Pakistan in other languages: پاکستان, Islamabad, flag and provinces
Pakistan is پاکستان (Pākistān) in Urdu; the official name is اسلامی جمہوریہٴ پاکستان (Islāmī Jumhūriyâ-e Pākistān), the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the ISO 3166-1 codes are PK, PAK and 586. The lists give the country in 181 languages, Islamabad in 64, Karachi in 72 and Lahore in 57, and then the provinces and territories that ISO 3166-2 codes today.
Official languagesUrdu, English
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- PK
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اسلامی جمہوریہٴ پاکستانIslāmī Jumhūriyâ-e Pākistān
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- English
- PakistanIslamic Republic of Pakistan
- Capital
- اسلامآبادIslāmābād · Islamabad
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026
Pakistan (پاکستان) in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Afrikaans, Breton, Catalan, Cornish, Kashubian, Danish, Lower Sorbian, Estonian, Basque, Faroese, Finnish, Kven, French, West Frisian, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Croatian, Upper Sorbian, Igbo, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Javanese, Jersey Norman French, Kurmanji Kurdish, Limburgish, Ladin, Maltese, Dutch, Norwegian, Novial, Polish, Quechua, Romansh, Romanian, Aromanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Northern Sami, Saterland Frisian, Swahili, Swedish, Silesian, Tagalog, Tok Pisin, Turkish, Võro, Walloon, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | eng / afr / bre / cat / cor / csb / dan / dsb / est / eus / fao / fin / fkv / fra / fry / hat / hau / hrv / hsb / ibo / ina / ind / isl / ita / jav / jnf / kur / lim / lld / mlt / nld / nor / nov / pol / que / roh / ron / rup / slk / slv / sme / stq / swa / swe / szl / tgl / tpi / tur / vor / wln / deu / ltz / nds | Pakistan | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Moldovan | aze / crh / gag / kaa / mol | Pakistan / Пакистан | Pakistan |
| Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Albanian | kin / run / sqi | Pakistani | same as written |
| Asturian, Galician | ast / glg | Paquistán | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal, Occitan | frp / oci | Paquistan | same as written |
| Sicilian, Sardinian | scn / srd | Pakistàn | same as written |
| Samoan, Tongan | smo / ton | Pakisitani | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Pakistán | same as written |
| Bambara | bam | Pakisitan | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Pakistan / Пакистан / پاقٖىستان | Pakistan |
| Czech | ces | Pákistán | same as written |
| Corsican | cos | Pacchistanu | same as written |
| Welsh | cym | Pacistan | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Pakistano | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Pachistan | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Pagastàn, Pacastan, Pagastan | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Phacastáin | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Phakistaan | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Pakisztán | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Pakistania, Pacistanum, Pacistania | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Pakistāna | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Pakistáni | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Pakistanas | same as written |
| Latgalian | ltg | Pakistans | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Pakistana | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Pakistan / ڤاكستان | Pakistan |
| Nahuatl | nah | Paquistlālpan | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | Paqùie | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Paquistão | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Pakistan / पाकिस्तान | Pakistan |
| Slovio | slo | Pakistania / Пакистаниа, Pakizem / Пакизем | Pakistania, Pakizem |
| Samogitian | smg | Pakėstans | same as written |
| Somali | som | Baakistaan | same as written |
| Spanish | spa | Pakistán, Paquistán | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Pakistaun | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Pakystan / Пакыстан | Pakystan |
