...Pennsylvania vs. Pakistan Pakistan vs. Pennsylvania? Are the two places comparable at all? Pennsylvania, a state of the United States, and Pakistan, a country of the Middle East, may be very diverse and similar in many ways statistically speaking. The people that reside there; the terrain and climate; and the religions and languages practiced. Pennsylvania is a state located in the United States; it’s about 45,308 square miles. The capital of Pennsylvania is Harrisburg home to 49,528 people. The total population of the state is 12,335,091 residents. The states that border Pennsylvania are New York on the North; New Jersey and Delaware on the East; Maryland and West Virginia on the South and Ohio on the West; Lake Erie is a border in the Northwest. Pakistan is a country located in South Asia. 310,527 square miles this is about seven times the size of Pennsylvania or twice the size of California. The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad, home to 800,000 residences. The total population of the country is 167,762,040 people which is 13.5 times the amount of people in Pennsylvania. The country’s bordering Pakistan is: Afghanistan on the West; China is to the North; India to the East and Iran to the West; the Arabian Sea also borders Pakistan to the west. Pakistan is enormous compared to Pennsylvania and has more people residing in the country than the state. Pennsylvania’s terrain varies from each part of the state. The Southeast is a coastal plain with lower sea levels. The Southwest...
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...Reasons for partition of East Pakistan: There are various reasons that led to the fall of East Wing of Pakistan 1971. We will look at them one by one right from Quaid’s tenure at the emergence of Pakistan till Yahya’s leadership that led to a tragic mass civil disorder and eventual creation of Bangladesh. Quaid’s Leadership and Independence of Pakistan: The friction between two wings started right from independence of Pakistan 1947 with two wings being separated by a thousand miles without a common border and with Indian Territory in between (Story of Pakistan Press n.d.). As soon as the independence was granted, East Pakistan claimed they formed a majority as they constituted of 55percent of the total population as compared to 45 percent population of the West and therefore the federal capital of the country should be Dhaka and not Karachi (Story of Pakistan Press n.d.). This demand of East Pakistan was turned down by Jinnah and Karachi was made the capital. East Pakistanis were unable to fetch the kind of advantages that West Pakistanis could enjoy as they were far away from the federal capital. Moreover, since Karachi was the capital, it was able to attract all wealthy industrialists, businessmen, administrators and professionals of India (Story of Pakistan Press n.d.) and as a consequence, there was great economic disparity between the two wings. There were better opportunities for the West Pakistanis in all areas. Secondly, the West Pakistan was dependent on the foreign...
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...Semester: Fall 2014 Section: 6 Submission Date: 30/09/2014 Assignment no.: 1 Bangladesh as a Mono-National Identity In my opinion Bangladesh is a mono-national country. A multi-national country has a big amount of people from different country, culture, language etc. But in Bangladesh there is the majority portion of peoples are Bengali. Their mother language is Bengali, they have the same culture. There are some tribal nations (Khasheas, Marmas, Chakmas, Santals etc.) over 1 million but that’s very little amount where the total Bangladesh population is over 160 million. These minority groups aren’t dominating at all compare to the total population of Bangladesh. “Bangladesh's tribal population consists of about 1 million people, just under 1 percent of the total population. They live primarily in the Chittagong Hills and in the regions of Mymensingh, Sylhet, and Rajshahi.” Another important thing is Religion. There is mainly 4 religions people in Bangladesh. They are Muslims (90.4%), Hindus (8.2%), Buddhist (Below 1%) and Christian (Below 1%). So the majority people follows Islam. For that reason we can also say it’s a mono-national state. Many times the Bengali identity used both negatively and positively in politics. In 1947 Indian Subcontinent divided into two country INDIA and PAKISTAN. They divided two country by majority of religion. East Pakistan (Present Bangladesh) language was Bengali, West Pakistan language was Urdu. The political people of East Pakistan used this...
