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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.
He was killed on May 14, 2013, outside his house in Rawalpindi. It was the first time any pro-independence Kashmiri leader was targeted in this way in Pakistan. His supporters allege that he was killed by Pakistan security forces. [50] Within the area, "Custodial torture and intimidation of independence supporters and other activists" has ...
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan became an inspiration for the Pakistan Movement.. Very few Muslim families had their children sent to English universities. On the other hand, the effects of the Bengali Renaissance made the Hindu population more educated and enabled them to gain lucrative positions at the Indian Civil Service; many ascended to the influential posts in the British government.
1 May: Five opposition parties: the National Democratic Front, Council Muslim League, Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan Awami League, and Nizam-e-Islam Party, form an alliance called the Pakistan Democratic Movement. [103] 6 November: Pakistan is elected to the UN Security Council for a two-year term. [104]
Independence Day (Urdu: یومِ آزادی, romanized: Yaum-i Āzādī ), observed annually on 14 August, is a national holiday in Pakistan.It commemorates the day when Pakistan achieved independence from the United Kingdom and was declared a sovereign state following the termination of the British Raj between the 14th and 15th August 1947.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A list of some key events over the last few years leading up to Pakistan's parliamentary election on Thursday:. July 25, 2018 — Pakistanis vote for a new government in an ...
The history of protests in Pakistan dates back to its establishment as an independent nation for India's Muslim population in 1947. Since then, Pakistan has seen a multitude of protests and uprisings, serving as a reflection of the various political, social, and economic challenges it has encountered throughout its history.
The Pakistan National Movement was founded in 1933 by Choudhry Rahmat Ali who is also credited with creating the name "Pakistan", for a separate Muslim homeland in South Asia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After publishing the declaration Now or Never , he felt the need of putting up a co-operative effort to publicize and promote his ideas.