Talk:Pakistan/Archive 21

Pakistan know as a secular country
Pakistan is know gonna make secular country by Imran khan.Pakistan is a secular due to containing different religious population. Kianaamhatumhara (talk) 15:03, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Pakistan is not a secular nation. Secularism is defined as a separation of the state and religion. Pakistan has a state religion (Islam). Having a state religion does not necessarily negate secularism but the influence of Islamic law, principles, teaching and jurisprudence is not minute. For example all laws must be in accordance with Islam and comply with the Quran and Sunnah. Imran Khan may implement change but including it in the article is just giving him free PR for potentially bogus political promises.

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 21 April 2021
Can someone update the religion figure in the infobox of the article based on the latest 2017 census?! The current figures are from the old 1998 census.

Regards.Bundestag1 (talk) 07:42, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Pinging ScottishFinnishRadish,, Fowler&amp;fowler ,  for help as no one has replied. Bundestag1 (talk) 07:49, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Please update the religious demography of Pakistan
As per 2017 census, Muslims constituted 96.28% of the total population in 1998, but 19 years later the share of Muslims in total population increased to 96.47%.

Since overall population increased by 75.4 million persons, followers of all religions have grown in absolute terms.

The incidence of Hindu population increased from 1.6% to 1.73% or 3.593 million individuals. The population share of scheduled castes also increased from 0.25% to 0.41%, according to unofficial final results.

The share of Christian population, however, decreased from 1.59% of the total population in 1998 to 1.27% in 2017. Similarly, the population of Ahamdis also decreased from 0.22% to just 0.09%.

The population share of other religions also reduced from 0.07% to 0.02%.

Here is the reference: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:41A2:C000:21FF:9668:47B8:3911 (talk • contribs)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 24 June 2021
To edit Pakistan Ojochegbe amos (talk) 16:02, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Yes Ojochegbe amos (talk) 16:03, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
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Reverting edits by Aman.kumar.goel
The reference that is used to support the claim that a massacre on Hindus was conducted in 2005 is incorrect. The BBC article that the reference mentions shows that only one witness, "Nawab Akbar Bugti", gives the claim that a massacre took place. The article itself doesn't state it a fact, therefore, I removed the information along with its reference from the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amaan4210 (talk • contribs)
 * As told before.WP:RS doesn't mention ethnicity. You rejected the content as you mentioned in your edit summary that "source was a Bugti which is unreliable", enough for me to render your intentions unconstructive and don't even argue further. If you are further going to continue to disrupt articles like this with unsubstantiated removals and no genuine reasons, you may end up being sanctioned quite soon. Regards Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 20:14, 6 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Do not threaten me with being sanctioned, you have not even read my reasons for the edits neither have you read the article. Nowhere did I claim the source is unreliable because of the person's ethnicity. I claimed that the source is unreliable because the assertion that a massacre by security forces took place is based on a quote from a single eyewitness in the article. The article itself does not acknowledge that any massacre actually took place. I have reverted your edits again. Next time, please provide a valid reason for any future edits you make. Amaan4210 (talk) 00:33, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Aman Kumar Goel, as Amaan4210 notes, the BBC is quoting and not stating that as fact. What am I missing? El_C 05:56, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * As in the article I see, it includes reporting of a complete episode or story. Whether it is to be taken as news or as accusation wasn't introduced in this particular edit but a bizarre summary which I saw no way reasonable.
 * PS, Religion section needs more of academic sources rather than plain news articles and clear toning. For instance,

"Many Hindus in Pakistan complain about the prospect of religious violence against them and being treated like second-class citizens, and many have emigrated to India or further abroad."


 * I'm wondering why it'd be needed to push allegory tone in the particular article. Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 07:55, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Aman Kumar Goel, I am unable to make sense of your reply, which as far as I'm able to discern, sidesteps my query. Can you respond directly and to the point, please? El_C 08:06, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * What I'm getting at is that probably what is needed is a source that speaks to that massacre, its nature and scope, more authoritatively. After all, it's been a decade and a half since it happened —and since that BBC piece which covered it (or at least testimonials therein)— surely some additional attribution regarding it exists... El_C 08:22, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I've seen it mentioned other pages online but they likely would not be considered official, factual sources to include on a country wikipedia page. Not sure if this article would count: https://unpo.org/article/5398. "On 17 March 2005, in the Dera Bugti district in Balochistan, 70 innocent Balochs, including children, women and elderly were reported killed and more than 200 were reported injured by the Pakistani military." Van00220 (talk) 08:36, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * It is true that BBC article cited Bugti, because he is the only major source at this moment and there is no rebuttal against the information provided by him. Just like this scholarly source. It also details this incident and cites Bugti. I don't think there is a reason to remove this information just because the account comes from a yet unrefuted person in a heavily militarized area that has no history of allowing independent inspectors. At this stage, we need to stick to WP:BIASED and allow restoration of the removed information. Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 10:44, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Van00220, Aman Kumar Goel, okay, thanks — these additional sources for the casualty numbers do seem to align: BBC's quoted testimony of 62 is close enough to Francesca Marino's as well as UNPO's 70. Why, then, does the contested edit say 32 is beyond me... Please, someone enlighten me! El_C 12:04, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

