Infobox Former Country native name Nastaliq conventional long name EastPakistan common name EastPakistan continent Asia region Indian subcontinent country Pakistan era Cold War event start ... Bhaban EastPakistan Legislative Assembly title leader Martial law Martial Law Administrator leader1 ... units of Pakistan subdivision EastPakistan flag Flag of Pakistan.svg map East Bengal Map.gif ... 16 December 1971 footnotes EastPakistan lang bn Purbo Pakistan , lang ur Nastaliq ..., the East Bengal was an independent Former administrative units of Pakistan administrative unit which ... of East Bengal and established the state as EastPakistan with Dhaka its state capital . ref name worldstatesmen ... books?id 0f4XYCTuMRoC&pg PA236&dq EastPakistan legislative elections 1954 workers v onepage&q East ... ref The Awami League gained the control of the EastPakistan after appointing Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy ... and took tough actions against the communist mass in both East and West Pakistan. ref name Story ... ref ref name Dawn Newspapers, March 28, 2004 Allying with the population of West Pakistan West , the East ... disparity, impression that West Pakistan despite being less populated than EastPakistan was ruling ... cite web last Asif Haroon Raja title After EastPakistan, another global conspiracy in the offing in Balochistan url http www.asiantribune.com news 2012 02 14 after eastpakistan another global conspiracy ... the the exclusive mandate of EastPakistan. ref name Pakistan Parliamentary Elections, 1970 cite web ... Separation of EastPakistan Part III cite web last Story of Pakistan title Tragedy and Reconstruction Separation of EastPakistan Part III url http www.storyofpakistan.com articletext.asp?artid A070&Pg 4 publisher Separation of EastPakistan Part III accessdate 25 March 2012 ref After the general elections ... declaration of independence of EastPakistan on March 26, 1971 and began an Bangladesh Liberation War ... of EastPakistan 1971 Part IV cite web last Website Release title Tragedy and Reconstruction The Separation ... more details
The United Front was a coalition of mainly political parties from EastPakistan , organized and led by A. K. Fazlul Huq , Maulana Bhashani and Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy of the Awami League . The coalition demanded greater provincial autonomy, the United Front had claimed during their 1954 election campaign that Karachi treats us like some kind of colony, ref http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,819668,00.html Division Affirmed Time Magazine Karachi at the time was capital of Pakistan ref . References reflist Category History of Bangladesh Category EastPakistan Category Defunct political parties in Bangladesh Category Defunct political parties in Pakistan Bangladesh org stub Pakistan party stub ... more details
BY PAKISTAN ARMY AND THEIR AGENTS IN BANGLADESH DURING 1971 137 1999 2002 ref although Al Badr is alleged to have been affiliated with the EastPakistan Islamist party Jamaat e Islami . ref INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS, THE EVENTS IN PAKISTAN A LEGAL STUDY BY THE SECRETARIAT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ... army on December 16, 1971, Al Badr was dissolved together with the Razakars Pakistan Razakar and Al ... Bangladesh Liberation War Category Jamaat e Islami Bangladesh hist stub Pakistan mil stub bn ... more details
1969 uprising in EastPakistan was a democratic political movement in EastPakistan now Bangladesh that took place in 1969. The uprising consisted of a series of mass demonstrations and sporadic conflicts between government armed forces and the demonstrators. Although the unrest began in 1966 with the Six point movement of Awami League , it got momentum at the beginning of 1969 and culminated in the resignation of Field Marshal Ayub Khan Field Marshal Ayub Khan , the first military ruler of Pakistan . The uprising also led to the withdrawal of Agartala Conspiracy Case and acquittal of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his colleagues from the case. Timeline of events in 1969 4 January Shorbodolio Chatro Shongram Porishad The All Party Student Action Committee put forth its 11 point agenda. 7 8 January Formation of a political coalition named Democratic Action Committee DAC to restore democracy. 