| Uzbek | uzb | Pokiston / Покистон / پاكىستان | Pokiston |
| Vietnamese | vie | Pa-ki-xtan | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Pakän | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Pakistaan | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Pakıstan | same as written |
| Gothic | got | 𐍀𐌰𐌺𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 | Pakistan |
| Abkhaz, Abaza, Altai, Avar, Bulgarian, Chuvash, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Macedonian, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abk / abq / alt / ava / bul / chv / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / mkd / mon / oss / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal | Пакистан | Pakistan |
| Bashkir, Chechen, Serbian | bak / che / srp | Пакистан / Pakistan | Pakistan |
| Belarusian | bel | Пакістан / Pakistan | Pakistan |
| Kazakh | kaz | Пәкістан / پاكىستان / Päkistan, Пәкстан / پاكستان / Päkstan | Päkistan, Päkstan |
| Kabardian | kbd | Пакистэн | Pakistăn |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Пакистан / پاكىستان / Pakistan | Pakistan |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Пакьстан / Pakistan, Пакистан / Pakîstan | Pakistan, Pakîstan |
| Lak | lbe | Пакисттан | Pakisttan |
| Rusyn | rue | Пакістан | Pakistan |
| Tatar | tat | Пакстан / Paqstan / پاقستان | Paqstan |
| Tajik | tgk | Покистон / پاکستان / Pokiston | Pokiston |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Пакистан | Pakystan |
| Arabic | ara | باكستان, الباكستان | Bākistān, al-Bākistān |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | پاکیستان / Pakistan | Pakistan |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | پاکستان / Pakistan | Pakistan |
| Persian | fas | پاکستان / Pâkestân | Pâkestân |
| Western Punjabi, Pashto, Urdu | pnb / pus / urd | پاکستان | Pākistān |
| Dari | prs | پاکستان | Pākestān |
| Sindhi | snd | پاڪستان | Pākistān |
| Uyghur | uig | پاكىستان / Pakistan / Пакистан | Pakistan |
| Dhivehi | div | ޕާކިސްތާން | Pākistān |
| Hebrew | heb | פקיסטן, פקיסטאן, פאקיסטאן | Paqīsṭan, Paqīsṭān, Pāqīsṭān |
| Ladino | lad | פאקיסטאן / Pakistan | Pakistan |
| Yiddish | yid | פאַקיסטאַן | Pakistan |
| Berber | ber | ⴱⴰⴽⵉⵙⵜⴰⵏ / Bakistan | Bakistan |
| Kabyle | kab | ⵒⴰⴽⵉⵙⵜⴰⵏ / Pakistan | Pakistan |
| Amharic | amh | ፓኪስታን | Pakistan |
| Greek | ell | Πακιστάν | Pakistán |
| Armenian | hye | Պակիստան | Pakistan |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | პაკისტანი | Pakistani |
| Laz | lzz | ფაქისტანი / Pakist’ani | Pakist’ani |
| Hindi, Marathi, Nepali | hin / mar / nep | पाकिस्तान | Pākistān |
| Bengali | ben | পাকিস্তান | Pākistān |
| Gujarati | guj | પાકિસ્તાન | Pākistān |
| Odia | ori | ପାକିସ୍ତାନ | Pākistān |
| Punjabi | pan | ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ | Pākistān |
| Sinhala | sin | පකිස්තානය | Pakistānaya |
| Kannada | kan | ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನ | Pākistāna |
| Malayalam | mal | പാക്കിസ്ഥാൻ, പാകിസ്താൻ | Pākkistʰān, Pākistān |
| Tamil | tam | பாக்கிஸ்தான், பாகிஸ்தான் | Pākkistāṉ, Pākistāṉ |
| Telugu | tel | పాకిస్తాన్ | Pākistān |
| Chinese | zho | 巴基斯坦 | Bājīsītǎn |
| Cantonese | yue | 巴基斯坦 | Bāgēisìtáan |
| Japanese | jpn | パキスタン | Pakisutan |
| Korean | kor | 파키스탄 | Pakiseutan |
| Tibetan | bod | པ་ཀི་སི་ཏན།, པ་ཀི་སི་ཐའན།, པ་ཀི་སི་སྟན། | Pa.ki.si.tan, Pa.ki.si.tʰān, Pa.ki.si.stan |
| Dzongkha | dzo | པ་ཀིསི་ཏཱན། | Pa.kisi.tān |
| Burmese | mya | ပါကစ္စတန် | Pakiʿstã |
| Thai | tha | ปากีสถาน | Pākīttʰān |
| Lao | lao | ປາກິດສະຖານ | Pākitsatʰān |
| Khmer | khm | ប៉ាគីស្ថាន | Bākīstʰān |
Pākistān in Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto and Sindhi
The official name exists in each of the large languages of the country. Urdu writes اسلامی جمہوریہٴ پاکستان (Islāmī Jumhūriyâ-e Pākistān), Pashto د پاکستان اسلامي جمهوريت (də Pākistān Islāmī Jumhūriyat) and Sindhi اسلامي جمهوريت پاڪستان (Islāmī Jumhūriyatu Pākistān), the last with the Sindhi letter ڪ in place of ک. Western Punjabi chooses a different word for republic: اسلامی لوکراج پاکستان (Islāmī Lōkrāj Pākistān).