Here's a bunch of quotes from old and new sources: My conclusion: — Chrisahn (talk) 17:28, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * BBC, 22 March 2005 – Lead: "'They have killed 62 of my people.'" Later in the text: "Mr Bugti says 32 Hindus were killed by firing from the government side in exchanges that followed an attack on a government convoy last Thursday."
 * South Asia Intelligence Review, 28 March 2005 – "A fierce gun-battle between tribal insurgents and the Frontier Corps (FC) near Sangsela in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan province on March 17, 2005, left more than 50 dead, mostly women and children."
 * Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, 27 October 2005 – "On 17 March 2005, in the Dera Bugti district in Balochistan, 70 innocent Balochs, including children, women and elderly were reported killed"
 * Amnesty International, 10 February 2006 – "On 17 March 2005, some 62 persons, including 33 Hindu women and children were killed at Dera Bugti when Frontier Corps personnel shelled, bombarded and fired at them." (Reference: HRCP, see below.)
 * Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), August 2006 – Page 27: "As regards the extra-judicial killings of non-combatants in Dera Bugti by the security forces on March 17th 2005, HRCP received evidence that at least 43 non combatants were killed by indiscriminate and excessive use of force of the security forces. The list of victims is given below: [...]" (But the list contains 33 names, so I think the 43 is a typo. One of the victims "succumbed to his injuries on 22nd of March, 2005". I think that explains why the BBC reported 32.) Page 46: "On March 17th 2005, tensions were high when patrols of FC and armed Bugti tribesmen came face to face, leading to harsh words between them. An exchange of fire, with rocket launchers followed. According to credible reports eight paramilitary personnel died while 62 people including 33 Hindus were killed by the attacks made by the security forces."
 * International Crisis Group, 14 September 2006 (or  via ) – Page 8, footnote 57: "Dera Bugti Nazim (mayor) Muhammad Kazim Bugti issued a list of 59 civilian casualties of the 17 March 2005 military action in Dera Bugti. Many were women and children. PPP parliamentarian Sherry Rehman presented the list to the National Assembly. Asim Yasin, “Sherry presents proof of Dera Bugti killings”, Dawn, 22 March 2005." (I didn't find the referenced sources. Unclear whether "casualties" means "injured and dead" here.)
 * Asian Centre for Human Rights, August 2007 : "On 17 March 2005, at least 50 civilians, including women and children were reportedly killed by the Frontier Corps in Dera Bugti where military operations were launched against the Bugti tribesmen." (Reference: An article in the Daily Times (Pakistan) that doesn't seem to be available anymore.)
 * Sciences Po, 24 June, 2008 – "2005; March 17: During a military intervention with helicopter gunship and heavy weapons in Dera Bugti on March 17, at least 62 unarmed civilians, 33 of them Hindu women and children, were killed by indiscriminate and excessive use of force by the security forces." (Reference: The 2006 HRCP report mentioned above.)
 * Dawn, 18 March 2009 – "Jamhoori Watan Party (Aali faction) activists staged a rally [...] tributes to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives to resist the security forces' attack on Dera Bugti on March 17, 2005"
 * Karima Baloch on Twitter, 23 October 2014 – "17 March 2005 is a black day in Balochistan history when Pakistani jets bombarded and martyred 71 innocent Hindu Baloch in Dera Bugti."
 * Mariam Bugti in the The Express Tribune, 20 January 2016 – "On March 17, 2005, bombs were dropped at my ancestral house in Dera Bugti [...] Sixty-six people, most of them Hindu women and children, perished in the aggressive assault."
 * Brahumdagh Bugti quoted by journalist Francesca Marino in her 2020 book – "On 17 March 2005, when our house was bombed, more than 70 people were killed, mostly Hindus, women and children."
 * There was a military conflict in Dera Bugti on 17 March 2005.
 * We can be fairly certain that at least 33 civilians were killed.
 * I'm not sure about the number 62. Why do some sources mention the number 33, but also 62? Does the latter include Baloch fighters?
 * The number 70 given in some sources seems to be exaggerated.
 * It's unclear whether planes were involved in the battle.
 * No source calls the event a "massacre", so we shouldn't use the word either.


 * . The editor with the most best sources gets the most best respect! El_C 18:50, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree. So can you restore the removed information per these messages? Thanks Aman Kumar Goel (Talk) 05:56, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't think that would be appropriate. 1. No reliable source calls the killings a "massacre". 2. You added the sentence to the #Hinduism section, but the deaths happened in the context of the Balochistan insurgency. As far as I can tell, they had little (if anything) to do with Hinduism. 3. Maybe we could mention the event in a different section, but I'm not sure. This page is about Pakistan and its whole history. I think the incident should be mentioned in Insurgency in Balochistan, Dera Bugti District and maybe other pages, but it's probably not relevant enough for this page. — Chrisahn (talk) 12:56, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

In pakistan Wikipedia whole jammu and kashmir separate country
Why you are shown In pakistan wiki jammu and kashmir separate part of India and also daman. 117.209.138.38 (talk) 16:04, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
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New Map of Pakistan
A map of Pakistan has been unveiled by the Prime Minister of Pakistan on 04 August, 2020. The new Map is freely available on the official website of Survey of Pakistan

