We have wept that God may show his beneficence his mercy and that his peace may come upon the people of Pakistan. |
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A crisis is brewing between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan that could be their most dangerous ever. |
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According to Tatterson, he has admirers from as far as Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and even Pakistan. |
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In June, Pakistan launched an all-out military offensive in the region, ostensibly to evict all the militants from the area. |
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Those Afghans who remain behind bars in Pakistan are generally optimistic, according to a former Taliban cabinet minister. |
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Fuming Iranian officials blamed the United States and United Kingdom for backing the militants, and Pakistan for inaction. |
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Albright, however, said he did not think Saudi Arabia would likely try to acquire a weapon from Pakistan. |
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And Pakistan has a long history of using non-state actors to project power beyond its Borders. |
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Although Shias are a minority in Pakistan, the shops along the route were closed that day, a national holiday known as ashura. |
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In short, Pakistan is an aggrieved state that got the short end of the stick when Partition happened. |
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Rwanda, Darfur, Pakistan, Iraq, Indonesia, Burma, Haiti, Kashmir, even New Orleans. |
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The Baluch in Iran do not speak Farsi but Baluchi, just like the Baluch in Pakistan, and in Iran they are a Sunni minority. |
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He moved to Afghanistan and then back to Pakistan via Quetta and is now in Karachi. |
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Before it was split between Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, Baluchistan spread over an area slightly larger than California. |
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A senior Iranian official in Pakistan later confirmed the strike took place, declining to elaborate. |
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A dozen revolutionary Guards were caught deep inside Pakistan, tracking Rigi. |
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After a brief visit to his family in Pakistan, he is now serving as the shadow governor of the key northern province of Balkh. |
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Chinese engineers are building highways to link Tibet to the Arabian Sea through Pakistan. |
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After independence, when East Pakistan established itself as Bangladesh, the new state gave itself a secular constitution. |
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To the left was West Pakistan, where they ruled, and spoke Urdu, and wrote in an alphabet that flowed like water under wind. |
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The most notorious states are Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, where death is an acceptable legal remedy. |
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The Kulahu strike was part of a widening covert war being waged by Iran inside Pakistan. |
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The creation of Pakistan was never fully accepted by many British leaders, among them Lord Mountbatten. |
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However, in West Pakistan the conflict was described as a civil war as opposed to a war of liberation. |
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The geography and climate of Pakistan are extremely diverse, and the country is home to a wide variety of wildlife. |
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Pakistan occupies a geopolitically important location at the crossroads of South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia. |
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The diversity of the landscape and climate in Pakistan allows a wide variety of trees and plants to flourish. |
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The sandy scrublands of central Pakistan are home to Asiatic jackals, striped hyenas, wildcats, and leopards. |
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Hindus are found in all provinces of Pakistan but are mostly concentrated in Sindh. |
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Pakistan had wished to foment an 'Islamic Revolution' that would transcend national borders, covering Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. |
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Since Independence, Pakistan has attempted to balance its relations with foreign nations. |
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Currently, Pakistan maintains a policy of credible minimum deterrence, calling its program vital nuclear deterrence against foreign aggression. |
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Pakistan had warm relations with Bangladesh, despite initial strains in their relationship, however, the relationship has soured recently. |
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A resolution passed in 1948, the UN's General Assembly asked Pakistan to remove most of its troops as a plebiscite would then be held. |
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In recent developments, certain Kashmiri independence groups believe that Kashmir should be independent of both India and Pakistan. |
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The law enforcement in Pakistan is carried out by joint network of several federal and provincial police agencies. |
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The strongest opposition to the Islamist ideological paradigm being imposed on the state came from the Bengali Muslims of East Pakistan. |
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Apart from its own conflicts, Pakistan has been an active participant in United Nations peacekeeping missions. |
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Pakistan sent UN Peacekeeping forces to the former Yugoslavia during the Yugoslav wars. |
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During the war, Pakistan supported Bosnia while providing technical and military support. |
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Pakistan has deployed its military in some Arab countries, providing defence, training, and playing advisory roles. |
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According to the World Bank, Pakistan has important strategic endowments and development potential. |
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Pakistan has an installed capacity of 44,768,250 metric tons of cement and 42,636,428 metric tons of clinker. |
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In 2012 and 2013, the cement industry in Pakistan became the most profitable sector of the economy. |
