Introducing Pakistan
Pakistan displays some of Asia’s most magnificent landscapes as it stretches from the Arabian Sea, its southern border, to some of the world’s most spectacular mountain ranges in the north. Pakistan is also home to sites that date back to word’s earliest settlements rivaling those of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Location
Located in South Asia, Pakistan
shares an eastern border with
India and a north-eastern
border with China. Iran makes
up the country’s south-west
border, and Afghanistan runs
along its western and northern
edge. The Arabian Sea is Pakistan’s
southern boundary with 1,064
km of coastline.
The country has a total area
of 796,095 sq km and is nearly
four times the size of the
United Kingdom. From Gwadar
Bay in its south-eastern corner,
the country extends more than
1,800 km to the Khunjerab
Pass on China’s border.