There are number things that better elaborates the new Political Map of Pakistan

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Munirspatial (talk • contribs) 09:21, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
 * 1) Complete Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit – Baltistan shown as part of Pakistan with International Border marked accordingly.
 * 2) Complete Jammu & Kashmir (including Indian Occupied Parts) shown in one distinct colour.
 * 3) Gilgit – Baltistan regional boundary with rest of Jammu & Kashmir drawn distinctly.
 * 4) Following annotation written within Indian Occupied part:-Indian illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (Disputed Territory – Final Status to be decided in line with relevant UNSC Resolution).
 * 5) Line of Control (LOC) marked in red dotted line in accordance with own stance with respect to line north of point NJ 9842 up to Karakoram Pass. Annotation indication LOC as under:-“The red dotted line represents approximately the line of control in Jammu & Kashmir  and its accession is yet to be decided through plebiscite under the relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions.”
 * 6) A word AJK written along LOC with following annotation:- “AJK stands for Azad Jammu & Kashmir as defined  in the AJK Interim Constitution Act, 1974.”
 * 7) Working Boundary marked with appropriate annotation.
 * 8) Annotation for FRONTIER UNDEFINED added:-“Actual boundary in the area where remark  FRONTIER UNDEFINED appears, would ultimately be decided by the sovereign authorities concerned after the final settlement of the Jammu & Kashmir dispute.”
 * 9) Border with India on Sir Creek reflected as continuous riband – Key “International boundary along the eastern bank of the Creek “ added.

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 20 July 2021
Publish the most debt country of asia 2402:8100:2354:C3EA:285C:6D48:F687:6A36 (talk) 02:19, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 20 July 2021
Can someone please remove the percentages of Sunni and Shia Islam given in the infobox because 2017 census doesn't give estimates for individual Islamic sects. This editor added this information without giving any source. Therefore this edit should be reverted.Goalcy (talk) 05:10, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * kindly look into this matter. RegardsGoalcy (talk) 13:29, 21 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing this out. Since no sources were given for these numbers, I reverted the edit. — Chrisahn (talk) 13:38, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

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Territorial map
Wiki showing wrong map of Pakistan.. Wiki showing gujarat state of india as Pakistan territory. Mohitsavaliya26 (talk) 15:41, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The Pakistani Government for whatever reason has indeed claimed this . Hemiauchenia (talk) 00:46, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

"Current events in Pakistan" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Current events in Pakistan. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 August 26 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 03:00, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Inappropriate information in map of Pakistan.
There is Small province shown in light green far south from pakistan map as territory of pakistan. This is Junagadh a district of Gujarat state, India. It is not Pakistan. It is misinterpreted in map and false information please correct it. Vijayaswar2804 (talk) 09:06, 14 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Pakistan claimed the entire region of Jammu and Kashmir stretching all the way to the edge of Ladakh; former Princely States of Junagarh and Manavadar and the entire territory and water bodies that fall in the Sir Creek region in the westernmost part of India in its new political map released in 2020. The map has been updated to show all of its "claimed" regions.  Peter Ormond &#128172;  18:23, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

30 August edit request
Pakistan Standard Time is abbreviated as PKT not as PST, please fix it
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Requesting inputs
Greetings,


 * Hi, I'm User:Bookku a discussion about the sourced content is underway @ Talk:Minar-e-Pakistan.Your inputs are requested and awaited. Thanks and warm regards &#32;Bookku, &#39;Encyclopedias &#61; expanding information &#38; knowledge&#39; (talk) 07:03, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 27 September 2021 (2)
2402:8100:281B:FBAE:86FC:A48B:5156:2A64 (talk) 09:34, 27 September 2021 (UTC) Pakistan map is wrong Remove POK and baluchistan to make correct Pakistan map
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Pakistan a secular state
Pakitan is a secular and liberal state where other religious can live freely among themselves.We are one nation as a secular state. Kianaamhatumhara (talk) 06:32, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 3 October 2021
Pakistan country  in south Asia remain no more Islamic pakistan is a secular change the name Kianaamhatumhara (talk) 06:22, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 10 October 2021
JAWAD1P (talk) 15:41, 10 October 2021 (UTC) Please make me able to edit Protected Pages
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This nation is FATF grey list and have most number of UN designated terrorist organisation.
It will be inappropriate if WP editors not included truth that this nation is in FATF grey list for terrorists financing and taking actions against UNSC designated terrorist living in Pakistan viz Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed. add it in this page's economy section. Haqqani network, a terrorist organisation lives in this nation from 1980. This nation is not safe for tourists and do not travel to it adviced by many nations in the world. towns of this nation is vulnerable to attack and prone to violence. USA government's trvel advisory says that it is not safe to trvel to Pakistan due to terrorism and violence. it is one of the unsafe nation to travel, have to add this info in this article beacuse lots of folks read it. And if editors don't add it, it will be misleading to the readers. Don't need to provide source for, the world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden was found living in Pakistan, just few miles form this nation's army training institute. Newton Euro (talk) 07:26, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

