south Asian nation formed 1947 by division of British India, the name apparently proposed 1930s by Muslim students at Cambridge University, first element said to be an acronym from Punjab, Afghanistan and Kashmir, three regions envisioned as forming the new state, which also made a play on Iranian pak "pure." For second element, see -stan. Related: Pakistani (1941).
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1. Nothing seems certain in this crucial period in Pakistan's political life.
在巴基斯坦政治历史上的这个紧要关头,一切皆非定数.
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2. The polls have closed in the Pakistan parliamentary elections.
巴基斯坦议会选举投票已结束。
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3. He helped to recruit volunteers to go to Pakistan to fight.
他协助招募志愿者到巴基斯坦打仗。
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4. It was a Labour government which granted independence to India and Pakistan.
是工党政府同意了印度和巴基斯坦的独立。
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5. The aid allocation for Pakistan was still under review.
