Pakistan, officially known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is the world’s sixth-most populous country with a population over 210,000,000 people. Pakistan is a regional and middle power, with the sixth-largest standing armed forces in the world. Pakistan is both a close ally of Western powers like the U.S. and U.K. while its main rival is neighboring India. India and Pakistan have a long-standing dispute over Kashmir - a disputed border region both countries claim. Pakistan is also a nuclear power.
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Residents of the seaside Pakistani city wade through clouds of flies following a perfect storm of circumstances, including extreme monsoon weather probably driven by climate change
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