1971 war
The linked article states,

Our article on 1971 Bangladesh genocide states,

These are not recent additions, either and there are talk-page discussions in favor. Thanks, TrangaBellam (talk) 11:18, 11 October 2021 (UTC) P.S: Overall, I am of the opinion that the 1971 war was a ethnic genocide need to go to lead. Improvements are welcome. TrangaBellam (talk) 11:55, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry the name of the article is Bangladesh Liberation War. The Bangladesh page says in its lead, "Later the rise of a pro-democracy movement thrived on Bengali nationalism and self-determination, leading to the Liberation War and eventually resulted in the emergence of Bangladesh as a sovereign and independent nation in 1971." We cannot stick in charged words such as "genocide" or "genocidal" especially in the lead of an article without some sort of consensus elsewhere, in this instance (because of ARBIPA discretionary sanctions) in the wider WP community, at least in the WikiProjects Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. Also, bold, revert, discuss does not mean making a perfunctory post on a talk page and then reverting the article to your version. It means discussing it and achieving a consensus for your edit.  Best regards,  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  11:45, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * This is a non-response - we already have a consensus in favor, that justified the additions of genocide bit in the lead of the linked articles.
 * For a comparison, our article on Germany notes: The Nazi seizure of power in 1933 led to the establishment of a dictatorship, World War II, and the Holocaust.
 * Indeed, we are editing in a zone governed by AC/DS. So, your comment that I know nothing about Pakistan is unwarranted and a violation of NPA. TrangaBellam (talk) 11:52, 11 October 2021 (UTC)


 * The best source is prob. the entry on "20th Century Genocides" at Oxford Bibliographies Online by Simon Payaslian, a Chair Professor of History at Boston University. He writes, As evident, genocides are not a routine event in any part of the world and they deserve to be mentioned in lead of concerned articles. TrangaBellam (talk) 12:12, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * For some OSE statistics, our articles on Germany, Rwanda, Cambodia, and Ottoman Empire mention the genocide in lead. TrangaBellam (talk) 12:20, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Other tertiary sources include "Bangladesh, Genocide In" in Encyclopedia of Genocide. ed: Israel W. Charny. ABC CLIO. p: 115-116 and "Those who have the sin . . . go to this side" in The Routledge History of Genocide. ed: Cathie Carmichael, Richard C. Maguire. TrangaBellam (talk) 12:35, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Of course not. 20th century genocides is not the best source. The issue here is due weight.  Per WP:TERTIARY tertiary sources such major encyclopedias and undergraduate textbooks are useful in determining due weight.  Britannica in its long article on Bangladesh (Tinker, Hugh Russell and Husain, Syed Sajjad. "Bangladesh". Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Mar. 2021, Accessed 11 October 2021) never uses the word "genocide" once, does not even allude to it obliquely.   It says, "Among the most notable of the resistance leaders was Maj. Zia ur-Rahman, who held out for some days in Chittagong before the town’s recapture by the Pakistani army. He then retreated to the border and began to organize bands of guerrillas. A different resistance was started by student militants, among whom Abdul Kader Siddiqi, with his followers, known as Kader Bahini, acquired a reputation for ferocity. Some 10 million Bengalis, mainly Hindus, fled over East Pakistan’s frontier into India while the Indian government watched with alarm. The Awami League, which India supported, was a moderate middle-class body like the Congress Party; many guerrillas, however, were leftist and a cause of concern. With some of the major world powers taking sides—the United States and China for a united Pakistan, and the Soviet Union and India for an independent Bangladesh—the Indian army invaded both the western and eastern wings of Pakistan on December 3, 1971. The Pakistani defenses surrendered on December 16, ensuring Bangladesh’s independence. A few days later, Yahya Khan was deposed in Pakistan and replaced by Bhutto; Mujib was released from jail and returned to Dhaka to a hero’s welcome." Will cite soon from two major undergraduate texts.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  12:30, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Ofcourse not is not an explanation based in policy. OBO is a tertiary source. I have added two tertiary sources (an encyclopedia and a handbook). TrangaBellam (talk) 12:35, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Please don't waste community time. ABC CLIO is not a respected publisher.  They allowed one of their authors to copy my Indian famines articles verbatim.  See here.  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  12:46, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * And as for your vaunted "OBO" please cite the book in cite book format here.  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  12:49, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * RSN is that-way. Applying a similar logic, multiple errors have been located in Britannica - shall we reject it? WP:RSP notes, Most editors prefer reliable secondary sources over the Encyclopædia Britannica when available.
 * OBO - the last O stands for online. "20th Century Genocides". In obo in International Relations, https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199743292/obo-9780199743292-0105.xml (accessed 11 Oct. 2021). is the Chicago citation. TrangaBellam (talk) 12:59, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

