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Pakistan inherited the territory comprising its current provinces from India following the Partition of India on 14 August 1947. Two days after independence, the Muslim -majority Murshidabad district in Bengal was moved out of the Dominion of Pakistan and put within the Dominion of India due to a boundary adjustment by the Radcliffe Commission ...
The India–Pakistan, Indo–Pakistani is the international boundary that separates the nations of the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.At its northern end is the Line of Control, which separates Indian-administered Kashmir from Pakistani-administered Kashmir; and at its southern end is Sir Creek, a tidal estuary in the Rann of Kutch between the Indian state of Gujarat ...
The India–Pakistan border is the official international boundary that demarcates the Indian states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat from the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh. The Wagah border is the only road crossing between India and Pakistan and lies on the famous Grand Trunk Road, connecting Lahore, Pakistan with Amritsar, India.
KARACHI/AHMEDABAD (Reuters) -Coastal towns and cities in India and Pakistan braced for a rare August cyclone on Friday, as heavy rains and winds forced authorities to close schools and evacuate ...
Urdu: Karachi, Hyderabad, Gilgit: 1952 48 Daily Ummat: Karachi 1996 49 Manaqib [4] (Urdu: مناقب) Islamabad, Sargodha 2016 Pakistan and World News 50 Qum News [4] Weekly Karachi, Hyderabad, shikarpur and whole Pakistan 2017 Founded by Rasheed Azad 51 Christian Voice: English Karachi 1950 Second oldest Catholic publication in Pakistan 52 ...
The Federal Capital Territory was absorbed into West Pakistan in 1959 and in 1960 merged with the district of Las Bela to form the Karachi-Bela Division. In 1969, the princely states of Chitral, Dir and Swat were incorporated into West Pakistan as the division of Malakand with Saidu as the divisional headquarters
Around 6.5 million Muslims moved from India to West Pakistan and 4.7 million Hindus and Sikhs moved from West Pakistan to India. [107] It was the largest mass migration in human history. [108] A subsequent dispute over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir eventually sparked the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948. [109]
Urdu was the native language of the Muhajirs, a community that migrated from India to Pakistan after the 1947 Partition and today constitutes approximately 7-9% of the country's population. [15] [12] By choosing Urdu as the official language, the government reinforced Pakistan's connection to Indian linguistic traditions, leading to grievances ...