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Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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Islamic Republic of Pakistan
اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاكِستان
Flag of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Flag
Coat of arms of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Coat of arms
Claimed territories in light green
Claimed territories in light green
CapitalIslamabad
Largest cityKarachi
Official languagesUrdu
English
Demonym(s)Pakistani
GovernmentFederal Islamic parliamentary republic
• President
Asif Ali Zardari
• Prime Minister
Shehbaz Sharif
Area
• Total
881,913 km²
Population
• 2022 estimate
242,923,845


Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a country in South Asia bordered by India, China, Afghanistan and 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.[1]

History[edit | edit source]

Colonial rule[edit | edit source]

See main article: British Raj (1858–1947)

Post-independence[edit | edit source]

In 1971, the United States supported Pakistan's genocide in Bangladesh, which killed 300,000 to three million civilians and created ten million refugees.[2]

In the 1970s, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto tried to develop a nuclear weapons program after India detonated its first nuclear bomb. the On 5 July 1977, the 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]."[3] Zia al-Huq privatized Pakistan's health care.[4]

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 free health care for the poor.[5] Khan stayed neutral during the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War.[3]

2022 coup[edit | edit source]

In 2022, Imran Khan was ousted in a US-backed coup.[6] He is urging his supporters to fight against the foreign-backed ouster.[7] Following the coup, Pakistan's military government discussed the possibility of recognizing apartheid Israel. The coup regime also sent weapons to Ukraine.[3]

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