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...The capital of Pakistan is Islamabad located in the province of Punjab. The longitude is 33.7167 North latitude is 73.0667 East. Pakistan covers an area of 796,095 square miles. Iran is on the west border, India on the East, Afghanistan in the north and north- west with the People’s Republic of China in the north- west to north -east. The Arabian Sea is at its southern border. This map shows the five political regions of Pakistan. They are Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar (aks Federally Administered Tribal Areas), Punjab, Baluchistan and Sindh. This graph shows that the population in Pakistan will continue to rise because the younger population is getting larger. Karachi!! One of Pakistan’s largest and congested cities . The official name of Pakistan is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. There are five political regions of Pakistan; they are Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar, Punjab, Baluchistan and Sindh. Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi are the three major cities of Pakistan. As of January 20, 2014, 183,931,815 people live in Pakistan. Every hour 500.6 people are born and 139.6 people die. Most people live in villages and undeveloped areas where hospitals and electricity are not provided. Pakistan has five major physical features. They are the Northern and Western Highlands, the Punjab Plain, the Sind Plain, the Baluchistan Plateau and the Thar Desert. The most important are the Plains of Punjab and Sindh. These fertile plains provide the...
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...Hindu Kush Mountain Range Pakistan Hindu Kush Range, a Persian word which means “Indian Mountains”, is the extension of the Karakoram and Pamir mountain range from west. The whole northwest of Kabul and the basins of the Kabul, and Helmand rivers from that of the Amu Darya is considered to be in Hindu Kush Range. It is also considered as the sub-range of the Himalaya mountain range. It is located between the borders of two Muslim countries Pakistan and Afghanistan and is also considered to be the geographic center of population of the world. Tirich Mir, Noshes, and Istoro Nal, the highest peaks in the Hindu Kush are located in Chitral District of Northern Pakistan. Its eastern side range is also known as the High Hindu Kush range which is located in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Chitral is considered to be the pinnacle of the Hindu Kush region. The highest peaks, as well as countless passes and massive glaciers, are located in this region. The Chiantar, Kurambar, and Terich glaciers are amongst the most extensive in the Hindu Kush and the melt water from these glaciers form the Kunar River, which eventually flows south into Afghanistan and joins the Bashgal, Panjsher, and eventually the much smaller Kabul River. The jazz musician Katie Melua wrote a song called "Halfway Up the Hindu Kush", probably because in the 1960s and 70s Afghanistan was depicted in the media as the romantic haven of nomads and a resort for hashish-smoking hippies. Hindu Kush Hindu Kush a high mountain...
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...always been there. Although history is full of territorial conflicts, the two most recent ones include the Palestine issue and the Kashmir issue. While Palestine issue was the result of the First World War and did create a huge impact on the international politics and foreign relations of several countries, however, the Kashmir issue is relatively a more regional conflict with its nucleus being the Indian subcontinent, and can be resolved if flexibility is shown by the conflicting parties. History Kashmir was initially ruled by Muslims, and was an integral part of the Pashtun Durrani Empire, which was primarily a dynasty of Afghan origin. The foundation of the Durrani Empire was laid by an Afghan commander, Ahmed Shah Durrani. When the East India Company started to lay its political foundations in the Indian subcontinent, they started massive annexations of areas that were previously ruled by local princes, nawabs and maharajas. During 1840s Kashmir went under the British control after they signed the Treaty of Lahore with the Sikhs. A few years British rewarded Kashmir to Gulab Singh Dogra, a Hindu general who helped British to annex Punjab. British were always apprehensive of the Russian Expansion in Afghan territory, which is why they had a major interest in installing a pro-British ruler in Kashmir. Ever since Kashmir was awarded to Gulab Singh Dogra, it remained under Hindu rule. On the contrary, Muslims constituted a major proportion of Kashmir’s population. The new rule...
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...newspaper. Within this paper, the writer will provide her perceptions of several different counties: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Morocco. In addition to the writer’s perceptions of the country, the writer will review specific facts to see if the perceptions are warranted or are false. Local and Foreign Newspapers Within the News website, they categorize their stories to fall within local news, state and regional news, national news and world news. These are categorized by where the story is taking place. Within its website, the highest proportion of news coverage is set primarily on national and world news. This proportion is roughly at 75% for world and national news, 15% for state and regional news and 10% on local news. While the website provides the reader with the local news at the top of the page, there are a great deal more of national and world news highlights that also include the latest Associated Press headlines. Within the international news articles there are five stories that take place in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Within the on-line German Newspaper, Spiegel, there is almost a 50-50 ratio between national and international news. This website does not categorize by in-country and international but weaves the information throughout the home-page of its website. Within their international articles there are three stories that take place in Pakistan and Tangier, Morocco. India The first article within the on-line newspaper discusses a 2-year old in...