See You had never edited the article before. In you come galloping into the lead (see WP:Lead fixation) and stick in a controversial word per the most widely used modern history text on Pakistan. Did you add anything to the main body giving due weight to the different views. You did not. You are wasting community time. Fowler&amp;fowler «Talk»  13:15, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Weren't you keen on only citing tertiary sources? Shall I cite some secondary sources, now? Maybe, a different publication of Talbot? You need to provide references backing up the not-do-obvious claim about the cited work being the most widely used modern history text on Pakistan. GScholar shows 26 citations; in realty, it is around 5.
 * The Genocide Studies Program of Yale University notes the Bangaldesh Gencocide to be understudied. (My emphasis that this is different from contested or controversial, which they assign to other cases.) If I am not wrong, the Oxford Handbook follows a similar stance and probes into the reasons about this understudy.
 * The DeGruyter Introductory Reader on Genocide and Mass Violence in Asia finds 1971 to be a genocide. So, is it a non-tertiary source or is DeGruyter not a RS? TrangaBellam (talk) 13:22, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I have just examined the major undergraduate texts on South Asian history:
 * Not a peep is there anywhere about "genocide" in Bangladesh. A brutal military crackdown is not a genocide. You do not understand what due weight is.    You are welcome to start a discussion on a wider Wikipedia forum if you'd like. You'll waste more time.  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  13:30, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * This is strange but why are you consulting texts on India about this?
 * Do you plan to write the history of Pakistan using Kulke? Metcalf? Burton Stein? Maybe, you can tell me what commentary they have on Zia (or on any damn figure of Pakistan)? Or shall I go a bit back in time? Habbaris? Hindu Shahis?
 * It has been always a bone of discontent among scholars of S. Asia that all South Asian Studies Dept. are actually India Studies dept. You have taken that a bit too literally :)TrangaBellam (talk) 13:40, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Anyways, it is obvious that we are not convincing one another. Let us agree to disagree and wait for others. TrangaBellam (talk) 13:44, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Please read WP:TERTIARY which states, "Many introductory undergraduate-level textbooks are regarded as tertiary sources because they sum up multiple secondary sources. Policy: Reliable tertiary sources can be helpful in providing broad summaries of topics that involve many primary and secondary sources, and may be helpful in evaluating due weight, especially when primary or secondary sources contradict each other."
 * Please also note that three of the textbooks listed above are histories of South Asia, which includes both Pakistan and Bangladesh. Here is another South Asian History textbook which speaks pointedly to the matter of genocide:
 * And he is talking about the partition in which many, many more people were killed than in the Bangladesh liberation war and the brutal military crackdown that preceded it.  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  14:06, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Finally, a history of Bangladesh. The word "genocide" occurs in seven places.  Of these fives are in the extensive bibliography in the names of the listed publications. (Obviously, those don't count as we already know the use of "genocide" is controversial (from Talbot above) which means there are opinions pro and con.) One is in the first proclamation by the new Bangladesh government in 1971 (the text of a proclamation is a primary source).  That leaves one page.  Here is what the author says there:   That is hardly an endorsement of the fact of genocide by the author, only a report of international media using the word.  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  14:28, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Unless and until I cannot read, only one of the textbooks concerns S. Asia. The volume by Bose and Jalal. All of the rest centers on India even if discussing S. Asia, trivially.
 * If you have read Schendel carefully, you would see that he uses the word counter-genocide once. A few pages later, than the one you cited. In his own voice. What does that say about Schendel's views of Pakistan's activities in 1971? Shall I provide a link to him speaking at the book-launch interview on this particular aspect?
 * Why I am pointed to completely irrelevant sources about Partition? Genocide is not some competition of casualties, that there exists a bare minimum toll. If you want to discuss that (scholars like Talbot have covered it), some other talk page is more suitable. TrangaBellam (talk) 15:16, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Again WP:TERTIARY as it applies to textbooks is used to determine due weight, not Oxford Online links, not what an author says somewhere else, not what a hundred secondary sources say. Here are some more textbooks: You seem unable to understand that the textbooks written by major historians of South Asia: Barbara D. Metcalf, Thomas R. Metcalf, Burton Stein, Judith M. Brown, Ian Talbot, Hermann Kulke, Dietmar Rothermund, Sugata Bose, Ayesha Jalal, Gurharpal Singh, ... do talk about a brutal military crackdown against the nationalists, but do not use the word "genocide." Anyway, I'll keep adding the sources to get a sense of the lay of the land for my own satisfaction.  I'm not really conversing with you hereafter, so please do not feel obliged to make recondite connections.  Best regards,  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  16:29, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * And he is talking about the partition in which many, many more people were killed than in the Bangladesh liberation war and the brutal military crackdown that preceded it.  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  14:06, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Finally, a history of Bangladesh. The word "genocide" occurs in seven places.  Of these fives are in the extensive bibliography in the names of the listed publications. (Obviously, those don't count as we already know the use of "genocide" is controversial (from Talbot above) which means there are opinions pro and con.) One is in the first proclamation by the new Bangladesh government in 1971 (the text of a proclamation is a primary source).  That leaves one page.  Here is what the author says there:   That is hardly an endorsement of the fact of genocide by the author, only a report of international media using the word.  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  14:28, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Unless and until I cannot read, only one of the textbooks concerns S. Asia. The volume by Bose and Jalal. All of the rest centers on India even if discussing S. Asia, trivially.
 * If you have read Schendel carefully, you would see that he uses the word counter-genocide once. A few pages later, than the one you cited. In his own voice. What does that say about Schendel's views of Pakistan's activities in 1971? Shall I provide a link to him speaking at the book-launch interview on this particular aspect?
 * Why I am pointed to completely irrelevant sources about Partition? Genocide is not some competition of casualties, that there exists a bare minimum toll. If you want to discuss that (scholars like Talbot have covered it), some other talk page is more suitable. TrangaBellam (talk) 15:16, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Again WP:TERTIARY as it applies to textbooks is used to determine due weight, not Oxford Online links, not what an author says somewhere else, not what a hundred secondary sources say. Here are some more textbooks: You seem unable to understand that the textbooks written by major historians of South Asia: Barbara D. Metcalf, Thomas R. Metcalf, Burton Stein, Judith M. Brown, Ian Talbot, Hermann Kulke, Dietmar Rothermund, Sugata Bose, Ayesha Jalal, Gurharpal Singh, ... do talk about a brutal military crackdown against the nationalists, but do not use the word "genocide." Anyway, I'll keep adding the sources to get a sense of the lay of the land for my own satisfaction.  I'm not really conversing with you hereafter, so please do not feel obliged to make recondite connections.  Best regards,  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  16:29, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Why I am pointed to completely irrelevant sources about Partition? Genocide is not some competition of casualties, that there exists a bare minimum toll. If you want to discuss that (scholars like Talbot have covered it), some other talk page is more suitable. TrangaBellam (talk) 15:16, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Again WP:TERTIARY as it applies to textbooks is used to determine due weight, not Oxford Online links, not what an author says somewhere else, not what a hundred secondary sources say. Here are some more textbooks: You seem unable to understand that the textbooks written by major historians of South Asia: Barbara D. Metcalf, Thomas R. Metcalf, Burton Stein, Judith M. Brown, Ian Talbot, Hermann Kulke, Dietmar Rothermund, Sugata Bose, Ayesha Jalal, Gurharpal Singh, ... do talk about a brutal military crackdown against the nationalists, but do not use the word "genocide." Anyway, I'll keep adding the sources to get a sense of the lay of the land for my own satisfaction.  I'm not really conversing with you hereafter, so please do not feel obliged to make recondite connections.  Best regards,  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  16:29, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

