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''These guidelines deal with the naming of [[Pakistan]]-related articles. Please follow the conventions below. If you disagree with any of the conventions, please discuss in the [[Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Pakistan-related articles]].''

The purpose of this manual is to govern style guidelines for editing articles related to [[Pakistan]] in the English Wikipedia to conform with a neutral encyclopedic standard. It also states the conventions to be followed for writing the names in [[Nastaliq]] script. This manual is open to all proposals, discussion, and editing. Please see

*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]] for general cases
*[[Wikipedia:History]] for notes on the style of history articles
*[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English)]] for general use of English names in articles.
*[[Wikipedia:Notice board for Pakistan-related topics]] for ongoing news and tasks relevant to Pakistan-related topics.

== Manual of Style ==
=== Basic conventions ===
* Use only [[Pakistani English]] spellings as per the guidelines for Pakistan related pages.
* All units should be metric ([[SI]]) units. Imperial equivalents may be given alongside in brackets. The {{tl|Convert}} template can be useful for this.
* You may use the [[Pakistani numbering system]] of [[lakh]]s and [[crores]] but should give their equivalents in millions/billions in parentheses. Use a non-breaking space in such circumstances, e.g.: <nowiki>21{{nbsp}}crore</nowiki> and always link the first occurrence of the word.
* Comma-delimited numbers should always be written in the Western style (e.g., 30,000,000; not 3,00,00,000). See [[WP:NUMERAL]].
* For monetary figures, you may use the Pakistani numbering system but also give their [[US dollar]] equivalents in parentheses.

=== Nastaliq script ===
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Consensus and common practice among [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pakistan|WikiProject Pakistan]] editors is that the lead sentence of an article may contain [[Urdu]] or other transliterations in regional script(s) such as [[Shahmukhi]], [[Perso-Arabic]], [[Naskh (script)|Naskh]] etc., where applicable or relevant. [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] may be used additionally to aid pronunciation. Articles under the scope of WikiProject Pakistan are not covered under [[WP:INDICSCRIPT]]. Note that this consensus only applies to Pakistan-related articles. The use of Urdu and other non-Indic scripts on articles outside the scope of Pakistan-related articles, such as Indian articles, may be subsumed under WP:INDICSCRIPT.

==See also==
* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Arabic#Urdu]]
* [[Template:Indic script lede]]

[[Category:Wikipedia Manual of Style (regional)|Pakistan]]
[[Category:WikiProject Pakistan]]

Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pakistan-related articles - Revision history

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