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West Pakistan
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Key facts
- 1958
- Muzaffar Ali Qizilbash
- 1969
- Yusuf Haroon
- Status
- Administrative unit of Pakistan
- Capital
- Lahore
- Largest city
- Lahore (1955–1959), Karachi (1959–1970)
- Official languages
- Urdu English
- Native languages
- Punjabi Pashto Sindhi Balochi Brahui Khowar Kohistani
- Demonyms
- Pakistani West Pakistani
- Government
- Self-governing wing subject to the federal government
- 1955 1957
- Abdul Jabbar Khan
- 1957 1958
- Abdur Rashid Khan
- 1957 1960
- Akhter Husain
- 1960 1966
- Amir Mohammad Khan
- 1966 1969
- Musa Khan
- 1969 1970
- Malik Nur Khan
- 1970 1971
- Attiqur Rahman
- Legislature
- Legislative Assembly
- Historical era
- Cold War
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
- Religion
- Islam
- Country
- Pakistan
- Capital
- Karachi
- Official language
- Urdu
- Currency
- Pakistani rupee
- Form of government
- parliamentary system
- Anthem
- Qaumi Taranah
- Flag
- flag of Pakistan
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- topic's main category
- Category:West Pakistan
- inception
- 1955-10-14
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1970-01-01
- Commons category
- West Pakistan
- official religion
- Islam
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofPakistan
West Pakistan was the western province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1970, covering the territory of present-day Pakistan. Its land borders were with Afghanistan, India and Iran, with a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman in the Arabian Sea.
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