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Bookmark or Share- History of Pakistan, its partition from India, and the separation of ...Pakistan, officially Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Country, southern Asia. Area: 307,373 sq mi (796,096 sq km). Population: (2024 est.) 236,939,000. Capital: Islamabad.
- Pakistan - Ethnic Groups, Languages, Religions | BritannicaThe area currently occupied by Pakistan has long been a route of military conquest and an entrepôt for peoples and cultures. It is therefore a significant cultural and ethnic melting pot. Modern Pakistan’s population can be divided broadly into five major and several minor ethnic groups.
- Pakistan - Partition, Independence, Conflict | BritannicaPakistan - Partition, Independence, Conflict: This section presents the history of Pakistan from the partition of British India (1947) to the present. For a discussion of the earlier history of the region, see India.
- Pakistan - Politics, Constitution, Democracy | BritannicaPakistan - Politics, Constitution, Democracy: The role of Islam in the political and cultural unification of Pakistan has been controversial. Some factions have argued that Islamic ideology is the only cement that can bind together the country’s culturally diverse peoples.
- Pakistan | History, Population, Religion, & Prime Minister | BritannicaPakistan, populous multiethnic country of South Asia. Having a predominately Indo-Iranian speaking population, Pakistan has historically and culturally been associated with its neighbours Iran, Afghanistan, and India.
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