Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da aka kafa shi a ranar 14 ga Agusta 1947, Dominion na Pakistan, kamar yadda Dominion na Indiya ke makwabtaka da ita, ba ta haɗa da masarautun ta ba, waɗanda sannu a hankali suka shiga cikin shekara mai zuwa. Matsayin al'ummar a matsayin masarautar tarayya a cikin Daular Burtaniya ya ƙare a 1956 tare da tsara Tsarin Mulki na Pakistan, wanda a hukumance ya kafa ƙasar a matsayin Jamhuriyar Musulunci ta Pakistan. Kundin tsarin mulki ya kuma raba al'ummar zuwa Yammacin Pakistan da Gabashin Pakistan, wanda har zuwa wannan lokacin ana gudanar da su a matsayin ƙungiya guda ɗaya duk da cewa sun kasance keɓaɓɓun wurare daban-daban. A shekara ta 1971, bayan yakin neman 'yanci tsakanin Sojojin Pakistan (wanda magoya bayan Gabashin Pakistan suka taimaka) da' yan tawayen kabilun Bengali da aka fi sani da Mukti Bahini, yankin Gabashin Pakistan ya rabu da kungiyar
tare da goyon bayan soja na Indiya don kafa Jamhuriyar Jama'ar Bangladesh mai zaman kanta.