The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, commonly known as Pakistan, is located in South Asia, bordered by India, Afghanistan, Iran and China. Its capital, Islamabad, is the seat of government. Pakistan is a federal state with a parliamentary system of government, where executive authority is exercised by a government led by a prime minister, alongside a president as head of state. 

Pakistan is not party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons or the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.