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Iran's Silly Reaction...by practically everyone associated with the U.S. military. Iran remains a second-level threat to the United States, not nearly the problem that shaky Pakistan represents. The best way to handle that threat is to proceed, quietly but... In this article: Iran, Uranium, Islamic, Radicalism, Mohamed ElBaradei, UN Security Council, and Hizballah |
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New Kerala | November 13, 2009
India, Iran to join hands to stop terror inflow from Pakistan
India, Iran to join hands to stop terror inflow from Pakistan New Delhi, Nov 13: When Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki holds talks with Indian officials here Monday, the stalled tri-nation gas pipeline project will be discussed,...
In this article: Manouchehr Mottaki, India, Iran, Tehran, Manmohan Singh, Jundallah, New Delhi, Taliban, and Washington
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washingtonpost.com | 5 days ago
Ahmed Rashid on a credible U.S. strategy in Afghanistan
...regional powers to help secure peace. India pointedly snubbed the United States and its regional strategy and demanded that Pakistan first eliminate terrorist groups targeting India from Punjab and Karachi. Iran, Russia and China presented...
In this article: United States, Afghanistan, Taliban, Pakistani army, India, Washington, and Kabul
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Road open for India to join gas pipeline project: Iran Foreign Minister
...I'm not sure for the future,' Mottaki said during a seminar in the national capital. Iran, Pakistan and India have discussed the pipeline for years. They have agreed in principle on a pricing formula, but India dropped out of talks in...
In this article: India, Manouchehr Mottaki, Iran, and New Delhi
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Huffington Post | 1 day ago
Byron Williams: The President's Important Speech On Afghanistan
...with charges of the president is "soft of terrorism." Afghanistan is further complicated because Pakistan serves the dual role of being part of the problem and key to any success. In addition to the NATO allies, America's ultimate...
In this article: Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Taliban, Lyndon B. Johnson, Vietnam, Al Qaida, Stanley McChrystal, NATO, and U.S.
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Honolulu Star Bulletin | 3 days ago
Taliban return to northern Afghanistan
...said. Local journalists have seen some of them. The officials, who have captured some of the insurgents, accuse Pakistan's intelligence agency, al-Qaida and even Iran of supporting the resurgence. Pakistan and Iran routinely deny supporting the...
In this article: Taliban, Kunduz, NATO, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Kabul, and Suicide
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CNN | November 12, 2009
Pakistani working in Iranian consulate shot, killed
...of senior Revolutionary Guard officers. Iran blamed the attack -- which took place near its border with Pakistan -- on Jundallah, a rebel group, and accused Pakistan of harboring the group's leader. Pakistan denied it. Only days after the...
In this article: Suicide, Peshawar, Iran, Press TV, Jundallah, and Car bomb
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The Times of India - World | 1 day ago
Iran's nuclear programme started before 1979 Islamic Revolution
...commitments towards non-proliferation. India could also be worried about the implications of a regime more friendly to Pakistan coming to power in Iran after it acquires nuclear capability. The Iran nuclear issue is a policy dilemma for...
In this article: Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, India, US, Uranium, Russia, China, Nuclear power, and Plutonium
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SFGate: Entertainment | 1 day ago
This Week
...musical traditions. The lineup is a revolving door of musicians and singers who encompass the sounds of Bulgaria, Vietnam, Morocco, Cuba, the Netherlands, Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Denmark, Paraguay and the United States. It's an experience...
In this article: Hiv/aids, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Crush, Wells Fargo Center, David Archuleta, and American Idol
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Guardian Unlimited | November 14, 2009
Obama: China 'no cause for alarm'
"China's own interests in those hot spots [North Korea, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan] make it deeply conflicted about playing a larger role on the world stage," said Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt of the International Crisis Group. "While...
In this article: Barack Obama, China, United States, George Bush, Climate change, Dalai Lama, Beijing, Asean, and Centre for Strategic Studies
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Pakistan (), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It has a 1,046 kilometre (650 mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and the People's Republic of China in the far northeast. Tajikistan also lies very close to Pakistan but is separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor. Thus, it occupies a crossroads between South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East.
The region forming modern Pakistan was at the heart of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and then later was the recipient of Vedic, Persian, Indo-Greek, Turco-Mongol and Islamic cultures. The area has witnessed invasions and/or settlements by the Indo-Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, Afghans, Mongols, Sikhs and the British.
In addition to the Indian independence movement which demanded an independent India, the Pakistan Movement (led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah of the Muslim League), which also sought an independent India, sought an independent state for the majority Muslim populations of the eastern and western regions of British India. The British granted independence and also the creation of the Muslim majority state of Pakistan that comprised the provinces of Sindh, North-West Frontier Province, West Punjab, Balochistan and East Bengal. With the adoption of its constitution in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic. In 1971, a civil war in East Pakistan resulted in the creation of Bangladesh.
- Name:
- Pakistan
- Conventional Long Name:
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Local Name:
- Islāmī Jumhūrī-ye Pākistān
- Capital:
- Islamabad
- Language:
- Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi,
- Urdu (National)
- English (Government)
- Motto:
- اتحاد، تنظيم، يقين مُحکم
- Largest City:
- Karachi
- Government type:
- Parliamentary republic federal
- Founding Date:
- March 23, 1956
- Formations:
- Independence
- Area:
- 803,940
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $422.392 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 133rd
- GDP (nominal):
- $164.557 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 142nd
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 48th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $1,022
- Time Zone:
- PST
- Currency:
- Pakistani Rupee (Rs.)
- Demonym:
- Pakistani
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- PKR
- Country Calling Code:
- +92
- ccTLD:
- .pk
- Anthem:
- "Qaumi Tarana"
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