And while the nation was formerly named `` The Islamic Republic of Pakistan '', it is now simply `` The Republic of Pakistan ''.

It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and the east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and China in the far northeast.

The Armenian economy's competitiveness is low and stagnating according to the Global Competitiveness Index, in which Armenia's ranking slipped from 80th out of 132 countries in 2006-2007 index to 93rd out of 131 countries in the 2007-2008 index ( just below Libya, Namibia, Georgia, Serbia and Pakistan ).

* 1989 – Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restoring democracy for the first time since 1972.

* 1960 – Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.

* 1947 – Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.

* 1947 – The Radcliffe Line, the border between Dominion of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.

Diamond Jubilee Schools for girls were established throughout the remote Northern Areas of what is now Pakistan.

National tree plantation day of Pakistan ( قومی شجر کاری دن ) is celebrated on 18 August.

In certain Common Law jurisdictions, such as India or Pakistan, the power to pass such writs is a Constitutionally guaranteed power.

In the year 1893, during rule of Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, a Royal Commission for setting up of Boundary between Afghanistan and British Governed India was set up to negotiate terms with the British, for the agreeing to the Durand line, and the two parties camped at Parachinar, now part of FATA Pakistan, which is near Khost, Afghanistan.

The Arabian Sea ( Persian Sea ) is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the south by northeastern Somalia, on the east by India and on the west by the Arabian Peninsula.

It is an inlet of the Arabian Sea indenting the sandy Makran coast at the Iran – Pakistan border.

From the 8th century to the 9th century, many inhabitants of what is present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and areas of northern India were converted to Sunni Islam.

It is surmised from the writings of Al Biruni that some Pashtuns living in Pakhtunkhwa ( present-day western Pakistan ) had not been completely converted.

During the 8th through the 9th centuries, many inhabitants of what is present-day Afghanistan and western Pakistan were converted to Sunni Islam.

Besides Turkic people, large part of the Ghaznavid Empire was made up of local Muslim Afghans from what is now Afghanistan and western parts of Pakistan.

The Ghaznavid military incursions assured the domination of Sunni Islam in what is now Afghanistan and western Pakistan.

In 1749 the Mughal ruler ceded sovereignty over what is now Pakistan and northwestern India to the Afghans.

A Commando Battalion in the Pakistan Army is named Yaldaram Battalion after him.

Brahui ( Urdu: براہوی ) or Brahvi ( براوی ) is a Dravidian language spoken by Brahui people of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, and expatriate communities in Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Iraq.

Brahui is spoken in the southwest region of Pakistan, as well as regions of Afghanistan and Iran which border Pakistan ; however, many members of the ethnic group no longer speak Brahui.

The current Board members are: Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Mongolia, Netherlands, Niger, Pakistan, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, and Venezuela ( IAEA Board of Governors 2010 – 2011 ).

A 2008 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science found that a nuclear weapons exchange between Pakistan and India using their current arsenals could create a near-global ozone hole, triggering human health problems and wreaking environmental havoc for at least a decade.

In the current parliamentary system, the President of Pakistan is the largely ceremonial head of state, the Prime Minister is head of government, and there is a multi-party system.

It is believed one of their current major headquarters is near Quetta in Pakistan.

West Pakistan ( Urdu: مغر بى پاکستان,: Məghrābī Pākistān ), refers to the state of region on which the modern and current state of Pakistan is based.

The provincial assemblies, state parliament, and current provisional borders of four provinces of Pakistan gained their ( as of ) current status.

They cite, for instance, the current existence of financial institutions in Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the Dar-al-Mal-al-Islami in Geneva and Islamic trust companies in North America.

On the eve of independence in 1947, India ( including present day Pakistan & Bangladesh ) contained more than 600 princely states, each with its own ruler, often styled Raja or Thakur ( if the ruler were Hindu ) or Nawab ( if he were Muslim ), with a host of less current titles as well.

After the Mongol assault in Iran from 1219 to 1221 and slaughter of the learned men, some of them fled and went out to Greater Khurasan ( now northern Afghanistan ), of whom a large number also took refuge in sub-continent ( current India and Pakistan ).

Although the title was abolished in 1955 by the Government of Pakistan, the current head of the House of Bahawalpur ( Salah ud-Din Muhammad Khan ) is referred to as the Amir.

In a recent speech at the Rotary International Convention, held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Bruce Cohick stated that polio in all its known wild forms will be eliminated by late 2008, provided efforts in Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India all proceed with their current momentum.

* 1971 – Ryan Crocker, BA English, current U. S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and former U. S. Ambassador to Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, and Pakistan.

As a current full international for Pakistan, Bashir missed matches last season to represent his country.

Archaeologist Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, current Co-director of the Harappa Archaeological Research Project in Pakistan and Indologist Heinrich Zimmer agree that the ' Pashupati ' figure shows a figure in a yoga posture.

In July 2009, current President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari admitted that the Pakistani government had " created and nurtured " terrorist groups to achieve its short-term foreign policy goals.

With its sparse population, insecure border with Pakistan and little central authority, Zabul is a fertile ground for insurgents fighting against the current Afghan government, although the province is considered more secure than some of its southern neighbors.

It is decided that the northwest area of India, and eastern part of India ( current day Bangladesh ), both places where Muslims are in the majority, will become a new country called Pakistan.

The CEC is currently chaired by its Chairman Asif Ali Zardari ( current president of Pakistan and also the Co-Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party ), assisted by additional vice-chairmen, including all the major office bearers of the party.

They have employed many notable people as cricket professionals including current England coach and former Zimbabwe cricketer Andy Flower, West Indies fast bowlers Curtley Ambrose and Sherwin Campbell and Australian fast-bowler and former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson.

The duration of such family relations between Persians from Farah to Iran or Pashutuns from Paktia to Pakistan has been as long as the exitence of the current political borders between Iran, Afghanistan or Pakistan.