under the single-minded guidance of the Quaid. The Muslims faced a gamut of problems immediately after independence. However, keeping true to their traditions, they overcame them after a while. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was appointed the first Governor General of Pakistan and Liaqat Ali Khan became its first Prime Minister. Pakistan became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations. The boundaries of Pakistan emerged on the map of the world in 1947. This was accomplished on the basis
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Pakistan, Problems and Prospects Abstract Pakistan is still in a situation that it does not have a well-established democracy. Since its existence in 1947, right after the freedom from British rule; the founder of the Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah died. Because Jinnah’s death was too early that he did not have time for country to put on right path and there was no constitution when he died. Also Pakistan often existed under martial law. When Pakistan had an elected government, it failed to stay
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Democracy & Constitutionalism in South Asia: The Bangladesh Experience Gowher Rizvi Ash Institute for Democratic Governance & Innovation Kennedy School of Government Harvard University Today democracy is a universal aspiration. Even the military dictatorships and authoritarian communist regimes seek to cloak themselves with democratic trappings and pretensions. To judge by the list of countries those that have held some sort of ‘popular elections’ to validate their regimes, there are very few governments
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of Pakistan and the first woman to lead an Islamic Nation in 1988, after launching a campaign as candidate for the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), an organization established to resist military dictatorship. Benazir, first born daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was educated at Radcliffe, where she received her BA in 1973, then went on to Oxford where she studied Political Science and Economics, receiving another BA in 1977. She was raised with her 2 brothers and 2 sisters by parents who taught their
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ELECTIONS OF 2013 IN PAKISTAN. General elections were held in Pakistan on 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and to the four provincial assemblies of Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Elections were held in all four provinces, the federal capital territory of Islamabad and in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The remaining two territories of Pakistan, the Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, were ineligible to vote due to their disputed status.
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Introduction Jinnah was the first Governor General of Pakistan. He was the advocate of the Two Nation Theory and perhaps one of the greatest leaders in history. He worked really hard for Pakistan. His speeches, “A call to duty” was addressed to Civil, Naval, Military and Air Force Officers of Pakistan Government at Kahliqdina Hall, Karachi on October 11, 1947 and “Protection of minorities: A sacred undertaking” was broadcasted from the Pakistan Radio, Lahore on 30th October, 1947. In his speeches
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that consolation and delight are there; it does not care to paint the marvellous and impossible for the vulgar many, or to sentimentalise and falsify the actual for the vulgar few’’ - William Dean Howells – (Criticism and fiction 1891) Senator, Ali Modu Sheriff born in 1956 in Ngala town, L.G.A. Borno State, a son of an astute business tycoon Galadima Modu Sheriff. He is an epitome of a political gladiator whose match is still to be found in North –East Nigeria with high level profile of holding
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Gorden Brown and delegations from different countries attended the conference and stressed upon the importance of education for girls. They also appreciated the bravery of Malalah, and hoped this fund will support education of the girls. President Asif Ali Zardari called Malalah “a symbol of Progressive Pakistan”. That was very bad incident with Malalah and other girls and the coward
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Customer STATEMENT Unilever Pakistan Limited Avari Plaza, Fatima Jinnah Road 75530 P.O.Box: 220 Karachi-Pakistan Tel.:922135660062 Fax: 922135681705 MSY ENTERPRISES Main Bazar Faisal Colony Pattoki. From: 01 JAN 13 To: 11 MAR 14 CUSTOMER NO. SALES TERMS CURRENCY PAGE : 0015148347 : Payment will be due 14th day : Pakistani Rupee : 1 of * Opening Balance : 0.00 DATE PAYMENT ORDER NUMBER PO NUMBER TYPE PAYMENT TERMS REFERENCE NO. AGE DEBIT CREDIT BALANCE 16/01/2013 17/01/2013 17/01/2013
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SAMSUNG APPOINTS AAMIR KHAN AS ITS BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR MOBILE PHONES Sep 05, 2008 SHARE Launches an aggressive new positioning for its mobile handsets 5 new sleek and stylish SAMSUNG phones launched Mumbai, March 12, 2008: SAMSUNG Telecommunications India (STI), a design and technology leader in the Indian Mobile market , today , announced the appointment of Actor Aamir Khan as its Brand Ambassador for SAMSUNG Mobile Phones in India. Announcing Aamir Khan as SAMSUNG’s Ambassador for Mobile
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