{i} Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Muslim country in southern Asia bordering on the Arabian Sea
a Muslim country in Asia, west of India and east of Afghanistan and Iran. Population: 144,617,000 (2001). Capital: Islamabad. Pakistan was formed as a new, independent country in 1947, when the British left India and India was divided into separate parts in a process known as 'Partition.' The mainly Hindu part of India became the country now called India, and the mainly Muslim part became Pakistan. Pakistan was also divided into East Pakistan and West Pakistan, but they separated in 1971. East Pakistan became the new country of Bangladesh, and West Pakistan became Pakistan. officially Islamic Republic of Pakistan Country, southern Asia
a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
A former region of southern Asia on the Bay of Bengal. Originally part of Bengal, it was held by the British from c. 1775 and then by Pakistan from 1947 to 1971, when it achieved independence as Bangladesh
A former region of Pakistan (after 1947) separated by about 1,609 km (1,000 mi) from East Pakistan, formerly East Bengal. In 1971 East Pakistan declared its independence as Bangladesh, and West Pakistan became the sole territory governed by Pakistan
Did Pakistani intelligence really know nothing about the terrorist's whereabouts? - Pakistan istihbaratı gerçekten teröristin nerede olduğu hakkında bir şey biliyor muydu?
() From Urdu and Persian پاکستان "Land of the Pure", from پاک (pak, “pure, holy, immaculate, chaste, undefiled”). The word was coined by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, who published it in the pamphlet Now or Never issued on January 28, 1933 as an acronym of the names of the "Muslim homelands" of western India — Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Balochistan. An i was later added to the English rendition of the name to ease pronunciation.