➢ Where is Chandka
Medical College in Larkana.
➢ Where are
artificial forest are bieng maintained in? Changa Manga,
➢ Which is
Pakistan's 2nd largest foreign exchange earner crop is? Rice.
➢ Ch. Rehmat Ali
coined word Pakistan in “Now or Never” pamphlet in 1933.
➢ C R formula
prepared by Rajagopalachari.
➢ When East
Pakistan separated from West Pakistan? 16th December 1971
➢ When the Simla
Accord was signed? July 3, 1972
➢ What is length of
Pakistan-India border? 1610 km
➢ After how many
years did Pakistan get her first constitution? 9 years
➢ When first
constitution of Pakistan was enforced? 23rd March 1956
➢ In which
constitution Bicameral Legislature was provided for the first time? 1973
➢ When did Pakistan
become member of United Nations? 30th Sep 1947
➢ Which country
opposed Pakistan's membership in United Nations? Afghanistan
➢ Neza e Sultan is an extinct volcano located in
Chagai District, Baluchistan, have deep resources of Sulfur.
➢ When zakat
ordinance promulgated? 20 June 1980
➢ “Pathway to
Pakistan” book was written by Ch khalique Zaman
➢ Fatima Jinnah
Joined AIML in 1937.
➢ Who prepared
Pirpur report? Raja Syed Mehdi (1938)
➢ When Qaid e Azam
met M.K Gandhi 1st time in 1916 Lucknow.
➢ Who is seceratry
of state for India in cabinet mission? Lord Pathetic Lawerance
➢ Share of Punjab
in Pakistan by area is 25.8%.
➢ Liaqar-Nehru Pact
on April 8, 1950.
➢ Mast Tawakli was
poet of Balochi language
➢ Kahuta Labortries
established in 1976.
➢ Pakistan joined
ILO on September 14, 1947.
➢ Nuclear power
plant in Pakistan was established in 1972 with help of Canada.
➢ Baba Farid is a
1st Punjabi poet.
➢ Durand line was
demacrated in 1893 which lies between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
➢ Pakistan’s first
missile is Hatf-I.
➢ Decimal system
introduced in Pakistan on 1st January 1961.
➢ Arya Samaaj was
founded in1875 by Dayananda Sarasvati.
➢ Muhammadan
Educational Conference was established in 1886 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
➢ Pakistan lies of
the tropic zone of North.
➢ Sardar Atta ullah
Mengal was the first Chief Minister of Balochistan from May 1972 to February
1973.
➢ Sir Francis Moody
was the first Governor of Punjab from August 1947 to August 1949.
➢ The first
Pakistani Postal stamp was issued in July 1948.
➢ Name of Governor
General after Nazim-ud-Din? Ghulam Muhammad.
➢ Real name of Tipu
Sultan was Fateh Ali.
➢ “Khaki Shadows”
book was written by K.M. Arif.
➢ Buddhist emperor
Ashoka belonged to Mauryan Dynasty.
➢ State of Kashmir
was purchased by Ghulab Singh for Rs.7.5 million.
➢ Kashf-al-Mahjoob
was written by Hazrat Ali Hajveri.
➢ “Fort William
College” was established at Calcutta (1600).
➢ Kingdom of
Khwarzim was destroyed in 1218-20 AD by Changaiz Khan.
➢ Fourteen Points was presented by Jinah on 28 March
1929 at Delhi.
➢ Pakistan’s first expedition land on Antarctica? On
January 15, 1991.
➢ First Provincial elections after establishment of
Pakistan were held in1951.
➢ First edition of Asar-us-Sanadid appeared in1846 by
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.
➢ Sir Syed Ahmad
Khan became Chief Judge In1846.
➢ Z.A.Bhutto wrote
the book “Great Tragedy”.
➢ Third Afghan War,
Afghanistan gained its independence in 1921.
➢ Afghanistan
gained its independence in 1921 under the leadership of Aman ul Allah.
➢ Afghanistan is
separated from Central Asia by Oxus River.
➢ Ghulam Muhammad
Barrage is also called Kotri Barrage; which is situated on river Indus.
➢ Cheif election
commissioner office term for 3years.
➢ Census is made
after once in a decade.
➢ Another name of
Hatf III missile is Gazdnavi.
➢ General Ayub khan
is the first elected President and Z.A Bhutto is the first elected PM of
Pakistan.
