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Pakistan At The South Asian Games
Pakistan is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and has participated in the South Asian Games since the inception of the game in 1984. The National Olympic Committee of Pakistan, Pakistan Olympic Association (POA), formed in 1948, and was affiliated by the International Olympic Committee in the same year. Pakistan has participated all 13 South Asian Games governed by South Asia Olympic Council. Pakistan has performed reasonably well since 1984 South Asian Games, 1984 Kathmandu. Pakistan has been second-ranked team 7 times, third ranked team 4 times, fourth ranked team 2 times. Best performance witnessed by Pakistan was in 2006 South Asian Games, 2006 Colombo with 158 total Medals including 43 Gold Medals. Hosted Games Islamabad, Capital of Pakistan has hosted this Multi-Sport Event 2 times : 1989 South Asian Games, 1989 Islamabad, 2004 South Asian Games, 2004 Islamabad Pakistan will host 2024 South Asian Games at Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Islam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's Islam by country#Countries, second-largest Muslim population just behind Indonesia. Pakistan is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 33rd-largest country in the world by area and 2nd largest in South Asia, spanning . It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by India to India–Pakistan border, the east, Afghanistan to Durand Line, the west, Iran to Iran–Pakistan border, the southwest, and China to China–Pakistan border, the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north, and also shares a maritime border with Oman. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |