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<text id=93CT1090>
<title>
Pakistan--Communications
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Pakistan
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 8,773 km total; 7,718 km broad gauge, 445 km
1-meter gauge, and 610 km less than 1-meter gauge; 1,037 km
broad-gauge double track; 286 km electrified; all government
owned (1985)
</p>
<p>Highways: 101,315 km total (1987); 40,155 km paved, 23,000 km
gravel, 29,000 km improved earth, and 9,160 km unimproved earth
or sand tracks (1985)
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 250 km; natural gas 4,044 km; petroleum
products 885 km (1987)
</p>
<p>Ports: Gwadar, Karachi, Port Muhammad bin Qasim
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 350,916
GRT/530,855 DWT; includes 3 passenger-cargo, 24 cargo, 1 oil
tanker, 1 bulk
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 111</l>
<l> usable: 104</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 75</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 1</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 31</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 42</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: the domestic telephone system is poor,
adequate only for government and business use; about 7
telephones per 1,000 persons; the system for international
traffic is better and employs both microwave radio relay and
satellites; satellite ground stations - 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT
and 2 Indian Ocean INTELSAT; broadcast stations - 19 AM, 8 FM,
29 TV
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