Pakistan
NationLocation
Place type
Nation
Location
Latitude: 30.38, Longitude: 69.35
Hierarchy
- Asia
- Pakistan
Description
The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved. A third war between these countries in 1971 resulted in East Pakistan seceding and becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. A dispute over the state of Kashmir is ongoing. In response to Indian nuclear weapons testing, Pakistan conducted its own tests in 1998.