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  2. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    In some cases words have entered the English language by multiple routes - occasionally ending up with different meanings, spellings, or pronunciations, just as with words with European etymologies. Many entered English during the British Raj in colonial India. These borrowings, dating back to the colonial period, are often labeled as "Anglo ...

  3. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  4. Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) was founded as a state corporation under Pakistan's Ministry of Industries and Production in April 1951. It began operations in 1952. [ 1 ] The PIDC board of directors included members of industrial families such as Naseer A. Sheikh of the Colony Group , Adamjee Group , and Syed Amjad Ali of ...

  5. Industry of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Pakistan, which had almost no large industrial units at the time of partition in 1947, now has a fairly broad industrial base, and manufacturing accounts for about 17 percent of GDP. Cotton textile production is the single most important industry, accounting for about 19 percent of large-scale industrial employment.

  6. Hindustani vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    This day to day language was often referred to by the all-encompassing term Hindustani." [5] In Colonial India, Hindi-Urdu acquired vocabulary introduced by Christian missionaries from the Germanic and Romanic languages, e.g. pādrī (Devanagari: पादरी, Nastaleeq: پادری) from padre, meaning pastor. [6]

  7. Business - Wikipedia

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    The Code of Hammurabi dates back to about 1772 BC for example and contains provisions that relate, among other matters, to shipping costs and dealings between merchants and brokers. [42] The word "corporation" derives from the Latin corpus, meaning body, and the Maurya Empire in Iron-Age India accorded legal rights to business entities. [43]

  8. List of power stations in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    TNB Liberty Power Daharki, Sindh 235 Gas 17 Uch Power: Murad Jamali, Balochistan 586 Gas 18 Attock Gen. Attock Morgah, Punjab 165 RFO 19 Atlas Power Sheikhupura, Punjab 224 RFO 20 Engro Power Gen. Qadirpur Qadirpur, Sindh 227 Gas 21 Saif Power Sahiwal, Punjab 225 Gas 22 Orient Power Balloki, Punjab 225 Gas 23 Nishat Power Qasur, Punjab 202 RFO 24

  9. Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research - Wikipedia

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    Initially established as Pakistan Department of Research in 1951, PCSIR was reformulated in its current form in 1953. The PCSIR was established in Karachi by Prof. Dr. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui in 1953 for the development of scientific and technical Research and Development and to provide infrastructure for industrial development in Pakistan. [1]