20 January Student activist Azaduzzaman Asaduzzaman dies as the police opens fire on demonstrators. 24 January Matiur, a teenager activist is gunned down by the police. 15 February Seargent Jahurul Haq, one of the convicts of Agartala Conspiracy Case, is assassinated in the prison of Kurmitola Cantonment. 18 February Dr. Shamsuzzoha of Rajshahi University is killed as the police opened fire on a silent procession in Rajshahi. 21 February Withdrawal of Agartala Conspiracy Case. 23 February Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was accorded a grand reception, where he was given the title Banggabandhu The friend of Bengal . ref http www.bpedia.org H 0136.php History Banglapedia article. ref 10 13 March Ayub Khan calls for a round table meeting with the opposition. 24 March Ayub Khan handed over power to General Yahya Khan , the army Chief of Staff . References reflist Bangladesh liberation DEFAULTSORT 1969 Uprising In EastPakistan Category History of Bangladesh Category Conflicts in 1969 Category EastPakistan Category Student protests in Pakistan Category Social movements in Pakistan ... more details
File East Bengal Map.gif thumb 200px right Map of EastPakistan , which later became Bangladesh . The EastPakistan Renaissance Society was a political organisation formed to articulate and promote culturally and intellectually the idea for a Two Nation Theory separate Muslim state for Indian Muslims and specifically for the Muslims of Bengal . ref name A cite book title Pakistan A Modern History author ... Azad newspaper in Kolkata now Calcutta , Bengali Muslim activists decided to form the EastPakistan ... to be the only official language and lingua franca of Muslims. ref name A However, the EastPakistan ..., which also partitioned Bengal to create the Muslim majority East Bengal also known as EastPakistan , which became part of Pakistan Hindu majority West Bengal and Assam became part of India. Several ... was a mass struggle in EastPakistan for the recognition of the Bengali language as the second official language of Pakistan, along with Urdu. ref name A ref name C ref name B The society leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman became the chief of the Awami League , which argued for greater autonomy for East ... War , which led to the independence of East Bengal from Pakistan, becoming the People s Republic of Bangladesh . ref name A ref name C ref name B References reflist Bangladesh liberation Pakistan Movement Category History of Bangladesh Category Pakistan Movement Category Bangladesh Liberation War .... inconsistent citations ref ref name khan1940 Cite book title Pakistan The Heart of Asia author Liaquat ... also known as the Pakistan Resolution on March 23, 1940. The resolution called for the Muslim majority ... League and most other advocates of Pakistan had demanded a single state of Pakistan constituting ... an independent state, as an Eastern Pakistan rather than part of a single state of Pakistan. ref name ... asserted the importance of the Bengali culture and language, which many advocates of Pakistan ... first Philip year 1985 month August title A Place Insufficiently Imagined Language, Belief, and the Pakistan ... more details
The 1964 EastPakistan Genocide refers to the gruesome massacre and ethnic cleansing of Bengali Hindu s from EastPakistan in the wake of an alleged theft of a Prophet s relic from the Hazratbal shrine ... of the Islamic Board declared jihad against Hindu s and other non Muslims of EastPakistan . ref name skb89 cite book title Genocide in EastPakistan Bangladesh last Bhattacharyya first S.K. authorlink ... Khulna to Chalna were destroyed. ref name skb95 cite book title Genocide in EastPakistan Bangladesh ... cite book title Genocide in EastPakistan Bangladesh last Bhattacharyya first S.K. authorlink year ... was looted and burnt to ashes. ref name skb105 cite book title Genocide in EastPakistan Bangladesh ... mercilessly killed and seventeen burnt alive. ref name skb100 cite book title Genocide in EastPakistan .... ref name skb96 cite book title Genocide in EastPakistan Bangladesh last Bhattacharyya first ... in EastPakistan Bangladesh last Bhattacharyya first S.K. authorlink year 1987 publisher A. Ghosh Publisher ... of EastPakistan stopped publication. ref name skb101 When Reuters reported that over 1,000 people ... cite book title