Disputes - international: status of Kashmir with India; water-sharing problems with India over the Indus River (Wular Barrage)

Illicit drugs: key transit area for Southwest Asian heroin moving to Western markets; narcotics still move from Afghanistan into Balochistan Province

NOTE: The information regarding Pakistan on this page is re-published from the 2001 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Pakistan Transnational Issues 2001 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Pakistan Transnational Issues 2001 should be addressed to the CIA.