1. About Pakistan
A short report …

2. History of Pakistan

3. Early History
• Achaemenid Empire
• Alexander the Great
• Greek kingdoms
• Mauryan Empire
• Gandhara culture
• Indo-Greeks
• Indo-Scythians
• Indo-Parthians, Romans and
Christianity
• Kushan Empire
• Indo-Sassanid culture
• The White Huns
• Rai dynasty
• Harshavardhan, Rajputs and
Pāla Empire

4. Arab period and Muslim Empires
• Umayyad Empire
• Ghaznavid Dynasty
• Delhi Sultanate
• Guru Nanak Dev and the Sikhs
• Mughal Empire
• Durrani Kingdom, Sikh Confederacy and the European Powers
• Sikh Empire
• British rule

5. Pakistan Freedom Movement
• Early Nationalism Period
• The Muslim League
• Muslim Homeland – “Now or never”
• Independence of Pakistan

6. Early Nationalism Period
Event Year
Formation of Central National Muhammadan Association 1877
Indian National Congress was founded 1885
British administration made Hindi the official language of Agra and Oudh 1900

7. The Muslim League
Event Date/Year
Partition of Bengal 1905
All-India Muslim League was founded 30 December 1906
A vocal group of Hindu hard-liners started to pursue
a pro-Hindu movement
1907
Muhammad Ali Jinnah became president of Muslim
League
1916
Lucknow Pact 1916
Simon Commission 1927
All Parties Conference 1928

8. Muslim Homeland – “Now or never”
The name of the
suggested separate muslim
state was coined by
Cambridge student and
Muslim nationalist
Choudhary Rahmat Ali, and
was published on 28
January 1933 in the
pamphlet “Now or Never”.

9. Independence of Pakistan
On the 14th and 15
August 1947, British India
gave way to two new
independent states, the
Dominion of Pakistan and
the Union of India, both
dominions which joined the
British Commonwealth.

10. Demographics of Pakistan

11. Population Data
Geographic distribution
The majority of Southern Pakistan’s population lives along the
Indus River. Karachi is the most populous city in Pakistan. In
the northern half , most of the population lives about an arc
formed by cities of Faisalabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad,
Gujranwala, Sialkot, Nowshera, Sawabi, Mardan and
Peshawar.

12. Population Data
0
20,000,000
40,000,000
60,000,000
80,000,000
100,000,000
120,000,000
140,000,000
160,000,000
180,000,000
1951 1961 1972 1981 1998 2008
Total
Rural
Urban
Population and Growth

13. Population Data
Pakistanis around the World
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,600,000
Pakistanis around the World

14. Population Data
Age Structure of Population
0-14 Years
15-64 Years
65 Years and Above

15. Population Data
Age Structure of Population
0
5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
30,000,000
35,000,000
40,000,000
45,000,000
50,000,000
0-14 Years 15-64 Years 65 Years and
Above
Male
Female

16. Population Data
Gender Ratios of Population
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
At Birth Under 15
Years
15-64
Years
65 Years
and Over
Total
Population
Female
Male

17. Total Population
Percentage
Literate
Illiterate
Male/Female
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Male Female
Percentage
Percentage
Population Data

18. Educational Institutions by Kind
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
350,000
No. of Schools
No. of Schools

19. Employment by Industry
Percentage
Manufacturing
Construction
Electricity, gas, water and sanitary services
Commerce
Transport storage and communication
Financing, insurance, real estate and business
services
Services
Activities not adequately described