SOCIO-CULTURAL ANALYSIS

Socio-Cultural Analysis of Pakistan



Table of Contents

Overview3

Physical Geography3

Military Conflict History4

Urban and Suburban Terrain5

Key Infrastructure5

Lines of Communication6

Significant past military conflicts and their impact on history7

Weather Analysis8

Effects on Population8

Effects on Agriculture8

Civil Considerations9

Overview of the factors of ASCOPE9

Areas9

Structures9

Capabilities12

Organizations12

People13

Events14

Detailed Discussion of “People”14

Society14

Social Structure15

Culture15

Language16

Power16

Authority17

References18

Bibliography19

Socio-Cultural Analysis of Pakistan

Overview

Physical Geography

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan founded in 1947. East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) seceded in 1971. Since independence, there have been several military coups. The last was in 1999, when the chief of army staff, Pervez Musharraf, became the chief executive of Pakistan. In 2001, he became the country's president, and parliament re-elected him in October 2007. Mr Musharraf resigned as army chief in November 2007 and stood down as president in August 2008. The general election that took place in February 2008 resulted in a new coalition government led by the Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz); the latter party withdrew from the government in August 2008.

The country stretches from the Indus basin at the foot of the Himalayas, and limited to East with the Indian desert and mountains. The highlands of Himalayan peaks, including K2, in excess of 8 600 m altitude. At the foot of the Potwar Plateau, lies the plain of Punjab and Sindh, limited to the or for the high plateaus of Baluchistan, and watered by the Indus and its tributaries. In the plains of Punjab are fertile areas, such as North East, between Chenab and Sutlej, where wheat is grown, and arid areas, such as Doab, between the Chenab and the Indus, a sandy desert transformed by irrigation. Further South, in the lower delta of the Indus and the plains of Sind is a dry region that receives less than 170 mm annual rainfall, although the Sukkur and Kotri dams allow irrigated agriculture (wheat, cotton and rice). The desert regions are in the SE and include, from N to S, Thal, Cholistan and Thar on, extensions Thar Desert, located in the desert of India.. The climate is continental and the country is one of the most arid regions of the Indian subcontinent. However, rainfall is variable and so frequent periods of flooding such as drought. The vegetation, due to the arid climate, consists mainly of shrubs and forbs. However, in the foothills of the mountains and river banks are some forests. The most important courses are the Indus and its tributaries, the Jhelum, Ravi, Chenab, Beas and Sutlej.

The Hindu Kush has a rugged and mountainous relief. It runs from the border with Afghanistan in the west to the Indus in the east. A small proportion of the Himalayas are in the south of the Indus headwaters. Pakistan controlled an area in which there are five of the 14 eight thousand meter peaks, the highest is the Nanga Parbat (8125 m). More than a third of the land area is covered by the industrial level. Once the industry has left the northern mountains and flows in a southerly direction, he crossed the Potwar Plateau between Peshawar and ...