HM321
Usama Dilshad
2012409
Introduction:
Pakistan was founded as a democratic state with the constitution in line with the British system of democracy, in fact the first constitution was actually the one that the British had for India. Pakistan was supposed to be a free democratic state where people could actively participate in governance of the country as the founding father of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, envisioned and the military was established in order to protect the borders, especially the one with India, however, due to increasing efforts to strengthen military to ward off India, the military became too powerful for Pakistan and time and time again this nation has seen military take overs and long periods of highly authoritative military dictatorships.
Pakistan is the most important Muslim Republic in South Asia due to its strategic location. It is mostly landlocked but its southern coast with Indian ocean and has high strategicalimportance due to its warm waters and its connection via Rail Road and Air with most of the Asia and parts of Europe. It is located between 23*30* and 36*40* North and between longitudes 61* and 75*31* East. Pakistan shares 595km long with China in the north, 2252 km long border (Durand Line) with Afghanistan in the North West, 805 Km long boundary with Iran in South West and 1610km long boundary with India in the East. The southern border of Pakistan consists of 700km coast line which runs along Arabian Sea with borders of Iran in West to RannOf Kutch in the East.
Since the creation of Pakistan a number of different societies with different cultures and norms have migrated to Pakistan, integrating to form a diverse and rich culture. So basically, the culture of Pakistan is a fusion between many different heritages and many different cultures and therefore the people of this region have many things in common, in fact, the national language Urdu , is a mixture of many languages