8 Leadership training

9 The unreached. Over 160 ethnic groups and 40 language groups are without viable, indigenous congregations

a) The Baluch and the Brahui

b) The Pathan of the North West Frontier with Afghanistan who are famed for their combativeness and clannishness

c) The peoples of the far north

d) The Panjabi majority on the Indus plain

e) The Sindhi

f) Karachi, which is a lawless city

g) Afghan refugees. Their numbers have fallen but there are around 1.8 million in camps

h) The Ahmaddiya. This is an aggressively missionary-minded Muslim sect

10 Young people are a major subject for prayer since 50% of the population is under 15

Economy

Main exports are sports goods, textiles, garments and heroin. HDI 0.508; 138^th/174. Public debt 36% of GNP. Income/person $500 (1.6% of USA).

Politics

Muslim politicians insisted on a separate state resulting in the partition of British-ruled India at independence in 1947.

Religion

An Islamic republic.

Churches in Pakistan

Missionaries from Pakistan

174 in 15 agencies; nearly all in Pakistan.

Expatriates to Pakistan

579 in 66 agencies from 23 countries

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Geography

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Area 796,095 sq.km, which includes 83,700 sq.km of the third of Kashmir controlled by Pakistan.

Population (2000) 156,483,155 +2.81%AGR

Capital Islamabad 1.1 mill.

Peoples

Indo-Aryan 78.8%; Indo-Iranian 18.5%; Dravidian 1.6%; Tibetan 0.5%; Other 0.6%.

Literacy 38% officially, many estimate it is nearer 25%. Official language Urdu, which is becoming widely used by all. All languages 69. Languages with Scriptures 5Bi 6NT 9por 16w.i.p.

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