Islamic Republic of Pakistan

n. Pakistan, Muslim country in southern Asia bordering on the Arabian Sea

, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan , is a republic in South Asia. It has a 1,046 kilometer (650 mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast.Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world and is the  second most populous country with a Muslim majority. Its territory was a part of the pre-partitioned British India and has a long history of settlement and civilisation including the Indus Valley Civilisation. Most of its current territory was conquered in the 1st millennium BCE by Persians and Greeks and ruled by them for a few centuries. For the rest of history the region was part of a various local and Central Asian dynasties. Later arrivals and conquests include those by the Arabs, Afghans, Turks, Baloch and Mongols. The territory was incorporated into British India in the nineteenth century. Since its independence, the country has experienced both periods of significant military and economic growth and has also experienced times of significant instability.
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Noun
1. 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
(synonym) Pakistan, West Pakistan
(hypernym) Asian country, Asian nation
(part-holonym) Asia
(member-meronym) Pakistani
(part-meronym) Punjab
(class) panchayat, panchayet, punchayet
(class) al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base

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Background The 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, and India and Pakistan have fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disputed Kashmir territory. A third war between these countries in 1971 - in which India capitalized on Islamabad's marginalization of Bengalis in Pakistani politics - resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998. The dispute over the state of Kashmir is ongoing, but recent discussions and confidence-building measures may be a start toward lessened tensions. Map of Pakistan More about Pakistan: Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues