ISO 3166-2:PK is the entry for Pakistan in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Currently for Pakistan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 federal capital territory, 4 provinces, and 2 Pakistan administered areas. The Islamabad Capital Territory contains the capital of the country Islamabad and has special status equal to the provinces and territory.
Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is PK, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Pakistan. The second part is two letters.
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).
ISO 639-1 codes are used to represent subdivision names in the following administrative languages:
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| Code | Subdivision name (en) | Subdivision name (ur) (BGN/PCGN 2007) |
Subdivision category |
|---|---|---|---|
| PK-IS | Islamabad | Islāmābād | federal capital territory |
| PK-BA | Balochistan | Balōchistān | province |
| PK-KP | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Khaībar Pakhtūnkhwā | province |
| PK-PB | Punjab | Panjāb | province |
| PK-SD | Sindh | Sindh | province |
| PK-JK | Azad Jammu and Kashmir (local variant is AJ&K) |
Āzād Jammūñ o Kashmīr | Pakistan administered area |
| PK-GB | Gilgit-Baltistan | Gilgit-Baltistān | Pakistan administered area |
| Code | Subdivision name (en) | Subdivision category |
|---|---|---|
| PK-TA | Federally Administered Tribal Areas | territory |
The following changes to the entry have been announced in newsletters by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998:
| Newsletter | Date issued | Description of change in newsletter | Code/Subdivision change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsletter II-3 | 2011-12-13 (corrected 2011-12-15) |
Name change, language readjustment and source list update. | Codes: PK-NW North-West Frontier → PK-KP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PK-NA Northern Areas → PK-GB Gilgit-Baltistan |
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2015-11-27 | Addition of romanization system for urd | |
| 2017-11-23 | Change of spelling of category name from ilaqa to ‘alāqahilaqa, from suba to sūbah, from wafaqi dar-ul-hakumat ka ilaqa to wafāqī dār al ḩikūmat ‘alāqah; change of subdivision name of PK-JK (eng & urd); addition of local variation of PK-JK in eng; update List Source | (TBD) | |
| 2019-11-22 | Deletion of territory PK-TA; Update List Source | (TBD) |