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v. t. e. On May 2, [ a] 2011, Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was shot and killed at his compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad by United States Navy SEALs of SEAL Team Six (also known as DEVGRU). [ 1] The operation, code-named Operation Neptune Spear, was carried out in a CIA -led ...
Pakistan is the world's fifth most populous country. [ 496] Between 1951 and 2017, Pakistan's population expanded over sixfold, going from 33.7 million to 207.7 million. The country has a relatively high, although declining, growth rate supported by high birth rates and low death rates.
Politics of Pakistan. The administrative units of Pakistan comprise four provinces, one federal territory, and two disputed territories: the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan; the Islamabad Capital Territory; and the administrative territories [ Note 1] of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan.
Lt. Shahid Karimullah, PN, four-star admiral in the Pakistan Navy in 2005. Maj. K.M. Arif, PA, four-star rank army general and vice-chief of army staff 1987. Cdr. T.K. Khan, PN, four-star admiral in 1983. Maj. Siddique Salik, PA, later one-star rank army general and DG of Inter-Services Public Relations in 1988.
There are plenty of legal ambiguities surrounding Gizmodo.com's purchase of an iPhone prototype misplaced by an Apple employee, an event that's made no end of news this past week. Here's a fresh ...
There are 71 species and 15 subspecies of Serpentes (snakes) found in Pakistan. Family Boidae (boas) - 3 species. Eryx johnii (Indian sand boa or red sand boa) Eryx tataricus speciosus (Tartar sand boa) Eryx conicus (rough-scaled sand boa) Family Colubridae (colubrids) - 35 species. Herpetoreas platyceps. Herpetoreas sieboldii.
Information and communications technology (ICT) is one of the fastest growing industries in the country. In 2001 just 1.3% of the population used the Internet. By 2006 this figure had grown to 6.5% and in 2012 to 10.0%. As of July 2021; the percentage of internet users in Pakistan is 54%, which translates into approximately 118 million citizens ...
In Karachi, a parallel power supply has been running for years as a result of electricity theft (informally known as "hooking"). [1] Electricity shortages throughout Pakistan are a chronic issue. Street protests in Pakistan for power outages and poor grid performance are common. Despite public pressure, the government of Pakistan has failed to ...