➢ Chaghi is the
biggest district and Kalaat is the largest Division of Pakistan.
➢ Hussain Shaheed
Suharwardi was the first Pakistani Prime Minister, who visited in china.
➢ Mother tongue of Quaid-e-Azam was Gujrati and the
professional qualification of Quaid-e-Azam was Bar at Law.
➢ Allama Iqbal qualified as PhD scholar from Munich
University, Germany.
➢ “Jinnah of
Pakistan” and “Zulfi of Pakistan” was written by Stanely Wolpert.
➢ Islamabad was
made capital in the year 1959.
➢ Radcliffe was a
lawyer by profession.
➢ Day of deliverance
was observed on 22 Dec. 1939.
➢ Sir Sikindar
Hayat was Chief Minister of Punjab in 1937
➢ Sardar Abdul
Qayyum Khan presented ‘Chenab Formula’ to resolve the Kashmir dispute.
➢ Dalhousie
introduced the principle of the Doctrine of Lapse.
➢ Abdus Salam was a Pakistani Physicist and Nobel
Prize Winner in 1979 in physics. What is his contribution to Physics? Interaction of Elementary Particles and weak
forces
➢ Habib Bank
provided 80 million loans for making 1st budget of Pakistan.
➢ Sher Shah’s real
name was Farid Khan.
➢ Nightingale
Florence (belongs to France) was a Nurse. (in creamin war)
➢ Pakistan won gold
medal for the first time in Olympics 1960.
➢ Babusar Pass
connects Abbotabad and Gilgit.
➢ Pakistan’s first
Constituent Assembly constituted on July 20, 1947.
➢ Saddat Dynasty
was founded by Khizar Khan in 1414.
➢ Baglihar Dam is
located in Doda district on river Chenab.
➢ The first airline
of Pakistan is Orient Airline.
➢ Senate of
Pakistan is consisting of 104 members after the 18th amendment.
➢ Dr. Zakir Hussain
was the first Muslim president of India
➢ The last day of
the Quaid-e-Azam was written by:Col. Illahi Bukhsh
➢ The largest
Agency of FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) by area is: South
Waziristan
➢ Under “Vision 2025”
WAPDA will construct SATPARA Dam on Indus river in:Northern Areas
➢ “Rohtas Fort” was
constructed on the bank river of Jhelum by (on Sher Shah’s order) Todar Mal.
➢ Hazara division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
comprises five districtd including abbottabad, Batagram, Kohistan, Mansehra and Haripur.
➢ The foundation stone of the Sikhism’s holiest place
“Golden Tample” at Amritsar was laid by Hazrat Mian Mir.
➢ “Baburnama”
(alternatively known as Tuzk-e Babri) is the name given to the memoirs of Babur
(1483- 1530), founder of the Mughal
Empire and a great-great-great-grandson of Timur. It is an autobiographical
work, originally written in the Chagatai language.
➢ The doctrine of
“Wahdatul-Wajood” was presented by Ibn-e- Arabi.
➢ Before Referendum Sylhet was the part of Assam.
➢ Banks were nationalized in Pakistan 1974.
➢ Where is Kallar Kahar situated? Chakwal
➢ When Pakistan
introduced National Identity cards (NIC)? 1974
➢ Which language is
prominent in Hazara division? Hindko
➢ Anjuman-i-Hamayat-Islam was established in
subcontinent 1884 and Khalifa Hamid-ud-Din is the first president.
➢ The district of the country having lowest population
density is Kharan (with a population density of only 4 ppl/km2, Awaran and Chagai share the same with Kharan).
➢ The first President of America who made an official
visit to Pakistan was Dwight D. Eisenhower.
➢ The
Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline is also known as Peace Pipeline.
➢ Total cultivable Land of Pakistan is approximately
80 million hectares which is the 25% of total land area.
➢ Salahuddin Ahmad
is the first Chief Justice of Federal Shariat Court.
➢ Shahida Milk is
the first woman General in Pakistan.
➢ First Chaiman of
SPARCO was Dr. Abdul Salam.
➢ Which Indian religion was founded by Guru Nanak?
Sikhism.
➢ The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was Mujibur
Rehman
➢ The name given to
the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is Durand line
➢ The first
Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was Abdul Salam in 1979 (physics)
➢ The national flag
of Pakistan was designed by Amiruddin Kidwai.
