Islamic Republic of Pakistan – Islāmī Jumhūrī-ye Pākistān
اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان

Brief Overview 2009

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 Capital; Islamabad
Area: 803,940km²
Land Borders with: India, Afghanistan, Iran, China, Tajikistan
Population: 108,808,000
Official Language: Urdu & English
National Anthem: Qaumi Tarana
|Motto: Ittehad, Tanzim, Yaqeen-e-Muhkam – Unity, Discipline and Faith
Climate: Cool dry winters, Monsoon period between June September
Terrain: Highland plateaus to desert plains
Currency: Pakistan Rupee
Main Religion: Islam  
Government: Semi Presidential Republic  
President: Asif Zardari
Literary rate: 54.2
National Airline: PIA
International dialing code: 92
Largest: Pakistan has the 2^nd largest Islamic population in the world
National Dish: Chicken Biryani

History  

On the 11^th August 1947 Governor General Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah delivered his opening address to the State of Pakistan, which was established three days later on the 14^th August. This went back to 1930 when Allama Iqbal had called for an autonomous state for Indian Muslims in the North West of India, which was  ruled at the time by Great Britain.  Jinnah went on to espouse the Two Nation Theory and in 1940 the Pakistan Resolution was adopted by the Muslim League. In early 1947 Britain decided to end its rule in India and by June, Nehru on behalf of India and Jinnah on behalf of Pakistan agreed to independence. There were two Muslim majority wings carved out of India with West Pakistan in the Northwest and what would in 1971 become Bangladesh in the East. Today Pakistan is sadly plunged into turmoil, with three million residents displaced in the North West of the county by the ongoing dispute between the government and the Taliban.

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