Shehryar Hydri
If Pakistan were a 100 people…
Each person would symbolize 1.73 million people.
That’s almost twice the population of Islamabad!
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49 would be women and girls
51 would be men and boys
38 would be children under 15
58 would be adults between 15-60 years and
4 would be 60 and older
The median age would be just 21 years!
Average life expectancy would be 64 years.
36 would be living in cities
59 would live in villages
4 would be settled outside Pakistan
1 would be a refugee from Afghanistan
54 would be in the Punjab
22 would be in Sindh
15 would be in NWFP & FATA
5 would be in Balochistan
2 would be in Azad Kashmir
1 would be in the Northern Areas
As their first language,
44 would speak Punjabi
15 would speak Pashto
14 would speak Sindhi
10 would speak Saraiki
8 would speak Urdu
4 would speak Balochi
10 would speak English as a second language
96 would be Muslims
4 would be Christians, Hindus and from other religions
Overall, only half the population would be literate
35 girls and women would be able to read and write; 65 would not
55 boys and men would be able to read and write; 45 would not
76 would be living under $2 a day i.e. Rs. 160 per day.
Out of these, 31 will survive on $1 a day i.e. Rs. 80 per day.
3 would be addicted to drugs like Heroine, Hashish (Chars), Poppy buds (Bhung).
90 would have access to safe drinking water; 10 would not
58 people would have proper sanitation; 42 would not
30 would have access to vehicles like bikes, cars, buses etc
75 would have access to electricity;25 would be living in darkness
Only 20 would have gas in their homes
50 would own a mobile phone
3 would have access to a land line
50 would have access to a TV set
96 would have access to a radio set
Only 12 would have internet access
After one year, 2 people will be added to the population.
That’s 4 new cities the size of Islamabad!
100Pakistanis is an initiative (and blog) started with the aim of sifting through existing information on Pakistan and presenting it in a concise and revealing way, ranging from simple lists and slide-shows to animated infographics. We hope that these "capsules" will refresh our perception of Pakistan and highlight key issues based on hard facts and data. Visit the 100Pakistanis blog.
IF YOU GO
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REI Adventures, (800) 622-2236; www.rei.com/travel. Ten-day Galapagos sailboat cruises run weekly. Price: from $1,750.
Overseas Adventure Travel, (800) 955-1925; www.oattravel.com. Eighteen-day Turkey trips depart frequently April through October, except July. Price, including airfare: from $2,790, depending on date and departure city.
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Walt Disney World Animal Kingdom Lodge, (407) 934-7639; www.disneyworld.com. Three-day stay at Walt Disney Worlds Animal Kingdom Lodge (opens April 2001) plus admission to all four Disney theme parks starts at under $1,000 for a family of four. Wide range of packages available.
Safari West, (707) 579-2551; www.safariwest.com. Nightly rates in an Africa-style tent start at $200 for two people, $25 per additional person (maximum four people per tent), including breakfast. Larger accommodations available. Jeep tours with naturalist last 2 1/2 hours and cost $48; $24 for children under 12. website animal kingdom lodge
GOLF GETAWAYS TCS Expeditions, (800) 727-7477; www.tcs-expeditions.com. Eleven- day private jet trip to Europes great golf courses departs July 17. Price: From $24,950. Trip will be repeated in 2002. Custom golf/ jet trips also can be arranged.
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, (800) 949-4444; www.rtjgolf.com. Five-day, four night, golf packages start at about $350 per person including lodgings and a round of golf per day. Carts: $15 per round per person; courses can be walked.
Sonoma County (Calif.) Tourism Program, (800) 576-6662. Can help plan a golf vacation. Good Web sites for finding a golf package and other activities include: www.sonoma.com/thingstodo, and www.golfsonomacounty.com.
Tourism British Columbia, (800) 663-6000; www.travel.bc.ca. Good starting point for planning a golf vacation. Another excellent Web site for finding golf packages in the Rockies is www.bcrockies.com/ golf.
SPA ESCAPES Canyon Ranch, (800) 749-9000; www.canyonranch.com. Weekly rates start at $3,310, including lodging, all meals, seven personal services, $315-allowance toward health services, and numerous lectures, classes and sports outings.
Miraval, (800) 232-3969; www.miravalresort.com. Weekly rates start at $2,205, including lodgings, all meals, one personal service or round of golf per day, and numerous lectures, classes and sports outings.
Ixtapan Hotel & Spa (Mexico), book through Spa Finder; (800) 255- 7727; www.spafinder.com. Weekly rates start at about $1,120, including lodgings, meals, daily massages, golf or tennis lessons and other treatments and activities.
ALASKA CRUISES American Safari Cruises, (888) 862-8881. Eight-day Safari Spirit cruises along Alaskas Inside Passage between Juneau, Alaska, and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, depart most weeks, May through August. Price: from $5,595. Other Alaska cruises available.
Alaska Marine Highway System, (800) 642-0066. www.state.ak.us/ ferry. Three-night ferry trips along Alaskas inside passage, from Bellingham, Wash., to Skagway, Alaska, depart Fridays. Fare: $252; cabin: from $271 for two people; vehicle, $594 up to 15 feet long. For round-trip Bellingham ride (Friday to Friday), double the above prices. Prices 20 percent higher after May 1, 2001.
90 would have access to safe drinking water; 10 would not
58 people would have proper sanitation; 42 would not
Nothing since the slapping of the Chief Justice of Pakistan has touched my sense of sensibility. Even Mark Twain would reword and utter Lies, damned lies, and these are not even statistics.
I think of the keshan, with his roza, working under the blazing sun, skin wrinkled with time and sun, toiling away in the fields to grow a crop, to earn the national exchequer; then blown away by those who have contempt for him. Where does he find his
Thanks again to everyone who helped update the list with more accurate references. The updated figures and sources/notes have been added to the original blog.
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0.5 Pakistanis
Live in Islamabad
Rob Pakistani national treasurers
Live in glass bubble
Devoid of reality of Pakistan
Have no clue to question if it is possible
that:
90 could have safe drinking water?
58 could have proper sanitation?
30 could have vehicles like bikes, cars, buses etc?
75 could have electricity?
20 could have gas in their homes?
50 could own a mobile phone?
3 could have a land line?
50 could have a TV set?
96 could have a radio set?
12 could have internet?
In my opinion, these 0.5 Pakistani:
are spoiled brats
are arrogant
behave ungratefully
are illiterate educated
do not wonder what is
Thanks for all the positive comments. We’re also inviting suggestions/wish lists from people on what sort of info they’d like to see on the blog in future. We’re shortlisting topics that cover our basics such HDI, Balance of Payments, Budgets, Socio-Economic indicators etc and also trying to take each section of the 100 list and expand on that e.g. a separate detailed capsule on Health, Education, IT and so on.
Nice Summary!
Wow, that’s great. I think mobile phone users would be greater than 50.
Shehryar, I was not trying to shame you. And thank you for being a good sport. Its funny that there is a Barbara Sharief running for office, and that “our” Babra is in IMDB as “Babra”. I always thought I was mispronouncing her name.
Gardezi is right too. Your numbers are interesting even if there is no context. I hope you stick with the effort and the blog.
Limitations
A review of water and sanitation coverage data from the 1980s and 1990s shows that the definition of safe, or improved, water supply and sanitation facilities differs from one country to another and for a given country over time. Indeed, some of the data from individual countries often showed rapid and implausible changes in the level of coverage from one assessment to the next. This indicates that some of the data are also unreliable, irrespective of the definition used. Countries used their own definitions of