Genocide in EastPakistan Bangladesh last Bhattacharyya first S.K. authorlink year 1987 ... of this migration, Khulna , the only Hindu majority district in EastPakistan became a Muslim majority ... as a result of the oppression on the India n chitmahals within EastPakistan by the EastPakistan ... were Christians , from EastPakistan arrived into Assam within one and half months since the genocide ... in Garo Hills in Assam , now in Meghalaya . ref name skb108 cite book title Genocide in EastPakistan ... Mymensingh had been fired at by the EastPakistan Rifles , while they were crossing over to India . ref name skb114 cite book title Genocide in EastPakistan Bangladesh last Bhattacharyya first S.K. authorlink ... also Noakhali genocide Noakhali genocide 1946 1950 EastPakistan genocide EastPakistan genocide 1950 References Reflist 2 Category Ethnic cleansing Category Persecution of Hindus Category EastPakistan ... more details
The EastPakistan genocide of 1950 lang bn big big refers to massacre of Bengali Hindus ... EastPakistan and disturbances in India A report to the Indian Commission of Jurists by its Committee ... and Nationalism on Trial A Study of EastPakistan year 1968 publisher Indian Institute of Advanced ... exodus of minorities from EastPakistan and disturbances in India A report to the Indian Commission ..., 70,000 Hindus fled from EastPakistan to India when the passport was introduced on 15 October 1952 ... genocide Noakhali genocide 1946 1964 EastPakistan genocide EastPakistan genocide 1964 References Reflist 2 Category Persecution of Hindus Category EastPakistan Category Genocides Category Ethnic cleansing Category 1950 in Pakistan Category 1950 EastPakistan genocide ... of Pakistan resigned in protest of the government failure in protecting the Bengali Hindu minority in Pakistan . Background Kalshira massacre On 20 December 1949, four police constables raided the house ..., Minister of Law and Labour, Government of Pakistan year 2002 publisher Ratna Prakashan location ..., dated 8th October 1950, Minister of Law and Labour, Government of Pakistan year 2002 publisher ... Against Hindus in East Bengal 1946 64 year 2000 publisher Voice of India place New Delhi isbn 81 85990 ... on Violence Against Hindus in East Bengal 1946 64 year 2000 publisher Voice of India place New ... note of the Government of East Bengal two unidentified youths began to spread provocative rumours on the afternoon ... of East Bengal assembly was arrested on 15 February under Section 307 C.C.P. and B.S.P.O. 1946 and imprisoned as an ordinary prisoner. Sen wrote to Liaquat Ali Khan , the Prime Minister of Pakistan ... , member of East Bengal assembly from Chittagong wrote to the Liaquat Ali Khan , the Prime Minister of Pakistan about the anti Hindu riots in Chittagong. ref name eob112 Noakhali In the Feni District ... Partition and its Pogroms Testimonies on Violence Against Hindus in East Bengal 1946 64 year ... more details
Orphan date December 2009 Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The EastPakistan Muslim Students League was founded following the independence of Pakistan to support the political activities and campaigns of the Muslim League Pakistan Muslim League in electoral politics. One of its founders was Sheikh Mujibur Rahman . Category History of Bangladesh Category EastPakistan Category Social movements in Pakistan Bangladesh hist stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Inam ul Haq was a Pakistan i cricket er. Inam made his debut cricketing appearance in the Ayub Trophy competiiton of 1961 62 for East Zone. He scored steadily on his debut, though his bowling was less than economical. Inam made three appearances for EastPakistan in the Quaid e Azam Trophy competition of 1962 63, taking five wickets during his first match of the competition, though he failed to get off the mark with the ball. EastPakistan finished third in the group table, a single win above bottom placed Hyderabad. Two seasons later, Inam made his fifth and final first class appearance, for Dacca University against Pakistan International Airlines in the Ayub Trophy, a game which Dacca lost by an innings margin. External links http cricketarchive.com Archive Players 42 42320 42320.html Inam ul Haq at Cricket Archive DEFAULTSORT Inam ul Haq Category Pakistani cricketers Category EastPakistan cricketers Category Dacca University cricketers ... more details
