islamic republic of pakistan
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1. a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | asian country, asian nation, |
| definition | : | any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | punjab, |
| definition | : | a historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cashmere, jammu and kashmir, kashmir, |
| definition | : | an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | hyderabad, |
| definition | : | a city in southern Pakistan on the Indus River (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | capital of pakistan, islamabad, |
| definition | : | the capital of Pakistan in the north on a plateau; the site was chosen in 1959 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | karachi, |
| definition | : | the largest city in Pakistan; located in southeastern Pakistan; an industrial center and seaport on the Arabian Sea; former capital of Pakistan (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | lahore, |
| definition | : | city in northeast Pakistan (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | peshawar, |
| definition | : | city in northern Pakistan at the eastern end of the Khyber Pass (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | rawalpindi, |
| definition | : | an ancient city in northeastern Pakistan; served as capital of Pakistan while Islamabad was being built (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | sind, |
| definition | : | a region of southeastern Pakistan (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | great indian desert, thar desert, |
| definition | : | a desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | indus, indus river, |
| definition | : | an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | khyber pass, |
| definition | : | a mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush on the border between northern Pakistan and western Afghanistan; a route by which invaders entered India (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | pamir mountains, the pamirs, |
| definition | : | a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | tirich mir, |
| definition | : | a mountain in the Hindu Kush in Pakistan (25,230 feet high) (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | asia, |
| definition | : | the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations (noun.object) |
| member holonym | : | pakistani, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Pakistan (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | al-qa'ida, al-qaeda, al-qaida, base, qaeda, |
| definition | : | a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | al-rashid trust, |
| definition | : | a terrorist group organized in 1996 after the Taliban took over Afghanistan and part of Osama bin Laden's international system; provides financial support for the Taliban and al-Qaeda and Jaish-i-Mohammed and assists Muslim militants around the world; established a network of madrasas and mosques in Afghanistan (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | army of muhammad, jaish-e-muhammad, jaish-i-mohammed, jem, |
| definition | : | a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | fuqra, jamaat ul-fuqra, tanzimul fuqra, |
| definition | : | an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North America and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attack other Muslims who they regard as heretics (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | lashkar-e-jhangvi, |
| definition | : | a Sunni Muslim extremist group in Pakistan that collaborates with al-Qaeda; the armed wing of Sipah-e-Sahaba (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | al qanoon, lashkar-e-omar, |
| definition | : | a terrorist organization formed in Pakistan in 2002 as a coalition of extremist Islamic militant groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Muhammad and elements of al-Qaeda (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | sipah-e-sahaba, |
| definition | : | a vicious sectarian organization in Pakistan that persecutes Shiite Muslims and collaborates with al-Qaeda to attack foreigners and to disrupt the government of Pakistan (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | markaz-ud-dawa-wal-irshad, mdi, |
| definition | : | a Sunni organization formed in 1989 and based in Pakistan; opposes missionary groups from the United States; has Lashkar-e-Tayyiba as its armed wing (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | umma tameer-e-nau, utn, |
| definition | : | a nongovernmental organization of Pakistani scientists that has been a supporter of terrorism; has provided information about chemical and biological and nuclear warfare to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda and the Taliban (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | madrasa, madrasah, |
| definition | : | Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan (noun.group) |
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