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Pakistan studies, the Glossary

Pakistan studies curriculum (Urdu: مطالعہ پاکستان) is the name of a curriculum of academic research and study that encompasses the culture, demographics, geography, history, International Relations and politics of Pakistan.^[1]

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Abdul Hameed Nayyar

Abdul Hameed Nayyar (Born 1945), also known as A.H. Nayyar, is a Pakistani physicist, author, and a freelance consultant on the issues of education, nuclear safety, and energy.

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Academic degree

An academic degree is a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university.

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Archaeology of Pakistan

Pakistan contains many of the oldest archaeological discoveries of the world.

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Association for Asian Studies

The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is a scholarly, non-political and non-profit professional association focusing on Asia and the study of Asia.

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Ayesha Jalal

Ayesha Jalal (Punjabi, عائشہ جلال) is a Pakistani-American historian who serves as the Mary Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University, and was the recipient of the 1998 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.

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Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin scientiae baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.

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Bahauddin Zakariya University

Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) (جامعۂ بہاءالدین زکریا) is a public university with its main campus located in Multan, Pakistan.

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Bibliography of Pakistan

This is a list of notable books and works in the English language written about Pakistan.

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Cambridge Assessment International Education

Cambridge Assessment International Education (informally known as Cambridge International or simply Cambridge and formerly known as CIE, Cambridge International Examinations) is a provider of international qualifications, offering examinations and qualifications to 10,000 schools in more than 160 countries.

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Civics

In the field of political science, civics is the study of the civil and political rights and obligations of citizens in a society.

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Civil disorder

Civil disorder, also known as civil disturbance, civil unrest, civil strife, or turmoil, are situations when law enforcement struggle to maintain public order or tranquility.

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Culture of Pakistan

The culture of Pakistan (پاکستانی ثقافت) is based in the Indo-Persian cultural matrix that constitutes a foundation plank of South Asian Muslim identity.

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Daily Times (Pakistan)

The Daily Times (DT) is an English-language Pakistani newspaper.

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Dawn (newspaper)

Dawn is a Pakistani English-language newspaper that was launched in British India by Jinnah in 1941.

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Debt bondage

Debt bondage, also known as debt slavery, bonded labour, or peonage, is the pledge of a person's services as security for the repayment for a debt or other obligation.

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Demographics of Pakistan

Pakistan had a population of 241,492,197 according to the final results of the 2023 Census.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Education reform

Education reform is the name given to the goal of changing public education.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Environmental issues in Pakistan

Environmental issues in Pakistan include air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, climate change, pesticide misuse, soil erosion, natural disasters, desertification and flooding.

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Federal Urdu University

The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (وفاقی جامعہ اردو); alternatively known as FUUAST) is a public university primarily located at Islamabad, Pakistan. The university has two satellite campuses; the central campus is located in Islamabad while the secondary campus is located in Karachi.

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Foreign relations of Pakistan

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan emerged as an independent country through the partition of India in August 1947 and was admitted as a United Nations member state in September 1947.

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GCE Ordinary Level

The O-Level (Ordinary Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education.

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Gender inequality

Gender inequality is the social phenomenon in which people are not treated equally on the basis of gender.

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Geography of Pakistan

The Geography of Pakistan (جغرافیۂ پاکِستان) encompasses a wide variety of landscapes varying from plains to deserts, forests, and plateaus ranging from the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean in the south to the mountains of the Karakoram, Hindukush, Himalayas ranges in the north.

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Government of Pakistan

The Government of Pakistan (حکومتِ پاکستان, abbreviated as GoP), constitutionally known as the Federal Government, commonly known as the Centre, is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of four provinces and one federal territory.

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Higher Education Commission (Pakistan)

The Higher Education Commission (colloquially known as HEC) is a statutory body formed by the Government of Pakistan which was established in 2002 under the Chairmanship of Atta-ur-Rahman.

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Higher Secondary Certificate

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) or Higher Secondary Education Certificate (HSEC) is a secondary education qualification in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

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Historiography

Historiography is the study of the methods used by historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension, the term historiography is any body of historical work on a particular subject.

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History of Pakistan

The history of Pakistan preceding the country's creation in 1947. Although, Pakistan was created in 1947 as a whole new country by the British through partition of India, but the history of the land extends much further back and is intertwined with that of Afghanistan, India, and Iran.

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Indology

Indology, also known as South Asian studies, is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of the Indian subcontinent, and as such is a subset of Asian studies.

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Interdisciplinarity

Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project).

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International General Certificate of Secondary Education

The International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) is an English language based secondary qualification similar to the GCSE and is recognised in the United Kingdom as being equivalent to the GCSE for the purposes of recognising prior attainment.

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International organization

An international organization, also known as an intergovernmental organization or an international institution, is an organization that is established by a treaty or other type of instrument governed by international law and possesses its own legal personality, such as the United Nations, the World Health Organization, International Union for Conservation of Nature, and NATO.

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International relations

International relations (IR) are the interactions among sovereign states.

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Islamabad

Islamabad (اسلام&zwnj;آباد|translit.