buildings were missing. Until 1947, the East Wing of Pakistan, separated from the West Wing ... capital. Much of the investment in EastPakistan came from West Pakistani banks. Investment was concentrated ... from the northern Indian state of Bihar living in EastPakistan , considering them to be less prone ... class status. In EastPakistan, the dissatisfaction quickly turned to violence. The Bengalis of East ... have different scripts and literary traditions. ref name tn Jinnah visited EastPakistan on only ... for provincial autonomy and worked to expand his own power base. EastPakistan favoured a high ... Constituent Assembly differed in composition from the first. In EastPakistan, the Muslim League ... s League led by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy . Rejection of West Pakistan s dominance over EastPakistan ... of EastPakistan s provincial government. ref name tn Prime Minister Choudhry induced the politicians ... and east wings, the Former administrative units of Pakistan four provinces of West Pakistan were amalgamated ... he had a good reputation in EastPakistan and was respected for his pre partition association with Mohandas K. Gandhi , his strenuous efforts to gain greater provincial autonomy for EastPakistan and a larger ... Khan and Nawab of Kalabagh with Principal Khan Anwar Sikander Khan. In EastPakistan the political ... gave the mercurial Sheikh Mujibur Rahman commonly known as Mujib the leadership of EastPakistan s dominant party. Mujib, who as early as 1956 had advocated the liberation of EastPakistan and had been jailed in 1958 during the military coup, quickly and successfully brought the issue of EastPakistan ... in West Pakistan versus just 2.6 percent in EastPakistan. Furthermore, Bengali politicians pushing for more autonomy complained that much of Pakistan s export earnings were generated in EastPakistan ... in West Pakistan, and would leave EastPakistan, with its Bengali ethnic and linguistic unity, by far ... for the Constitution of Pakistan of 1956 1956 constitution , was ended and EastPakistan was awarded ... more details
Politics of Bangladesh EastPakistan Communist Party Marxist Leninist , a communist party in the erstwhile EastPakistan . The party emerged in 1966, after a split in the Communist Party of EastPakistan . Sukhendu Dastidar became the general secretary of EPCP M L . ref name amin Amin, Md. Nurul. http links.jstor.org sici?sici 0004 4687 28198607 2926 3A7 3C759 3AMIBTCO 3E2.0.CO 3B2 T Maoism in Bangladesh The Case of the East Bengal Sarbohara Party in Asian Survey, Vol. 26, No. 7. Jul., 1986 , pp. 759 773. ref EPCP M L was founded in 1969 when the general secretary of the pro China National Awami Party Bhashani , Mohammed Toha, broke away. EPCP M L had a programme of People s Democratic Revolution and launched armed struggle. EPCP M L opposed both the Pakistan i rulers and the Awami League . Another group called EPCP M L was led by Abdul Matin. This party had support of the India n CPI M L led by Charu Majumdar . Also this group was engaged in armed struggle. They led a campaign of annihilation of class enemies in several districts. In 1971, EPCP M L was divided over how to view the Bangladesh Liberation War . Two separate EPCP M L s were formed, one led by Mohammed Toha and one led by Abdul Haque. Toha s EPCP M L evolved into the Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal Marksbadi Leninbadi Barua Communist Party of Bangladesh Marxist Leninist . ref Rashiduzzaman, M. http links.jstor.org sici?sici 0004 4687 28197902 2919 3A2 3C191 3AB1SFAP 3E2.0.CO 3B2 I Bangladesh 1978 Search for a Political Party , in Asian Survey, Vol. 19, No. 2, A Survey of Asia in 1978 Part II. Feb., 1979 , pp. 191 197. ref In 1978 Haque s party took the name Revolutionary Communist Party of Bangladesh Marxist Leninist . ref http banglapedia.search.com.bd HT H 0049.htm BANGLAPEDIA Haque, Abdul Bot generated title ref References reflist Category Communist parties in Bangladesh Category Political parties in Pakistan Category Political parties established in 1966 Category Communist parties in Pakistan bangladesh party ... more details
