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	West Indies in Pakistan cricket Series News 2006
		Pakistan are not expecting to have things their own way in the one-day series against West Indies despite a 2-0 win in the Tests.
		Pakistan are 130-2 in their second innings, a lead of 174 after three days of the third and final cricket test against the West Indies in Karachi.
		West Indies were staring at an innings defeat after being reduced to 74 for three still trailing Pakistan by 205 runs at the close of the third day of the first Test.
	pakistan.cricket.deepthi.com /pakistan-west-indies-cricket-series-2006.html (3032 words)

	Pakistan - MSN Encarta
		Pakistan is bordered on the west by Iran, on the north and northwest by Afghanistan, on the northeast by China, on the east and southeast by India, and on the south by the Arabian Sea.
		Farther west are the arid regions of the Baluchistan Plateau and the Khārān Basin.
		To the west of the delta is the seaport of Karāchi; to the east the delta fans into the salt marshes known as the Rann of Kutch.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761560851/Pakistan.html (639 words)

	Pakistan - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Pakistan is bordered by India on the east, the Arabian Sea on the south, Iran on the southwest, and Afghanistan on the west and north; in the northeast is the disputed territory (with India) of Kashmir, of which the part occupied by Pakistan borders on China.
		Pakistan is composed of four provinces— Baluchistan, North-West Frontier Province, Punjab, and Sind, all of which closely coincide with the historic regions—and two federal territories, one the site of the capital and the other a federally administered grouping known as the Tribal Areas along the central Afghanistan border.
		In Aug., 1973, India and Pakistan reached an agreement on the release of Pakistani prisoners-of-war and the exchange of hostage populations in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh—especially of the Bengalis in Pakistan and the Biharis in Bangladesh.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-pakistan.html (5191 words)

	Pakistan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Pakistan is composed of four provinces—Baluchistan, North-West Frontier Province, Punjab, and Sind, all of which closely coincide with the historic regions—and two federal territories, one the site of the capital and the other a federally administered grouping known as the Tribal Areas along the central Afghanistan border.
		The Indus is the chief river of Pakistan and is the nation’s lifeline.
		Pakistan may be divided into four geographic regions—the plateau of W Pakistan, the plains of the Indus and Punjab rivers, the hills of NW Pakistan, and the mountains of N Pakistan.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pa/Pakistan.html (4955 words)

	Wikinfo \| Pakistan
		The Islamic Republic of Pakistan (پاکستان in Urdu) is a nation in south-central Asia bordering Iran, Afghanistan, China, India, and the Arabian Sea.
		Pakistan is a poor, heavily populated country, suffering from internal political disputes, lack of foreign investment, and a costly confrontation with neighboring India.
		Pakistan's economic outlook continues to be marred by its weak foreign exchange position, notably its continued reliance on international creditors for hard currency inflows.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Pakistan (448 words)

	Pakistan - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It is bound by India to the east, Afghanistan and Iran to the west, China to the north and the Arabian Sea to the south.
		West Pakistan was reluctant to recognize the AL's victory and a full-scale civil war ensued.
		In Oct. 1989 Pakistan was re-admitted to the Commonwealth and in Aug. 1990 Pres.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/pakistan.htm (1601 words)

	Unasylva - Vol. 9, No. 3 - Forestry and technical assistance in Pakistan
		The land area of West Pakistan is 200 million acres and the population 33.8 million persons, giving a population density of 109 per square mile.
		West Pakistan, except for the upper slopes of the mountains that flank it on the north and west, is hot and dry.
		In West Pakistan, the highest quality forest is found largely in the mountains where rainfall is sufficient to permit tree growth.
	www.fao.org /docrep/x5376e/x5376e06.htm (4645 words)

	INDEPENDENT PAKISTAN
		The aspirations for Pakistan that had been so important to Muslims in Muslim-minority provinces and the goals for the new state these urban refugees had fled to were not always compatible with those of the traditional rural people already inhabiting Pakistan, whose support for the concept of Pakistan came much later.
		The government of Pakistan refused to recognize the accession and denounced it as a fraud even though the Indian government announced that it would require an expression of the people's will through a plebiscite after the invaders were driven back.
		West Pakistan, for example, traditionally produced more wheat than it consumed and had supplied the deficit areas in India.
	countrystudies.us /pakistan/14.htm (1515 words)

	History of Pakistan
		The name "Pakistan", which came to be used to describe this grouping, is thought to have originated as a compound abbreviation made up of letters of the names of the provinces involved, as follows: Punjab, Afghania (North West Frontier Province), Kashmir, Indus-Sindh, and Baluchistan.
		Pakistan was greatly affected by the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan in December 1979; by 1984 some 3 million Afghan refugees were living along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, supported by the government and by international relief agencies.
		Pakistan has generally been considered a moderate Islamic state; Islamic fundamentalists won only nine National Assembly seats in the 1993 elections; however, during the 1990s Islamic activists seemed to be gaining in influence.
	www28.brinkster.com /pakistan4ever/history/history.asp (3609 words)

