Pakistan > Related Articles
From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium
< Pakistan
- See also pages that link to Pakistan or to this page.
Contents |
Parent topics
Subtopics
Cities
- Hyderabad [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Islamabad [r]: The capital of Pakistan [e]
- Karachi [r]: Pakistan's largest city and port, its commercial center and former national capital, replaced in that role by the planned city of Islamabad [e]
- Lahore [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Peshawar [r]: Capital of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province near the Afghanistan border; in the midst of Taliban insurgency [e]
- Quetta [r]: Capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. It is believed to be the headquarters of the Taliban Quetta shura governing body under Mullah Muhammad Omar. [e]
Government
- Prime Minister of Pakistan [r]: Head of government of Pakistan, currently Prime Yousef Raza Gilani [e]
- Yousef Raza Gilani [r]: The civilian prime minister and chief of government of Pakistan, who took office on on March 24, 2008 [e]
- President of Pakistan [r]: Head of state of Pakistan; in September 2009, Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto [e]
- Asif Ali Zardari [r]: President of Pakistan since 2008; the widower of Benazir Bhutto [e]
- Benazir Bhutto [r]: (1953–2007) Pakistani politician, former prime minister and leader of Pakistan People's Party. [e]
- Pervez Musharraf [r]: Former President and Chief of Army Staff in Pakistan, who seized power in a bloodless 1999 coup. [e]
Insurgents
- Baitullah Mehsud [r]: Leader of Pakistan's main Taliban faction, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which intends to overthrow the government [e]
Influence groups
- Inter-Services Intelligence [r]: The military intelligence and covert action organization of Pakistan; historically contained strong Islamist elements but also concerned with India-Pakistan security issues [e]
- Jamaat-i-Islami [r]: Pakistan's oldest Islamist religious party, marginal in national politics but more powerful in the semi-autonomous frontier provinces; possibly affiliated with the Taliban [e]
- Jamiat-ul-Ulama-i-Islam [r]: A Deoband Islamist and Pashtun, although not separatist, opposition party of Pakistan, with its greatest strength in the Balochistan Province and Northwest Frontier Province [e]
- Pakistan People's Party [r]: Currently the ruling party of Pakistan, a center-left Islamist political party launched by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1967; espoused socialism in its early days, but has since become more populist; has always had strong associations with the Bhutto family. [e]
- Taliban in Pakistan [r]: Activities of the Taliban movement to take political control of parts of Pakistan, rather than using Pakistan as a sanctuary to operate in Afghanistan [e]
- Tehrik-e-Taliban [r]: A Taliban faction, called TTP, native to Pakistan, led by Baitullah Mehsud; as opposed to other Pakistani Taliban groups focused on Afghanistan, it calls for the overthrow of the Pakistani government [e]
Regions
- Federally Administered Tribal Area [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kashmir [r]: The northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. [e]
- Northwest Frontier Province [r]: A region of Pakistan, traditionally semi-autonomous under tribal rule, bordering Afghanistan] and the Federally Administered Tribal Area [e]
- Balochistan Province [r]: The largest province of Pakistan (also written Baluchistan); relatively autonomous like the Northwest Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas; capital is Quetta; borders Iran and Afghanistan. [e]
Other related topics
- India [r]: Republic in South Asia; the world's largest democracy. Borders Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, Nepal, Pakistan [e]
- Afghanistan [r]: A Islamic republic in Central Asia, with an unstable but elected government; borders China, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan [e]
- Bangladesh [r]: Country in southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India. [e]