Outside Pakistan the name changes mainly at its edges. Arabic has no p and writes باكستان (Bākistān), as do Somali Baakistaan and the Berber ⴱⴰⴽⵉⵙⵜⴰⵏ (Bakistan); Portuguese writes Paquistão, Asturian and Galician Paquistán, Spanish both Pakistán and Paquistán. Uzbek and Tajik shift the vowels to Pokiston, Kazakh gives Пәкістан (Päkistan), and Georgian and Albanian add their own endings, პაკისტანი (Pakistani) and Pakistani.
Islamabad (اسلامآباد) in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irish | eng / fra / deu / ltz / nds / gle | Islamabad | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | İslamabad / Исламабад | İslamabad |
| Bosnian | bos | Islamabad / Исламабад / اٖىسلاماباد | Islamabad |
| Czech | ces | Islámábád | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Islamabado | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Iszlámábád | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Îslamabad | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Islamabada | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Islamabadas | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Islamabad / Исламабад | Islamabad |
| Malay | msa | Islamabad / اسلاماباد | Islamabad |
| Portuguese | por | Islamabade | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Islamabads | same as written |
| Somali | som | Islaamabaad | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Islamabadi | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Izlamabade | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Yslamabat / Ысламабат | Yslamabat |
| Turkish | tur | İslamabat | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Islomobod / Исломобод / ئىسلاماباد | Islomobod |
| Zazaki | zza | İslamabad | same as written |
| Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian | bul / mon / rus | Исламабад | Islamabad |
| Bashkir | bak | Исламабад / İslamabad | İslamabad |
| Belarusian | bel | Ісламабад / Isłamabad | Isłamabad |
| Kazakh | kaz | Исламабад / يسلاماباد / Ïslamabad | Ïslamabad |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Исламабад / ئسلاماباد / İslamabad | İslamabad |
| Serbian | srp | Исламабад / Islamabad | Islamabad |
| Tatar | tat | Исламабад / İslamabad / ئىسلاماباد | İslamabad |
| Tajik | tgk | Исломобод / اسلامآباد / Islomobod | Islomobod |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Ісламабад | Islamabad |
| Arabic | ara | إسلامآباد, إسلامأباد | Islāmābād, Islāmabād |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | ایسلاماباد / İslamabad | İslamabad |
| Persian | fas | اسلامآباد / Eslâmâbâd | Eslâmâbâd |
| Western Punjabi, Pashto, Urdu | pnb / pus / urd | اسلامآباد | Islāmābād |
| Uyghur | uig | ئىسلاماباد / Islamabad / Исламабад | Islamabad |
| Dhivehi | div | އިސްލާމްއާބާދު | Islām'ābādu |
| Hebrew | heb | איסלמבד, איסלמבאד, איסלאמבד, איסלאמאבד, איסלאמאבאד | Īslamabad, Īslamabād, Īslāmabad, Īslāmābad, Īslāmābād |
| Yiddish | yid | איסלאַמאַבאַד | Islamabad |
| Berber | ber | ⵉⵙⵍⴰⵎ ⴰⴱⴰⴷ / Islam abad | Islam abad |
| Amharic | amh | ኢስላማባድ | Islamabad |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell | Ισλαμαμπάντ | Islamampánt |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell | Ἰσλαμαμπάντ | Islamampánt |
| Armenian | hye | Իսլամաբադ | Islamabad |
| Georgian | kat | ისლამაბადი | Islamabadi |
| Hindi, Nepali | hin / nep | इस्लामाबाद | Islāmābād |
| Bengali | ben | ইসলামাবাদ | Islāmābād |
| Punjabi | pan | ਇਸਲਾਮਾਬਾਦ | Islāmābād |
| Kannada | kan | ಇಸ್ಲಾಮಾಬಾದ್ | Islāmābād |
