Scouting and Guiding in Pakistan

The Scout and Guide movement in Pakistan is served by

Pakistan Girl Guides Association, member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Pakistan Boy Scouts Association, member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement

From September 2007, Scouting was to become compulsory in schools. The aim is to have one million youth volunteers to help out in emergencies. Two per cent of exam fees collected by the examination boards will be paid to the various Scouting and Guiding organisations.^[1]

Scouting and Guiding in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia¹ Azerbaijan¹ Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma² Cambodia China, Republic of China, People's Republic of Cyprus¹ East Timor³ Egypt⁴ Georgia⁴ India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan⁴ North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia⁴ Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey⁴ Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Dependencies and other territories	Aceh Adjara¹ Abkhazia¹ Akrotiri and Dhekelia Altai British Indian Ocean Territory Buryatia Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Guangxi Hong Kong Inner Mongolia Iraqi Kurdistan Jakarta Khakassia Macau Nagorno-Karabakh Nakhchivan Ningxia Northern Cyprus Palestine Papua Sakha South Ossetia¹ Tibet Tuva West Papua Xinjiang Yogyakarta

Italics indicates an unrecognised or partially recognised country. ¹ Sometimes included in Europe, depending on the border definitions. ² Officially known as Myanmar. ³ Sometimes included in Oceania, and also known as Timor-Leste. ⁴ Transcontinental country.

References

↑ Ghauri, Irfan (2007-02-25). "Scout training compulsory from next academic session". Daily Times. Retrieved 2007-02-26.

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Scouting and Guiding in Pakistan

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