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...the Nineteenth Century, It took generations for the British East India Company to slowly conquer India, a project that had not been planned from the start. Slowly, states were brought under British 'protection', then direct rule. Many princely states survived, self-governed but subject to higher British authority. British India was a patchwork of provinces, small tributary states, and large tributaries. The British East India Company squeezed its provinces and tributaries to pay for its expensive wars. Peasants deserted the land in response; by the 1830s, demand for Indian exports of Indigo, cotton, and opium was slumping and land revenues falling. Logging lead to deforestation. In addition, the Indians constantly but unsuccessfully revolted. This culminated in the Sepoy Mutiny / Indian Uprising of 1857. The British East India Company made heavy use of troops recruited in India, the Sepoys, including Muslims and Hindus. These men typically came from the warrior caste. Rumors spread that animal grease was used on the newly issued rifles exposing them to ritual pollution. This was unacceptable to the troops due to religious restrictions. Delhi was the center of the revolt, along with some other cities. However, the British retained control of Bengal and Punjab and now recruited forces of Sikhs, Gurkhas, and low-caste people and drowned the rebels in manpower. By the fall, it was crushed, but now the British East India Company was dissolved and in 1858, Britain assumed...
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...Location * Pakistan is located in Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north. Demographics * Population: 187,342,721 (July 2011 est.) * Birth rate: 24.81 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) * Death rate: 6.92 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) Major causes * Monsoon patterns and heavy rainfall. * Pakistan’s climate varies from temperate to tropical with rainfall ranging from less than 10 inches to about 150 inches a year in various regions. * Half of the Pakistan's rain falls between July and September (monsoon season) which causes intense rainfall resulting in flooding each year. * Heavy monsoon rainfalls of more than 200 millimetres (7.9 in) were recorded during the four day wet spell from 27 July to 30 July 2010 in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab based on data from the Pakistan Meteorological Department. * Climate Change. * Deforestation. (Physical Factors) * Deforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non forest use. * Pakistan is known to have one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world. * Only 5% of Pakistan is now occupied by forest due to excessive timber harvesting. * Due to the lack of vegetation to intercept the precipitation, flooding occurred. * Hydrological processes such as percolation, infiltration and soil saturation are hindered...
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...thoughts to interpret the underlying messages his short stories are conveying. In East, West, it is obvious that the stories from the East are very different from the West. The East has a more realistic approach about life situations while the West introduces this notion of foreign and the idea of escape from life itself. It might have been Rushdie's goal to achieve these two different themes, but from his personal background, it appears that this story mirrors his life issues. He is conflicted between these two separate junctions-East and West-and cannot find a way to joint them well-although he tried to do so by introducing the stories from the section East, West. These stories are not a success; they were lacking the much needed balance the characters were in search of to feel complete. Their endings left a trail of sadness. One would think with the joining of East, West, peace and belonging would finally come, but it is as if there's no conclusion or solution to this problem. Some of the short stories in East,West section finished without the audience knowing the destiny of the characters. The Courter truly expresses Rushdie's feelings about being foreign and the realistic aspects of culture clashes are also included in this story. The characters' names, Certainly-Mary and Mixed-up only appeared as nicknames given by the children in this story, but they were actually symbolic meanings behind the East, West themes. Certainly-Mary was always certain about what she wanted. I believed...
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...Organization 7 2. Review of literature 8 3. Analysis of Data 23 3.1 Global Causes of Unemployment 23 3.2 Costs and effects of Unemployment 24 3.3 Situation of Unemployment in South Asia 26 3.4 Situation in Pakistan 29 3.5 Role of Pakistan Government...
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...1847- 1947, to what extent was the Partition of India in 1947 inevitable? ------------------------------------------------- The countries India, Pakistan and Bangladesh were once united as a whole Sub-Continent mixed with Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs ruled under the British raj in 1857. Where these countries are now, what they have become and their relationships with each other have very much been forged by the events of 1947 with Independence from Britain and the subsequent partition of India. When assessing the extent to which partition was inevitable, it can be difficult as the action itself justifies the inevitability, “Partition happened therefore it was inevitable Khaswant Singh **historian**. This tends to suggest that all history is a predetermined narrative that cannot be changed and altered. This would very much be consistent with Indian philosophy that ‘it has happened because it was written’ this suggests the inevitability of partition is considered to be seen inevitable even before looking at the contributing factors. However from a Western and particularly British perspective, 1947 heralded not only the beginning of the end of the British Empire; but as Lawrence describes, “The end of period of history which from 1492 had seen the domination of the globe by a handful of European Powers.” (1994 The rise and fall of the British Empire.) The manner of departure also calls into question the extent to which the British and on a wider level European rule was a factor...