| Malayalam | mal | ഇസ്ലാമബാദ് | Islāmabād |
| Tamil | tam | இஸ்லாமாபாத் | Islāmāpāt |
| Chinese | zho | 伊斯兰堡 | Yīsīlánbǎo |
| Japanese | jpn | イスラマバード | Isuramabādo |
| Korean | kor | 이슬라마바드 | Iseullamabadeu |
| Thai | tha | อิสลามาบัด | Itlāmābât |
| Khmer | khm | អ៊ីស្លាម៉ាបាដ, អីស្លាមាប៉ែដ | Īslāmābād, Īslāmābæd |
The Chinese entry gives the simplified form 伊斯兰堡 (Yīsīlánbǎo) only.
Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore across scripts
Urdu writes the capital in two joined parts, اسلامآباد, with an invisible non-joiner between اسلام (Islām) and آباد (ābād); Persian, Pashto and Western Punjabi use the same spelling. Hebrew lists five spellings for it, from איסלמבד to איסלאמאבאד, which differ only in how many alefs mark the long vowels.
Karachi and Lahore travel with fewer changes. Karachi becomes Karatschi in German, Karaczi in Polish and Karaĉio in Esperanto, and Sindhi writes it ڪراچي with its own k. Lahore is لاہور (Lāhōr) in Urdu and the shorter لہور (Lahōr) in Western Punjabi; Czech writes Láhaur, Polish Lahaur and Uzbek Lohur.
Karachi (کراچی) in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French, Irish | eng / fra / gle | Karachi | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Karatschi, Karachi | same as written |
| Latvian, Slovenian, Silesian | lav / slv / szl | Karači | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Turkmen | aze / tuk | Karaçi / Карачи | Karaçi |
| Turkish, Zazaki | tur / zza | Karaçi | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Karači / Карачи / قاراچٖى | Karači |
| Czech | ces | Karáčí | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Karaĉio | same as written |
| Basque | eus | Karatxi | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Karaçî | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Karačis | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Karachi / Карачи | Karachi |
| Malay | msa | Karachi / كاراچي | Karachi |
| Polish | pol | Karaczi | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Carachi | same as written |
| Slovak | slk | Karáči | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Karacxi / Карачи | Karacxi |
| Samogitian | smg | Karačės | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Karatsi | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Karachi / Карачи / كەرەچى | Karachi |
| Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian | bul / mon / rus | Карачи | Karači |
| Bashkir | bak | Карачи / Karaçi | Karaçi |
| Belarusian | bel | Карачы / Karačy | Karačy |
| Kazakh | kaz | Карачи / كاراچي / Karaçï | Karaçï |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Карачи / كاراچى / Karaçi | Karaçi |
| Serbian | srp | Карачи / Karači | Karači |
| Tatar | tat | Карачи / Karaçi / كاراچى | Karaçi |
| Tajik | tgk | Карочӣ / کراچی / Karocī | Karocī |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Карачі | Karači |
| Arabic | ara | كراتشي, كاراتشي | Karātšī, Kārātšī |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | کاراچی / Karaçi | Karaçi |
| Persian | fas | کراچی / Karâci | Karâci |
| Kashmiri | kas | کَرٲچى / करा'ची | Karạ̄čī |
| Western Punjabi, Urdu | pnb / urd | کراچی | Karāčī |
| Pashto | pus | کراچي | Karāčī |
| Sindhi | snd | ڪراچي | Karāčī |
| Uyghur | uig | كاراچى / Karachi / Карачи | Karachi |
| Dhivehi | div | ކަރާޗީ | Karāčī |
| Hebrew | heb | קרצ׳י, קראצ׳י, קאראצ׳י | Qaračī, Qarāčī, Qārāčī |
| Yiddish | yid | קאַראַטשי | Karatši |
| Amharic | amh | ካራቺ | Karači |
| Greek | ell | Καράτσι | Karátsi |
