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Asia > Pakistan

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Background:

The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disputed Kashmir territory. A third war between these countries in 1971 - in which India capitalized on Islamabad's marginalization of Bengalis in Pakistani politics - resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998. The dispute over the state of Kashmir is ongoing, but discussions and confidence-building measures have led to decreased tensions since 2002.

Borders:

Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km

Population:

155,772,000

GDP per capita:

$714.50 per capita

Capital with population:

Islamabad - 955,629

Largest city with population:

Karachi - 11,969,284

Alternative names:

Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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"Bokhara, Cabool, Beloochistan &c."
[Kashmir and Northern Areas] Western Section (satellite image map) Original
[Kashmir and Northern Areas] Western Section (satellite image map) Original
Pakistan - Afghanistan Border ("Pushtunistan")
Pakistan - Afghanistan Border ("Pushtunistan")
Peshawar, Pakistan
Peshawar, Pakistan
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quais
28th December 2004
The region of jammu and kashmir is disputed. its not defined in map and major part of kashmir is shown in inda, thats wrong and against the charter of United Nation. due to UNO resollation Jammu Kashir is unfinished chapter of divedence of India.
Wizia
20th January 2005
The Jammu Kashmir is integral part of India for already for 50 + years. If you just go by UNO resolution Isreal should vacate the Jerrusalam long back and stop the building the wall. Many things didn't go as per UNO resolution and it is has no binding on leading countries and disputed items in the world.
Sheikh Ishtiaq Ahmed
16th March 2005
'Saraiki 'may be included among the main languages of Pakistan.
Yasir
30th June 2005
Urdu is the national language of Pakistan. Hence, most people in Pakistan can understand Urdu. So you should write Urdu before Punjabi language. Also, Baluchistan is the biggest province of Pakistan by area. You should include its language (Baluchi) in the list as well.
Asif
18th July 2005
I feel that it is an excellent website which provides the useful information in a well breakup structure. Good Work! keep it up..
Nasar Usmani
25th October 2005
one can not make it as a rule that if something going against the UN resolution then any state can follow the same, therefore according to UN resolution, not only the Kashmir is integral part of the pakistan but Israel must vacate the palestine.
Sohail
29th October 2005
Statistical data has improved vastly in the last two years eversince I started visting this site.
humair
2nd December 2005
kashmir belongs to pakistan. Late kings of kashmir declared that kashmir belongs to pakistan. But india from the beginning wanted kashmir as a part of there country. They had a vote. An the result was 51%pakistan and 49% india. Now thats where the problem occured. India didn't accept the results of the votes. After king of kashmire died india began to fight for this land. Even though I was born in India and grownup in pakistan and now in canada i belive that this land belongs to pakistan. Even if we give this choice to kashmiries majority would say that they want to be a part of pakistani land. Or either declare kashmir another country thats all. no offence
Sarma
12th February 2006
United Nations declared that Pakistan must withdraw 'aggression' of 1948 and there should be a plebiscite. Pakistan never 'withdrew' the aggression of 1948 and still holds large parts of Kashmir under its control. Plebiscite could not take place due to this and those people of 1948 who were eligible to participate in the plebiscite have passed away. In the Kashmir under control of India, there were elections continuously since 1947, whereas in the Pakistan controlled Kashmir, there were never any elections. So, where is plebiscite ? Pakistan talks about plebiscite without realising that they never conducted elections in their portion of Kashmir. Further, Pakistan surrendered a portion of Kashmir under their control to China. Now we have (3) Kashmirs: China Controlled, Pakistan Controlled and India controlled. It is only in India controlled portion that democratic process is there.
Nadeem Abbasi (Lahore, Pakistan)
27th June 2006
Please also write something to encourage community participation in the development of the country by working alongside their respective Local Governments, cause this is the sole way for the betterment and development of our country
Hamza Zafar (Pakistan)
28th June 2006
Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory and it niether belongs to Pakistan, now India. That should be shown in the map of both the countries as a disputed area. Please make those correct changes in it.
Thanks
FAISAL (PAKISTAN)
30th July 2006
Despite,debate and cross remarks on map shown here, about State of Jammu & kashmir, the staff of this web site,does not seems to make it correct,flaming the debate.
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