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'''Pakistan''' was established in 1947 as a state for Muslims of colonial India. The driving force behind the movement for Pakistan was the educated Muslim in the Muslim minority states of United Province and Bombay Presidency, those of the Muslim majority areas such as [[Punjab region]], [[Sindh]] or [[Bengal]], parts of which eventually formed Pakistan were less enthusiastic and joined the cause of Pakistan in the last years before independence and partition. Its formation was based on the basis of Islamic nationalism. However, due to rampant corruption within the ranks of the government and bureaucracy, economic inequality between the country's two wings caused mainly by a lack of representative government and the government's indifference to the efforts of fierce ethno-nationalistic politicians like Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, colonial [[East Bengal]] (Eastern Pakistan) Civil war of and [[Partition of Pakistan]] the Bhola cyclone and the 1970 elections were the major factors, resulting in the formation of a new linguistic state of the [[People's Republic of Bangladesh]].

==Other parties, tribes and states==
*[[Image:Flag of the Balochistan Liberation Army.svg|22x20px|border]] [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Balochistan]]
** '''Rebel organization''': Balochistan Liberation Front, Balochistan Liberation Army
*[[Image:Flag of Balawaristan.png|22x20px|border]] [[Balawaristan]]
** '''Political party''': Gilgit Baltistan United Movement, Balawaristan National Front
** '''Proposed state''': Republic of Gilgit Baltistan
*[[Image:Flag of Sindhudesh.svg|22x20px|border]] [[Sindh]]
** '''Proposed state''': Sindhudesh
** '''Political movement''': Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz
*[[Image:FlagofWaziristan.png|22x20px|border]] [[Waziristan]]
** '''Political party''': [[Taliban]], [[al-Qaeda]]
** '''De facto state''': Islamic Emirate of Waziristan
*[[Image:Flag of Pakhtunistan.png|22x20px|border]] Pashtunistan
**A general idea, though there's no official party in either Pakistan and Afghanistan advocating this.
*[[File:Kashmir independent.svg|22x20px|border]] United [[Kashmir]] region (independent from both Indian and Pakistan)
** '''Rebel organization''': [[Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front]]


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