Pakistan in Our World

Pakistan in Our World — page 1
Introducing Pakistan Pakistan lies in South Asia on the northwest side of the Indian subcontinent It contains a huge variety of landscapes and peoples with many different cultures languages and lifestyles The Land of the Pure Pakistan is one of the largest Islamic countries in the world Its name in Urdu the language spoken in Pakistan means Land of the Pure Troubled relations with its neighbors Afghanistan to the west and India to the east over land ownership have led to long periods of unrest and conflict in Pakistan These problems have made life difficult for the Pakistani people and have stopped the country from developing politically and economically Pakistan is bordered 쑽 by Iran Afghanistan China and India To the south it has a stretch of coastline along the Arabian Sea Kashmir CHINA K2 The Birth of Pakistan The area that is now Pakistan used to be part of India which was ruled for many years by the British When India became independent in 1947 the Muslims there demanded their own homeland The new nation of Pakistan was created for the Muslims leaving the rest of India to stay mainly Hindu Originally Pakistan was in two parts made up of a western section the present-day country and an eastern section on the Bay of Bengal In 1971 the eastern part broke away and became the country of Bangladesh AFGHANISTAN NN WW EE SS Khyber Pass Peshawar Rawalpindi Islamabad Lahore Faisalabad PAKISTAN R iv e r us d n I Hyderabad Karachi I N D I A KeyKey Capital city Capital city Other cities Other cities Mountain Mountain 00 00 milesmiles 200200 200200 kilometers kilometers IRAN Arabian Sea 4