East Pakistan

noun

After independence, when East Pakistan established itself as Bangladesh, the new state gave itself a secular constitution.

If faith was indeed irrelevant in Pakistan, what exactly united West Pakistan with East Pakistan?

Bangladesh was East Pakistan at the time, geographically separated from West Pakistan by the vast expanse of India.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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