➢ The River Indus
originates from Lake Mansower.
➢ Miner - e -
Pakistan was designed by Haji Murad Khan (a Russian engineer) and its height is
196 feet)
➢ Barani Dam in
Pakistan was built on river Kurram.
➢ Hub Dam near
Karachi was constructed in 1983.
➢ Begum Rana
Liaquat Ali Khan was the first lady of Pakistan.
➢ Begum Shaista
Ikram Ullah was a first women federal minister of Pakistan.
➢ In the United
Nations, Pitras Bukhari was the first permanent representative of Pakistan.
➢ In Pakistan,
Sialkot is famous for producing sports goods.
➢ Multan is called,
the city of “Great Saints”.
➢ 19 april 2004
national security counsel eastablished
➢ The first “Barani University” to study and reasearch
in rain-fed agriculture land was established at Rawalpindi.
➢ “Karez” or small coverd canals are dug to avoid
evaporation due to excessive heat.This method of irrigation is prevalent in Balochistan.
➢ “Harnai” in Balochistan is famous for woollen mills.
➢ The village life
of Pakistan is the best depicted in the paintings of Ustad Allah Bakhsh.
➢ Z.A. Bhutto government’s land reforms prescribed the
ceiling of land holding as 150 acres of irrigated and 300 acres of un-irrigated land.
➢ Under the constitution of Pakistan, Fedral Shariat
Court shall consist of not more than Eight Judges.
➢ The Lahore Resolution 1940 was first called “Pakistan
Resolution” by Hindu press and newspapers.
➢ After
independence, the first industrial unit inaugurated by Quaid-e-Azam was Valika
Textile Mills.
➢ The first
chairman of Senate after its creation was Khan Habibullah Khan.
➢ ‘Khojak Pass’
connects Qila Abdullah and Chaman.
➢ Under 1973
constitution, ‘Bicameralism’ was introduced in Pakistan.
➢ Under 1956 constitution, for the first time, the
president was given the power to opiont the prime minister at his own discretion.
➢ Under 1962 constitution, ‘Basic Democracy System’
served as an electoral college for the election of the president, central and provincial legislatures.
➢ Senate, under 1973 constitution, is a permanent
chamber which cannot be dissolved and its one-third members shall be replaced after every three years.
➢ Proclamation of Emergency on account of war of
internal disturbances has been laid down in Article 232 of the constitution of 1973.
➢ South of the Kabul River up to Kurram Pass lies the
Koh-e-Safeid.
➢ The Geneva Pact
was signed on April14, 1988 between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
➢ 78 % of Muslim
population in Kashmir in 1947.
➢ Urdu made
National Language in April 1954 it has 37 letters.
➢ Pakistan issued
its first coin on 3rd January 1948. Quaid inaugurated State Bank on 1st
July’1948.
➢ Karachi radio station is the first radio station
after independence of Pakistan. It was inaugurated by Liaquat on 14th August’1948.
➢ Pakistan recognized China in 1950.
➢ Pakistan made
boundary agreement with Iran on 21st May 1960.
➢ Television started on 26 Nov 1964 at Lahore and PTV
started its color transmission on December 20th, 1976.
➢ Boundary agreement with China was signed in 1963.
➢ LFO was
promulgated on 30th March, 1970 by Yahya Khan.
➢ PNSC established
on 1st March 1979.
➢ Simla Agreement
signed between Z.A. Bhutto and Indra Gandhi on July 3, 1972.
➢ Nationalization
of banks made in 1974.
➢ Steel Mill
founded in 1973 with the aid of USSR in Bin Qasim.
➢ Pakistan joined
OIC in 1969, NAM in 1979, CTBT in 1978, SAARC in 1985.
➢ Hudood ordinance
enforced on 10 February, 1979.
➢ Dr. Abdul Salam
awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979.
➢ Faiz Ahmed Faiz
got Lenin Prize in1962.
➢ Gen.Zia imposed
Martial Law on Jully 5, 1977 and lifted Martial Law on 30th December, 1985.
➢ First satellite
Badr-I launched on 16 July, 1990.
➢ On 28 May, 1998
five blasts made at Chagi, the day is known as Yum-e-Takbir.
➢ Pakistan joined
SEATO in 1954 and Withdrew from SEATO in 1972.
➢ Pakistan joined
CENTO in 1955 left CENTO in March 1979.
