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Official Name of Pakistan: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Government type in Pakistan: federal republic
Capital of Pakistan: Islamabad
Primary Language in Pakistan: Urdu
Currency in Pakistan: Pakistani rupee

The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved. A third war between these countries in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan seceding and becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. A dispute over the state of Kashmir is ongoing. In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998. Controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent

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» Abbottabad
» Badin
» Bahawalpur
» Bannu
» Chitral
» Dalbandin
» Dera Ismail Khan
» Faisalabad
» Gilgit
» Gwadar

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