F&f's undergraduate textbooks on South Asian history describing the Bangladesh civil war
WP:TERTIARY states, "Many introductory undergraduate-level textbooks are regarded as tertiary sources because they sum up multiple secondary sources. Policy: Reliable tertiary sources can be helpful in providing broad summaries of topics that involve many primary and secondary sources, and may be helpful in evaluating due weight, especially when primary or secondary sources contradict each other." Here is a list of the most widely-read books on the history of South Asia. Please do not add your own here, though you are welcome to add them in the discussion section.


 * And he is talking about the partition in which many, many more people were killed than in the Bangladesh liberation war and the brutal military crackdown that preceded it.
 * And he is talking about the partition in which many, many more people were killed than in the Bangladesh liberation war and the brutal military crackdown that preceded it.
 * And he is talking about the partition in which many, many more people were killed than in the Bangladesh liberation war and the brutal military crackdown that preceded it.
 * And he is talking about the partition in which many, many more people were killed than in the Bangladesh liberation war and the brutal military crackdown that preceded it.
 * And he is talking about the partition in which many, many more people were killed than in the Bangladesh liberation war and the brutal military crackdown that preceded it.
 * And he is talking about the partition in which many, many more people were killed than in the Bangladesh liberation war and the brutal military crackdown that preceded it.
 * And he is talking about the partition in which many, many more people were killed than in the Bangladesh liberation war and the brutal military crackdown that preceded it.
 * And he is talking about the partition in which many, many more people were killed than in the Bangladesh liberation war and the brutal military crackdown that preceded it.

