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179 million ( - Canada is 34 million and India 1.2 billionhttp:// There are approximately 7 million Pakistanis living abroad. Many overseas Pakistanis in Europe and North America have obtained citizenship of their country of residence.

There are more than sixty languages spoken in Pakistan. Urdu is the official, national language of Pakistan English is used in official business, government, and legal contracts Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Balochi

About 97% of the Pakistanis are Muslims - Islam 173,000,000 (97%) Hinduism 2,800,000 (1.6%) Christianity 2,800,000 (1.6%)

INDEPENDENCE DAY

EID CELEBRATIONS: Eid Ul Fitr and Eid Ul Adha

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Employment – Extensive export of labour, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labour (2010 est.) – Unemployment rate: 15% (2010 est.) – Population below poverty line 24% – Inflation rate: 13.4% ( $1 = 89 rupees) – Public debt: 49.9% of GDP

The Indus Valley Civilization sprang up around the Indus River from 2800– 1800 B.C Persian Empire, Afghan Empire, Moghul Empire, British Empire.

The Mughal (or Moghul) Empire ruled most of India and Pakistan in the 16th and 17th centuries.

In the 1920’s and 1930’s, a movement led by Congress leader Mahatma Gandhi engaged millions of protesters in mass campaigns of civil disobedience.

Asif Ali Zardari 11 th President of Pakistan Widower of Benazir Bhutto

Literacy definition in Pakistan: SOMEONE WHO IS ABLE TO READ A SIMPLE SENTENCE, CAN WRITE & SIGN THEIR NAME, AND CAN READ A NEWSPAPER Population Census, Pakistan

Literacy rate 25%-50%

Ministry of Education, Pakistan

In both urban and rural public schools – the quality of education is poor Private schools – “street” private schools – “franchise” private schools – Grammar schools

PAKISTAN SCHOOL HOURS 6 am – 2 pm (regular school) 4 pm – 6 pm (tutoring class) 6 pm – 8 pm (religion class) TEACHERS Students and Parents expect teachers to tell them what to do Rote method HOMEWORK Spends about 2-3 hrs/day CANADA SCHOOL HOURS 9 am – 3:30 pm TEACHERS Focus on individual learner- very collaborative type of learning HOMEWORK Spends about mins/day

 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – language – culture shock (teacher-student relationship) – parents’ doubt about the education because of a lack of homework  HIGH SCHOOL – language – relaxed environment – mix classes; sex education – high expectation from parents