ding point for the SEA-ME-WE-3
and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable systems that provide links to Asia,
the Middle East, and Europe; 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 (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 31, FM 68, shortwave NA (2006)

Radios:

13.5 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

20 (5 state-run channels and 15 privately-owned satellite channels)
(2006)

Televisions:

3.1 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.pk

Internet hosts:

197,264 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

30 (2000)

Internet users:

17.5 million (2007)

Transportation
Pakistan

Airports:

146 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 92
over 3,047 m: 16
2,438 to 3,047 m: 19
1,524 to 2,437 m: 29
914 to 1,523 m: 18
under 914 m: 10 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 54
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 24 (2007)

Heliports:

18 (2007)

Pipelines:

gas 10,398 km; oil 2,076 km (2007)

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 (2006)

Roadways:

total: 259,758 km
paved: 162,879 km (includes 711 km of expressways)
unpaved: 96,879 km (2005)

Merchant marine:

total: 15
by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 10, petroleum tanker 4
registered in other countries: 19 (Comoros 4, Malta 2, Marshall
Islands 1, Panama 9, Saint Kitts and Nevis 3) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Karachi, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim

Military
Pakistan

Military branches:

Army (includes National Guard), Navy (includes Marines and Maritime
Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza'ya) (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

16 years of age for voluntary military service; soldiers cannot be
deployed for combat until age of 18; the Pakistani Air Force and
Pakistani Navy have inducted their first female pilots and sailors
(2006)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 42,633,765
females age 16-49: 40,114,017 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 32,453,913
females age 16-49: 31,369,057 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 2,062,065
female: 1,936,