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Majorities Reject Banning Defamation of Religion: 20 Nation Poll...Nigeria, and Russia -- as well as Mexico, Chile, Germany, Great Britain, France, Poland, Ukraine, Kenya, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan, the Palestinian territories, and South Korea. Polling was also conducted in Taiwan and Hong... In this article: Respondent, India, Nigeria, United States, Islam, University of Maryland, UN, College Park, and Maryland |
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boston.com - Latest news | November 04, 2009
Serbia and IMF reach new deal on loan
...the incipient global recovery." The economic downturn has caused Serbia, Ukraine, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Iceland, Belarus and two EU nations -- Hungary and Latvia -- to seek IMF help. © Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All...
In this article: International Monetary Fund, Serbia, Belgrade, All rights reserved, Revenue, Recession, Inflation, EU, and Radovan Jelasic
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CNN | October 21, 2009
Iraqis top list of refugees seeking asylum
...2009, a 10 percent increase over last year. Those people were fleeing homelands that also included China, Serbia (including Kosovo), Russia, Nigeria, Mexico, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The United States received the most asylum...
In this article: United Nations, Somalia, Afghanistan, Kosovo, NEW YORK, Sri Lanka, and Mexico
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Serbia, IMF resume talks on stalled loan
...tax revenue and public spending. The sudden economic downturn has caused Serbia, Ukraine, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Iceland, Belarus and two EU nations -- Hungary and Latvia -- to seek IMF help. © Copyright 2009 Associated Press.
In this article: International Monetary Fund, Serbia, Belgrade, All rights reserved, Goods and services, EU, Sri Lanka, Iceland, and Latvia
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Telegraph.co.uk - Business | October 30, 2009
WPP's Sir Martin Sorrell bets on a LUVshaped recovery as sales decline slows
...identified by Goldman Sachs as potentially big economies in the 21st century - are Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, and Vietnam. Like-for-like revenue at WPP in the three...
In this article: WPP, Revenue, Next 11, Inflation, BRIC, Unemployment, Thomson Reuters, Interpublic, and Publicis
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thestar.com | September 02, 2009
EU pledges $75B boost for IMF
...tax revenue and public spending. The sudden economic downturn has caused Ukraine, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Iceland, Serbia, Belarus and two EU nations - Hungary and Latvia - to seek IMF help. More in the news Sign up for...
In this article: International Monetary Fund, European Union, Europe, Tax, Peer Steinbrueck, Christine Lagarde, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Brussels
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New York Post | November 05, 2009
The Navy's Future
...efforts. It's where the United States will have a point of entry for dealing with failed states like Somalia, and potential failed ones like Pakistan (whose capital Karachi is a teeming sprawling port on the Indian Ocean) or Mexico. It's...
In this article: USS New York, US Navy, New York City, Suicide, Verrazano Narrows Bridge, and Malacca Straits
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Kansas City Star | September 14, 2009
Serbia to cut 20 pct of state jobs under IMF plan
...gap between tax revenue and spending. The economic downturn has caused Ukraine, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Iceland, Serbia, Belarus and two EU nations - Hungary and Latvia - to seek IMF help. Serbia to cut 20 pct of state jobs...
In this article: International Monetary Fund, Serbia, Diana Dragutinovic, Goods and services, Unemployment, EU, Mladjan Dinkic, Sri Lanka, Iceland, and Latvia
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New Kerala | November 21, 2009
Stop stimulus, use money to help poor: World's Communists
...Bangladesh, China, Argentina and Mexico. What unites them is their urge to "intensify popular struggles and expand solidarities in the wake of current world capitalist crisis", say the organisers. "This is the main direction that emerged...
In this article: The Communist Party, Ideology, Capitalism, Unemployment, Palestine Communist Party, and India
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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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