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Pakistan
The name Pakistan means Land of (the) Pure in Urdu and Persian. It was coined in 1933 as Pakstan by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, a Pakistan movement activist, who published it in his pamphlet Now or Never. The name is an acronym representing the "thirty million Muslim brethren who live in PAKSTAN—by which we mean the five Northern units of India viz: Punjab, North-West Frontier Province (Afghan Province), Kashmir, Sind, and BaluchisTAN". The letter 'i' was later added to ease pronunciation.
Pakistan is a federal parliamentary republic consisting of four provinces and four federal territories. With over 170 million people, it is the sixth most populous country in the world and has the second largest Muslim population after Indonesia.It is an ethnically and linguistically diverse country with a similar variation in its geography and wildlife. With a semi-industrialized economy, it is the 27th largest in the world in terms of purchasing power. Since gaining independence, Pakistan's history has been characterised by periods of military rule, political instability and conflicts with neighbouring India. The country faces challenging problems including terrorism, poverty, illiteracy and corruption. Pakistan has the eighth largest standing armed force and is the only Muslim-majority nation to possess nuclear weapons.
Besides All ! Pakistan is not just bombs, poverty & corruption; it's Abdus Sattar Edhi's philanthropy, it's Arifa Karim's brilliance, it's Pervez Masih"s sacrifice, it's Shahid Afridi's exuberance, it's Miandad's six, it's Jansher Khan's consistency & Shahbaz senior's skill, it's hospitality, it's epitome of resilience, it's the bravest and yet humblest nation of the world, it's Pakistan!