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...adesh Our modern day Bangladesh is the successor of a four thousand year old civilization. Bangladesh is the successor of ancient "Banga", "Bangala" or "Bengal". Bangladesh literally means "the land of Banga". To discuss "the emergence of modern day Bangladesh, as an independent nation", we have to take under consideration, the different regimes that have shaped the face of modern day Bangladesh. Below we have discussed some important regimes that have ruled over this land at different stages of history: Bengal under the Mughal rule After the fall of the Karrani power in 1576, Bengal fell under the Mughal rule. But the establishment of effective rule took some time. * On 19th December, 1578, Khan-i-Jahan died and Muzaffar Khan became the governor of Bengal. Akbar's brother Mirza Hakim declared himself independent in Kabul, and Muzaffar Khan was defeated by rebels sympathetic to Mirza Hakim, and Bengal and Bihar was declared to be his. He sent a Subedar to Bengal, but lots of Afghans took control of parts of Bengal and all of Orissa. * In April 1582, Akbar sent Khan-i-Azam as the subedar of Bengal, who won partial victory; but parts of the region remained under Masum Kabuli and Isha Khan, even under the next subedar Shahbaz Khan. In June 1584, Kutlu Khan of Orissa, who had revolted and took over parts of Bengal, was defeated. * In 1586, both Isha Khan and Masum Kabuli accepted mughal overlordship. A new administrative system headed by a sipahsalar (later called...
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...1. Introduction India is a country in the eastern part of the world. It’s the second most populated country and also has a very populous democracy. In India one-fourth of the population is urban, and three-fourth is rural. British took over India in the early 19th century and ruled it for three-hundred years. At that time India and Pakistan were one country. After the British left in 1947, Pakistan became a separate country. Some of India’s great cities include Bombay (Mumbai), Calcutta, Madras, Bangalore, Delhi, and Hyderabad. New Delhi is the country’s capital. To the north of India lies China and to the south lies Sri Lanka. To the east lies Bangladesh, and to the west lies Pakistan. India includes 28 states and 7 union territories. Some of India’s main landforms include the Himalayas to the north and the Ganges River to the east. It covers more than 1.2 million square miles. 2. Climate India has five main seasons. They are monsoons, fall, winter, summer, and spring. During the monsoon, a heavy downpour occurs from June to September. Some cities get as much as three inches of rain, whereas some cities get as much as five-hundred inches. The negative impact of the monsoons is flooding, but on the other hand monsoons are critical for irrigating the fields. After the monsoons are over, there can be extreme heat. The monsoons are some of the reasons for India’s diseases, such as cholera and typhoid. On the contrary, if it does not rain much in a year...
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...World Economic and Financial Sur veys Regional Economic Outlook Middle East and Central Asia 09 I N T E R N A T I O N A L M O N E T A R Y M AY F U N D W o r l d E c o n o m i c a n d F in a n c i a l S u r v e y s Regional Economic Outlook Middle East and Central Asia •••••••••••••••••••••• 09 I N T E R N A T I O N A L M O N E T A R Y F MAY U N D ©2009 International Monetary Fund Cataloging-in-Publication Data Regional economic outlook : Middle East and Central Asia. – [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, 2009. p. ; cm. – (World economic and financial surveys, 0258-7440) ISBN 978-1-58906-842-1 “MAY09.” Includes bibliographical references. 1. Economic forecasting – Middle East. 2. Economic forecasting – Asia, Central. 3. Middle East – Economic conditions. 4. Middle East – Economic conditions – Statistics. 5. Asia, Central – Economic conditions. 6. Asia, Central – Economic conditions – Statistics. I. International Monetary Fund. II. Series: World economic and financial surveys. HC415.15.R445 2009 Please send orders to: International Monetary Fund, Publication Services 700 19th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20431, U.S.A. Tel.: (202) 623-7430 Fax: (202) 623-7201 E-mail: publications@imf.org Internet: www.imfbookstore.org The views expressed in this publication are those of the contributors...
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