West Pakistan

noun

1. a former province of British Pakistan, separated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) by N India: declared independence as Republic of Pakistan 1956.

West Pakistan

noun

1. See Pakistan
   the former name (until the end of 1971) of Pakistan

Example Sentences

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

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

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To the left was West Pakistan, where they ruled, and spoke Urdu, and wrote in an alphabet that flowed like water under wind.

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