are still not readily
available to the majority of the rural population
domestic: microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable,
cellular, and satellite networks
international: country code - 92; satellite earth stations - 3
Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); 3 operational
international gateway exchanges (1 at Karachi and 2 at Islamabad);
microwave radio relay to neighboring countries (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 27, FM 1, shortwave 21 (1998)

Radios:
13.5 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
22 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:
3.1 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.pk

Internet hosts:
15,124 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
30 (2000)

Internet users:
1.5 million (2002)

Transportation Pakistan

Railways:
total: 8,163 km
broad gauge: 7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 445 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 254,410 km
paved: 109,396 km (including 339 km of expressways)
unpaved: 145,014 km (1999)

Pipelines:
gas 9,945 km; oil 1,821 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Karachi, Port Muhammad bin Qasim

Merchant marine:
total: 17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 329,486 GRT/512,506 DWT
by type: cargo 11, container 2, petroleum tanker 4
registered in other countries: 16 (2004 est.)

Airports:
129 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 92
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 22
914 to 1,523 m: 18
under 914 m: 6 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 32

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 39
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
under 914 m: 21 (2004 est.)
914 to 1,523 m: 9

Heliports:
15 (2003 est.)

Military Pakistan

Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
16 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be
deployed for combat until age of 18 (2001)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 39,793,586 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 24,355,985 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 1,891,101 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$2.7 billion (FY02/03)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
3.9% (FY02/03)

Transnational Issues Pakistan

Disputes - international:
Kashmir remains the world's largest