copy edit date April 2012 tone date April 2012 Infobox military conflict conflict EastPakistan Air Operations partof Indo Pakistani War of 1971 date 2 16 December 1971 place Bangladesh , then EastPakistan ... and strategic victory br Indian Air Force gained absolute air superiority over EastPakistan Air Force ... Mitro Bahini called Operation Cactus Lilly in the EastPakistan eastern theatre of the Indo ... Background EastPakistan saw no air combat when Pakistan and India came to blows over Kashmir ... threat. In contrast, Pakistan High Command posted only 1 squadron of 12 F 86 Canadair Sabres in East ... airforce war trieast.html Pakistan Airforce in EastPakistan ref while PAF infrastructure development ... theater. The IAF bombed airfields and airstrips located in EastPakistan at Chittagong , Dhaka ... in EastPakistan, while army aviation squadron No.4 had eight helicopters present for service. PAF operational ... during the political unrest in March 1971. Air Commodore Mitthy Masud, AOC EastPakistan was replaced ... 130 Hercules planes and the entire PIA fleet was employed to transfer troops to EastPakistan and after ... to EastPakistan from West Pakistan between March 26 May 2. ref Salik, Siddiq, Witness to Surrender p87, p90 ref The Pakistani airplanes had to make the trip to EastPakistan via Sri Lanka as overflights ... were sorely needed to bolster the army in EastPakistan where it was facing stiff opposition in a span ... over EastPakistan. ref Salik, Siddiq, Witness to Surrender p132 ref There was only one fully functional airbase at Tejgaon near Dhaka in EastPakistan, all the satellite air bases in the province ... or neglect of EastPakistan defense since 1948 had hamstrung the PAF Eastern contingent ... Ack Ack were present in areas around EastPakistan. The caliber of the regiment was not enhanced to heavy , and no SAMs were deployed in EastPakistan. The only long range radar Russian P 35 model ... reduced their effectiveness. The Indian Air Force IAF had flown reconnaissance flights over EastPakistan ... more details
of Balochistan Pakistan Balochistan , East Bengal , the North West Frontier Province 1901 ... 1970 Bhola cyclone cyclone which caused 500,000 deaths in EastPakistan . ref name Mission ... in the East, and the Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight a military operation on 25 March ... Bahini forces in EastPakistan, with support from India. ref name Jahan ref name 1971war Cite news ... with the formal secession of EastPakistan as the independent state of Bangladesh . ref name Jahan ...about the country other uses Pakistan disambiguation pp vandalism small yes pp move indef Infobox country conventional long name Islamic Republic of Pakistan native name lang ur line height 2 Nastaliq br Isl m Jumh r ye P kist n common name Pakistan image flag Flag of Pakistan.svg image coat Coat of arms of Pakistan.svg symbol type State Emblem image map Pakistan orthographic projection .svg map caption Area constituting Pakistan in dark green claimed but uncontrolled territory ... and Broadcasting, Government of Pakistan. ref br Urdu lang ur line height 2 Nastaliq ... of Pakistan accessdate 28 December 2011 ref demonym Pakistani capital Islamabad latd 33 latm 40 ... democracy Parliamentary Parliamentary republic republic leader title1 President of Pakistan President leader name1 Asif Ali Zardari Pakistan Peoples Party PPP leader title2 Prime Minister of Pakistan Prime Minister leader name2 Yousaf Raza Gillani Pakistan Peoples Party PPP leader title3 Chief Justice of Pakistan Chief Justice leader name3 Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Iftikhar Chaudhry leader title4 Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan Chair of Senate leader name4 Nayyar Hussain Bukhari Pakistan Peoples Party PPP leader title5 Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan House Speaker leader name5 Fahmida Mirza Pakistan Peoples Party PPP legislature Parliament of Pakistan Majlis e Shoora upper house Senate of Pakistan Senate lower house National Assembly of Pakistan National Assembly ... more details
Wiktionary PakistanPakistan usually refers to the sovereign country in South Asia formally named the Islamic Republic of Pakistan . Pakistan may also refer to Dominion of Pakistan , the country later Islamic Republic of Pakistan formed by the partition of British India in 1947 consisting of the present countries of Pakistan and Bangladesh West Pakistan , the name of the western wing of Pakistan until 1971 EastPakistan , a former province of Pakistan which existed between 1947 and 1971 now Bangladesh Pakistan, Purnia , a village in Purnia district of Bihar, India Pakestan , a village in the Ardabil Province of Iran Little Pakistan , an ethnic enclave populated by overseas Pakistanis See also Lookfrom Pakistan dab ... more details
