the largest Indian city at the time of independence, with Delhi set to challenge Tokyo as the world’s most populous urban area. But perhaps the most overlooked growth is outside of India — the UN expects both Lahore and Dhaka to be among the 10 largest...
Pakistan and India Observe 50 Years of IndependenceM, MELSEVIEREncyclopedia of Language & Linguistics
Cricket in Pakistan was a colonial hand-me-down, and when India and Pakistan obtained independence in 1947, much of the sport's infrastructure in Pakistan was inherited from what had been left there pre-independence. They won their second Test, against India in 1952, but it was a famous up...
What a great and liberal nation Pakistan had been!! It was generally held in India that PIA was a far better airline than its Indian counterparts. Whatever happened to that progressive country of Pakistan? It will rise again and reach great heights. I too like the drink rooh afsa, it is...
Time for the Old Master to Listen to the New Power; ANALYSIS as Pakistan and India Celebrate Independence, Birmingham Should Be Looking to Forge Closer Relationships with the Sub-Continent, Says Nick MatthewsByline: Nick MatthewsThe Birmingham Post (England)...
The call for establishing an independent Islamic state on the Indian subcontinent can be traced to a 1930 speech by Sir Muhammad Iqbal, a poet-philosopher and, at the time, president of the All India Muslim League (after Pakistan’s independence, shortened to Muslim League). It was his argum...
The end of British colonial rule birthed two sovereign nations—but hastily drawn borders caused simmering tensions to boil over. 75 years later, memories of Partition still haunt survivors.
and steer a path between majority and minority while giving himself a role at the centre. The Muslim League’s famous resolution of Lahore, March 23, 1940, calling for the formation of Hindu and Muslim states in India as a condition of independence, makes no mention of ‘partition’ or ‘...
Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq said Kashmiris are observing India’s Republic Day as Black Day today to lodge protest against Indian illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir. The AJK Prime Minister said that minorities in Modi’s India neither enjoy religious freedom nor their places of worship are safe....
Regional players including China and Russia have signaled they are willing to boost trade and investment in Afghanistan. The Delhi meeting could ruffle Pakistan, which borders both countries and has fought three wars in the past against India. Pakistan and Afghanistan also have a strained relationship...