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The textile industry has a pivotal position in the manufacturing sector of Pakistan. |
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Pakistan expects to use the rail service to boost foreign trade with China, Iran and Turkey. |
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In 2010 Pakistan was ranked 43rd in the world in terms of published scientific papers. |
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The successful launch of its first rocket into space made Pakistan the first South Asian country to have achieved such a task. |
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The constitution of Pakistan requires the state to provide free primary and secondary education. |
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At the time of the establishment of Pakistan as a state, the country had only one university, Punjab University in Lahore. |
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According to the International Schools Consultancy, Pakistan has 439 international schools. |
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More than sixty languages are spoken in Pakistan, including a number of provincial languages. |
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The wars in neighboring Afghanistan during the 1980s and 90s also forced millions of Afghan refugees into Pakistan. |
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They are also found in various other areas of Pakistan such as Thatta, Badin, Hyderabad, Tando Adam, and Lahore. |
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Immigration, from both within and outside the country, is regarded as one of the main factors contributing to urbanisation in Pakistan. |
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The second level of Sufism in Pakistan is 'intellectual Sufism', which is growing among the urban and educated population. |
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Since Pakistan came into being, its fashion has evolved in different phases and developed a unique identity. |
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However, when looked at in a global perspective, the situation in Pakistan is quite alarming. |
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The term Overseas Pakistani is officially recognised by the Government of Pakistan. |
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Pakistan has literature in Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Pashto, Baluchi, Persian, English, and many other languages. |
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The Pakistan Academy of Letters is a large literary community that promotes literature and poetry in Pakistan and abroad. |
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The national poet of Pakistan, Muhammad Iqbal, wrote poetry in Urdu and Persian. |
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The Sufi poets Shah Abdul Latif, Bulleh Shah, Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, and Khawaja Farid enjoy considerable popularity in Pakistan. |
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Ideas from British and American philosophy greatly shaped philosophical development in Pakistan. |
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Black tea with milk and sugar is popular throughout Pakistan and is consumed daily by most of the population. |
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Sohan halwa is a popular sweet dish from the southern region of Punjab province and is enjoyed all over Pakistan. |
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Pakistan has competed many times at the Olympic Games in field hockey, boxing, athletics, swimming, and shooting. |
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Starting in the 1950s, Bengali nationalists used the term in political rallies in East Pakistan. |
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The successful Bengali Language Movement in 1952 was the first sign of friction with West Pakistan. |
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In 1962, Dacca was designated as the legislative capital of Pakistan in an appeasement of growing Bengali political nationalism. |
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During the 1965 presidential election, Fatima Jinnah failed to defeat Field Marshal Ayub Khan despite strong support in East Pakistan. |
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Pakistan imposed bans on Bengali literature and music in state media, including the works of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. |
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In 1970, a massive cyclone devastated the coast of East Pakistan killing up to half a million people. |
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A massive civil disobedience movement erupted across East Pakistan, with open calls for independence. |
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India, Pakistan and Bangladesh signed tripartite agreement in 1973 calling for peace and stability in the subcontinent. |
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Hasina held a trilateral economic summit between India, Pakistan and Bangladesh in 1999 and helped establish the D8 grouping with Turkey. |
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See also List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases on appeal from Pakistan. |
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Suhrawardy also led East and West Pakistan to join the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, CENTO and the Regional Cooperation for Development. |
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It is a founding member of the Developing 8, along with Turkey, Malaysia, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan and Indonesia. |
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Relations with Pakistan have been affected by issues related to the 1971 genocide and terrorism. |
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Bangladesh is the third largest recipient of American development assistance in Asia after Afghanistan and Pakistan. |
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Bangladesh ranks with Pakistan in having the second largest banking sector in South Asia. |
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Stranded Pakistanis or Biharis are a contentious dispute between Bangladesh and Pakistan. |
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The team beat India and Sri Lanka but failed to keep the reputation in the final game against Pakistan. |
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The seventh Asian games were held in 2009 and featured Singapore, Thailand, Maldives, Taiwan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, India and Pakistan. |
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Many birds sighted in Pakistan are migratory, coming from Europe, Central Asia, and India. |
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The Wagah border crossing between India and Pakistan along the Radcliffe Line. |
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Leeds Bradford Airport provides connections to most major European and North African airports as well as Pakistan and New York City. |
