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


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Pakistan
, 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 ArabsAfghans, TurksBaloch 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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n. Pakistan, Muslim country in Asia

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

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

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