➢ Tashkent
Declaration was signed on 10 Jan 1966.
➢ Pakistan national
flag was adopted on 11 August, 19477.
➢ Jasmine adopted
as a national flower of Pakistan on July 5, 1961.
➢ Under Indus WaterBasin Treaty Pakistan got Jehlum,
Chenab and Indus.On the other side, India got Ravi, Sutlaj and Beas.
➢ A bicameral
legislature was proposed for the first time in 1973 constitution.
➢ Geneva Pact was
signed on 14th April, 1988.
➢ Mountbatten came
to India in March 1947.Mountbatten was an officer in British Navy.
➢ Plan for the
Separation of Indo Pakistan was announced on 3rd June 1947.
➢ Election to the
First Constituent Assembly of Pakistan took place in 1946.
➢ The Chief
Minister of NWFP refused to salute the Pakistani flag in 1947.
➢ First census of
Pakistan was held in 1951. Population of West Pakistan in 1951 was 34 million.
➢ Afghanistan only
country to oppose Pakistan's entrance into the UNO in1947.
➢ Amir of Kuwait
was the first head of state to visit Pakistan in 1947.
➢ Francis Moody was the first Governor of
Punjab.Governor Moody imposed the Governor Rule in Punjab in January 1949.
➢ Liaqat Nehru Pact announced at Delhi in April 8,
1950.
➢ Muhammad Ali Bigra formula was put forward in
October 1954.According to Bogra formula the Lower house consisted of 300 seats.
➢ One unit bill was brought into effect on 14 October,
1955.
➢ Mushtaq Gormani
became the first Governor of West Pakistan.
➢ In the Basic Democratic System introducedin 1959 by
Ayub the number of basic Democrats was 80,000.
Ayub Khan lifted the Martial Law on June 8, 1962.
➢ Presidential Elections between Ayub Khan and Miss
Fatima Jinnah held in January 1965.
➢ Ayub Khan handed
over the reins of Government to Yahya Khan on 25th March 1969.
➢ Total number of National Assembly seats in the
L.F.O. was 313.East Bengal had169 seats and Punjab had 85 seats in L.F.O.
➢ In the 1971 elections out of total 162 common seats
in East Bengal Mujeeb Ur Rehman won 160 seats. In the elections of 1971 PPP got 62 seats out of total 82 common seats
in Punjab.
➢ Mother of Z.A.Bhutto was Hindu. Z.A. Bhutto studied
in Southern California University. Bhutto was appointed Foreign Minister in 1963.Pakistan Peoples Party established
in 1967.
➢ East Pakistan became an independent entity in
December 16, 1971.
➢ The Qadyanis were
declared non Muslims in Semptember 1974.
➢ Friday was
declared a weekly holiday in January 1977 by Z.A. Bhutto.
➢ First nuclear
reactor was setup at Karachi 1972.
➢ Rahmat Ali suggested name of Pakistan on 28th
January 1933 in “Now or Never” pamphlet in London.Rehmat
Ali was born in 1893 in a village Mohar district Hoshiyarpur (East Punjab).
➢ Rahmat Ali died at the age of 58 in 1951 and was
buried in Cambridge University London.
➢ Ranjit Singh sold Kashmir for 75 Lakhs. Poonch, a
state of Kashmir, fought with Dogra by obtaining arms from tribal areas.
➢ Firdausi wrote “Shahnama” and was also a court poet
of Mahmud of Ghazni.
➢ PARODA and EDBO
were promulgated in 1949 and in 1958 respectively.
➢ The “Zamindar” and “Comrade” newspapers were edited
by Maulana Zafar Ali Khan and Maulana Muhammad
Ali Jauhar respectively.
➢ The First Constituent Assembly was dissolved on 24th
October 1954 by Ghulam Muhammad. States
of Dir, Chitral and Swat were incorporated in NWFP in August 1969.