761560851 Pakistan.html Encarta Encyclopedia Pakistan ref ref name Middle East Institute http www.mideasti.org countries countries.php?name pakistan Middle East Institute Pakistan ref It has ... Pakistan Baluchistan and East Bengal . With the adoption of its Constitution of Pakistan constitution in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic . In 1971, a civil war in EastPakistan resulted in the independence of Bangladesh . Pakistan s history has been characterized by periods of Economy of Pakistan economic growth , Military dictatorship military rule and political instability. Pakistan ... Greater Middle East Iranian plateau Time zone Pakistan Standard Time UTC 05 , Pakistan Summer ... br Flag China Northeast Flag Jammu and Kashmir West Flag Afghanistan Centre Outline of PakistanEast ...double image right Flag of Pakistan.svg 185 Coat of arms of Pakistan.svg 106 The Flag of Pakistan The Coat of arms of Pakistan Image Pakistan orthographic projection 2.png right 188px Image Un pakistan.png thumb An enlargeable map of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan See also Index of Pakistan related articles The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a List of sovereign states sovereign country located in South ... library publications the world factbook geos pk.html title Pakistan work The World Factbook publisher ... by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People s Republic of China China in the far northeast. ref name Kashmir status The entire Kashmir region is claimed by Pakistan ... and Pakistani held areas defined by the Line of Control .Pakistan refers to Indian administered Kashmir as Indian Occupied Kashmir . ref The region forming modern Pakistan was home to the ancient Indus ... Pakistan InfoPlease ref It was a part of British India until 1947, when the Pakistan movement Pakistan Movement for a state for Muslims , led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the All India Muslim League Muslim League resulted in the independence and creation of the state of Pakistan, that comprised ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 YearInPakistanNav 1972 Events Karachi labour unrest of 1972 January 20 January President of Pakistan President later Prime minister of Pakistan Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto publicly announces that Pakistan will immediately Project 706 begin a Pakistan and its Nuclear Detterent Program nuclear weapons programme . July 2 July India and Pakistan sign the Simla Agreement Simla Accord in Shimla Simla , India , following the surrender of the Pakistan military to Indian forces in 1971 and the subsequent emergence of former East Pakistan as the independent nation of Bangladesh . August 14 August Pakistan celebrates 25 years as an independent nation. Births 5 August Aaqib Javed , cricketer and coach See also 1971 in Pakistan 1972 Other events of 1972 1973 in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history DEFAULTSORT 1972 In Pakistan Category 1972 in Pakistan Pakistan history stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 YearInPakistanNav 1965 Events January 2 January, President of Pakistan President Ayub Khan Field Marshal Ayub Khan defeats his main opponent, Fatima Jinnah in the presidential elections amid opposition accusations of mass rigging of the polls. September 6 September, the Indo Pakistan war of 1965 Indo Pakistan war begins. The 17 day war, when EastPakistan was left undefended, weakens the already fraying national ties between the two wings. See also 1964 in Pakistan 1965 Other events of 1965 1966 in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history DEFAULTSORT 1965 In Pakistan Category 1965 in PakistanPakistan history stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 YearInPakistanNav 1970 Events August 5 August, Pakistan International Airlines F27 Islamabad, Pakistan The aircraft entered a steep dive and crashed about three minutes after a night takeoff in poor weather. All four crew members and 26 passengers were killed. December 31 December Pakistan International Airlines F27 EastPakistan The aircraft lost altitude and impacted about 300 feet 90 meters short of the runway. Seven of the 31 passengers were killed. Statistics The city of Faisalabad has an estimated population of 726,000, while the capital Islamabad has an estimated population of 70,000. See also 1969 in Pakistan 1970 Other events of 1970 1971 in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history DEFAULTSORT 1970 In Pakistan Category 1970 in PakistanPakistan history stub ... more details
