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UKWest pakistan
/wˈɛst pˈakɪstˌan/
/wˈɛst pˈækɪstˌæn/West pakistan
[NOUN]1
a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
Examples
1. They want to migrate to West Pakistan.
2. At that time, Pakistan was split into two separate territories, East and West Pakistan, separated by Northern India.
3. The provinces of Punjab and Bengal became the geographically separated East and West Pakistan.
4. There was a movement for independence from what was then West Pakistan and is now just Pakistan.
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