➢ Who united all the Sikhs and founded a kingdom in
the Punjab? Ranjit Singh
➢ How many members
were nominated by Muslim League for the Interim-Government in 1946? 5
➢ One unit
dissolved on 1st July 1970
➢ Fraizi Movement
was started by Haji Shariat Ullah in Bangal in 1828
➢ When was the
first agreement signed on Siachen glacier? 1949
➢ What were the key issues for discussion in the 2nd
Round Table Conference? Issue of Federation and minorities in the Sub-Continent
➢ Which religious
scholar tried to eradicate different innovations from the religion? Haji
Shariat Ullah
➢ When did the
British Government Issue White Paper on Constitutional Proposals? In March,
1933
➢ When President
Zia-ul-Haq enforced an interim constitution? 1981
➢ What is the old
name of Pakpatan? Ajudhan
➢ Who is the
founder of Unionist Party? Sir Fazal Hussain
➢ On which river
Merani Dam is built? Dasht River
➢ When was the
Qisas and Diyat ordinance enforced in Pakistan? October 13, 1990
➢ Who said that
Cripps Mission was a post-dated cheque of a crashing bank? Mahatma Gandhi
➢ Rakaposhi
mountain peak is located near? Swat Valley
➢ Why did All India Muslim League boycott the first
session of Constituent Assembly? Because Congress wanted to frame the constitution for
➢ The North Western areas are Muslim majority areas.
We will not only keep these majorities but will turn them into a Muslim state. Muslims should get rid of Indianism, it
is better for Muslims and Islam"
who said this statement? Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
➢ Name the poet who
had command over seven languages? Sachal Sarmast
➢ The reign of which of the following Sultans is said
to mark the highest point of territorial expansion of the Sultanate. Muhammad bin Taghluq
➢ What was the main reason behind Muslim League
Failure in the Elections of 1937? The organizational problems and opposition by local
➢ The first successful evening paper from Lahore is
Sahafat.
➢ Lord Harding was
the author of ‘My India Years’.
➢ Treaty of Lausane
was signed in 1923.
➢ The book ‘verdict
on India’ was written by Beverlay Nickolas.
➢ Ibn-e-Batuta was
a Moorish.
➢ The founder of
Two Nations Theory is considered to be Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.
➢ During the
Tashkent Agreement the Foreign Minister of Pakistan was Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
➢ Chachnama was
originally written in Sindhi.
➢ Friday was
declared for the first time as an official weekly holiday by: Zulfikar Ali
Bhutto
➢ Neelum River
flows into Jehlum.
➢ Gilgit Agency was
set up in 1873.
➢ Satpara Lake is
located near Skardu.
➢ Mahabat khan
Mosque was destroyed by? fire
➢ What is the
ranking of Thar Desert in the world? 9
➢ What was the main difficulty which delayed the
constitution making in Pakistan? The distribution of powers between Federal and Provincial Governments
➢ Identify the importance of the Lahore Resolution of
the Muslim League passed in 1940? It had the support of the entire Muslim Country
➢ Area around the river is known as Bela.
➢ Cease-fire line
case into existence in 1949.
➢ Pakistan
established its first Atomic Energy Institute on January, 1955.
➢ Pakistan was
declared as great ally of Non NATO in 2003.
➢ Shaikh ismail the
saint, who first came in Lahore.
➢ When was the
local govt.system under the devolution of power plan, 2001, inaugurated? aug
14,2001
➢ When Pakistan got
first loan from USA? 1952
➢ In which year
Quaid-e-Azam went into self-exile in London? 1931
➢ Gandhi called
Pakistan Resolution a Moral wrong.
➢ How many Mughal
emperors ruled over sub-continent? 17
➢ Who constructed
five canals to remove scarcity of water? Feroz Shah Tughlaq
➢ Who is the author
of "Hunter par Hunter"? Maulana Zafar Ali khan
➢ The Indian forces
occupy the state of Jammu and Kashmir on Oct. 27, 1947
➢ Defence Pact
between USA and Pakistan? April, 1954
➢ “A New History of
Indo-Pakistan” is written by K. Ali
➢ Quaid-e-Azam
became the permanent president of Muslim League 1934
➢ The Cabinet
Mission announced their plan on 16th May 1946
➢ India is
constructing Kishanganda Dam in Baramula.
➢ Which of the
following regions of Balochistan will be irrigated through Kachi Canal
Nasirabad
➢ First commissioner of Sindh Charles Napier.
➢ Sindh assembly
proclaimed Sindhi as official language of Sindh in 1972.
➢ Baluchistan got
status of province on 1st July, 1970.
➢ Pakistan standard
time was adopted on October 1, 1951.
➢ Indian Forces
occupied Kashmir the state of Jammu and Kashmir on October 27, 1947.
