research institutes.
Pakistan Cricket Board (پاکستان کرکٹ بورڈ)
Pakistan Cricket Board (پاکستان کرکٹ بورڈ, PCB), sole governing body of cricket in Pakistan under the 1962 Sports Ordinance, ICC member since 1952, headquartered at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore; chaired since February 2024 by Mohsin Naqvi and runs the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and PSL.
Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal
The Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal was a 2010 corruption case in which Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif bowled deliberate no-balls in the Lord's Test.
Pakistan Day
Pakistan Day (یومِ پاکستان), a public holiday on 23 March, commemorates the 1940 Lahore Resolution demanding a separate homeland and the 1956 Constitution making Pakistan an Islamic Republic; also called Republic Day.
Pakistan Engineering Council
The Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) is the statutory body that regulates engineering in Pakistan, licensing engineers and accrediting engineering programs under the PEC Act 1976 from Islamabad.
Pakistan Idol season 2
Pakistan Idol season 2 (2025-2026), the Pakistani Idol franchise singing competition on Express Entertainment with judges Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Bilal Maqsood, Zeb Bangash, and Fawad Khan; suspended mid-season, resumed, and won by Hira Qaiser of Faisalabad on 23 August 2026.
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, Pakistan's public national referral tertiary care hospital, planned 1960s, opened 1985, with Islamabad, Children's, Cardiac, Burn, and MCH hospitals; distinct from PIMS Peshawar.
Pakistan International Airlines (پاکستان انٹرنیشنل ایئر لائنز)
Pakistan International Airlines, commonly known as PIA, is the flag carrier of Pakistan, headquartered in Karachi. Founded in 1955, it flew Europe again in 2025 after safety bans and was privatized in 2026.
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 was a domestic flight from Lahore to Karachi that crashed on 22 May 2020, killing 97 of the 99 aboard.
Pakistan men's national field hockey team
Pakistan men's national field hockey team, the Green Shirts, PHF-governed side; record four World Cup titles (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994) and three Olympic golds (1960, 1968, 1984), in long decline since the mid-1990s.
Pakistan Military Academy (پاکستان ملٹری اکیڈمی)
Pakistan Military Academy (PMA Kakul, پاکستان ملٹری اکیڈمی), the Pakistan Army's officer training academy at Kakul near Abbottabad, established November 1947 on the Sandhurst model; its two-year Long Course, NUST affiliation, and joint tri-service training distinguish it.
Pakistan Movement
The Pakistan Movement, led by the All-India Muslim League under Mohammad Ali Jinnah, campaigned for a separate Muslim homeland in British India, culminating in the March 1940 demand and the 1947 partition.
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Pakistan Muslim League (N), PML-N, Nawaz Sharif's center-right party founded 1993 from the Muslim League; Punjab-based, led 1990s and 2013–2018 governments, heads the post-2024 coalition under Shehbaz Sharif.
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam), or PML-Q, a centrist party founded 20 July 2002 during Musharraf's rule; won 118 National Assembly seats in 2002 as the military-backed 'king's party', governed 2002-2007, and holds 3 seats after 2024.