Pakistan (disambiguation)
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Pakistan
usually refers to the country in South Asia formally named the "Islamic Republic of Pakistan".
Pakistan may also refer to:
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
usually refers to the country in South Asia formally named the "Islamic Republic of Pakistan".
Pakistan may also refer to:
- Dominion of PakistanDominion of PakistanThe Dominion of Pakistan was an independent federal Commonwealth realm in South Asia that was established in 1947 on the partition of British India into two sovereign dominions . The Dominion of Pakistan, which included modern-day Pakistan and Bangladesh, was intended to be a homeland for the...
, the country formed by the partition of British India in 1947 consisting of the present countries of Pakistan and Bangladesh - West PakistanWest PakistanWest Pakistan , common name West-Pakistan , in the period between its establishment on 22 November 1955 to disintegration on December 16, 1971. This period, during which, Pakistan was divided, ended when East-Pakistan was disintegrated and succeeded to become which is now what is known as Bangladesh...
, the name of the western wing of Pakistan until 1971 - East PakistanEast PakistanEast Pakistan was a provincial state of Pakistan established in 14 August 1947. The provincial state existed until its declaration of independence on 26 March 1971 as the independent nation of Bangladesh. Pakistan recognized the new nation on 16 December 1971. East Pakistan was created from Bengal...
, a former province of Pakistan which existed between 1947 and 1971 (now Bangladesh) - Pakistan, Purnia, a village in Purnia district of Bihar, India
- PakestanPakestan-References:*...
, a village in the Ardabil Province of Iran - Little PakistanLittle Pakistan"Little Pakistan" is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Pakistanis or people of Pakistani ancestry , usually in an urban neighborhood.-List of Little Pakistans:-Norway:...
, an ethnic enclave populated by overseas Pakistanis