Pakistan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Pakistan is bordered by India on the east, the Arabian...climate, with desert conditions prevailing throughout...effect on Aug. 15, 1947. Partition and Conflict...signed over Kashmir to India in Oct., 1947, but Pakistan refused...Fighting broke out (see India-Pakistan Wars ) and...the first president. Economic conditions remained...years) to help finance social programs. As government...The United States and India, Pakistan, Bangladesh...Economy of Pakistan, 1947 85 (1988); B. Bhutto...