Ports and harbors: Karachi, Port Muhammad bin Qasim

Merchant marine: total: 17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 241,832
GRT/367,093 DWT ships by type: cargo 13, container 3, petroleum tanker 1
(2002 est.)

Airports: 120 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 85 over 3,047 m: 12 2,438 to
3,047 m: 22 914 to 1,523 m: 17 under 914 m: 3 (2001) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 31

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 35 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 914 to
1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 18 (2001)

Heliports: 9 (2001)

Military Pakistan

Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Civil Armed Forces, National
Guard

Military manpower - military age: 17 years of age (2002 est.)

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 36,941,592 (2002 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 22,606,576
(2002 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 1,657,724
(2002 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $2,545,500,000 (FY01)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 4.6% (FY01)

Transnational Issues Pakistan

Disputes - international: armed stand-off with India over the status and
sovereignty of Kashmir continues; dispute with India over the terminus of
Rann of Kutch prevents extension of a maritime boundary; water-sharing
problems with India persist over the Indus River (Wular Barrage); close
ties with Pashtuns in Afghanistan make long border difficult to control

Illicit drugs: Poppy cultivation practically eliminated with only 213
hectares grown; potential heroin production 5 tons; key transit area
for Southwest Asian heroin moving to Western markets; narcotics still
move from Afghanistan, transiting Balochistan Province or Karachi for
onward shipment

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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Poland

Introduction

Poland

Background: Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived around
the middle of the 10th century. It's golden age occurred in the 16th
century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry
and internal disorders weakened the nation, until an agreement in 1772
between Russia, Prussia, and Austria partitioned Poland. Poland regained
its independence in 1918 only to be overrun by Germany and the Soviet
Union in World War II. It became a Soviet satellite country following
the war, but one that was comparatively tolerant and progre