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India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka became members of the Commonwealth, while Burma chose not to join. |
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In 1947, British India was partitioned into the independent dominions of India and Pakistan. |
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Hundreds of princely states, states ruled by monarchs in treaty of subsidiary alliance with Britain, were integrated into India and Pakistan. |
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India and Pakistan fought several wars over the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. |
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The departure of India and Pakistan made small economic difference in the United Kingdom. |
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Pakistan was the second country to be suspended, on 18 October 1999, following the military coup by Pervez Musharraf. |
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Pakistan was suspended for a second time, far more briefly, for six months from 22 November 2007, when Musharraf called a state of emergency. |
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Politically, the Indian subcontinent usually includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. |
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This geological region largely includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. |
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Geopolitically, it had formed the whole territory of Greater India, and it generally comprises the countries of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. |
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Pakistan has the capability of designing and manufacturing guided rockets, missiles and space vehicles. |
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The city of Kamra is home to the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex which contains several factories. |
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Pakistan also has the capability to design and manufacture both armed and unarmed unmanned aerial vehicles. |
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Buses and motor vehicles of other kinds are not allowed to travel along railway lines in Pakistan. |
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An ethnic civil war in 1971 resulted in the secession of East Pakistan as the new country of Bangladesh. |
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Pakistan is a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, the Paris Agreement, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. |
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The Pakistan government's official chronology identifies this as the time when the foundation of Pakistan was laid. |
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With dominion status in the Commonwealth of Nations, independent Pakistan had two British monarchs before it became a republic. |
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In 1999, UNESCO recognized 21 February as International Mother Language Day in recognition of the language movement in East Pakistan. |
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In 1948 the Government of Pakistan tried to impose Urdu as the sole state language in Pakistan, starting the Bengali language movement. |
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It is also a recognized secondary language in the City of Karachi in Pakistan. |
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However, Gujarati community leaders in Pakistan claim that there are 3 million Gujarati speakers in Karachi. |
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Most Scottish Hindus are of Indian origin, or at least from neighbouring countries such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh. |
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Beginning with the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947, the remainder of the British Empire was almost completely dismantled. |
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While the film was a great hit in Pakistan, it went virtually unnoticed elsewhere. |
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Parliamentarians of several of these countries condemned the action, and Iran and Pakistan called in their British envoys to protest formally. |
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Mass demonstrations against Rushdie's knighthood took place in Pakistan and Malaysia. |
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In Pakistan, Khabrain is a tabloid newspaper popular within the lower middle class. |
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It defeated Pakistan and finished second in its pool, earning a place in the Super 8 stage of the competition. |
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In June, they played their first ODI since the 1999 World Cup when they took on Pakistan in Edinburgh. |
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They also drew an Intercontinental Cup match against the UAE and an ODI against Pakistan in July was washed out. |
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For example, Pakistan requires applicants to be interviewed before a Pakistani passport will be granted. |
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Nawaz Sharif, two-time Prime Minister of Pakistan, had planned a triumphant return to his native soil nearly seven years after choosing exile. |
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Air Force for strikes in Pakistan to avoid breaching sovereignty through military invasion. |
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Whereas countries like Pakistan have suffered hundreds of attacks killing tens of thousands and displacing much more. |
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The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcation line between India and Pakistan published on 17 August 1947 upon the Partition of India. |
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After the breakdown of the 1945 Simla Conference of viceroy Lord Wavell, the idea of Pakistan began to be contemplated seriously. |
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Excluding the Amritsar and Gurdaspur distrcts of the Lahore Division from Pakistan would put a majority of Sikhs in India. |
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Sikhs warned the British government that the morale of Sikh troops in the British Army would be affected if Pakistan was forced on them. |
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During the Partition developments Jinnah offered Sikhs to live in Pakistan with safeguards for their rights. |
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Sikh leaders who were unanimous in their opposition to Pakistan wanted a Sikh state to be created. |
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Master Tara Singh wanted the right for an independent Khalistan to federate with either Hindustan or Pakistan. |
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Sir Cripps remarked ' ' the Pakistan they are likely to get would be very different from what they wanted and it may not be worth their while. |
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After the partition, the fledgling governments of India and Pakistan were left with all responsibility to implement the border. |