YearInPakistanNav 1976 Events Five years after the secession of EastPakistan, Pakistan begins diplomatic relations with Bangladesh. The Samjhauta Express , the only rail link between Pakistan and India , starts running. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi programmes from our own correspondent 3034531.stm India and Pakistan ease tensions BBC News ref The Quaid i Azam Academy is established on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pakistan s founder. ref http www.pakistan.gov.pk divisions ContentInfo.jsp?DivID 32&cPath 502 505&ContentID 3376 Quaid i Azam Academy & Paper Project ref See also 1975 in Pakistan 1976 Other events of 1976 1977 in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history References Reflist Category 1976 in PakistanPakistan history stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 YearInPakistanNav 1971 Events Widespread chaos and military crackdown in East Pakistan following the failure to recognize the elected majority party Awami League . Guerrillas Mukti Bahini start the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan . India aids the rebels and enters Indo Pakistani War of 1971 the war in the first week of December and inflicts a crushing defeat on Pakistan Military in just a fortnight, thus creating the state of Bangladesh . Births 2 January Aamer Nazir , cricketer See also 1970 in Pakistan 1971 Other events of 1971 1972 in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history DEFAULTSORT 1971 In Pakistan Category 1971 in Pakistan Category History of Bangladesh Category 1971 in Bangladesh Pakistan history stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 YearInPakistanNav 1966 Events January 10 January, Pakistan and Republic of India sign an agreement in Tashkent , USSR now Uzbekistan , to formally end the hostilities between the two countries. February The leader of the EastPakistan Awami League , Sheikh Mujibur Rahman announced his 6 Point Movement six points that called for limiting the federal government to national defence and foreign affairs. December 31 December, the government lifts ban on the political activities of 65 prominent politicians under Elected Bodies Disqualification Ordinance EBDO . Births 14 September Aamer Sohail , cricketer. See also 1965 in Pakistan 1966 Other events of 1966 1967 in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history DEFAULTSORT 1966 In Pakistan Category 1966 in PakistanPakistan history stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 YearInPakistanNav 1962 Events March 1 March, President of Pakistan President Ayub Khan Field Marshal Ayub Khan promulgates a constitution which seeks to reinforce his authority in the absence of martial law . April Elections for the national and provincial assembly are held on the basis of Basic Democracies. July The National Assembly of Pakistan National Assembly passes the Political Parties Act, legalizing the formation of political parties. Both Urdu and Bengali language Bengali become National Languages. Bengali is mostly spoken in the erstwhile province of EastPakistan , as well as in India s West Bengal province and the disputed territory of Tripura , which is the Bengalis referred to as the Chittagong Plains of East Bengal . See also 1961 in Pakistan 1962 Other events of 1962 1963 in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history DEFAULTSORT 1962 In Pakistan Category 1962 in PakistanPakistan history stub ... more details