	1971 India-Pakistan War: Origins of the Crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Pakistan, which officially came into existence a day earlier, was based on the premise that Hindus and Muslims of the Subcontinent constitute two different nationalities and cannot co-exist.
		But West Pakistan's ruling elite were so dismayed by the turn of events and by the Sheikh's demands for autonomy that instead of allowing him to rule East Pakistan, they put him in jail.
		West Bengal was the worst affected by the refugee problem and the Indian government was left holding the enormous burden.
	www.freeindia.org /1971war/origins.html (884 words)

	West Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West Pakistan, sometimes refered to as Old Pakistan, was the popular and sometimes official name of the western wing of UP until 1971, when the eastern wing (East Pakistan) became independent as Bangladesh; Pakistan with its current borders was previously refered to as New Pakistan between the period of (1972-1988).
		The province of West Pakistan was created in 14th October 1955 by the merger of the provinces, states and tribal areas of the western wing.
		West Pakistan formed a seemingly homogeneous block but with marked linguistic and ethnic distinctions, and the One Unit policy was regarded as a rational administrative reform that would reduce expenditure and eliminate provincial prejudices.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Pakistan (679 words)

	West Pakistan Established as One Unit [1955] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		To diminish the differences between the two regions, the Government of Pakistan decided that all the four provinces and states of West Pakistan should be merged into one unit.
		West Pakistan had formerly comprised three Governor's provinces, one Chief Commissioner's province, a number of states that had acceded to Pakistan, and the tribal areas.
		While the One Unit scheme in West Pakistan could be supported on various grounds, the method of its establishment was not free from criticism.
	www.storyofpakistan.com /articletext.asp?artid=A137 (423 words)

	Buddhist Art of North-West Pakistan
		This testimony, along with other available evidence, indicates that the kingdom of Gandhara was confined to the territories West of Indus, now comprising the valley of Peshawar and the hilly districts of Swat, Buner and Bajaur.
		For two centuries, between 50 and 250 AD, Gandhara, or what is now North-West Pakistan, was kept busy with the transit trade of Orient, and it exacted a toll on all commodities that passed through its borders.
		For this fusion, the ground was already prepared by the long and intimate contact of Gandhara with West, further strengthened by migration of artists and craftsmen and import of art objects from Roman Empire during the prosperous reign of Kanishka.
	www.caroun.com /Art/Pakistan/BuddhistArtofNorth-WestPakistan.html (2002 words)

	Pakistan
		The West Pakistan Family Courts Act 1964 continues to govern the jurisdiction and functioning of the Pakistani Family Courts; the Act was never applied to East Pakistan before Bangladeshi independence.
		Pakistan acceded to the CEDAW in 1996, with a general declaration to the effect that Pakistan’s accession to the Convention is subject to the provisions of the national Constitution.
		The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives, Cambridge, 1989.
	www.law.emory.edu /IFL/legal/pakistan.htm (3994 words)

	Gendercide Watch: Genocide in Bangladesh, 1971
		The mass killings in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) in 1971 vie with the annihilation of the Soviet POWs, the holocaust against the Jews, and the genocide in Rwanda as the most concentrated act of genocide in the twentieth century.
		East and West Pakistan were forged in the cauldron of independence for the Indian sub-continent, ruled for two hundred years by the British.
		The prison was a large riverside warehouse, or godown, belonging to the Pakistan National Oil Company, the place of execution was the river edge, or the shallows near the shore, and the bodies were disposed of by the simple means of permitting them to float downstream.
	www.gendercide.org /case_bangladesh.html (2906 words)

	PAKISTAN HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		With West and East Pakistan separated by more than 1,000 miles of Indian territory, and with the major portion of the wealth and resources of the British heritage passing to India, Pakistan's survival seemed to hang in the balance.
		The constitution of 1956 embodied the Islamic provisions of the "aims and objectives" resolution of 1949 and declared Pakistan to be an Islamic republic.
		Pakistan skillfully negotiated for assistance from the World Bank, the United States, and other friends.; In addition to economic aid, Pakistan also received immense military aid from the United States.
	www.pakistaninformation.com /historyhtml.html (3228 words)

	Asia Times: Cowardly generals triggered East Pakistan debacle
		After the Awami League won all the East Pakistan seats of the Pakistan national assembly in 1970-71 elections, West Pakistan opened talks with the East on constitutional questions about the division of power between the central government and the provinces, as well as the formation of a national government headed by the Awami League.
		The HRCR investigations questioned the role of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, founder and Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party, who "displayed a lack of political insight by failing to make a proper assessment of the intensity of the reaction likely to be created in East Pakistan to the postponement of the date of the national assembly".
		Regarding alleged atrocities in East Pakistan, the Commission said excesses were committed on the people of East Pakistan, although the degree and estimates put forward by Dhaka authorities were "highly colored and exaggerated".
	www.atimes.com /ind-pak/CA06Df03.html (1083 words)

