![]() Sixty million of the ninety-five million Muslims on the Indian subcontinent became citizens of Pakistan at the time of its creation. ![]() Nearly seventeen million people-Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs-are reported to have moved in both directions between India and the two wings of Pakistan (the eastern wing is now Bangladesh). The creation of Pakistan was catalyst to the largest demographic movement in recorded history. When Pakistan became a country on August 14th, 1947, to form the largest Muslim state in the world at that time. Recent declared states of emergency and the political assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto indicate a continuing trend of economic and political instability. It oscillates between military rule and democratically elected governments, between secular policies and financial backing as a "frontline" state during the Cold War and the war against terrorism. Fighting among the provinces-as well as a deep-rooted conflict that led to a nuclear stand-off with India-prevented Pakistan from gaining real stability in the last five decades. Pakistan's short history as a country has been very turbulent. ![]()
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