| Armenian | hye | Կարաչի | Karač̕i |
| Georgian | kat | კარაჩი | Karač̣i |
| Hindi | hin | कराची, कराँची | Karāčī, Karā̃čī |
| Marathi | mar | कराची | Karāčī |
| Nepali | nep | कराँची | Karā̃ʦī |
| Bengali | ben | করাচি, করাচী | Kôrāči, Kôrāčī |
| Gujarati | guj | કરાચી, કરાંચી | Karāčī, Karāṃčī |
| Punjabi | pan | ਕਰਾਚੀ | Karāčī |
| Sinhala | sin | කරාච්චිය | Karāččiya |
| Kannada | kan | ಕರಾಚಿ | Karāči |
| Malayalam | mal | കറാച്ചി | Kaṟāčči |
| Tamil | tam | கராச்சி | Karācci |
| Telugu | tel | కరాచి | Karāči |
| Chinese | zho | 卡拉奇 | Kǎlāqí |
| Japanese | jpn | カラチ | Karachi |
| Korean | kor | 카라치 | Karachi |
| Tibetan | bod | ཀ་ར་ཆི། | Ka.ra.čʰi |
| Thai | tha | การาจี | Kārāčī |
| Khmer | khm | ការ៉ាជី, ការាឈី | Kārāčī, Kārāčʰī |
Lahore (لاہور) in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French, Irish | eng / fra / gle | Lahore | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Lahor, Lahore | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish, Turkish, Zazaki | kur / tur / zza | Lahor | same as written |
| Polish, Silesian | pol / szl | Lahaur | same as written |
| Slovio, Turkmen | slo / tuk | Lahor / Лахор | Lahor |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Lahor / Лаһор | Lahor |
| Bosnian | bos | Lahor / Лахор / لاحۉر | Lahor |
| Czech | ces | Láhaur | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Lahoro | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Lahora | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Lahoras | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Lahore / Лахор | Lahore |
| Malay | msa | Lahore / لاهور | Lahore |
| Samogitian | smg | Lahuors | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Lohur / Лоҳур / لاھۇر | Lohur |
| Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian | bul / mon / rus / ukr | Лахор | Laȟor |
| Bashkir | bak | Лахор / Laxor | Laxor |
| Belarusian | bel | Лахор / Łachor | Łachor |
| Kazakh | kaz | Лахор / لاحور / Laxor | Laxor |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Лахор / لاحور / Lahor | Lahor |
| Serbian | srp | Лахор / Lahor | Lahor |
| Tatar | tat | Лахор / Laxor / لاخور | Laxor |
| Tajik | tgk | Лоҳур / لاهور / Lohur | Lohur |
| Arabic | ara | لاهور | Lāhūr |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | لاهور / Lahor | Lahor |
| Persian | fas | لاهور / Lâhur, لهاور / Lahâvar, لهاوور / Lahâvur, لاوهور / Lâvhur | Lâhur, Lahâvar, Lahâvur, Lâvhur |
| Kashmiri | kas | لؤهوُر / लोहूर | Lōhūr |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | لہور | Lahōr |
| Pashto | pus | لاهور | Lāhōr |
| Uyghur | uig | لاھور / Lahor / Лахор | Lahor |
| Urdu | urd | لاہور | Lāhōr |
| Hebrew | heb | להור, לאהור | Lahōr, Lāhōr |
| Yiddish | yid | לאַהאָר | Lahor |
| Greek | ell | Λαχώρη, Λαχόρη | Laȟṓrī, Laȟórī |
| Armenian | hye | Լահոր, Լախոր | Lahor, Laxor |
| Georgian | kat | ლაჰორი | Lahori |
| Hindi | hin | लाहौर, लाहोर | Lāhôr, Lāhor |
| Sanskrit | san | लाहोर | Lāhor |
| Bengali | ben | লাহোর | Lāhor |
| Gujarati | guj | લાહોર | Lāhor |
| Punjabi | pan | ਲਾਹੌਰ | Lāhôr |
| Tamil | tam | லாகூர், லாஹோர் | Lākūr, Lāhōr |
| Chinese | zho | 拉合爾/拉合尔 | Lāhé'ěr |
| Japanese | jpn | ラホール | Rahōru |
| Korean | kor | 라호르 | Lahoreu |
| Thai | tha | ลาฮอร์ | Lāhɔ̄[r] |
Provinces and territories of Pakistan in Urdu (ISO 3166-2)
ISO 3166-2:PK codes four provinces (صوبے, ṣūbe), the federal capital territory and two Pakistan administered areas. Each row gives the Urdu name with its romanisation, the English name, the code and the capital.