Fowler&amp;fowler «Talk»  12:54, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Discussion
Wont be possible as per WP:OWN.....its why the article has such a big accsibilty problem. Moxy - 23:19, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * You mean someone with no edit in the Pakistan article can come galloping in with guns blazing and stick "genocide" in the lead when it is not mentioned in the lead of the Bangladesh article where the violence occurred I'm supposed to say, "Well done" and hand them a barnstar? Please don't make silly remarks Moxy, you should know better. The funny thing is that the editor is a fine editor otherwise; not sure what prompted this. Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  00:04, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Your great at belittling people and is why people simply give up in trying to help the article. Would be great if the article was accessible to all but that's simply not the  case here. Moxy -Maple Leaf (Pantone).svg 03:00, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not belittling anyone, only promoting due weight, which people don't like to wrack their brains over because it means reading basic texts, not the fancy fly by night stuff; and it means paraphrasing with the big picture in mind which most people in Wikipedia do not care to do. I have enough FAC experience to know that. I'm the one who is patiently compiling the sources everywhere (nothing up my sleeve) by hard work. No fancy buzz words.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  03:25, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 21 October 2021
I strongly suggest changing the description of Pakistan's shared border of Afghanistan from "to the West" to "to the North"—I believe it is more accurate to describe that border as a Northern one (or North-East), and perhaps also to say Pakistan borders Iran "to the West", rather than "to the South-West". Mute0O0 (talk) 07:19, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. I think the descriptions are correct, after reviewing a map. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:18, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 30 October 2021
PSEDITS (talk) 07:48, 30 October 2021 (UTC) Please make me able to edit Protected Pages
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you. DigitalChutney (talk) 08:51, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 November 2021
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. It is a country in three regions: Central Asia, which engulfs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Northern Balochistan; Middle East, which encompasses Southern Balochistan and; South Asia, which encircles the regions of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Sindh. 203.82.53.115 (talk) 15:01, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Please provide reliable sources that support your changes. --RegentsPark (comment) 15:48, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 17 November 2021
Pakistan as a Republic.Pakistan constitution changes and now Republic of Pakistan. 202.69.11.190 (talk) 20:00, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:25, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Edit suggestion
Dr Abdulslam was not a Muslim scientist he was Ahmadi. He should be written Ahmadi instead of Muslim. 27.255.58.60 (talk) 23:46, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 29 November 2021
2A00:23C7:CA09:2B01:D6D:CBA1:EC7E:6D77 (talk) 17:25, 29 November 2021 (UTC) Can you add Pashto to official languages as half of Pakistan are Pashtuns?
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:44, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 1 Dec 2021
Gilgit-Baltistan has been given the status of a province. Pakistan now has five provinces. Please update the article to reflect this. [reference] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.162.187.138 (talk) 15:52, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * The cited source says that this is a proposal and hasn't yet happened. --RegentsPark (comment) 16:11, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

Republic of Pakistan-Secular
Jinnah the leader of Pakistan also wants secularism and liberalism in this country we as a nation have different religions with 70% muslims 15% hinduism 10% christianity and 5% others religious minorities.Due to some politicians,this made pakistan constitution totally change which should be never happend.Pakistan is secular and remain secular always. Kianaamhatumhara (talk) 19:47, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 4 December 2021
Our Pakistan is a secular state where many religions live due to some extremists politicians Constitution of pakistan changed.Our jinnah was also want secular and liberal pakistan but due to extremists it not happened.But we are secular and our name is Republic of Pakistan. Kianaamhatumhara (talk) 19:51, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Republic of pakistan secular state Kianaamhatumhara (talk) 19:52, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:08, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

RfC for map
Pakistan claimed the former Princely States of Junagarh and Manavadar and the entire territory and water bodies that fall in the Sir Creek region in the westernmost part of India in its new political map released in 2020.

The claiming of Junagarh and Manavadar is not new. See a 1960 stamp, for example.

The was updated accordingly to depict these "claimed regions". But there has been edit-warring, and a user has suggested to gain consensus for the change.

So, should we add these "claimed regions" to the map?  Peter Ormond &#128172;  17:00, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * A clearer map can be found in "In landmark move, PM Imran unveils 'new political map' of Pakistan," Dawn, August 4, 2020. Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  22:54, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Survey

 * Yes, as they are claimed by Pakistan. That is literally what the map is supposed to show. Showing that they have claimed the area does not make a judgement on if the claim is legitimate, it simply reports the fact that it is claimed. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:48, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * No Kashmir is different. It is the oldest dispute before the United Nations.  The major powers consider it to be disputed. The reliable academic sources do.  I won't bother with parading them here, but you can look at any of the articles on the region or its major subdivisions (Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir, Aksai Chin).  They all have the CIA map by an India-Pakistan consensus. Junagadh was not of importance to Pakistan; its government never protested India's annexation with even a lukewarm zeal.  No international map shows the Gir National Park, for example,  formerly in Junagadh state to be in a region of Indian administration, but not sovereignty.  All major power consider the entire peninsula of Kathiawar to be sovereign Indian territory.  I'm perplexed by this RfC.  You don't seriously think that had it any merit it would have appeared already in the 15 years I've been watching the India-Pakistan disputes? This does not have a snowball's chance in hell. A waste of time it is.  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  21:29, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * PS I should add that Pakistan, especially Jinnah was reticent about making a big to-do about Pakistan's claim to Junagadh (or the more distant one to Hyderabad) on the basis of a minority Muslim ruler's choice in a vastly Hindu state because, like Kashmir's claim by India, it went against the spirit of the Partition. As many third-party historians have remarked, had the overwhelmingly Muslim Kashmir valley been a province of British India (i.e. had the British not palmed it off for pennies after the Anglo-Sikh War to an inconsequential Hindu Raja of Jammu), it would have gone lock stock and barrel to Pakistan by the logic of the Partition (on the basis of district-wise Muslim and non-Muslim majorities).  Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  23:23, 1 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Comment Has this been discussed before (see WP:RFCBEFORE)--RegentsPark (comment) 22:21, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * No We use balance of WP:THIRDPARTY sources for everything, including maps. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 22:29, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * No The caption does not say anything about “claims”. It just purports to be a map of Pakistan on the orthographic projection. The description explains dark green to be areas under governmental control, leaving the reader to infer whatever about the remainder of the map. Tendentious and not useful. Strebe (talk) 16:59, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment. This orthographic map is part of the standard green and grey globe maps. The conventions for these maps, seen at WikiProject Maps/Conventions/Orthographic maps and widely used throughout en.wiki and elsewhere, are to include claims of sovereignty in light green if those territories are not controlled. If there are serious claims, they should be shown. The question at hand is, are the Junagadh claims serious? They're certainly not as referenced as the Kashmir ones. The MOFA website has a tab called "Jammu and Kashmir dispute", but no other dispute. The foreign policy highlights include "Safeguarding national security and geo-strategic interests, including Kashmir" only. While the claim did appear on the recent map, I am leaning towards not including them on the map, a position of great prominence, unless it can be shown that the claim actually has this prominence for Pakistan. CMD (talk) 17:43, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * No Commenting since I was involved in the Commons discussion. As mentioned by the RfC opener, more than half a century old dispute with no heft or international cartographic posturing. Gotitbro (talk) 01:08, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment As said above we can realistically assume that the claim to Junagadh, while Pakistan do still claim it is less serious than their claim to Kashmir due to going against the two nation theory. Personally I would exclude it from the main map but maybe have a separate map for the individual section where it talks about the claim to Junagadh. CreativeNorth (talk) 17:05, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * No to the main map, by the weight of the 3rd party sources. Yes to including their map in the specific body section covering the Kashmir conflict, labeled and described accurately as their claim, which is disputed. Fieari (talk) 07:25, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 January 2022
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 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.Kpddg  (talk)  08:15, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