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Of the four, only the Shakargarh tehsil, which was separated from the rest of the district by the Ravi river, was awarded to Pakistan. |
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It would also give Pakistan the Shakargarh, Batala and Gurdaspur tehsils of the Gurdaspur district. |
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Any of these units being adopted would have been more favourable to Pakistan than the present boundary line. |
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If Batala and Gurdaspur had gone to Pakistan, Pathankot tehsil would have been isolated and blocked. |
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On 17 August, the publication of the Radcliffe Award put the CHTs in Pakistan. |
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The Partition of India is one of the central events in the collective memory in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. |
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Most Scottish Hindus are of Indian origin, or at least from neighbouring countries, such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. |
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Nigeria, Pakistan, India and Malaysia became federations on or shortly before becoming independent from the British Empire. |
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Article 13 of the Constitution of Pakistan protects a person from being punished or prosecuted more than once for the same offence. |
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Deosai National Park in Pakistan is known for being one of the highest plains in the world with serene beauty and wildlife. |
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The following table shows the conversion of common denominations of coins issued in modern India and Pakistan. |
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The coalition included the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco, Sudan, Egypt, and Pakistan. |
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There is also immigration from outside Europe, including from India, Pakistan, China and Nigeria. |
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Sindhi cuisine refers to the native cuisine of the Sindhi people from the Sindh region, now in Pakistan. |
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Major Indian Ocean nesting colonies include India, Pakistan, and other coastal countries. |
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Major nesting sites are common on either side of the Arabian Sea, both in Ash Sharqiyah, Oman, and along the coast of Karachi, Pakistan. |
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Corresponding findings are from Tethys Sea deposits in northern India and Pakistan. |
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These would further link with Central Asia and China, as proposed in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor. |
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The Zorlu Energy Putin Power Plant is the first wind power plant in Pakistan. |
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The wind farm is being developed in Jhimpir, by Zorlu Energy Pakistan the local subsidiary of a Turkish company. |
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Partnerships with Pakistan and India have concluded to make the construction term at home. |
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A major GLOF was reported in 1978 in the valley of the Shaksgam River in the Karakoram, a part of historic Kashmir, ceded by Pakistan to China. |
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The northern regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan are important strongholds for the wolf. |
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From the first nuclear test in 1945 until tests by Pakistan in 1998, there was never a period of more than 22 months with no nuclear testing. |
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Some exact yield estimates, such as that of the Tsar Bomba and the tests by India and Pakistan in 1998, are somewhat contested among specialists. |
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Corals are also restricted from off the coastline of South Asia from Pakistan to Bangladesh. |
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Pakistan is a Democratic country and also has Independent politician standing in elections. |
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Cattle were domesticated from the wild aurochs in the areas of modern Turkey and Pakistan some 10,500 years ago. |
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In the area of architecture, a few examples of the Ionic order can be found as far as Pakistan with the Jandial temple near Taxila. |
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In the present, Sri Lanka enjoys extensive relations with China, Russia, and Pakistan. |
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Cloves are commercially harvested primarily in Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania. |
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Institutes have also opened which educate South Asian students, such as the Pakistan Urdu School, Bahrain and the Indian School, Bahrain. |
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The Aloo gosht, Potato and meat curry, is one of the popular dishes in South Asia, especially in Pakistan. |
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An unleavened bread called makki di roti is a popular bread eaten in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. |
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The next five major producers, in decreasing amounts of production, were India, China, Thailand, Pakistan, and Mexico. |
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However, in modern India, Pakistan and Nepal, there are millions of bonded laborers, who work as slaves to pay off debts. |
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It is the first law journal in Bangladesh which specifically publishes law decisions of Supreme Court of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan only. |
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Pakistan inherited a common law system upon independence from Great Britain in 1947, and thus its legal system relies heavily on law reports. |
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In certain Common Law jurisdictions, such as India or Pakistan, the power to pass such writs is a Constitutionally guaranteed power. |
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Soanian sites are found in the Sivalik region across what are now India, Pakistan, and Nepal. |
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To the west, it reached beyond modern Pakistan, to the Hindu Kush mountains in what is now Afghanistan. |
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Led by the Hun military leader Toramana, they overran the northern region of Pakistan and North India. |
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The British Indian territories gained independence in 1947, after being partitioned into the Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. |
