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Al-Huda International (http://www.alhudapk.com)
Al-Huda International Welfare Foundation is a registered NGO which is
active in the promotion of Islamic education and welfare in Pakistan
since 1994. They have an ‘Institute of Islamic Education for Women’, a
daily morning talk show, a publications division, as well as several social
welfare projects such as a marriage bureau, educational sponsorships, crisis
help call, guidance and counseling, as well as several other projects.
Baluchi (http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/ehrafe/cultureDescription.do?owc=AT02)
The Baluchi are predominantly Sunni Muslim, seminomadic pastoralists, whose homelands in south
central Asia straddle the Iran-Pakistan border and include a small portion
of southern Afghanistan.
This file on the Baluchi consists of one article
that contains information on the history, settlement patterns, economy,
kinship, marriage, family, sociopolitical organization, and religion of the
Baluchi cultural.
Country
Profile: Pakistan (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/country_profiles/1157960.stm)
Run by the British Broadcasting Corporation, this web page provides basic
information about Pakistan
including its population, exports, religion, leaders, and media.
Iqbal, Poet-philosopher
of Pakistan (http://www.allamaiqbal.com/)
Presents a wide range of information on the prominent poet, philosopher,
and statesman Iqbal. Features a biography of his
life, discussions of his major literary works and political accomplishments,
and the Iqbal
Academy Pakistan, which aims to
"promote and disseminate the study and understanding of the works and
teachings of Allama Iqbal."
Includes lists of publications, links to online resources, and select
articles form the Academy's journal "Iqbal
Review."
Islam in Pakistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Pakistan)
Islam is
the official religion of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. In the 2007 census,
it found 97% of the total population was Muslim. The estimated population
of Muslims of Pakistan in 2009 is 175,376,000. Pakistan
has the second largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia.
The Middle East North
Africa Internet resource guide (http://home.utah.edu/~jwr9311/MENA.html)
Provides links to Internet resources about the Middle East and North Africa.
Pakistan Link (http://www.pakistanlink.com/)
Presents "Pakistan Link," published weekly in Los Angeles, California
by Bizlink, International, Inc. Includes news,
features, and commentaries on such topics as religion and health.
Pakistan People's Party (PPP). (http://www.ppp.org.pk/)
Features the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), based in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Highlights the creed of the PPP, including Islam as the faith, democracy
for politics, and socialism for the economy. Discusses the history of PPP,
human rights abuses, party leadership, and related news.
Pakistan:
The Land of the Pure (http://www.uh.edu/~sriaz/pakistan/)
Kamran Riaz presents information on Pakistan. This information
covers such topics as the population, life expectancy, religions,
languages, exports, imports, industries, and defense forces of the country.
Riaz also offers details on Pakistan's
art and culture, education, and travel, as well as Web sites on the
country's education, sports, and religion.
Pamir
peoples (http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/ehrafe/cultureDescription.do?owc=RO03)
The Pamir peoples live in one of the highest mountain ranges in the world,
the western Pamir
Mountains in the
Mountain-Badakhshan District of Tajikistan. The Pamirians are an ethnic subgroup of the Tajiks and include various named groups, some of whom
live in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The dialects of these groups are mostly mutually unintelligible. Western
Iranian Farsi of India and the Dari language of Afghanistan are lingua francas. Grain and legume agriculture and animal
husbandry are the primary economic activities. The Pamirians
belong to the Isma'ili sect of Islam. This file
contains one document that was originally published in the Encyclopedia of
World Cultures, 1994. It is a cultural summary of the Pamir
peoples that includes information on their history, settlement patterns,
economy, kinship, marriage, family, sociopolitical organization, and
religion.
SARAI (http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/813)
Comprehensive list of links to resources about South Asia, including
libraries and bibliographical resources, electronic journals and
newspapers, directories of scholars and organizations, culture, language,
literature, religion, politics, etc. Includes regional pages for Bangladesh, Nepal,
Pakistan, India, Sri
Lanka, and Tibet.
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