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Pakistan
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 * **Major Government**
 * **Major Religions**
 * **Languages Spoken**
 * **Current leader or president**
 * **Brief history of the country including any important people and major wars**
 * **Currency**
 * **Major cultural traditions (holidays/foods etc..)**
 * **Climate**
 * **Population**
 * **Geography**
 * **Major resources**
 * **Major tourist attractions and or historical sights**
 * **Median Family Income**
 * **Must include a __Work Cited Page__ with a minimum of 4 resources (1 book 3 websites)**
 * **Brief history of the country including any important people and major wars**
 * In September 2008, the two houses of Parliament elected Zardari president by a wide margin. He faces the overwhelming task of rooting out members of al-Qaeda and the Taliban, who control much of the country's tribal areas. He also promised to improve the relationship between Parliament and the presidency. "Parliament will be sovereign,” he said. “This president shall be subservient to the Parliament.” **Major Government**


 * Military rule was instituted in Oct. 1999; a nominal democracy was declared in June 2001 by the ruling military leader, Pervez Musharraf


 * **Languages Spoken**
 * Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8%
 * **PAKISTAN﻿﻿**