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Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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Imran Khan Prime Minister of Pakistan
Population: 173,620, 000; Language: Urdu (National); English (Official); Currency: Pak Rupee; Government: Semi-presidential federal democratic republic;
Persecution Ranking: No.17; Percent of Corruption: 78%. Total People groups: 480;Unreached people groups: 462% of people groups unreached 96.3%
 Location
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a republic in South Asia, marking the region where South Asia converges with Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 650-mile coastline along the Arabian Sea in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast.
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Dr. Arif Alvi President of Pakistan

Religion
Pakistan is comprised of 96.1% Muslims and only 2.3% of the population are Christians, Hinduism 1.5%, Other 0.1%. Pakistan is an Islamic republic. There is growing support for Islamic Shari’a law and discrimination against non-Muslim and Muslim minorities is on the increase. Churches, pastors and Muslim background believers are targets of violence.
Challenges for Christians
Pakistan is ranked No. 17 among nations that are the worst persecutors of Christians based on Open Doors 2007 “World Watch List.”
Terrorism:
The government of Pakistan is a major partner in the U.S. war on terror. Nevertheless, Pakistan remains a major source of Islamic extremism and a safe haven for some top terrorist leaders. Credible reports estimated that as many as 900 Pakistanis lost their lives in more than 650 terror attacks in 2006, with another 1,500 people seriously injured. Pakistan has experienced attacks from international terror networks such as Al Qaeda and its supporters, as well as violence stemming from Sunni-Shia sectarian strife and militant sub-nationalists. Attacks occurred with greatest frequency in the regions bordering Afghanistan: Balochistan, the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), and the adjacent Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
Unreached
Over 160 ethnic groups and 40 language groups are without viable, indigenous congregations and effective cross-culture missions initiative.Balochi & Brahvi Some 75% of the world’s 4,500,000, Baloch live in Pakistan, over one million live and work in Karachi, Balochistan is the province where these unreached people lives.THE PUKHTUN Of the north west frontier. over 27 smaller peoples live in the mountain valleys of Kashmir, Kohistan, Dir, Chitral and Hinza. The Kalashare largely animist to there is not even a single Church is working among these people.Sindhi & Punjabi majority on the Indus plain. Afghan Refugees in Pakistan who are reached a peak in 1990 of about four million. Their numbers are slowly going down back. Most are Dari and Pushto speaking, but there are also many Uzbek, Tajik and others. 
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The great majority are Punjabis of low-cast Hindu Origin and most of the remainder are Hindu tribal peoples of Sindh. Lack of teaching, Poverty and illiteracy have hastened the lowering of the spiritual standards, nominal ism and the practice of Occultism among those who profess to be Christians. There has been little significant church growth among the Marwaris and Koli in the Sindh desert.
Economy

Much of the agricultural land and commerce is controlled by a few wealthy families. The economy is under siege from the combined assault of uncontrolled population growth, lack of water and land, 80% of government income squandered on the military, the effects of the Afghanistan wars and refugees The implementation of Islam-ization policies could tip the nation in economic disaster unemployment of 40%.
Health and Sanitation
62% of the population has sustainable access to improved sanitation and 90% has sustainable access to an improved water source. 19% of the population is undernourished. Pakistan has a low prevalence of HIV infection about 0.1% in recent news, Action Aid.  Pakistan reported that it has estimated there are currently 78,000 cases of AIDS in Pakistan. Of these, 16000 of women and 2,200 are children.
Survival
The life expectancy at birth is 61 years.83 children die before age 1 for every 1000 live births and 107 die by the age of 5.
Education
41.5% of adults between 15 and 49 are literate. There are no recent data on enrollment for primary and secondary schools. Pakistan spends 1.8% of its GDP on education which is 7.8% of total government expenditures (for comparison, the 20 most developed nations spend and average of 5.53% of their GDPs and12.29% of government expenditures on public education)
Gender Disparities
The life expectancy at birth for men and women is nearly identical: 60.7 years for women and 61 years for men. Literacy rates are notably different: 28.5 % of women are literate and53.4% men are literate. women earn only 33% of what men earn. Approximately 20% of the seats in parliament are held by women.

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Pray for Pakistan

Prayer Points

  • Pray for the Pakistan government to remain vigilant against combating terrorism and for legislation to pass that target terrorist finance issues.
  • Pray that God would root out terrorist groups out of Pakistan, so it will no longer be a safe haven for some top terrorist leaders.
  • Pray that the rise of Islamic militant extremism across the Muslim world would not take route in Pakistan and that the government continues to resist terrorist movements.
  • Persecution and intimidation try to keep Christians living in fear. Pray that they would stand firm in the authority of Jesus and have the courage to share their faith despite the troubles they face.
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  • Pray that when the enemy comes against innocent people in Pakistan that the Spirit of the Lord will raise up a standard against the enemy by sending forth weapons from His arsenal in heaven. (Exodus 15:3, 6-7 and Isaiah 59:19)
  • At the age of 60, Perial faces the tough job of rebuilding from scratch after Pakistan’s floods, which began back in July. He lives in the upper Sindh province village of Mohammed Khan Jayo but the life he is facing now is nothing like the one he had before the rains came. The swollen river Indus flooded his community and swept away his mud-brick built home. He managed to save his family, including five sons and seven daughters, but little else. Livestock and crops have been extensively lost throughout the region, while access to clean water has been disrupted because of damage to water pumps. Please continue to pray for the recovery of Pakistan and that survivors will be able to rebuild their lives. (Tearfund - December 2010)
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