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With the addition of an "i" to improve the pronunciation, the name of Pakistan grew in popularity and led to the commencement of the Pakistan Movement, and consequently the creation of Pakistan. [158] In Urdu and Persian languages, the name encapsulates the concept of Pak ("pure") and stan ("land") and hence a "Pure Land". [159]
The constitution of 1956 made Pakistan an Islamic democratic country. Pakistan faced a civil war and Indian military intervention in 1971 resulting in the secession of East Pakistan as the new country of Bangladesh. The country has also unresolved territorial disputes with India, resulting in four conflicts.
Historically, Pakistan was part of the wealthiest region in the first millennium CE, but lost ground to regions like China and Western Europe by the 18th century. [396] Pakistan is a developing country, [397] and part of the Next Eleven, poised to become one of the world's largest economies in the 21st century, alongside the BRICS. [398]
Pakistan is a parliamentary democratic republic using the Westminster system. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The structure of government is outlined by the Constitution of Pakistan and takes a federal form. [ 1 ] The government is composed principally of the executive , legislative , and judicial branches, in which all powers are vested in the Parliament , the ...
The Dominion of Pakistan, officially Pakistan [3], was an independent federal dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations, which existed from 14 August 1947 to 23 March 1956. It was created by the passing of the Indian Independence Act 1947 by the British parliament , which also created an independent Dominion of India .
[6] [7] The name Pakistan (initially as "Pakstan") was coined by the Cambridge University law student and Muslim nationalist from then British India Rahmat Ali, and was published on 28 January 1933 in the pamphlet Now or Never, eventually becoming the name adopted by the new country after the 1947 partition of India and independence from the ...
19 July: Government of Pakistan launches country-wide crackdown against extremist elements. 7 October:- 2005 Mong shootings Eight Ahmadiyya are killed [183] 8 October: The 7.6 M w Kashmir earthquake affects Azad Kashmir with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing more than 79,000 people and displacing several million more.
Country of birth (2021 census, England and Wales) [58] According to the 2021 Census , Pakistanis in England and Wales enumerated 1,587,819 or 2.7% of the population. [ 13 ] [ 12 ] According to estimates by the Office for National Statistics , the number of people born in Pakistan living in the UK in 2021 was 456,000, which makes it the third ...