Pakistan, a History Report

Pakistan, A report

The Binori town mosque, the largest Sunni deobandi educational institution in Pakistan. Its head mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai was the man behind the Taliban. The mosque was established in 1954.

Pakistan first entered the nuclear arena in March 1956, with the creation of the Atomic energy council, which was a governing board, and the Pakistan Atomic energy commission, PAEC.

In 1960 to 1961 the Pakistan institute of nuclear science and technology PINSTECH was completed in Rawalpindi and in 1963 a 5 megawatt light water research reactor was installed there.

In May 1965 Canada agreed to provide a nuclear power plant to be located in Karachi called the Karachi nuclear power project KANUPP.

The Saudi Arabian air force had secretly provided air cover for Karachi during Pakistan's 1971 war with India.

In 1971 there were only 900 Madrassas in all of Pakistan.

After assuming control of the Pakistani government in December 1971 Bhutto placed the nuclear program under his direct control.

A heavy water natural uranium KANUPP reactor was completed in 1972.

On 20 January 1972 Bhutto secretly met with some of Pakistan's top scientists and nuclear aides in Multan, he told them he wanted an atomic bomb.

In March 1973 Pakistan and France's Saint Gobain Nucleaire signed a contract for the basic design for a large reprocessing plant.

1974, Hekmatyar created Hezb-e-Islami (Islamic party) made up of mainly ethnic Pashtuns and he forged close ties with Pakistan's ISI.

Massoud stuck by Rabbani in Jamaat-e-Islami (Islamic society) which was mainly ethnic Tajiks.

A second contract was signed in October 1974 with France's Saint Gobain Nucleaire. The facility was to be located at Chashma, 120 miles southwest of Islamabad in the north central part of Pakistan. Pakistan had several reactors that might provide material for reprocessing into fissile material despite being under IAEA safeguards. A 500 megawatt reactor was planned, the Chashma reprocessing facility.