| Pakistan
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| This article is part of a series on thepolitics and government ofPakistan |
| Constitution
* + Previous constitutions:1956
	+ 1962
	+ 1973
* Annex (written 1949, incorporated 1985)
* Amendments
* Law
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| Government
* President (list): *Arif Alvi*

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**Parliament**
* Senate
Chairman: *Sadiq Sanjrani*
Deputy Chairman: *Saleem Mandviwalla*
* National Assembly
Speaker: *Asad Qaiser*
Deputy Speaker: *Qasim Suri*

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**Executive:**
* Prime Minister (list): *Imran Khan*
* Federal Cabinet
* Federal Agencies
* Civil Service

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**Judiciary**
* Supreme Judicial Council
* Supreme Court
Chief Justice
* Federal Shariat Court
* Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan
Chief Justices
* Islamabad High Court
* Provincial High Courts
* Chief Court Gilgit-Baltistan
* District Courts
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| Elections
* Election Commission
* Electoral College
* Recent elections

	+ Presidential: 2008
	+ 2013
	+ 2018

	+ General: 2008
	+ 2013
	+ 2018
* Political parties
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Pakistan Peoples Party
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| Administrative units
* **Provinces**
Balochistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab
Sindh

* **Territories**
Islamabad

* **Autonomous region**
Azad Kashmir
Gilgit–Baltistan
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| Federalism
* **Azad Kashmir government**
President
Prime Minister
Legislative Assembly

* **Provincial governments**
Governors
Chief Ministers
Provincial Assemblies

* **Local government**
Divisions
Districts
Tehsils
Union councils
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| Foreign relations
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Shah Mehmood Qureshi

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* Diplomatic missions of / in Pakistan

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* Passport
* Visa requirements
* Visa policy

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* China
* India
* United States

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* Kashmir conflict
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* Other countries
* Atlas

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Pakistan is the second largest Muslim country in terms of population (behind Indonesia). Pakistan is the only Muslim country known to have nuclear weapons. Pakistan is also an important member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

Pakistan is an active member of the United Nations. Pakistan had some problems with its foreign relations. Pakistan's relations with its neighbor, India is mostly not good. They have been fighting over the disputed territory of Kashmir, over which they have fought two to three wars. Pakistan has also had difficult relations with neighbors Afghanistan and Iran. Pakistan has had a long and good relationship with China. Pakistan has interest over the Persian Gulf and has wide-ranging bilateral relations with the United States and other Western countries.

Pakistan distrusted the Soviet Union during much of the Cold War. Because of this Pakistan had strong relations with both the United States of America and the People's Republic of China. 

Pakistan was a member of the American-sponsored CENTO and SEATO military alliances. Pakistans' alliance with the United States was especially close after the Soviets invaded the neighboring country of Afghanistan. In 1964, Pakistan signed the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD) Pact with Turkey and Iran, when all three countries were closely allied with the U.S. and as neighbors of the Soviet Union, wary of perceived Soviet expansionism. To this day, Pakistan has had a close relationship with Turkey. RCD became defunct after the Iranian Revolution, and a Pakistani-Turkish initiative led to the founding of the Economic Cooperation Organization in 1985. For several years, Pakistan's relations with the Republic of India have been improving, which opened up Pakistan's foreign policy to issues beyond security.