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In 2010 and 2011 Pakistani-American relations worsened after a CIA contractor killed two civilians in Lahore and the United States killed Osama bin Laden at his home less than a mile from the Pakistan Military Academy. Strong US criticism was made against Pakistan for allegedly supporting bin Laden while Gillani called on his government to ...
The History of Pakistan prior to its independence in 1947 spans several millennia and covers a vast geographical area known as the Greater Indus region. [1] Anatomically modern humans arrived in what is now Pakistan between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago. [ 2 ]
A leading recipient of US military assistance, Pakistan expects to receive approximately $20 billion since 2001 a combination of reimbursement to Pakistan and training programs for the Pakistan counter-terrorism units. However, Pakistan claimed the US has not compensated as much as half of that money, but has only claimed so in the media. [179]
In 1947, after Pakistan was created out of British India, Lahore became the hub of cinema in Pakistan. [15] By 1947 there were around 80 cinemas in East Bengal . In March 1948, when the Governor-General of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah came to visit East Bengal , the radio broadcaster and filmmaker Nazir Ahmed was commissioned to create the ...
July 6: Start of 2014–2015 India–Pakistan border skirmishes; September 4: Monsoon rains in Pakistan kill more than 40 people. September 9 – 2014 India–Pakistan floods kill 205 in Pakistan and 200 in India. 28 September: At least 21 militants are killed in airstrikes and a gunfight in Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas.
After Partition of India in 1947, two-thirds of the Muslims resided in Pakistan (both east and West Pakistan) but a third resided in India. [1] According to 1951 census, Dominion of Pakistan (both East and West Pakistan) had a population of 75 million population, in which West Pakistan had a population of 33.7 million and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) had a population of 42 million.
Soon after the evacuation the alliance with the US came to an end when Pakistan's atomic bomb project was revealed to the world, leading to the imposition of economic sanctions by the United States. In 1989, Bhutto ordered a military intervention in Afghanistan, which failed, leading her to dismiss the directors of the intelligence services.
Jinnah visited East Pakistan on only one occasion after independence, shortly before his death in 1948. [2] Speaking in Dhaka to a throng of over 300,000 on March 21, 1948, he announced that, "Without one state language, no nation can remain tied up solidly together and function". [3] [4] Jinnah's views were not accepted by most East Pakistanis ...