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Cremation urn, [[Gandhara grave culture Pakistan,}}, ; Pronounced variably in English as , , , and .}} officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,|label=none}}, }} is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor.

Pakistan is the site of several ancient cultures, including the 8,500-year-old Neolithic site of Mehrgarh in Balochistan, the Indus Valley Civilisation of the Bronze Age, and the ancient Gandhara civilisation. The regions that compose the modern state of Pakistan were the realm of multiple empires and dynasties, including the Gandhāra, the Achaemenid, the Maurya, the Kushan, the Parthian, the Paratarajas, the Gupta; the Umayyad Caliphate in its southern regions, the Hindu Shahis, the Ghaznavids, the Delhi Sultanate, the Samma, the Shah Miris, the Mughals, the Durranis, the Sikhs and most recently, the British Raj from 1858 to 1947.

Spurred by the Pakistan Movement, which sought a homeland for the Muslims of British India, and election victories in 1946 by the All-India Muslim League, Pakistan gained independence in 1947 after the Partition of the British Indian Empire, which awarded separate statehood to its Muslim-majority regions and was accompanied by an unparalleled mass migration and loss of life. Initially a Dominion of the British Commonwealth, Pakistan officially drafted its constitution in 1956, and emerged as a declared Islamic republic. In 1971, the exclave of East Pakistan seceded as the new country of Bangladesh after a nine-month-long civil war. In the following four decades, Pakistan has been ruled by governments whose descriptions, although complex, commonly alternated between civilian and military, democratic and authoritarian, relatively secular and Islamist.

Pakistan is considered a middle power nation, with the world's sixth-largest standing armed forces. It is a declared nuclear-weapons state, and is ranked amongst the emerging and growth-leading economies, with a large and rapidly-growing middle class. Pakistan's political history since independence has been characterized by periods of significant economic and military growth as well as those of political and economic instability. It is an ethnically and linguistically diverse country, with similarly diverse geography and wildlife. The country continues to face challenges, including poverty, illiteracy, corruption, and terrorism. Pakistan is a member of the United Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Commonwealth of Nations, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, and the Islamic Military Counter-Terrorism Coalition, and is designated as a major non-NATO ally by the United States. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Pakistan 1978-81 an official handbook

    Published 1970
    “…Pakistan…”
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    Economy of Pakistan, 1948-68

    Published 1968
    “…Pakistan…”
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    A history of the freedom movement Vol.IV, 1936-1947 Pt. I & II

    Published 1970
    “…Pakistan history society…”
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    Iqbal review

    “…Iqbal Academy Pakistan…”
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    The Pakistan engineer

    Published 1961
    “…Institution of Engineers (Pakistan…”
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    Pakistan 1977-78 an official handbook

    Published 1970
    “…Pakistan Department of Films and Publications…”
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    Science technology and development.

    Published 1982
    “…National Science Council of Pakistan…”
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    The Pakistan export bonus scheme by Bruton, Henry J

    Published 1963
    “…Institute of Development Economics (Pakistan…”
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    The Rural non-farm sector and process of economic development

    Published 1987
    “…Investment Advisory Centre of Pakistan…”
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    Demand for cement in East Pakistan in 1864-6501969-70

    Published 1965
    “…Investment Advisory Centre of Pakistan…”
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    NEW TRENDS IN NATURAL PRODUCT CHEMISTRY PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM. PAKISTAN - U.S BINATIONAL WORKSHOP AND UNESCO-SCAMAP WORKSHOP ON NATURAL PRODUCT CHEMISTRY....

    Published 1986
    “…International Symposium Pakistan-U.S. Binational Workshop and UNESCO-SCAMAP Workshop on Natural Product Chemistry Karachi, Pakistan…”
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    Frontiers in Natural Product Chemistry

    Published 2005
    “…International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry Karachi, Pakistan…”
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    Conference Proceeding Book