➢ Hari Singh was
the Maharaja of Kashmir in 1947.
➢ Allama Iqbal’s
tomb was built in 1951.
➢ 22 points of
Ulema put on 24th January 1951 by 31 Ulema.
➢ BBC started its
first Urdu service on 13th April, 1949.
➢ In 1950, Iftikhar
Hussain Mamdot founded Jinnah Muslim League party.
➢ Pakistan got
status of Test cricket in 1952.
➢ Zafarullah Khan
served as president of UN General Assembly’s 7th session in 1962.
➢ Agreement with
Canada on first nuclear power station in Karachi was signed in 1965.
➢ Nationalization
of educational institutions & industries in 1972.
➢ First biogas
plant established in 1974.
➢ In December 1981,
Ziaul Haq announced Majlis-e-Shoora with 350 members.
➢ Wafaqui Mohtasib
was created in 1983.
➢ 8th amendment introduced
in 1985.
➢ Nuclear
cooperation pact with China was made on 15th September 1986.
➢ Ojri Camp Tragedy
occurred on 10 April 1988.
➢ The Junejo
government was dismissed on 29th May, 1988.
➢ Zia died on 17
August, 1988.US ambassador who died with Zia was Arnold Raphael.
➢ Pakistan’s
re-entry in common wealth in 1989.
➢ First test tube
baby at Lahore in 1989.
➢ Wheat crisis
occurred in 1952.
➢ KANNUP was
established in 1971.
➢ Mr. Ghulam
Muhammad was finance minister before becoming governor general of Pakistan.
➢ Baitul Maal
established in 1992.
➢ General sales
tax, under the constitution 1973 is a Federal subject.
➢ Total area of
Jammu and Kashmir in 1947 was 84,471 sq. miles.
➢ India stopped the
passage of water from the rivers Ravi and Sutluj in April 1948.
➢ Quaid e Azam
relief fund was set up in September 1947.
➢ At the time of
division the cash balances of undivided India stood at about Rs. 4,000 million.
➢ India and Pakistan mutually came to an agreement
that Pakistan would get Rs. 750 crore as her share.Only Rs. 200 crors had been paid as an interim installment.
➢ On 15th August
1947 the state of Junaghadh announced that it had acceded to Pakistan.
➢ Pakistan Fund was
setup by Quaid in June 1947.
➢ State Bank of Pakistan was inaugurated by
Quaid-e-Azam in July 1948.The initial assets of SBP were equal to three Crore.
➢ Karachi was declared Federal area by the legislative
Assembly in May 1948.
➢ Mian Iftikhar
–ud- din was the only Muslim to oppose the Objectives Resolution in the
Assembly.
➢ "The Myth of
Independence" was written by Z.A. Bhutto.
➢ Pakistan's flag was designed by two brothers and
name of one of them is Altaf Hussain. White strip in the flag was added in August 1947 and moon and star
added in the flag February 1949.
➢ Ayub Khoro ministry in Sindh was dissolved by Quaid
in April1948. Khoro is the only man to be prosecuted
under PRODA. PRODA was replaced in September 1954.
➢ The Quaid delivered his last message to the nation
on 27th August, 1948.
➢ Khan Qayyum Khan
was called the iron man of NWFP.
➢ Peer Sahib Manki
Shareef founded the Awami Muslim League party in September 1949.
➢ In the East
Bengal elections were held in 1954.
➢ Martial Law in
Lahore was imposed in March 1953.
➢ Ghulam Muhammad
dissolved the Government of Nazi mud Din in April 1953.
➢ Shortage of Salt
took place in 1952 in East Bengal.
➢ The First Five
Year Plan was announced by Chaudhary Muhammad Ali on 18th May 1956.
➢ Principal of
joint Electorate was accepted by the Assembly on 10th October 1956 at Dacca.
➢ Suez Canal Crisis
took place in the reign of Soharwardy.
➢ Muslim family Law Ordinance contributed a great deal
towards generating public resentment against Ayub regime.
➢ According to the agriculture Reforms announced in
January 1959, maximum limit of non irrigated lands was fixed at 1000 acres. 902 land farm holders were affected by
the Ayub Reforms.
➢ Pakistan launched an operation in Kashmir in 1965
which was called operation Gibralter.
➢ India mounted
upon a three pronged attack against Pakistan along Lahore on September 6, 1965.
