BBC News - Pakistan country profile - 5 views
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The disputed northern territory of Kashmir has been the flashpoint for two of the three India-Pakistan wars
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There was a further brief but bitter armed conflict after Islamic militants infiltrated Indian-administered Kashmir in 1999
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tarnished by corruption, inefficiency and confrontations between various institutions
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military rule
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coup leader, General Pervez Musharraf
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economic challenges
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increasing polarisation between Islamist militancy and the modernising secular wing of Pakistani politics
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Mr Musharraf relinquished his army post in November 2007
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his supporters were defeated by the opposition Pakistan People's Party and former PM Nawaz Sharif's Muslim League.
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Pakistan's place on the world stage shifted after the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US. It dropped its support for the Taliban
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was propelled into the frontline in the fight against terrorism
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estive tribal regions along the Afghan border
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forces
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linked
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Page last updated at 13:55 GMT, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 14:55 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Pakistan country profile
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ince 2009, the government has been waging a rolling military campaign to flush the militants out of the tribal areas.
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by Pakistan's legislators
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"Mr 10%" following allegations of corruption.
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2001, two years after Pervez Musharraf seized power in a military coup
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The broadcasting regulator can order a halt to the carriage of foreign TV channels via cable, particularly Indian or Afghan ones.
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