.pk
Encyclopedia
.pk is the Internet
country code
top-level domain
(ccTLD) for Pakistan
. The domain name registry
that operates it is PKNIC
.
. The string پاکستان. was registered and approved for this purpose in early 2011 but is not active yet and lower lever domains have not been granted as of yet.
Internet
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country code
Country code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The best known of these is ISO 3166-1...
top-level domain
Top-level domain
A top-level domain is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain name, that is, the last label of a...
(ccTLD) for Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. The domain name registry
Domain name registry
A domain name registry is a database of all domain names registered in a top-level domain. A registry operator, also called a network information center , is the part of the Domain Name System of the Internet that keeps the database of domain names, and generates the zone files which convert...
that operates it is PKNIC
PKNIC
PKNIC is the .pk domain name registry in the Pakistan, it was founded by a Pakistani American Ashar Nisar in June 1992. The company is operated as a self-supporting organization. PKNIC is managed and owned by a American-based company started by a Pakistani American...
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Second level domains
As of 2007, second-level registration for the .pk domain became available.- .pk (available to anyone; used by companies, individuals, and organizations in Pakistan)
- .com.pk (available to anyone; used by companies, individuals, and organizations in Pakistan)
- .net.pk (for network related businesses and Internet service providerInternet service providerAn Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...
s) - .edu.pk (for educational institutes)
- .org.pk (for non-profit organizationNon-profit organizationNonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
s) - .fam.pk (for individuals)
- .biz.pk (for general business use)
- .web.pk (originally for websites)
- .gov.pk (Government of Pakistan)
- .gob.pk (Domains for the Government of Balochistan)
- .gok.pk (Domains for the Government of Azad Kashmir)
- .gon.pk (Domains for the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
- .gop.pk (Domains for the Government of Punjab)
- .gos.pk (Domains for the Government of Sindh)
- .gog.pk (Domains for the Government of Gilgit Baltistan)
Second top-level domain
A second top-level domain will be used for Pakistan, intended for domain names in UrduUrdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
. The string پاکستان. was registered and approved for this purpose in early 2011 but is not active yet and lower lever domains have not been granted as of yet.