Transportation
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Railways:
total: 8,163 km
broad gauge: 7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified; 1,037 km
double track)
narrow gauge: 445 km 1.000-m gauge; 661 km less than 1.000-m gauge
(1995 est.)

Highways:
total: 205,304 km
paved: 104,735 km
unpaved: 100,569 km (1995 est.)

Pipelines: crude oil 250 km; petroleum products 885 km; natural
gas 4,044 km (1987)

Ports: Karachi, Port Muhammad bin Qasim

Merchant marine:
total: 24 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 345,606 GRT/560,641 DWT
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 19, oil tanker 1, passenger-cargo 1
(1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 100
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 12
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 19
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 25
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 11
with paved runways under 914 m: 18
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 7
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 8 (1995 est.)

Heliports: 6 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 1.572 million (1993 est.)

Telephone system: the domestic system is mediocre, but adequate
for government and business use, in part because major businesses
have established their own private systems; since 1988, the
government has promoted investment in the national
telecommunications system on a priority basis; despite major
improvements in trunk and urban systems, telecommunication services
are still not readily available to the major portion of the
population
domestic: microwave radio relay
international: satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic
Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); microwave radio relay to neighboring
countries

Radio broadcast stations: AM 26, FM 8, shortwave 11

Radios: 11.3 million (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 29

Televisions: 2.08 million (1993 est.)

Defense
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Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Civil Armed Forces, National Guard

Manpower availability:
males age 15-49: 30,519,339
males fit for military service: 18,720,175
males reach military age (17) annually: 1,437,208 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $3.1 billion,
5.3% of GDP (FY95/96)

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@Palau
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Location: 7 30 N, 134 30 E -- Oceania, group of islands in the
North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines

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