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{{Infobox country|name=Islamic Republic of Pakistan|native_name=اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاكِستان|image_flag=Flag of Pakistan.svg|image_map=Pakistan map.png|map_width= | {{Infobox country|name=Islamic Republic of Pakistan|native_name=اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاكِستان|image_flag=Flag of Pakistan.svg|image_map=Pakistan map.png|map_width=290|map_caption=Claimed territories in light green|largest_city=[[Karachi]]|image_coat=Pakistan COA.svg|capital=[[Islamabad]]|official_languages=Urdu<br>English|area_km2=881,913|population_estimate=242,923,845|population_estimate_year=2022}} | ||
'''Pakistan''', officially the '''Islamic Republic of Pakistan''' is a country in | '''Pakistan''', officially the '''Islamic Republic of Pakistan''' is a country in South Asia. Geographically, it is in a strategic region along [[People's Republic of China|China]]'s [[Belt and Road Initiative]].<ref>{{News citation|author=David Sacks|date=2021-03-30|title=The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor—Hard Reality Greets BRI’s Signature Initiative|url=https://www.cfr.org/blog/china-pakistan-economic-corridor-hard-reality-greets-bris-signature-initiative|newspaper=CFR}}</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
In 1971, the [[United States of America|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 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> | 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> |