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They ruled parts of present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, [63] and northwestern India, during or slightly before the 1st century AD. For most of their history, the leading Gondopharid kings held Taxila (in the present Punjab province of Pakistan) as their residence, but during their last few years of existence the capital shifted between Kabul and ...
The cities of Harappa [13] and Mohenjo-daro [14] become large metropolises and the civilization expands to over 2,500 cities and settlements across the whole region of modern-day Pakistan, [15] covering a region of around one million square miles, which was larger than the land area of its contemporaries Egypt and Mesopotamia combined, and also ...
The 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.
Pakistan, [e] officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, [f] is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, [g] having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre.
A boot sector computer virus dubbed (c)Brain, one of the first computer viruses in history, [30] was created in 1986 by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written. [31] [32] Neurochip by Pakistani-Canadian inventor Naweed Syed.
History of Pakistan by topic (15 C) * Pakistan history-related lists (2 C, 19 P) A. Archaeology of Pakistan (4 C, 7 P) E. Historical events in Pakistan (47 C, 1 P) H.
Political history of Pakistan (22 C, 54 P) R. History of religion in Pakistan (6 C, 5 P) S. History of science and technology in Pakistan (5 C, 21 P)
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan became an inspiration for the Pakistan Movement.. Very few Muslim families had their children sent to English universities. On the other hand, the effects of the Bengali Renaissance made the Hindu population more educated and enabled them to gain lucrative positions at the Indian Civil Service; many ascended to the influential posts in the British government.