Saturday 18 August 2012

Pakistan's Provinces Essay

Punjab is the most developed, most populous, and most prosperous province of Pakistan. Lahore has traditionally been the capital of Punjab for a thousand years; it is Punjab's main cultural, historical, administrative and economic center. it has been part of various empires and civilizations throughout history, including the Indus Valley Civilization, Persians, Arabs, Turks, Mongols, Mughals, Afghans, Sikhs and the British. The Punjab is the Land of Seven Rivers. Balochistan is the largest province by area, constituting approximately 44% of Pakistan's total land mass, and the smallest in terms of population. Balochistan is bordered by Afghanistan to the north and north-west, Iran to the south-west, the Arabian Sea to the south, Punjab and Sindh to the east, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas to the north-east. Quetta is the capital and largest city of Balochistan Sindh is home to the Sindhi people. It has been given the title of Bab-ul-Islam (The gateway of Islam). Sindh is bounded to the west by the Indus River and Balochistan, to the north by Punjab, the east by the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan and to the south by the Arabian Sea. The capital of the province is Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and financial hub. Most of the population in the province is Muslim and some other minorities. The main languages are sindhi and urdu. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province and various other names, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north-west of the country. It borders the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to the west and south, Gilgit–Baltistan to the north-east, Azad Kashmir to the east and Punjab and the Islamabad Capital Territory to the south-east. The ethnic groups in the province are the Pashtun and minorities. The provincial language is Pashto. The provincial capital and largest city is Peshawar