Total: 247,811 km
paved: 141,252 km (including 339 km of expressways)
unpaved: 106,559 km (1998)
Waterways:
None
Pipelines:
Crude oil 250 km; petroleum products 885 km; natural gas 4,044 km (1987)
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: 87
over 3,047 m: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 21
914 to 1,523 m: 17
under 914 m: 3 (2002)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 32
Airports - with unpaved runways:
Total: 38
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 19 (2002)
Heliports:
13 (2002)
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:
$2,545.5 million (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:
Opium poppy cultivation practically eliminated; key transit point for Southwest Asian heroin bound for Western markets; Afghan narcotics continue to transit Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Balochistan Province, and Karachi; financial crimes related to drug trafficking, terrorism, corruption, and smuggling remain problems