, ended when EastPakistanEastPakistan was Bangladesh Liberation War disintegrated and succeeded ... continuation of the country in the United Nations. It took the line that EastPakistan was indeed a client ... Pakistan did not enjoy the benefits with the economical progress and majority of the funds for East ...?artid A051 publisher Story of Pakistan Party I accessdate 21 March 2012 ref The EastPakistan, Balochistan ... to be fixed. ref name Story of Pakistan Party I Former East Punjab was integrated with Indian Government ... one division was raised in EastPakistan ref name Palgrave Macmillan September 15, 2005 Parliamentary ... was renamed EastPakistanEastPakistan with the provincial state capital at Dhaka Dacca . The clash of ideology between EastPakistan and West Pakistan soon erupted that further destabilized the entire ... hand, the EastPakistan was a socialist state since the Elections in Pakistan 1954 elections ... Treaty Organization Western Allies , whilst the EastPakistan remained sympathetic to Soviet Union ... democracy, and Islam as its state religion. While, the EastPakistan was established on the basis of country ... toward EastPakistan During this episode, the EastPakistan remained quiet and did not intervened in the West Pakistan s conflict with India. EastPakistan s Military government remained silenced ... Pakistan. West Pakistan accused EastPakistan for not taking any action even, in fact, Eastern Air Command, Indian Air Force Eastern Air Command of Indian Air Force did attack the EastPakistan s Air Force. However, EastPakistan defended only by an understrength infantry division, the 14th Infantry Division, sixteen fighter jet and no tanks or no navy was established in the EastPakistan. Days ... seats allocated to EastPakistan . The Awami League advocated greater autonomy for EastPakistan ... and Rehman and ordered an action to be taken against the EastPakistan s military government. Image ... , eventually leading to the surrender of the Pakistani Army . EastPakistan suffered a genocide ... more details
File Rawat fault line 7.jpg thumb right 250px Rawat Fault line near Islamabad The geology of Pakistan encompasses the varied landscapes that make up the land constituting modern day Pakistan , which are a blend of its geological history, and its climate over the past few million years. The Geological Survey of Pakistan is the premier agency responsible for studying the country s geology. ref http www.gsp.gov.pk Geological Survey of Pakistan ref Tectonic zone Main Tectonics zones of Pakistan File Sesimic hazard zones of Pakistan.png thumb 400px Earthquake hazard zones of PakistanPakistan geologically overlaps both with the Indian Plate Indian and the Eurasian Plate Eurasian plate tectonics tectonic plates where its Sindh and Punjab Pakistan Punjab provinces lie on the north western corner of the Indian plate while Balochistan Pakistan Balochistan and most of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa lie within the Eurasian plate which mainly comprises the Iranian plateau , some parts of the Middle East and Central Asia . The Northern Areas Pakistan Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir lie mainly in Central Asia along the edge of the Indian plate and hence are prone to violent earthquake s where the two tectonic plates collide. Earthquakes Main List of earthquakes in Pakistan Since it lies in the centre of tectonic plates, Pakistan has been vulnerable to a number of deadly earthquakes. Mining Main Mining in Pakistan References reflist Asia topic Geology of Geography of PakistanPakistan topics Category Geology of PakistanPakistan geo stub pnb ... more details
YearInPakistanNav 1974 Events In 1974 a massive and violent Anti Ahmadiyya movement was instigated by the Islamist group Jamaat i Islami , resulting in many casualties of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community members and destruction to Ahmadiyya property. ref http www.law.harvard.edu students orgs hrj iss16 khan.shtml Persecution of the Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan An Analysis Under International Law and International Relations Harvard Human Rights Journal , Vol 16, September 2003 ref Three years after the secession of East Pakistan , Pakistan recognised Bangladesh . ref http news.bbc.co.uk hi english static in depth south asia 2002 india pakistan timeline 1971.stm The 1971 war BBC ref See also 1973 in Pakistan 1974 Other events of 1974 1974 Anti Ahmadiyya Movement 1975 in Pakistan Timeline of Pakistani history References Reflist Category 1974 in Pakistan Category Persecution of Ahmadiyya Pakistan history stub Ahmadiyya stub ... more details
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