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Pakistan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20) |
 | | The name ‘Pakistan’ for a Muslim division of British India was put forward in 1930 by Choudhary Rahmat Ali (1897–1951) from names of the Muslim parts of the subcontinent: Punjab, the Afghan Northwest Frontier, Kashmir, Sind, and Baluchistan. |
 | | Jinnah became the first governor general and Liaquat Ali Khan, deputy leader of the Muslim League (1940–47), became the first prime minister. |
 | | Benazir Bhutto, the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and leader of the PPP, returned in 1986 from self-exile in London to launch a popular campaign for immediate open elections. |
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