Can't to find charset in joomla 3 - Joomla! Forum - community, help and support

hello guys,
it's first time use joomla 3, love have problem
i tried make website support arabic, mean download english template , gonna translate arabic, have make

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charset="windows-1256"

but don't find charset, got in index file in joomla template, can type charset in file?!

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<?php

/**
 *
 * main file
 *
 * @version             3.0.0
 * @package             gavern framework
 * @copyright         copyright (c) 2010 - 2012 gavickpro. rights reserved.
 *               
 */
 
// no direct access.
defined('_jexec') or die;
if(!defined('ds')){
   define('ds',directory_separator);
}
// add javascript frameworks
jhtml::_('bootstrap.framework');

// enable showing errors in php
ini_set('error_reporting', e_all & ~e_notice & ~e_warning & ~e_strict);
ini_set('display_errors','on');
// include framework classes , files
require_once('lib/gk.framework.php');
require_once('lib/framework/gk.const.php');
// run framework
$tpl = new gktemplate($this, $gk_template_module_styles);

// eof

even in main joomla got index , can't find charset

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<?php
/**
 * @package    joomla.site
 *
 * @copyright  copyright (c) 2005 - 2012 open source matters, inc. rights reserved.
 * @license    gnu general public license version 2 or later; see license.txt
 */

if (version_compare(php_version, '5.3.1', '<'))
{
   die('your host needs use php 5.3.1 or higher run version of joomla!');
}

/**
 * constant checked in included files prevent direct access.
 * define() used in installation folder rather "const" not error php 5.2 , lower
 */
define('_jexec', 1);

if (file_exists(__dir__ . '/defines.php'))
{
   include_once __dir__ . '/defines.php';
}

if (!defined('_jdefines'))
{
   define('jpath_base', __dir__);
   require_once jpath_base . '/includes/defines.php';
}

require_once jpath_base . '/includes/framework.php';

// mark afterload in profiler.
jdebug ? $_profiler->mark('afterload') : null;

// instantiate application.
$app = jfactory::getapplication('site');

// initialise application.
$app->initialise();

// mark afterintialise in profiler.
jdebug ? $_profiler->mark('afterinitialise') : null;

// route application.
$app->route();

// mark afterroute in profiler.
jdebug ? $_profiler->mark('afterroute') : null;

// dispatch application.
$app->dispatch();

// mark afterdispatch in profiler.
jdebug ? $_profiler->mark('afterdispatch') : null;

// render application.
$app->render();

// mark afterrender in profiler.
jdebug ? $_profiler->mark('afterrender') : null;

// return response.
echo $app;


any help? please important me

will site multilingual? suggest use utf8.
but not think should hardcode arabic in template itself.
have @ instructions , ask if have problem:
viewtopic.php?f=711&t=765502