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Islamic Republic of Pakistan (official, English), Federation of Pakistan (alternate official name, English), Dominion of Pakistan (historic official name, English), West Pakistan (common and later official name for the area now covering Pakistan, used when discussing the polity before the unilateral-secession of East Bengal/Bangladesh), Meluhha ...
Slang words used widely in Pakistan. Pages in category "Pakistani slang" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Pakistan: Ahmadiyya: The term originates from Qadian, a small town in present-day Indian Punjab, the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement. The use of Qadiani is primarily in Pakistan. The term has even been used in official Pakistani documents. It is also known as the Q-word. [88] [89] [90] Rafida, Rawafid ...
Pakistan's census does not include the 1.4 million citizens of Afghanistan who are temporarily residing in Pakistan. [8] [9] [10] The majority of them were born in Pakistan within the last four decades and mostly belong to the Pashtun ethnic group. They also include Tajiks, Uzbeks and others. [11]
Enablers allow or cover for the abuser's own bad behavior while flying monkeys actually perpetrate bad behavior to a third party on their behalf. [8] Padilla et al. (2007), in analyzing destructive leadership , distinguished between conformers and colluders, in which the latter are those who actively participate in the destructive behavior.
In Pakistan, as in other Muslim countries, the use of family names is not as prominent as in Western countries and most Pakistanis have Arabic, Persian or Turkic names. Tribal, patronymic , nisba , or similar dynastic- or lineage-related, names are also widely used.
"Paki" is part of the exonym Pakistan. It is derived from the term Pak (پاک) which means "purity" in Persian, Urdu and Pashto. There was no "Pak" or "Paki" ethnic group before the state was created.
Here is a list of renamed places in Pakistan. Renamed cities. No. Old name New name Year of name change Ref. 1 Khanpur Shansi Gujranwala [1] [unreliable source] 2