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Pakistan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Pakistan |
 | | Pakistan is a federal republic comprising four provinces: Sind, Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Baluchistan, administered by appointed governors and local governments drawn from elected provincial assemblies; Tribal Areas, which are administered by the central government; and the Federal Capital Territory of Islamabad. |
 | | In 1954, in East Bengal, a United Front party led by H S Suhrawardy, leader of the Awami League, massively defeated the Muslim League, and in 1956 President Iskander Mirza was forced to accept Suhrawardy as prime minister, and the East Pakistan legislature voted for total autonomy, except in foreign affairs. |
 | | Islamic militants opposed to both the US military intervention in Afghanistan and the government's attempts to stop militant infiltration into Indian-controlled Kashmir were thought to be responsible. |
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