given_name muhammad bhola
The Commonwealth Games ( known as the British Empire Games from 1930  1950 , the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954  1966 , and British Commonwealth Games from 1970  1974 ) is ___MASK56___ international , multi - sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations . The event was first held in 1930 , and , with the exception of 1942 and 1946 , which were cancelled due to World War II , has taken place every four years since then . ___MASK56___ Islamic republic is the name given to several states in countries ruled by Islamic laws , including the Islamic Republics of Pakistan , Iran , Afghanistan , and Mauritania . Pakistan first adopted the title under the constitution of 1956 . Mauritania adopted it on 28 November 1958 . Iran adopted it after the 1979 Iranian Revolution that overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty . Afghanistan adopted it in 1992 ( in 1996  2001 the Taliban was ruling as ___MASK56___ Islamic emirate ( monarchy )) upon Jamiat - e Islami seizing capital Kabul from the Communists . Despite the similar name the countries differ greatly in their governments and laws . Western ___MASK70___ , West ___MASK70___ , Southwestern ___MASK70___ or Southwest ___MASK70___ is the westernmost subregion of ___MASK70___ . The concept is in limited use , as it significantly overlaps with the Middle East ( or Near East ), the main difference being the exclusion of Egypt ( which would be counted as part of North Africa ). The term is sometimes used for the purposes of grouping countries in statistics . The Wakhan Corridor ( alternatively Vakhan Corridor , or Wakhan ) is the narrow strip of territory in northeastern Afghanistan that extends to ___MASK43___ and separates Tajikistan from Pakistan . The corridor , wedged between the Pamirs to the north and the Karakoram range to the south , is about long and wide . Afghanistan ( Pashto / Dari : , " Afnistn "), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan , is a landlocked country located within South ___MASK70___ and Central ___MASK70___ . It has a population of approximately 32 million , making it the 42nd most populous country in the world . It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east ; Iran in the west ; Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , and Tajikistan in the north ; and ___MASK43___ in the far northeast . Its territory covers , making it the 41st largest country in the world . ___MASK43___ , officially the People ' s Republic of ___MASK43___ ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of ___MASK43___ , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . ___MASK43___ is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . ___MASK15___ (' ;) is a religion articulated by the Quran , a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God ('), and , for the vast majority of adherents , the teachings and normative example ( called the " sunnah ", composed of accounts called " hadith ") of ___MASK1___ ( 570  8 June 632 CE ). It is the world ' s second - largest religion and the fastest - growing major religion in the world , with over 1 . 7 billion followers or 23 % of the global population , known as Muslims . ___MASK15___ is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion that upholds that God is one and incomparable and that the purpose of existence is to worship God . Muslims consider ___MASK1___ to be the last prophet of God . The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held in ___MASK2___ , in the province of British Columbia in Canada , from 18 to 28 August 1994 . Tajikistan (, or ), officially the Republic of Tajikistan (" Çumhuriji Toçikiston "), is a mountainous , landlocked country in Central ___MASK70___ with an estimated 8 million people in 2013 , and an area of . It is bordered by Afghanistan to the south , Uzbekistan to the west , Kyrgyzstan to the north , and ___MASK43___ to the east . Pakistan ___MASK17___ to the south , separated by the narrow Wakhan Corridor . Traditional homelands of Tajik people included present - day Tajikistan , Afghanistan and Uzbekistan . ___MASK66___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK66___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South ___MASK70___ . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; ___MASK43___ , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK66___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK66___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Muhammed Bhola is a wrestler from Pakistan . He competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games , where he won a bronze medal for wrestling in the Men ' s Middleweight class . ___MASK10___ (, also , ; ' ), also known as Persia , officially the Islamic Republic of ___MASK10___ (' ), is a sovereign state in Western ___MASK70___ . It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia , the " de facto " Nagorno - Karabakh Republic , and Azerbaijan ; to the north by the Caspian Sea ; to the northeast by Turkmenistan ; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan ; to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman ; and to the west by Turkey and Iraq . Comprising a land area of , it is the second - largest country in the Middle East and the 18th - largest in the world . With 82 . 8 million inhabitants , ___MASK10___ is the world ' s 17th - most - populous country . It is the only country with both a Caspian Sea and an Indian Ocean coastline . The country ' s central location in Eurasia and Western ___MASK70___ , and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz , make it of great geostrategic importance . Tehran is the country ' s capital and largest city , as well as its leading economic center . The Arabian Sea is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan and ___MASK10___ , on the west by northeastern Somalia and the Arabian Peninsula , and on the east by India . Historically the sea has been known by other names including the Erythraean Sea and the Persian Sea . Its total area is and its maximum depth is . The Gulf of Aden is in the southwest , connecting the Arabian Sea to the ___MASK40___ Sea through the strait of Bab - el - Mandeb , and the Gulf of Oman is in the northwest , connecting it to the Persian Gulf . Central ___MASK70___ or Middle ___MASK70___ is the core region of the Asian continent and stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to ___MASK43___ in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north . It is also colloquially referred to as " the ' stans " ( as the six countries generally considered to be within the region all have names ending with the Persian suffix "- stan ", meaning " land of ") and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian continent . The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Makran or Sea of Oman (" aldj Umn "; in Balochi :    in " Khaleej Oman ") is a strait ( and not ___MASK56___ actual gulf ) that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz , which then runs to the Persian Gulf . It borders Pakistan and Iran on the north , Oman on the south , and the United Arab Emirates on the west . Oman (; ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman , is ___MASK56___ Arab country on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula . Holding a strategically important position at the mouth of the Persian Gulf , the nation is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest , Saudi Arabia to the west , and Yemen to the southwest , and shares marine borders with Iran and Pakistan . The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the southeast and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast . The Madha and Musandam exclaves are surrounded by the UAE on their land borders , with the Strait of Hormuz ( which it shares with Iran ) and Gulf of Oman forming Musandam ' s coastal boundaries . South ___MASK70___ or Southern ___MASK70___ is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent , which comprises the sub - Himalayan SAARC countries and , for some authorities , adjoining countries to the west and east . Topographically , it is dominated by the Indian Plate , which rises above sea level as Nepal and northern parts of India situated south of the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush . South ___MASK70___ is bounded on the south by the Indian Ocean and on land ( clockwise , from west ) by West ___MASK70___ , Central ___MASK70___ , East ___MASK70___ , and Southeast ___MASK70___ . A parliamentary republic is a republic that operates under a parliamentary system of government where the executive branch ( the government ) derives its legitimacy from and is accountable to the legislature ( the parliament ). There ___MASK88___ a number of variations of parliamentary republics . Most have a clear differentiation between the head of government and the head of state , with the head of government holding real power , much like constitutional monarchies . Some have combined the roles of head of state and head of government , much like presidential systems , but with a dependency upon parliamentary power . Pakistan ( or ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan , is a federal parliamentary republic in South ___MASK70___ on crossroads of Central ___MASK70___ and Western ___MASK70___ . It is the sixth - most populous country with a population exceeding 200 million people . It is the 36th largest country in the world in terms of area with an area covering . Pakistan has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east , Afghanistan to the west , Iran to the southwest and ___MASK43___ in the far northeast respectively . It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan ' s narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north , and also shares a maritime border with Oman . British Columbia ( BC ) is the westernmost province of Canada , with a population of more than four million people located between the Pacific Ocean and the ___MASK64___ Mountains . British Columbia is also a component of the Pacific Northwest and the Cascadia bioregion , along with the U . ___MASK16___ states of Idaho , Oregon , ___MASK63___ and Alaska .