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Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre.
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Pakistan) is a federal parliamentary republic in South Asia. It borders India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China to the northeast, as well as the Arabian Sea to the south, where it shares a maritime border with Oman.
Aug 8, 2017 · What became known as partition gave birth to a new nation called Pakistan, conceived by a Muslim political party for India’s minority Islamic community. But it was fraught with problems from the...
The creation of Pakistan was catalyst to the largest demographic movement in recorded history. Nearly seventeen million people-Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs-are reported to have moved in both directions between India and the two wings of Pakistan (the eastern wing is now Bangladesh ).
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Mar 4, 2019 · A chronology of key events in the history of Pakistan from Indian partition in 1947 to the present day.
The British East India Co. subdued the reigning Mughal dynasty in 1757. During the period of British colonial rule, what is now (Muslim) Pakistan was part of (Hindu) India. The new state of Pakistan came into existence in 1947 by act of the British Parliament.
The story of history of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan began on 14 August 1947 when the country came into being in the form of Dominion of Pakistan within the British Commonwealth as the result of Pakistan Movement and the partition of India.
