Notes for Geography by S.H.A

           Location Of Pakistan  

• Located at the most crucial point in the south Asian.
• It lies in the western part of the South Asia.
• Pakistan has sea routes to both the middle and Far East.
• The hot water port at Karachi makes it a very important region.

Latitudes:

• Pakistan is located just north of the Tropic Of Cancer in the north hemisphere
• It extends from 23 1/2 degree North to 78 degree North.
• the extension of the country gives it a variety of  the climatic conditions that prevail in the country.

Longitudes:

• Pakistan Stretches from the 61 deg E to 78 deg East.
• The longitudinal extension of the country is not much;therefore it allows Pakistan to have a standard time.
• Pakistan is five hours ahead of the GMT .

Neighbors of Pakistan:

• Pakistan has its arch rival to the East.Pakistan shares a large border with India in the East all the way from the Sialkot sector to the Run of Kutch.
• Pakistan has two important countries in the WEST.Afghanistan and Iran .
• Pakistan has china in the North and central Asian states in the north west.
• Pakistan has the Arabian Sea in the south,which makes it an enormously important country on the world scene.