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| Independence Year : 1947 Population : 156483000 Life Expectancy : 61.1 Capital : 2831 GNP : 61289.00 GNP Old : 58549.00 Local Name : Pakistan Government Form : Republic Location : Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north Terrain : Flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west Climate : Mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north. Ethnic Group : Punjabi, Sindhi, Pathan (Pushtun), Baloch, Muhajir (i.e., Urdu-speaking immigrants from India and their descendants), Saraiki, Hazara. Religions : Muslim 97%; small minorities of Christians, Hindus, and others. Official Website :www.pak.gov.pk | 
Genral Information - Pakistan
BackgroundThe separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved. A third war between these countries in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan seceding and becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. A dispute over the state of Kashmir is ongoing. In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998. (Source: CIA - The World Factbook) |
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