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The history of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan began on 14 August 1947 when the country came into being in the form of Dominion of Pakistan within the British Commonwealth as the result of Pakistan Movement and the partition of India. While the history of the Pakistani Nation according to the Pakistan government's official chronology started ...
A map outlining historical sites in Pakistan. The History of Pakistan prior to its independence in 1947 spans several millennia and covers a vast geographical area known as the Greater Indus region. [ 1 ] 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 ...
Pakistan and the United States established relations on 15 August 1947, a day after the independence of Pakistan, when the United States became one of the first nations to recognize the country. The relationship between the two nations has been described as a "roller coaster" characterized by close coordination and lows marked by deep bilateral ...
The Geography of Pakistan (Urdu: جغرافیۂ پاکِستان) encompasses a wide variety of landscapes varying from plains to deserts, forests, and plateaus ranging from the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean in the south to the mountains of the Karakoram, Hindukush, Himalayas ranges in the north. Pakistan geologically overlaps both with the ...
21 March: 2023 Afghanistan–Pakistan earthquake; 30 March: The Lahore High Court rules that Pakistan's sedition law is unconstitutional, on the grounds that it violates free speech. [315] 31 March: 2023 Pakistan ration distribution stampedes; 7 April: Pakistan arrests the founder of the Baloch Nationalist Army in the country's southwest. 9 ...
An Afghan diplomat at the World Trade Organization (WTO) claimed that Afghanistan suffered a loss of 90 million U.S. dollars as a result of closure of border by Pakistan. [90] On 27 May 2017, Pakistan reopened the border after a request from Afghan authorities, marking the end of the border closure that lasted 22 days. [91]
Political history of Pakistan. The political history of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستان کی سیاسی تاريخ) is the narrative and analysis of political events, ideas, movements, and leaders of Pakistan. Pakistan gained independence from the United Kingdom on 14 August 1947, when the Presidencies and provinces of British India were divided ...
1973 raid on the Iraqi embassy in Pakistan; 2006 Pakistan landmine blast; 2021 Machh attack; 2023 Barkhan bombing; 2023 Zhob suicide attack; 1970s operation in Balochistan; Human rights abuses in Balochistan; List of journalists killed during the Balochistan conflict (1947–present) 2023 Kandahari Bazar bombing; 2022 Kech District attack; 2022 ...