Geographical Importance of Pakistan PAKISTAN GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATION: Location: Southern Asia lies between 24 and 36.75 northern latitude and between 61 and 7505 eastern longitude. Area: 7‚ 96000 sq.km. Towards north apart from the state of Kashmir is china. It shares 400 km long boarder with china. Towards north Tajikistan though no boarder but a narrow strip as Wahkhan strip separate the two. Towards east‚ Punjab-Rajasthan boarders which is 1650 km long Towards west‚ Afghanistan and
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to view China as its most strategic ally in counterbalancing India‚ and to some extent the US. China will also have an inherent stake in shoring Pakistan’s political and military stability in terms of its long-term security interests in the South‚ Central and Western Asian region‚ and checking the rising presence and power profile of the US. Withstanding all strains and pressures in the relationship‚ Sino-Pak friendship will endure in the foreseeable future. 2. As staunch allies and strategic partners
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Book Review: 台灣與亞太之政治經濟:秩序、定位、挑戰與出路/ The Political Economy of Taiwan and Asia-Pacific: Order‚ Positions‚ Challenges and the Future. Jenn-Jaw Soong: The Political Economy of Taiwan and Asia-Pacific: Order‚ Positions‚ Challenges and the Future: Strait Academics‚ Taipei‚ May. 2004‚ First edition‚ 366 Pages‚ Paperback. $300 NTD. ISBN: 957-2040-86-3. In “The Political Economy of Taiwan and Asia-Pacific: Order‚ Positions‚ Challenges and the Future”‚ J. J‚ Soong applies theories in International Political
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people wishing and striving hard to enter into the 21st century as equal partners in the community of the different developed nations. During the last 20 years Pakistan’s economy has been one of the fastest growing in the world-the seventh fastest in Asia (www.forisb.org/fpolicy). Pakistan’s economy has been becoming large on a worldwide scale‚ with the annual gross domestic product growing at more than six percent a year. It is now a member of the Economic Cooperation Organization‚ and the South
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Introduction: Southwest Asia or Middle East‚ geographic and cultural region located in southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa. The geopolitical term Middle East‚ first coined in 1902 by United States naval officer Alfred Thayer Mahan‚ originally referred to the Asian region south of the Black Sea between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and India to the east. The first civilizations of the Middle East‚ which grew in the valleys of the Nile‚ Tigris‚ and Euphrates rivers‚ are among the oldest
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traditions continue to garner increasing international attention. Cooking classes‚ both formal and included in home stays‚ is a favorite activity among foreign visitors. India’s broad culinary culture reflects influences of Persian‚ Middle Eastern‚ Central Asian and Southeast Asian cuisines. India is home to a multidimensional and eclectic mix of cultures resulting in a variety of food traditions. There is no single dish that represents the country; rather‚ Indian culinary traditions vary greatly from
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This was an area of Eurasia that included the Caucasians including Azerbaijan‚ the central Asia steppes including Uzbekistan‚ Turkmenistan‚ Tajikistan‚ and Afghanistan‚ the...valley of the Indus or that area between India and Pakistan‚ andthe southern Ukraine with the lower Danube and Bulgaria. Scholars regard the Scythians as an Iranian nomadic peoples peaking several languages but mostly Iranian (or Parsi which later became Farsi). Scythians have left important ethnological markers
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birth to a female they were shunned upon * Not allowed to go anywhere without permission * Women were seen as inferior | Travel and Trade | * Traded silk‚ porcelain and tea * Trade to show off China’s wealth and power * Traded with West Asia and Europe along the silk route * Brought goods back from exotic places visited | * Gold and salt trade * Huge caravans regularly crossed the Sahara desert. * Timbuktu and Goa became large commercial centres of these routes | * Export
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Each year millions of helpless animals are exported to many different places in the globe to be ready for slaughter. Sheep‚ goats and cattle are exported live to parts of the Middle east and South East Asia. These countries have little or no animal welfare laws and therefore the animals are treated and killed inhumanely. Many animals die on route. Most animals that are slaughtered overseas have their throat cut while still fully conscious which means they die a very painful death. Australia is the
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will descend on Japan for the Soccer World Cup next summer‚ when it plays co-host with Korea. What they’ll find there is the epicenter of Asia’s youth‚ media‚ and fashion culture: the place and people who decide what’s chic and what’s hip for much of Asia. Even trends from America and Europe are filtered through Japan‚ and its capital‚ Tokyo‚ first. Japanese brands like Nintendo‚ Sega‚ Sony‚ "Hello Kitty‚" "Pokemon‚" and "Purikura" are the brands of choice for Asian teens. And pop culture phenomena
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