पाकिस्तान is a country in southern Asia. It is अगला to the India, Iran, Afghanistan, and China. It is officially called the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It has a long coastline along the Arabian Sea in the south. पाकिस्तान has the sixth largest population in the world. पाकिस्तान has a total land area of 880,940 km2 (340,130 sq mi) (including the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan). This makes पाकिस्तान the 34th largest country in the world. पाकिस्तान has the seventh largest army in the world. The capital of पाकिस्तान is Islamabad.
The name Pākistān means Land of the Pure in Persian and Urdu.
[/b]Administrative divisions[/b]
पाकिस्तान is made up of four provinces, two territories and two special areas. Both special areas are in Kashmir. The provinces and territories were divided into 26 divisions with now 147 districts directly divided from the provinces. Each district is divided into several tehsils and each tehsil is divided into several union councils. There are around 596 tehsils and over 6,000 union councils of Pakistan.
[/b]Provinces[/b] :
Balochistan Balochistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly NWFP)
Punjab Punjab[10]
Sindh Sindh
[/b]History[/b] :
पाकिस्तान became independent in 1947 from the Indian empire of British Raj. The first people in ancient पाकिस्तान lived 9000 years ago. These people were the ones who made up the Indus Valley Civilization,[20] which is one of the oldest civilizations on Earth. After that, the Vedic period came. This also included parts of north-western India. Until 1971, पाकिस्तान also included an area in the North-east India region. This is now called Bangladesh. It लॉस्ट that area after a war with Indian Army and the joint militant group of Indo-Bangladeshi alliance of Mitro Bahini of West Bengal. During हाल का times पाकिस्तान has been in the centre of world politics. This is firstly because of its support to guerillas in Afghanistan, following Soviet invasion 1979, and later during the 1990s because of its cooperation with and support for the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. However, since 2000 पाकिस्तान has basically supported the West in their war against fundamentalist terrorism, including the removal of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
पाकिस्तान is a member of the Commonwealth. However, after the war in East पाकिस्तान the country was excluded (between 1972-1989). It was also a member between 1999 and 2004. However, it is currently excluded from the Commonwealth (since November 2007).
The name Pākistān means Land of the Pure in Persian and Urdu.
[/b]Administrative divisions[/b]
पाकिस्तान is made up of four provinces, two territories and two special areas. Both special areas are in Kashmir. The provinces and territories were divided into 26 divisions with now 147 districts directly divided from the provinces. Each district is divided into several tehsils and each tehsil is divided into several union councils. There are around 596 tehsils and over 6,000 union councils of Pakistan.
[/b]Provinces[/b] :
Balochistan Balochistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly NWFP)
Punjab Punjab[10]
Sindh Sindh
[/b]History[/b] :
पाकिस्तान became independent in 1947 from the Indian empire of British Raj. The first people in ancient पाकिस्तान lived 9000 years ago. These people were the ones who made up the Indus Valley Civilization,[20] which is one of the oldest civilizations on Earth. After that, the Vedic period came. This also included parts of north-western India. Until 1971, पाकिस्तान also included an area in the North-east India region. This is now called Bangladesh. It लॉस्ट that area after a war with Indian Army and the joint militant group of Indo-Bangladeshi alliance of Mitro Bahini of West Bengal. During हाल का times पाकिस्तान has been in the centre of world politics. This is firstly because of its support to guerillas in Afghanistan, following Soviet invasion 1979, and later during the 1990s because of its cooperation with and support for the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. However, since 2000 पाकिस्तान has basically supported the West in their war against fundamentalist terrorism, including the removal of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
पाकिस्तान is a member of the Commonwealth. However, after the war in East पाकिस्तान the country was excluded (between 1972-1989). It was also a member between 1999 and 2004. However, it is currently excluded from the Commonwealth (since November 2007).