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In 1971, Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan and East Bengal, seceded from Pakistan. |
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Upon the list of the Dominion of Pakistan in 1947 the laws of the erstwhile British Raj remained in force. |
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This principle has been used in countries such as Egypt, Pakistan and others to bring blasphemy charges against apostates. |
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There appeared to be a real danger that Ceylon, India and, particularly, Pakistan might leave the Commonwealth. |
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They focus their study on five Asian nations including India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines. |
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Tombs of the emperors are spread throughout India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. |
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Today, Oldham has large communities with heritage from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and parts of the Caribbean. |
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After the Second World War migrants came from Poland and Ukraine and since the 1950s from Bangladesh, India and particularly Pakistan. |
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The Secretary BOI requested the Chinese side to invest in Agriculture and Agrobusiness sector of Pakistan as this sector needs value addition. |
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The Taliban and AQ leadership were routed, on the run to Pakistan. |
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But yaks are not found in Turkey, only in Afghanistan and Pakistan and so these fine people were rendered yakless in their new home. |
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We also wanted to unearth any conspiracy to balkanize Pakistan and let the world know how a democratic leader heroically laid down her life. |
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Lots of articles have been written claiming that Pakistan will be divided, that it will fall apart or become Balkanized. |
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Pakistan must protest the American initiative of giving wavier to India on tracking mechanism on nuclear fuel supplies. |
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In their desperations, the Indians again made unsuccessful attempts to air raid civilian population in West Pakistan. |
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Malala, 18, was shot three years ago after writing a diary of life under Taliban rule in North West Pakistan. |
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Around 1, 50,000 families reside in the border districts of Samba, Kathua and Jammu and are known as the West Pakistan Refugees. |
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Malala attracted global attention last year when the Taliban shot her in the head in north west Pakistan for criticising the group. |
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Regrading the threats of hot pursuit, he cautioned adventurists that Pakistan was not aMyanmar. |
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A blockade would have rapidly cut off Pakistan from oil supplies. |
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Brussels sprouts were developed from wild cabbage and came from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. |
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The Ratta Amral and Airport police stations have been set up on aland of Pakistan Railways. |
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The Transmission Motor Company of Karachi, Pakistan, has developed the Alif Car, Bay Pickup and Bay Delivery Van. |
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Sri Mulyani Indrawati MD, World Bank, and discussed the Banks program portfolio in Pakistan. |
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It is the native language of the Punjabi people who inhabit the historical Punjab region of India and Pakistan. |
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The historical Punjab region, now divided between India and Pakistan, is defined physiographically by the Indus River and these five tributaries. |
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The only two official national languages in Pakistan are Urdu and English, which are considered the lingua francas of Pakistan. |
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Punjabi pop and folk songs are very popular both in India and Pakistan at the national level. |
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In the Punjab province of Pakistan, the script used is Shahmukhi and differs from the Urdu alphabet in having four additional letters. |
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Lahore is Pakistan's political stronghold and education capital and so it is also the heart of Pakistan. |
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When Pakistan was created in 1947, although Punjabi was the majority language, English and Urdu were chosen as the national languages. |
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It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan, and an official language of six states of India. |
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At independence, Pakistan established a highly Persianized literary form of Urdu as its national language. |
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Owing to interaction with other languages, Urdu has become localized wherever it is spoken, including in Pakistan itself. |
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On 14 August 2015, the Government of Pakistan launched the Ilm Pakistan movement, with a uniform curriculum in Urdish. |
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In certain regions such as Afghanistan and Pakistan, Buddhist monuments have been targets of violence and destruction. |
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Bangladesh, India and Pakistan mostly follow the colonial era British system for classification of degrees. |
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The cuisine from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan is somewhat similar to the cuisine of neighbouring Afghanistan. |
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In Pakistan, the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan border the Arabian Sea. |
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Balti gosht is eaten in northwestern India and Pakistan, as well as other parts of the world, such as Great Britain. |
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There is a life scale replica of the square in Bahria Town, Lahore, Pakistan where it is a tourist attraction and centre for local residents. |
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Other countries with men's national teams include Canada, Fiji, Jamaica, Kenya, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. |
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The same side beat Pakistan at home in 1971 and played by far the better cricket against India that season. |
