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Pakistan national blind cricket team
Pakistan national blind cricket team, run by the Pakistan Blind Cricket Council; ODI Blind World Cup champions 2002 and 2006, finalist in all five editions 1998-2018, first T20 Blind World Cup title 2024, IBSA World Games 2023 gold.
Pakistan national cricket team
Pakistan national cricket team (Pakistan men's cricket team), PCB-administered Test, ODI, and T20I side; Test status 1952; World Cup 1992, T20 World Cup 2009, Champions Trophy 2017; home exile 2009-2019 after Lahore attack.
Pakistan national cricket team record by opponent
Pakistan national cricket team record by opponent: head-to-head results in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is against India, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and others, including the 1,002-ODI totals and 2025-26 home season series results.
Pakistan national football team
Pakistan national football team, the men's side of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF, FIFA member since 1948). Debut 1950 loss to Iran; joint 1952 Colombo Cup winners; never qualified for a World Cup; best FIFA rank 141st (1994).
Pakistan Navy (پاک بحریہ)
The Pakistan Navy (پاک بحریہ) is the maritime warfare arm of Pakistan's armed forces, established on 14 August 1947 from the partition of the Royal Indian Navy.
Pakistan Ordnance Factories
Pakistan Ordnance Factories is Pakistan's state-owned arms and ammunition manufacturer at Wah Cantt, Punjab, established in 1951 and supplying the Pakistani Armed Forces and law enforcement.
Pakistan People's Party (پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی)
Pakistan People's Party (پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی), PPP, center-left Pakistani party founded 30 November 1967 in Lahore by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto; slogan roti, kapra aur makaan; led 1973 Constitution, won 1988, 1993, 2008 elections, governed 2008–2013 and in coalition since 2024.
Pakistan Petroleum
Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) is a Pakistani oil and gas exploration company, incorporated in 1950, that operates the Sui gas field and supplies about 20 percent of Pakistan's natural gas.
Pakistan Post
Pakistan Post, officially the Pakistan Post Office Department, is the state postal operator of Pakistan, serving about 20 million households through roughly 13,000 post offices since independence in 1947.
Pakistan Railways (پاکستان ریلویز)
Pakistan Railways (پاکستان ریلویز) is the state-owned national railway of Pakistan, operating passenger and freight services under the federal Ministry of Railways; its first line opened in 1861.
Pakistan Rangers
Pakistan Rangers: paramilitary force under the 1959 Ordinance, with Punjab and Sindh wings, guarding the Indian border and deployed for internal law and order, notably Karachi, under army-seconded command.
Pakistan Stock Exchange (پاکستان اسٹاک ایکسچینج)
Pakistan Stock Exchange (پاکستان اسٹاک ایکسچینج) is Pakistan's sole securities exchange and home of the KSE-100 index, formed in 2016 by merging the Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad stock exchanges.
Pakistan Super League (پاکستان سپر لیگ)
Pakistan Super League (PSL, پاکستان سپر لیگ), or HBL PSL, is Pakistan's PCB-run T20 franchise cricket league, first played February 2016 with five teams; it expanded to eight franchises (Hyderabad, Sialkot added 2026) and moved from draft to auction model.
Pakistan Table Tennis Federation
The Pakistan Table Tennis Federation (PTTF), founded in Lahore in 1951, is Pakistan's national governing body for table tennis, an ITTF member that runs national championships and team selection.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (پاکستان تحریک انصاف)
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (پاکستان تحریک انصاف), PTI, is Imran Khan's Pakistani political party founded in 1996; it led Pakistan's federal government from 2018 to 2022, lost its cricket-bat symbol in 2024, and topped direct seats via independents.
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is Pakistan's largest integrated telecommunications company, providing fixed-line, broadband, and fiber services throughout Pakistan; it acquired Telenor Pakistan in 2025.
Pakistan Television Corporation (پاکستان ٹیلی ویژن کارپوریشن)
Pakistan Television Corporation (پاکستان ٹیلی ویژن کارپوریشن), PTV, is Pakistan's state-owned national television broadcaster, first transmitting from Lahore on 26 November 1964. Nine channels, government-owned under the Information Ministry, licence fee abolished in 2025 and replaced by federal grants.
Pakistan–United States relations
Pakistan–United States relations: diplomatic ties established August 15, 1947. A cyclical Cold War and post-9/11 security partnership marked by aid, sanctions over the nuclear program, bin Laden fallout, and a 2025 trade deal.
Pakistan–United States trade deal
The Pakistan–United States trade deal is a July 2025 executive arrangement cutting US tariffs on Pakistani goods to 19%, with Pakistan offering duty-free access for US products.
Pakistan's Got Talent
Pakistan's Got Talent (پاکستان کا ٹیلنٹ ہے۔) is Pakistan's edition of the Got Talent franchise, produced by Pixel Entertainment and Geo TV. Judges Ali Zafar, Mehwish Hayat, Tabish Hashmi, and Usman Bashir; 17 episodes in 2026; won by visually impaired singer Fawad Alam with 337,000 votes.
Pakistani Americans
Pakistani Americans: U.S. residents of Pakistani origin, about 680,000 in 2023 (seventh-largest Asian origin group). Also Asian Americans, South Asian Americans, Urdu-speaking diaspora. Key facts: 254% growth since 2000, 62% foreign-born, $108,100 median household income, contested Asian American identity and post-9/11 discrimination.
Pakistani clothing
Pakistani clothing: national dress centred on the shalwar kameez worn by all genders, with Sindhi ajrak, Balochi embroidery, khaddar and designer lawn, plus a textile-apparel export sector exceeding US$10 billion a year.
Pakistani cricket team in England in 2026
Pakistan cricket team in England 2026: three-Test tour, 19 Aug-13 Sep, WTC 2025-27, at Headingley, Lord's, Edgbaston; England won 3-0; followed by Pakistan-hosted ODI tri-series with England and Sri Lanka.
Pakistani cricket team in the West Indies in 2026
Pakistan cricket team in the West Indies 2026: a two-Test World Test Championship tour, 18 July to 5 August 2026, drawn 1-1, with West Indies winning the first Test at Tarouba by 90 runs and Pakistan the second at Port of Spain by eight wickets.
Pakistani cuisine
Pakistani cuisine: wheat-and-meat South Asian cooking of Pakistan, also called Pakistani food, built on tandoor bread, nihari, biryani, karahi, and chapli kebab, with distinct Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun, and Balochi regional traditions under halal dietary law.
Pakistani dramas
Pakistani dramas are Urdu television serials that began with PTV in 1964, moved to private channels in the 2000s, and are known for limited-episode family stories popular in India and the Arab world.
Pakistani hip hop
Pakistani hip hop, also called Desi hip hop, is the Urdu- and Punjabi-language rap scene of Pakistan, anchored in Karachi and led by Young Stunners and Bohemia.
Pakistani Instrument of Surrender
The Pakistani Instrument of Surrender is the document signed by Lieutenant-General A.A.K. Niazi at Dhaka on 16 December 1971, ending the Bangladesh Liberation War and creating Bangladesh.
Pakistani name
Pakistani names: personal names in Pakistan built from Arabic, Persian, or Turkish-derived elements with honorifics, patronyms, or tribal names. No fixed surname system; women often keep maiden names; Khan and Shah are hereditary exceptions.
Pakistani passport (پاکستانی پاسپورٹ)
The Pakistani passport (پاکستانی پاسپورٹ), or Passport of Pakistan, is the travel document issued to Pakistani citizens by the Directorate General of Immigration & Passports.