Islamabad (Federal Capital/Islamabad Capital Territory )
Islamabad (/ɪzˈlɑːməbæd/ (About this soundlisten);[8] Urdu: اسلام آباد, romanized: Islām Ābād) is the capital city of Pakistan, and is administered by the Pakistani federal government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. It is the ninth-largest city in Pakistan, while the larger Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area is the country's third-largest with a population of about 4.1 million people.[5] Built as a planned city in the 1960s to replace Karachi as Pakistan's capital, Islamabad is noted for its high standards of living,[9] safety,[10] and abundant greenery.[11]

The master plan for the city was designed by Greek architect Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis and divides the city into eight zones, including administrative, diplomatic enclave, residential areas, educational and industrial sectors, commercial areas, as well as rural and green areas which are administered by the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation with support from the Capital Development Authority. Islamabad is known for the presence of several parks and forests, including the Margalla Hills National Park and the Shakarparian.[12] It is home to several landmarks, with the most notable one being the Faisal Mosque, the largest mosque in South Asia[13] and the fifth-largest in the world. Other landmarks include the Pakistan National Monument and the Democracy Square.[14][15][16]

Islamabad is a Gamma+ city as rated by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.[17] It has the highest cost of living in Pakistan, and its populace is dominated by middle and upper middle class citizens.[9][18]

The city is home to twenty universities, including Bahria University, Quaid-e-Azam University, PIEAS, COMSATS University and NUST.[19] The city is rated as one of the safest in Pakistan, and has an expansive RFID-enabled surveillance system with almost 2000 active CCTV cameras.[10][20][|Source] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mqesar (talk • contribs) 08:46, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 28 August 2018 and 22 December 2018. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Stephan Keller.

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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 20 January 2022
Hello, I wanted to update the data for Pakistan’s economy. The Wikipedia article still shows it as 200 something billion USD, which is false. Pakistan’s economy grew and passed 300 Billion USD quite some time ago and the latest data puts it at 346.76 Billion USD and GDP per capita at 1,666 USD. Here is a tweet of a Pakistani minister on that matter. His name is “Asad Umar” and he tweeted on 20th January: “NAC approved revised estimate of GDP growth for 2020-21. The growth in 2020-21 was 5.37%. This is the 2nd highest growth in last 14 years. Higher growth versus provisional estimates which were based on jul-mar numbers, was mainly due to very strong industrial growth in apr-jun.” Also for reference, here is an article from “Buisness Recorder” Link to the article: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40148585--AliHasnainBB (talk) 17:19, 20 January 2022 (UTC) I hope this request can be accepted and we can bring the latest figures of Pakistans robust economic growth to ALL Wikipedia users… Thankyou! Click here to read the Business Recorder Article AliHasnainBB (talk) 17:19, 20 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: We need tertiary sources; thanks. TrangaBellam (talk) 17:33, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Pakistan GDP
Pakistan's nominal GDP is 435 Billion Dollars as from your source : Economy of Pakistan And Its PPP GDP is 1.36 Trillion $ 39.52.154.85 (talk) 14:09, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

GDP Rank Correction
Pakistan nominal GDP rank is 37th please mention it. 39.52.154.85 (talk) 01:51, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 22 January 2022
Pakistan’s GDP for the year 2021 is $347bn instead of $296bn.

Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1670673 39.51.249.106 (talk) 13:28, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅. Heartmusic678 (talk) 14:10, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

(talk) News media is not a reliable source stats must come from UN or world bank. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shark2433086 (talk • contribs) 04:46, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

GDP
Source for GDP is not accurate. News media is not a reliable source. Please change it to a more reliable source such as UN or World Bank — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shark2433086 (talk • contribs) 04:48, 10 February 2022 (UTC)