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Jihad

Jihad (jihād) is an Arabic word which literally means "exerting", "striving", or "struggling", especially with a praiseworthy aim.

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Judiciary of Pakistan

The judiciary of Pakistan is the national system of courts that maintains the law and order in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

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Karachi

Karachi (کراچی) is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh.

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Lahore

Lahore (لہور; لاہور) is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab.

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Languages of Pakistan

Pakistan is a multilingual country with over 70 languages spoken as first languages.

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List of research institutes in Pakistan

The following is a partial list of research institutes in Pakistan.

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List of universities in Pakistan

Higher education in Pakistan is the systematic process of students continuing their education beyond secondary school, learned societies and two-year colleges.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Madrasa

Madrasa (also,; Arabic: مدرسة, pl. مدارس), sometimes transliterated as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary education or higher learning.

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Masood Ashraf Raja

Masood Ashraf Raja (Urdu: مسعود اشرف راجہ) is a Pakistani-born American writer.

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Master of Philosophy

A Master of Philosophy (MPhil; Latin Magister Philosophiae or Philosophiae Magister) is a postgraduate degree.

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Master of Science

A Master of Science (Magister Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree.

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Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training

The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (وفاقی وزارتِ برائے تعلیمو پیشہ وارانہ تربیت) is a federal ministry of the Government of Pakistan.

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Mubarak Ali

Mubarak Ali (مُبارَک علی; born 21 April 1941) is a Pakistani historian, activist and scholar.

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 187611 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan.

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Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 192417 August 1988) was a Pakistani military officer who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death.

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Multan

Multan is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, located on the bank of river Chenab.

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Muslim world

The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah.

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National Council of Educational Research and Training

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) (राष्ट्रीय शैक्षिक अनुसंधान और प्रशिक्षण परिषद) is an autonomous organisation of Ministry of Education, the Government of India.

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National symbols of Pakistan

Pakistan has several official national symbols, including a flag, an emblem, an anthem, a memorial tower as well as several national heroes.

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Nationalism

Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state.

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Orient

The Orient is a term referring to the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world.

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Outlook (Indian magazine)

Outlook is a weekly general interest English and Hindi news magazine published in India.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Pakistan Armed Forces

The Pakistan Armed Forces are the military forces of Pakistan.

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Pakistani architecture

Pakistani architecture is intertwined with the architecture of the broader Indian subcontinent.

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Pakistani literature

Pakistani literature (ادبیاتِ پاکستان) is a distinct literature that gradually came to be defined after Pakistan gained nationhood status in 1947, emerging out of literary traditions of the South Asia.

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Pakistani textbooks controversy

The Pakistani textbooks controversy refers to claimed inaccuracies and historical denialism.

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Pervez Hoodbhoy

Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy (Urdu: پرویز امِیرعلی ہودبھائی; Urdu pronunciation: pərʋeːz əmiːɾəliː ɦuːd̪bʱaːiː; born 11 July 1950) is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, author, media commentator, and social activist.

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Politics of Pakistan

The Politics of Pakistan (ISO: Siyāsiyāt-e-Pākistāna) takes place within the framework established by the constitution.

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Quaid-i-Azam University

Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad (جامعہ قائداعظم; commonly referred to as QAU), founded as University of Islamabad, is a public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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Rediff.com

Rediff.com, stylized as rediff.com, is an Indian news, information, entertainment, and shopping website.

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Religion in Pakistan

The official religion of Pakistan is Islam, as enshrined by Article 2 of the Constitution, and is practised by approximately 96.34% of the country's population.

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Salt Range

The Salt Range (سلسلہ کوہ نمک) is a mountain range in the north of Punjab province of Pakistan, deriving its name from its extensive deposits of rock salt.

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Secondary School Certificate

Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) or Matriculation examination, is a public examination in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Maldives conducted by educational boards for the successful completion of the secondary education exam in these countries.

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Sindhology

Sindhology (سنڌيات) is a field of South Asian studies and academic research that covers the history, society, culture, literature and people of Sindh, Pakistan. Pakistan studies and Sindhology are education in Pakistan and Indology.

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SOAS University of London

The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London.

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Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies.

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In many countries' curricula, social studies is the combined study of humanities, the arts, and social sciences, mainly including history, economics, and civics.

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South Asia

South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms.

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Spread of Islam

The spread of Islam spans almost 1,400 years.

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The Asia Foundation

The Asia Foundation (TAF) is a nonprofit, mission-driven international development organization committed to improving lives across Asia.

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The Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor (CSM), commonly known as The Monitor, is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles both in electronic format and a weekly print edition.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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University of Leeds

The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania, commonly referenced as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas.

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University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

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Urdu

Urdu (اُردُو) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia.

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Uzma Z. Rizvi

Uzma Z. Rizvi is an American archaeologist and associate professor of Anthropology and Urban Studies at Pratt Institute and a visiting scholar at Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Pakistan, where she teaches decolonial archaeology, ancient urbanism, critical heritage studies, new materialism, and the postcolonial critique.

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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979) was a Pakistani barrister, politician, and statesman.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_studies

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Pakistan studies, the Glossary

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Education in Pakistan

Indology

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