Portal:Pakistan/article of the week, 2006

In this section will be the articles that have appeared in the Portal:Pakistan. The article will be changed each week.

Week THREE
Karachi (Urdu: كراچى), (Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the largest city in Pakistan and the capital of the province of Sindh. A native of Karachi is referred to as a Karachiite. The city is the financial and commercial hub of Pakistan and an important regional port. It is located on the coast of the Arabian Sea, northwest of the Indus River delta. Karachi accounts for the largest share of Pakistan's gross domestic product and generates about 65% of the national revenue. Karachi claims the highest per capita income in South Asia and is the nucleus of regional business and technological activities. The city has one of the highest literacy rates in Pakistan and is the home of several important academic and research institutions. With an estimated population of over 12 million, Karachi is one of the largest cities in the world. (more...)

Week TWO
Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Urdu, Arabic: علامه محمد اقبال; November 9 1877–April 21 1938), was a Muslim philosopher, poet, Islamic scholar, politician, lawyer, and reformer who worked for the unity of Muslims, and was the spiritual father of Pakistan. His philosophical works are in Urdu, Persian, and English, and have also been translated into many other languages. Along with his other works his book, The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam which is a compilation of his lectures in English, have been an important contribution to Islamic philosophy in the twentieth century. (more...)

Week ONE
Mohammad Ali Jinnah (Urdu: محمد على جناح), also known as Muhammad or Mahomed Ali Jinnah (often referred to in Pakistan either as Quaid-e-Azam (Urdu: قائد اعظم), or "Great Leader", which is a legally defined title, or simply Jinnah) (December 25, 1876 - September 11, 1948) was a legislator, politician and a statesman. He was initially an Indian Nationalist and later a Muslim nationalist in British India, worked towards an independent India and Hindu-Muslim Unity till age 60 but later spearheaded the movement for a separate homeland for Muslims in South Asia. He served as Pakistan's first Governor-General and the first presiding officer of its constituent assembly. (more...)