Editing Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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'''Pakistan''', officially the '''Islamic Republic of Pakistan''' is a country in [[South Asia]] bordered by [[Republic of India|India]], [[People's Republic of China|China]], [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] and [[Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]] with a southern coast on the [[Arabian Sea]]. Geographically, it is located in a strategic region along China's [[Belt and Road Initiative]], which has led to the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Moiz Farooq|newspaper=CGTN|title=China-Pakistan Economic Corridor promises growth and prosperity for Pakistan and beyond|date=2024-06-05|url=https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-06-05/CPEC-promises-growth-and-prosperity-for-Pakistan-and-beyond-1ua3q9zEb4c/p.html|retrieved=30/06/2024|quote=}}</ref> 

== History ==

=== Colonial rule ===
{{Main article|British Raj (1858–1947)}}

=== Post-independence ===
In 1971, the [[United States]] supported [[Pakistan]]'s [[genocide]] in Bangladesh, which killed 300,000 to three million civilians and created ten million refugees.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Gary Bass|date=2013-11-19|title=Looking Away from Genocide|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/looking-away-from-genocide|newspaper=The New Yorker|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214121105/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/looking-away-from-genocide|archive-date=2019-02-14|retrieved=2022-01-10|quote=}}</ref>

In the 1970s, Prime Minister [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] tried to develop a [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear weapons]] program after [[Republic of India|India]] detonated its first nuclear bomb. the On 5 July 1977, the [[United States of America|USA]] helped General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Huq]] overthrow Bhutto and establish a military dictatorship. Before the coup, [[Henry Kissinger]] had warned Bhutto that the United States would "make an example of [him]."<ref name=":0" /> Zia al-Huq privatized Pakistan's health care.<ref name=":1222">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2008|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World|chapter=Mecca|page=271|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf|publisher=The New Press|isbn=9781595583420|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>

U.S. drone strikes on Pakistan during the [[War on Terror]] killed thousands of civilians. After [[Imran Khan]] came to power, he ordered the U.S. to stop drone strikes, which had been approved by previous Pakistani governments, and rejected U.S. military bases in Pakistan. He also introduced [[Universal healthcare|free health care]] for the poor.<ref>{{News citation|author=Abdul Jabbar|newspaper=[[Multipolarista]]|title=Indirect colonialism: US role in Pakistan’s political crisis|date=2022-04-25|url=https://multipolarista.com/2022/04/25/indirect-colonialism-us-pakistan-imran-khan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624234518/https://multipolarista.com/2022/04/25/indirect-colonialism-us-pakistan-imran-khan/|archive-date=2022-06-24|retrieved=2022-06-28}}</ref> Khan stayed neutral during the [[2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict|2022 Russo-Ukrainian War]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=[[Ben Norton]]|newspaper=[[Multipolarista]]|title=Pakistan coup regime bans Imran Khan, dissidents killed, as US eyes China ties, Israel normalization|date=2022-10-26|url=https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/26/pakistan-coup-imran-khan-china-israel/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027115758/https://multipolarista.com/2022/10/26/pakistan-coup-imran-khan-china-israel/|archive-date=2022-10-27|retrieved=2022-11-01}}</ref>

=== 2022 coup ===
In 2022, Imran Khan was ousted in a US-backed coup.<ref>{{News citation|author=[[Richard Medhurst]]|date=2022-04-11|title=Pakistani PM Ousted in US Coup|url=https://youtu.be/BXnkUcN22fM}}</ref> He is urging his supporters to fight against the foreign-backed ouster.<ref>{{News citation|author=Tyler Durden|date=2022-04-10|title=Pakistan's Imran Khan Ousted In Midnight No Confidence Vote, Urges Supporters Rise Up Against US-Led "Foreign Conspiracy"|url=https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/pakistans-imran-khan-ousted-midnight-no-confidence-vote-urges-supporters-rise-against|newspaper=[[ZeroHedge]]}}</ref> Following the coup, Pakistan recognized [[apartheid]] [[State of Israel|Israel]] and sent weapons to [[Ukraine]].<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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