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In 1952, the four princely states in the southwest formed the Baluchistan States Union. In 1955, the One Unit policy was launched by then- Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra , whereby all the provinces and princely states of the western wing were merged to form the provincial wing of West Pakistan , with Lahore serving as its provincial capital.
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.
When West Pakistan was dissolved, the divisions were regrouped into four new provinces. Gradually over the late 1970s, new divisions were formed; Hazara and Kohat divisions were split from Peshawar Division; Gujranwala Division was formed from parts of Lahore and Rawalpindi divisions; Dera Ghazi Khan Division was split from Multan Division; Faisalabad Division was split from Sargodha Division ...
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Karachi was and still is the largest city and economic capital of Pakistan. It remained the seat of government until 1959, when the military president, Ayub Khan , decided to build a new capital, Islamabad in the north of Pakistan, near the general headquarters of the Pakistani Armed Forces which is in Rawalpindi .
The population constituted 6.85% of Pakistan's total population. This was the largest increase in population in any province of Pakistan during that time period, almost thrice the national increase of 46.9%. [51] [52] [53] Official estimates of Balochistan's population grew from approximately 7.45 million in 2003 to 7.8 million in 2005. [54]
Punjab (/ p ʌ n ˈ dʒ ɑː b /; Punjabi, Urdu: پنجاب, pronounced [pənˈd͡ʒɑːb] ⓘ) is a province of Pakistan.With a population of over 127 million, it is the most populous province in Pakistan and second most populous subnational polity in the world.