(WIPO code: PK) (last revised February 2021)
by SURRIDGE & BEECHENO, Advocates and Patent Agents, Karachi
Pakistan
General Information
Area
888,000 sq. km.
Population
233,500,636 (estimated July 2020).
Capital
Islamabad.
Largest city
And principal industrial and commercial center: Karachi.
Principal languages
Urdu, Punjabi, English.
Currency
Pakistani rupee (PKR). 165 rupees = 1 U.S. dollar (September 2020).
Main products
Wheat, rice, bajra, jowar, maize, barley, grain, sugar-cane, cotton, petroleum, natural gas and iron.
Main industries
Textiles (cotton, wool, sericulture), steel, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, paints and varnishes, petroleum products, sugar, the manufacture of cigarettes and ship building.
Imports
Plant, machinery, motor vehicles, chemicals, drugs, metals and ores, and petroleum products.
Exports
Mainly cotton textiles, wool, hide, skins, rice, sporting goods and surgical instruments.