{"id":57,"date":"2014-05-13T20:36:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T10:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.project.com.sg\/rtw\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2014-06-20T13:01:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T03:01:21","slug":"pakistan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/?page_id=57","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;width:170px;margin-left:15px;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/flags\/flag.pakistan.gif\" style=\"border:1px solid #888;\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"cont_68f626ca4bec308cb7d138e533dcd56c\">\n  <span id=\"h_68f626ca4bec308cb7d138e533dcd56c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theweather.com\/lahore.htm\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#808080; font-family:Helvetica; font-size:12px;\">Lahore Forecast<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n  <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theweather.com\/wid_loader\/68f626ca4bec308cb7d138e533dcd56c\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Capital City:<\/b> Islamabad<\/p>\n<p><b>Population:<\/b> 196,174,380 (July 2014 est)<\/p>\n<p><b>Currency:<\/b> Pakistani rupees (PKR)<\/p>\n<p><b>Land Area:<\/b> 796,095 sq km. Controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent<\/p>\n<p><b>Dominant Religions:<\/b> Muslim (official) 96.4% (Sunni 85-90%, Shia 10-15%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 3.6% (2010 est)<\/p>\n<p><b>Land Boundaries:<\/b> Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km<\/p>\n<p><b>Location:<\/b> Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north<\/p>\n<p><b>Climate:<\/b> Mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north<\/p>\n<p><b>Terrain:<\/b> Flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west<\/p>\n<p><b>Visa:<\/b> Nationals of Australia (not wanting to travel with a tour operator and group) need to apply in advance for a visa, which is usually issued for 30-90 days depending on nationality and where you apply. The High Commission for Pakistan in New Delhi issues visas with varying degrees of difficulty, taking at least 1 day (and sometimes several) to process the application. Applications are only accepted in the mornings c. 09:00-11:00. Arrive early and expect the process to take a few hours and possibly a few return visits. Window 5 is for foreign tourist and business visas (under the big white sign)<\/p>\n<p><b>Entry Point:<\/b> Wagah (from Atari Amritsar, India)<\/p>\n<p><b>Exit Point:<\/b> Kuh-i-Taftan (to Meer Jawe, Iran)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Cuisine:<\/b> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore Forecast Capital City: Islamabad Population: 196,174,380 (July 2014 est) Currency: Pakistani rupees (PKR) Land Area: 796,095 sq km. Controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent Dominant Religions: Muslim (official) 96.4% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":614,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/614"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rtw.project.com.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}