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Abdul Qadeer Khan was born on 1 April 1936, in Bhopal, a city then in the erstwhile British Indian princely state of Bhopal State, and now the capital city of Madhya Pradesh. He was a Muhajir of Urdu-speaking Pashtun origin. [ 14][ 15][ 2][ 5][ 16] His maternal ancestors hailed from the Tirah Valley (now in the Khyber District of Khyber ...
t. e. A map outlining historical sites in Pakistan. The history of Pakistan precedes the country's creation in 1947. [ 1] Although, Pakistan was created in 1947 as a whole new country by the British [ 2] through partition of India, but the history of the land extends much further back and is intertwined with that of Afghanistan, India, and Iran.
The story of history of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan began on 14 August 1947 when the country came into being in the form of Dominion of Pakistan within the British Commonwealth as the result of Pakistan Movement and the partition of India. While the history of the Pakistani Nation according to the Pakistan government's official chronology ...
Liaquat Ali Khan[ a] (1 October 1895 – 16 October 1951) was a Pakistani lawyer, politician and statesman who served as the first prime minister of Pakistan from 1947 until his assassination in 1951. He was as pivotal to the consolidation of Pakistan as the Quaid-i-Azam, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was central to the creation of Pakistan.
Abdul Sattar Edhi NI LPP (Urdu: عبد الستار ایدھی; 28 February 1928 [6] – 8 July 2016) [1] [7] [2] [8] was a Pakistani humanitarian, philanthropist and ascetic who founded the Edhi Foundation, which runs the world's largest ambulance network, [9] along with homeless shelters, animal shelters, [10] rehabilitation centres, and orphanages across Pakistan.
Dental surgeon, stateswoman. Fatima Jinnah[ a] (31 July 1893 – 9 July 1967) was a Pakistani politician, stateswoman, author, and activist. [ 1] She was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder and first Governor-General of Pakistan. [ 2][ 3] She served as the Leader of the Opposition of Pakistan from 1960 until her death in 1967.
The political history of Pakistan ( Urdu: پاکستان کی سیاسی تاريخ) is the narrative and analysis of political events, ideas, movements, and leaders of Pakistan. Pakistan gained independence from the United Kingdom on 14 August 1947, when the Presidencies and provinces of British India were divided by the United Kingdom, in a ...
020/.92/4 B 19. LC Class. Z720.K54 M35 1987. A Short History of Pakistan is an edited book published by University of Karachi Press and comprises four volumes. The book is edited by Prof Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi and provides a comprehensive account of the history of the Pakistan region and its people from the prehistory leading to the creation ...