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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.
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.
Pakistan's nuclear program in the 20th century aimed to counter India's nuclear ambitions in the region, and reciprocal nuclear tests ensued after India's nuclear tests, solidifying Pakistan as a nuclear power. [295] Pakistan maintains a policy of Full spectrum deterrence, considering its nuclear program vital for deterring foreign aggression ...
Flag of Pakistan National rituals in Pakistan are replete with military symbols and aesthetics, especially based in the Indo-Pakistan Wars [1] Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, known in Pakistan as "Quaid-e-Azam" (The Great Leader), was the leader of the Pakistani nationalist movement that led to the creation of Pakistan in 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 ...
Anatomically modern humans arrived in what is now Pakistan between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago. [2] Stone tools, dating as far back as 2.1 million years, have been discovered in the Soan Valley of northern Pakistan, indicating early hominid activity in the region. [3] The earliest known human remains in Pakistan are dated between 5000 BCE and ...