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Lawrence Ziring
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Arnold E. Schneider Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Western Michigan University. Author of Pakistan in the Twentieth Century: A Political History and Pakistan: At the Crosscurrent of History. Coauthor of The United Nations: International Organization and World Politics.
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Pakistan, populous multiethnic country of South Asia. Having a predominately Indo-Iranian speaking population, Pakistan has historically and culturally been associated with its neighbours Iran, Afghanistan, and India. Since Pakistan and India achieved independence from British rule on August 14−15,…
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