	Pakistan: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
		Pakistan is situated in the western part of the Indian subcontinent, with Afghanistan and Iran on the west, India on the east, and the Arabian Sea on the south.
		The Baluchistan Plateau lies to the west, and the Thar Desert and an expanse of alluvial plains, the Punjab and Sind, lie to the east.
		Pakistan was one of the two original successor states to British India, which was partitioned along religious lines in 1947.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107861.html (1698 words)

	Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pakistan sent 5,000 troops to the 1991 Gulf War as part of a US led coalition and specifically for the defence of Saudi Arabia.
		Pakistan is a federal Democratic republic with Islam as the state religion.
		Pakistan has accomplished many engineering feats such as construction of the worlds largest earth filled dam Tarbela, the world's twelfth largest dam Mangla, as well as the highest international road on earth: the Karakorum Highway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pakistan (5267 words)

	East-West Center: Events: Pakistan Envoy Talks of Relations With U.S. at EWC
		Pakistan was left alone to pick up the pieces.” Referring to the subsequent raise of the Taliban in Afghanistan, he added, “We experienced the worst consequences of the drug and Kalashnikov culture.
		But, Jadmani was quick to point out that Islamabad and Washington have worked through their difficulties and “have joined hands to defeat the forces of extremism and terrorism.” He added that the lessons of history had been learned, and that Pakistan and the United States “are moving away from the rollercoaster pattern of our past.
		The envoy noted, “Our (Pakistan and the United States) special relationship has not only revived since 9 — 11, but has also undergone a profound transformation,” moving beyond the war on terror and into the arenas of “defense, to the economy, to education, (and) to science and technology.”
	www.eastwestcenter.org /events-en-detail.asp?news_ID=321 (497 words)

	Cricinfo - 1st Test: Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore, Nov 11-14, 2006
		West Indies in Pakistan Test Series - 1st Test
		Pakistan: 50 runs in 21.5 overs (134 balls), Extras 10
		Pakistan: 100 runs in 34.5 overs (213 balls), Extras 11
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /pakvwi/engine/match/257765.html (1080 words)

	Cricinfo - Pakistan v West Indies 2006-07
		West Indies adapted well to the conditions - Howard
		The West Indies cricketers might have returned from their four-month sojourn in Asia a wounded bunch, but they are the better for it.
		Chris Gayle on West Indies' time on the road
	www.cricinfo.com /db/ARCHIVE/2006-07/WI_IN_PAK (163 words)

	Wild West Pakistan - General .Pakistan General Pakistan .Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		High in the mountainous borderlands of Pakistan and Afghanistan live the Pathan people, who for centuries, have defended their land and culture with their lives.
		High in the mountainous borderlands of Pakistan and Afghanistan live the warlike Pathan people, who for centuries, have defended their land, honour and culture with their lives.
		A professional smuggling racquet exists in order to deliver weapons to customers who live under Pakistani jurisdiction (outside the Tribal Areas), most of whom are people of the NWPF who use their purchases to fuel the blood feuds.
	www.realadventures.com /listings/1024367.htm (1630 words)

	Amazon.com: "West Pakistan": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Its members from East Pakistan were mostly drawn from the middle class while those from West Pakistan included several big landlords.
		A central element in the Anti-Ayub Movement, and the chief beneficiary of it in West Pakistan, was the newly founded Pakistan People's Party (PPP), led by the then former Foreign Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
		It took its worst form and proportion in West Pakistan and western India, particularly on both sides of the Punjab, where widespread riots broke out between Muslims on one side...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/West-Pakistan (401 words)

	Middle East Institute: Pakistan
		Eventually, East Pakistan seceded from West Pakistan and became the independent republic of Bangladesh.
		Due to the fact that the country lies in an area that was invaded repeatedly during its history, the people of Pakistan are ethnically diverse, although an overwhelming majority of the population is Muslim.
		Politically, Pakistan is focused on its security concerns with India, the Kashmir dispute, and its striving to develop a sustainable democracy as a progressive Muslim state.
	www.mideasti.org /countries/countries.php?name=pakistan (437 words)

	Pakistan Vs West Indies cricket live 2004
		The Pakistan batsmen actually started very well in this ICC Champions trophy semifinal with Malik,Inzamam and Hameed ensuring that Pakistan got to 71 for just 2 wickets.
		Bravo was instrumental in two amazing runouts as Pakistan needed the assitance of a couple of Shahid Afridi's powerful blows to even get to 131.
		Lara was felled to a nasty snorter from Akhtar- as the crowd watch paralysed,Lara shook himself and managed to reach the pavilion for hospitalization.
	www.gamecricket.com /pakistan-vs-westindies-live.html (387 words)

	Pakistan (PAK) - ADB.org
		Pakistan has been a member of ADB since 1966.
		The Pakistan Resident Mission in Islamabad, Pakistan plans, coordinates, and helps implement ADB's development work in the country.
		ADB to Pilot Project to Combat Nutrition Problems in Pakistan
	www.adb.org /Pakistan/default.asp (127 words)

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