West Pakistan
- proper noun
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Pakistán Occidental
- Many scholars blame East Pakistan for the way of federalism and its adjustment with West Pakistan (Ahmad S. J., 1990).
- East and West Pakistan
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It was a problem for the leaders how to distribute the seats for the representatives in the units, either on an equality basis or on a population basis, because East Pakistan was composed of one single province, Bengal, and its population was greater than the rest of the four provinces of West Pakistan.
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In 1947, the region now known as Pakistan was divided into two parts: East Pakistan and West Pakistan.
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The geographical separation of East and West Pakistan, poor communication, and lack of political, economic, and trade activities caused serious problems in adopting a federal system.
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According to 1951 data, there were 7.2 million refugees in West Pakistan and 7.5 million refugees in East Pakistan.
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East Pakistan (Bengal) population was 55 percent of the total population of Pakistan, and West Pakistan population was 45 percent of the total.
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In 1973, the constitution stated that West Pakistan is to be known as Pakistan because East Pakistan (Bengal) had been separated.
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The distribution of seats between East and West Pakistan was a problem because East Pakistan had a larger population (55%) and less area, while West Pakistan had a smaller population (45%) and a larger area.
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The distribution of seats between East and West Pakistan was a problem because East Pakistan had a larger population (55%) and less area, while West Pakistan had a smaller population (45%) and a larger area.
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Eighty thousand (80,000) members were included in UC (Union Council), which were elected by civilians, forty thousand (40,000) each from East and West Pakistan.
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Choudhry Muhammad Ali Bogra presented a unique formula in 1955, known as the one unit system, in which West Pakistan's four provinces were declared as one unit and East Pakistan (Bengal) was declared as the second unit.
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Synonyms
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A country in South Asia on the Indus River, created in 1947
A country in South Asia that is a Muslim republic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase simply combines the directional element 'west' with the country name 'Pakistan' to mean the western part/region of Pakistan, so a B1 learner who knows both words can derive the core geographic sense. The specific historical timeframe (1947–1971) is additional encyclopedic information but does not affect the compositional transparency; compass-direction + country constructions are cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
West Pakistan is a name that uses West to mean the 'western part' and Pakistan for the country after the 1947 split, when the nation had two far-apart parts separated by India. So, West Pakistan referred to the western region that existed from 1947 to 1971 and became the territory we now call Pakistan.