Let's start with a LivCam view of Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan. (Every time you open this page or refresh it, you will get a new picture.)
When the British left India in the late 1940's, British India was divided into three sections -- India, West Pakistan, and East Pakistan. Today those three sections are independent countries known respectively as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Considered together, those three countries contain the densest population on the planet.Bangladesh is a very poor country, but India and Pakistan are sufficiently developed that both nations have nuclear bombs as part of their military arsenals. For many years now, Muslim Pakistan has been at odds with Hindu India over the placement of the borders between the two countries, and as this site was being constructed the Pakistani military conducted a coup and ousted the civilian government.
Jefferson State regularly has a few dozen students from Pakistan and India. So I have included the links below to help you get a feel for what is going on in Pakistan.
- Military Takeover Proclamation. This site prints the official proclamation by which the Army has taken over Pakistan as of October 14, 1999.
- Jinnah: the Founding Father of Pakistan. A biography of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, known as Quaid-e-Azam, "the great leader."
- Links to Pakistan. Scores of links to all sorts of Pakistani topics -- history, government, tourism, entertainment, news and more.
- Best Links to Pakistan and Islam. This site was put up by a Muslim Pakistani and contains all sorts of links to Muslim information and to current affairs in Pakistan.
- The Constitution of Pakistan. The current constitution of Pakistan together with the October 1999 proclamations suspending parts of the document.
- The Christian Community in Pakistan. Although Pakistan is predominantly a Muslim country, there is a significant Christain minority which publishes their views in "Pakistan Christian Voice," an online English language publication.
- Nuclear Weapons Development in Pakistan and India. This site presents a time line of the major events leading to the development of nuclear bombs by Pakistan and India.
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This page last revised on: November 23, 1999.
