The Country of Pakistan

The geography for Pakistan is located in the western part of the Indian Subcontinent. It is surrounded by some familiar names tied with modern day events such as Afghanistan and India. The name Pakistan comes from two different Urdu words, Pak meaning pure, and Stan meaning country. Pakistan is nearly twice the size of California. The capital for Pakistan is Islamabad. When Pervez Musharraf created a lasting military in 1999, it was later declared in 2001 that they would have a democratic government.

Pakistan for a long time was made up of the eastern and western sections, as a successor to British India. Now it is made up of only the western sector. Pakistan and India often fought over what is called Kashmir, and these quarrels lead to war scattered across the years from 1949 until 1999. The dispute still remains unsolved today. In prehistoric years however, many different areas had rule over Pakistan, such as Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks, and others-controlled this region for over the next several thousand years. Islamic religion came about back in these days around 711 way before their land became part of the Mogul Empire. Finally by 1857 the British were dominant to most surrounding area including Pakistan. Through this Muslim satisfaction was lowered and lead to the Nationalist Muslim League in 1906 by the famous Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Even though they didn't necessarily like Britain, they still backed up Britain in the Second World War so that they Ghandi would be backed up in the Muslim autonomy.

After the war Britain did hold their contract and agreed to make Pakistan a separate country in 1947 which shot down India's hopes of becoming a unified country. Pakistan became a republic in 1956 with Maj. Gen. Iskander Mirza as the first president followed by Jinnah as the General-Governer. In this time Pakistan was still east and west. The west monopolized the country's political and economic power. The two sides were very different and created a lot of tension for themselves, but they did however have some cultural ties. Following all the indecision, a series of war with India over Bangladesh occurred. Nobody one and Bangladesh was later named an independent entity. Many events happened following the West taken over but here are some events that really meant something.

-1988: Zia had dismissed Prime Minister Mohammmad Khan Junejo from government, ordered a new election and Zia killed in mysterious place crash. The Investigation concludes that his death was caused merely by "criminal act of sabotage;" elections were held Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as the first woman prime minister ever of a Muslim nation.

In the 1990s, Pakistan saw a shaky succession of governments-Benazir Bhutto was prime minister twice and Nawaz Sharif three times, until he was deposed in a coup on Oct. 12, 1999, by Gen. Pervez Musharraf. The Pakistani public, familiar with military rule for 25 of the nation's 52-year history, generally viewed the coup as a positive step and hoped it would bring a badly needed economic upswing.

- In 2006 A Pakistan official rejected an allegation about Omar not being in Afghanistan, saying "the entire world knows [Omar} was present in Afghanistan." Omar, being a Taliban leader, was held in high esteem.