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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]
Pakistan, [e] officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, [f] is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, [g] having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre.
Statesmen of the early decades of Pakistan, with Pakistan’s founding father and future Governor-General, Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the centre of the bottom row. Three future Prime ministers can also be seen with Khawaja Nazimuddin to Jinnah’s left, I.I. Chundrigar on the rightmost of the middle row, and Liaquat Ali Khan on Chundrigar’s left.
8 August: Pakistan Soviet air confrontations, Colonel Alexander Rutskoy's Sukhoi Su-25 was shot down by PAF. 14 August: Pakistan signs the Geneva Accords (1988) with Afghanistan under the mediation of United States and Soviet union respectively. 17 August: General Zia-ul-Haq is killed in a plane crash near Bahawalpur. 30 September: 1988 ...
Old name New name Year of name change Ref. 1 Lawrence Garden Bagh-e-Jinnah: 2018 [6] 2 Montgomery Hall Quaid-e-Azam Library: 2018 3 Branthon Road Nishtar Road 4 Queen's Road Fatima Jinnah Road 5 Our Fall Road Jeelani Road 6 Tempbell Street Hameed Nizami Street [7] 7 Jail Road Allama Iqbal Road [6] 8 Davis Road Sir Aga Khan Road 9 Motilal Nehru Road
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January 26 – At the Dhaka session of the ruling Muslim League party, prime minister Khawaja Nazimuddin declares Urdu the national language of the state of Pakistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] January 30 – The Awami League holds a secret meeting, attended by a number of members from the communist front mobilising full political and student support.
Oikonyms in Western, Central, South, and Southeast Asia can be grouped according to various components, reflecting common linguistic and cultural histories. [1] Toponymic study is not as extensive as it is for placenames in Europe and Anglophone parts of the world, but the origins of many placenames can be determined with a fair degree of certainty.