| ISO 3166-2 | Urdu | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provinces4 | ||||
| PK-BA | صوبہٴ بلوچستانṢūbâ-e Balōčistān | Balochistan | کوئٹہQuetta | |
| PK-PB | صوبہٴ پنجابṢūbâ-e Panjāb | Punjab | لاہورLahore | |
| PK-KPwas PK-NW | صوبہٴ خیبر پختونخواṢūbâ-e Ḫaybar Paḫtūnḫvā | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | پشاورPeshawar | 2011 North-West Frontier (PK-NW) renamed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Newsletter II-3 |
| PK-SD | صوبہٴ سندھṢūbâ-e Sindʰ | Sindh | کراچیKarachi | |
| Territory and administered areas3 | ||||
| PK-IS | وفاقی دارالحکومتVifāqī Dārul-Ḥukūmat | Islamabad (federal capital territory) | اسلامآبادIslamabad | |
| PK-JK | آزاد جموں و کشمیرĀzād Jammūṅ va Kašmīr | Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan administered area) | مظفرآبادMuzaffarabad | 2017 English and Urdu names respelled by ISO; local variant AJ&K added |
| PK-GBwas PK-NA | گلگت بلتستانGilgit Baltistān | Gilgit-Baltistan (Pakistan administered area) | گلگتGilgit | 2011 Northern Areas (PK-NA) renamed Gilgit-Baltistan in Newsletter II-3 |
Codes, categories and changes: ISO 3166-2:PK on the ISO Online Browsing Platform (Newsletter II-3 of 2011, OBP updates of 2015, 2017 and 2019), read from the English Wikipedia mirror on 28 October 2026. Urdu names, romanisation and capitals: the 2016 edition of this list.
Four provinces, one capital territory and the changes in ISO 3166-2
Two codes were replaced in December 2011, when ISO followed the renaming of North-West Frontier to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (PK-NW to PK-KP) and of the Northern Areas to Gilgit-Baltistan (PK-NA to PK-GB). In November 2017 ISO respelled the name of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in English and Urdu and adjusted the romanisation of the category names, now sūbah for a province and ‘alāqah for an area.
The 2016 edition of this list still counted the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, وفاقی قبائلی علاقہجات (Vifāqī Qabāʾilī ʿIlāqâjāt), with their centre at Miran Shah. ISO deleted that territory, PK-TA, on 22 November 2019, so the table now shows seven units.
Questions about the name Pakistan
What is the official name of Pakistan in Urdu?
اسلامی جمہوریہٴ پاکستان (Islāmī Jumhūriyâ-e Pākistān), the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
How many provinces does Pakistan have?
Four: Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh. ISO 3166-2 also codes Islamabad and the two Pakistan administered areas.
Why does Arabic write Pakistan with a b?
Arabic has no letter for p, so باكستان (Bākistān) starts with ب. Urdu, Persian and Pashto use the extra letter پ.