Pakistan is a country in South Asia. It sits west of India and east of Afghanistan and Iran, with sea to the south. The capital is Islamabad.

Pakistan is巴基斯坦是 a country in South Asia南亞的一個國家。It sits它位在 west of India印度以西、east of Afghanistan and Iran阿富汗和伊朗以東，with sea to the south南邊靠海。The capital is Islamabad首都是伊斯蘭馬巴德。

Most people are Muslim, and the state calls itself an Islamic Republic — though actually, not everyone who lives there is Muslim, and people speak several languages. Urdu is a main official language; English is still used in government and in many schools.

Most people are Muslim大多數人是穆斯林，and the state calls itself而這個國家自稱 an Islamic Republic伊斯蘭共和國——though actually不過其實，not everyone who lives there並不是住在那裡的每個人 is Muslim都是穆斯林，and people speak人們也說 several languages好幾種語言。Urdu is烏爾都語是 a main official language主要官方語言之一；English is still used英語仍然用 in government在政府 and in many schools和許多學校裡。

The country became independent in 1947, when the British left India and the land was split in a huge, painful process called Partition: a mainly Hindu state that kept the name India, and a mainly Muslim state called Pakistan. At first Pakistan had two wings, West Pakistan and East Pakistan, with India in between. In 1971 East Pakistan became a new country, Bangladesh. Older maps, and older relatives, may still talk as if that had not happened.

The country became independent這個國家獨立 in 1947是在 1947 年，when the British left India當英國人離開印度，and the land was split土地被切開，in a huge, painful process在一場巨大而痛苦的過程中，called Partition稱作「分治」（Partition）：a mainly Hindu state一個以印度教徒為主的國家，that kept the name India保留了「印度」這個名字，and a mainly Muslim state和一個以穆斯林為主的國家，called Pakistan叫作巴基斯坦。At first起初，Pakistan had two wings巴基斯坦有兩翼，West Pakistan and East Pakistan西巴基斯坦和東巴基斯坦，with India in between中間隔著印度。In 1971 1971 年，East Pakistan東巴基斯坦 became a new country成了一個新國家，Bangladesh孟加拉。Older maps較舊的地圖，and older relatives和較年長的長輩，may still talk說起來可能仍 as if that had not happened像這件事沒發生過一樣。

Learner books often give a population from 2014 of about 193 million. That figure is a snapshot, not a forever fact; the real number is quite a bit higher now.

Learner books often give學習者用的書常給 a population from 2014一個 2014 年的人口數字，of about 193 million大約一億九千三百萬。That figure is a snapshot那個數字是一張快照，not a forever fact不是永遠不變的事實；the real number真實的數字 is quite a bit higher now現在已經高出不少。