THE FIRST PAKISTAN

Pakistan has historical been of the world's major crossroads. it has been invaded many times through the center from the south, north-west and the east. pakistan occupies an area in which almost all major races and cultures have left their trace. it is flanked by India on the east , Iran and Afghanistan on the north beyond the mountains lie China and central asia. In the south , Pakistan is washed by the Arabian sea and is only a short distance away from the arabian peninsula. All of these cultures and people their role in shaping pakistan as it is today , leaving it with a cultural and racial blend that few nation in the world can match and with a fascinating history dating back hundreds of thousands of years. And yet Pakistan as a state has only been on the world map since 1947 making it one of the youngest country in the world this paradox is best summed up by a british history who called Pakistan an old country and a new nation. When Pakistan emerged on the world map on 14 August 1947 it marked not only the independense of the muslims-majority areas in thr subcontined but also testified to the ancient bonds which exist between people inhabiting the region alonside the river indus.