Pakistan's estimated population was 207,774,520 according to the provisional results of the 2017 Census of Pakistan. Pakistan is the world's fifth-most-populous country.
A primary school in a village in the Sindh region
Women and girls in Qamber, Shadadkot, north-west Sindh, Pakistan
A Pakistani boy working as a cobbler
A child receives the oral polio vaccine (USAID).
Education in Pakistan is overseen by the Federal Ministry of Education and the provincial governments, while the federal government mostly assists in curriculum development, accreditation and the financing of research and development. Article 25-A of the Constitution of Pakistan obligates the state to provide free and compulsory quality education to children of the age group 5 to 16 years. "The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of five to sixteen years in such a manner as may be determined by law". Considering the challenges confronting the youth in Pakistan, it's hardly astonishing that well-off and educated young individuals and professionals are opting to depart the country whenever they have the opportunity, exacerbating the brain drain phenomenon.
A primary school in a village in the Sindh region
Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education office in Islamabad
The University of the Punjab, established 1882 in Lahore, is the oldest university of Pakistan.
GIK Institute from the Clock Tower
