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  2. History of Pakistan (1947–present) - Wikipedia

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    The story of history of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan began on 14 August 1947 when the country came into being in the form of Dominion of Pakistan within the British Commonwealth as the result of Pakistan Movement and the partition of India. While the history of the Pakistani Nation according to the Pakistan government's official chronology ...

  3. Kashf Foundation - Wikipedia

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    Kashf Foundation (Punjabi and Urdu: کشف فاؤنڈیشن) is a non-profit organization, founded by Roshaneh Zafar in 1996. Kashf is regarded as the first microfinance institution (MFI) of Pakistan that uses village banking methodology in microcredit to alleviate poverty by providing affordable financial and non-financial services to low income households - particularly for women, to build ...

  4. Zong (mobile network) - Wikipedia

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    Zong. CMPak Limited [1] [2] ( Urdu: زونگ ), doing business under brand name Zong, is a Pakistan based mobile data network operator, owned by China Mobile. [3] It is the first overseas setup of China Mobile through acquisition of a license from Millicom to operate a GSM network in Pakistan in 2008. [4]

  5. Railbanking - Wikipedia

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    Railbanking. Railbanking is the practice of preserving rail corridors for possible future use. Railbanking leaves the railroad, railbed, bridges or bridge corridor, and other infrastructure intact. This relieves the railroad's operator from the responsibility of maintenance, and from taxation. Existing rails may or may not be maintained intact ...

  6. Languages of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Urdu is the national language and the lingua franca of Pakistan, and while sharing official status with English, it is the preferred and dominant language used for inter-communication between different ethnic groups. [3] [4] Numerous regional languages are spoken as first languages by Pakistan's various ethnolinguistic groups.

  7. Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    History. Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan (IDBP) is one of Pakistan's oldest development financing institutions and was created with the primary objective of extending term finance for investment in the manufacturing sector of the economy. Over the years, however, the Bank has become an institution fostering the growth of Small and ...

  8. List of current Pakistani governors - Wikipedia

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    Kamran Tessori [3] 10 October 2022. (1 year, 234 days) Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan. Appointed by President Arif Alvi on 9 October 2022 [4] Gilgit-Baltistan. ( list) Syed Mehdi Shah [5] 15 August 2022.

  9. Internet censorship in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Internet censorship in Pakistan is government control of information sent and received using the Internet in Pakistan. There have been significant instances of website access restriction in Pakistan, most notably when YouTube was banned/blocked from 2012 to 2016. Pakistan has asked a number of social media organisations to set up local ...