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England's results in Asia improved that winter with series wins against both Pakistan and Sri Lanka. |
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In the home Test series victory against Pakistan in July and August 2006, several promising new players emerged. |
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The Federal Court of Pakistan remained the highest court until 1956, when the Supreme Court of Pakistan was established. |
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The team was undefeated in 34 consecutive World Cup matches until 19 March at the 2011 Cricket World Cup where Pakistan beat them by 4 wickets. |
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India and Pakistan jointly hosted the 1987 tournament, the first time that the competition was held outside England. |
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Pakistan overcame a dismal start in the tournament to eventually defeat England by 22 runs in the final and emerge as winners. |
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In the final, Australia dismissed Pakistan for 132 and then reached the target in less than 20 overs and with eight wickets in hand. |
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The 1987 Cricket World Cup was held in India and Pakistan, the first hosted outside England. |
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The West Indies won the first two tournaments, Australia has won five, India has won two, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka have each won once. |
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The first tournament was in 2007 in South Africa where India defeated Pakistan in the final. |
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It was the first time that the Philippines, India and Pakistan competed as independent nations at the Olympic Games. |
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China controls part of the territory of Kashmir, which is disputed by India and Pakistan. |
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They were grouped with New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and lost all three of their matches. |
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After the World Cup Ireland played Pakistan, England, and Scotland in ODIs but lost each match. |
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In 1998, Pakistan conducted its first six nuclear tests at the Ras Koh Hills in response to the five tests conducted by India a few weeks before. |
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Core members of the group include Canada, South Korea, Spain, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Turkey, Argentina and Colombia. |
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It gave independence to India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Burma and moved to strengthen the British Commonwealth. |
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Its meaning varied, referring to a region that encompassed northern India and Pakistan or India in its entirety. |
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Around 7000 BCE, the first known Neolithic settlements appeared on the subcontinent in Mehrgarh and other sites in western Pakistan. |
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As of 2012 Much of the military expenditure was focused on defence against Pakistan and countering growing Chinese influence in the Indian Ocean. |
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However, it is higher than Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and others. |
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This was threatening to neighboring Pakistan, faced with its own restive Pashtun population. |
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The site was suspected to be a base for supplies and fighters coming from Pakistan. |
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Army Special Forces, landed by helicopter and attacked three houses close to a known enemy stronghold in Pakistan. |
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On 6 September, in an apparent reaction, Pakistan announced an indefinite disconnection of supply lines. |
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In November and December 2008, multiple incidents of major theft, robbery, and arson attacks afflicted NATO supply convoys in Pakistan. |
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Pakistan said it would not allow foreign forces onto its territory and that it would vigorously protect its sovereignty. |
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The leaked documents also contain reports of Pakistan collusion with the Taliban. |
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In retaliation for the strike, Pakistan closed the Torkham ground border crossing to NATO supply convoys for an unspecified period. |
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This incident followed the release of a video allegedly showing uniformed Pakistan soldiers executing unarmed civilians. |
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Pakistan blocked NATO supply lines and ordered Americans to leave Shamsi Airfield. |
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He cited a recent increase in attacks in Afghanistan and in neighboring Pakistan. |
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It is widely believed that former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto introduced the two during their time at Oxford. |
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Of the 29 UK patients, 17 had a history of travel to India or Pakistan within 1 year, and 14 had been admitted to hospital in these countries. |
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The current territories of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka form the countries of South Asia. |
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However, after the World War II, at the eve of India's independence, the region was split again into East Pakistan and West Bengal. |
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In particular, Muslims of South Asia such as in Afghanistan and Pakistan use the Arabic alphabet and Persian Nastaliq. |
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The military rule and the unstable government in Pakistan has become a concern for the South Asian region. |
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In 1952, the Bengali Language Movement successfully pushed for the language's official status in the Dominion of Pakistan. |
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Urdu is the lingua franca of Pakistan as well as the national language. |
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All Pakistan regional and national newspapers are broadsheets. |
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Pakistan Today is the first and only paper in Berliner format. |
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Punjabi is the provincial language in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. |
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It is, however, the official provincial language of Punjab, Pakistan, the second largest and the most populous province of Pakistan as well as in Islamabad Capital Territory. |
