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The Rock Star and the Mullahs
Interactive Map: Pakistan: A Country Profile

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North-West Frontier Province
economy: Agricultural
unemployment rate: 27%
per capita income:
797 rupees ($14.00)

NWFP map The valley where the provincial capital, Peshawar, is situated and the valleys that lie to its north and south produce sugar cane, maize, tobacco, wheat, barley, rice, millet, and mustard. Major industries include woolen textile production, sugar and tobacco processing, and gun making.

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Farmers load wheat
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