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Some Mahayana scripts were found in northern Pakistan, but the main texts are still believed to have been composed in Central Asia along the Silk Road. |
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In 1955, the exclave coastal Makran strip acceded to Pakistan and was made a district of its Balochistan province, while Gwadar was not included in Makran then. |
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India and Pakistan are the dominant political powers in the region. |
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The uprising was finally put down in 1975 with the help of forces from Iran, Jordan, Pakistan and the British Royal Air Force, army and Special Air Service. |
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It has mainly featured Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and India. |
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In December 2010, Uruguayan Major General Gloodtdofsky, was appointed Chief Military Observer and head of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan. |
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A death sentence for Kasab, seen to represent Pakistan, will be widely supported in a frenzy of righteous retribution. Presidential clemency is politically improbable. |
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In 2004, the Pakistan Army launched a campaign in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan's Waziristan region, sending in 80,000 troops. |
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The trail attracted thousands of Europeans and American's in the 1960s and 1970s who travelled via land through Turkey, Iran into India through Pakistan. |
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It is absorbing many words from the regional languages of Pakistan. |
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Although English is used in most elite circles, and Punjabi has a plurality of native speakers, Urdu is the lingua franca and national language of Pakistan. |
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He said the ammonium nitrate had been smuggled from Pakistan. |
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At the time of independence in 1947, the migrants from the Indian parts of the subcontinent entered the present day Pakistan through this border crossing. |
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T sector is regarded as among the fastest growing sector's in Pakistan. |
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Degree holders in Pakistan are not considered as Engineers as per Pakistan Engineering Council criteria for engineers they are considered as technologist in Pakistan. |
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There are around 107 public and 76 private universities in Pakistan. |
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The area is now a province in Pakistan called Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. |
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The United States, Turkey, and China maintain close military relations and regularly export military equipment and technology transfer to Pakistan. |
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Yousuf, who played 32 Tests and 86 One Day Internationals, is generally regarded as one of the most agile wicketkeepers Pakistan has ever produced. |
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The most senior officers of all the civilian police forces also form part of the Police Service, which is a component of the civil service of Pakistan. |
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Between 2005 and May 2008, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen were reported to have executed child offenders, the most being from Iran. |
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The fauna of Pakistan also reflects the country's varied climate. |
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These forms of execution remain part of the religious law enforced in Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Pakistan and Mauritania. |
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President Pervez Musharraf is undoubtedly sincere in his belief that he, and he alone, can save Pakistan from the twin perils of terrorism and anarchy. |
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Despite the change of governments in Pakistan, fluctuations in the regional and global situation, China policy in Pakistan continues to be a dominant factor at all times. |
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He was replaced by Australian Trevor Bayliss who oversaw an upturn of form in the ODI side, including series victories against New Zealand and Pakistan. |
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The Securities and Exchange Ordinance, 1969 was the most important piece of legislation incorporating corporate activities during the Pakistan period. |
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This was not enough to protect the cities much less the caravans of the hundreds of thousands of refugees who were fleeing their homes in what would become Pakistan. |
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The winding border between Pakistan and India is lit by security lights. |
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The division of the district was followed by a population transfer between the two nations, with Muslims leaving for Pakistan and Hindus and Sikhs leaving for India. |
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Lord Wavell had stated in February 1946 that Gurdaspur had to go with the Amritsar district, and the latter could not be in Pakistan due to its Sikh religious shrines. |
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Pakistani police said on Tuesday that they have launched a hunt for an emailer whose threatening message to New Zealand cricketers nearly jeopardised their tour to Pakistan. |
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In a statement following Mirza's video confession, Wada said that all those named should be put on the Exit Control List so that they are not able to escape from Pakistan. |
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The inaugural event, the 2007 World Twenty20, was staged in South Africa, and won by India, who defeated Pakistan in the final at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. |
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Despite Pakistan being the only country in the world that has not established diplomatic relations with Armenia, an Armenian community still resides in Pakistan. |
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The final took place at Lord's on Sunday 21 June with Pakistan beating Sri Lanka by eight wickets and England beating New Zealand by six wickets in the women's final. |
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Another scoring opportunity went abegging for Pakistan soon when an unmarked Muhammad Dilber missed an open chance, hitting the ball wide with only the goalkeeper to beat. |
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In 2014, he won Pride of Performance award from the President of Pakistan. |
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