➢ Sheikh Mujeeb Ur Rehman presented his 6 points for
the first time in February 1966 at the house of Former premier Ch. Muhaamad Ali in a meeting of All Parties
Conference.
➢ In 1967 five parties formed an alliance against Ayub
Khan which was called PDM.
➢ The old name of Round Garden was changed into Nasir
Garden in 1966 after the visit of Egyptian President
Nasir.
➢ Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar died in 1958; I.I.
Chandaraker died in1960; Soharwardy died in 1963 in Bairut, And Muhammad Ali Bogra died in 1963.
➢ Ayub Khan took oath as President of Pakistan in
February 1960.
➢ Musa Khan was
C-in-C before Yahya khan. Yahya khan became C-in-C in March 1966.
➢ In April 1969,
Yahya regime announced Labour Reforms.
➢ Elections could not be held on fixed date and had to
be postponed till 7th December due to Floods in East Pakistan.
➢ Agartala conspiracy was about Kidnap and murder of
Ayub Khan.
➢ Kashmir
Mujahideen hijacked an Indian plane "Ganga" in 1971.
➢ Army action was
started in East Pakistan from March 1971.
➢ A commission was appointed by Bhutto to probe into
the 1971 crisis. It was called Hamood Ur Rehman commission.
➢ In his agricultural reforms Bhutto put ceiling to
land holding at 150 acres of irrigated land. Bhutto announced second package of agricultural reforms in
1977.
➢ Mr. Bhutto announced to dissociate Pakistan from the
Commonwealth of Nations in 1972.
➢ Martial Law was
imposed in Balochistan in May 1973.
➢ Elections to the
National Assembly were held under Z.A. Bhutto in March 1977.
➢ NADRA was setup
in February 16, 2000.
➢ The master plan
of Islamabad was prepared in 1960 by MIS Constructinos Doxiades of Greek.
➢ National
Institute of Oceanlogy established in 1982 in Karachi.
➢ Pakistan test
fired Ghauri missile on April 6, 1998.
➢ Jamrood Fort
(Peshawar) was built by General Hari Singh Nalwa in 1836.
➢ Nishta rHospital
is the largest hospital in Pakistan and was built in 1953.
➢ Three radio
stations were working at the time of partition.
➢ 10 seats are
reserved for non-muslims in National Assembly.
➢ National
institute of silicon technology was established in 1991.
➢ Hazrat
Nizam-ud-Din Auliya was a Sufi of Chishtia Order.
➢ Defense Council
was formed on 1st April 1948.
➢ Pakistan
irrigation research council was founded in 1964.
➢ Security Council
was formed by federal government on October 17, 1999.
➢ National data
base registration authority was set up on 16th February, 2000.
➢ The official and national sport of Pakistan is field
hockey. Cricket, however, is the most popular sport. The national side won the ICC World Cup in 1992.
➢ Pakistan qualified for the Golf World Cup for the
first time in 2009.
➢ One goal of the current government is to see the
literacy rate reach at least 85% over the next few years.
➢ About 1.7 million refugees from Afghanistan live in
Pakistan.
➢ When was the
Constitution of 1973 enforced? 14th August 1973.
➢ Who was the first
Captain of Pakistan Cricket Team? Hafeez Kardar
➢ Who united all
the Sikhs and founded a kingdom in the Punjab? Ranjit Singh
➢ Who was the first Chief Minister of Balochistan from
May 1972 to February 1973? Sardar Atta ullah Mengal
➢ When Pakistan launched its first space satellite
Badr-1? July 16, 1990
➢ Maulana Muhammad
Ali Johar issued Comrade English newspaper from Culcata on 14th January 1911.
➢ “Al-Halal” Urdu
newspaper was issued by Maulana Abu-Kalam-Azad in July 1912.
➢ East Pakistan was
separated from rest of the country on 16th December 1971.
➢ The first
Pakistani Postal stamp was issued in July 1948.
➢ During the Mughal
period, Portuguese traders first came to India.
➢ Quaid-e-Azam
became the member of Legislative Council from Bombay in 1906.
➢ Bhutto stepped in
as the president and civilian CMLA of Pakistan on 20th December 1971.
➢ Land reforms
announced by PPP regime on 1st March 1972.
➢ In which
Constitution Islam was declared religion of the state? Constitution of 1973
➢ Urdu declared as
official language in 1832.
➢ Which was the
first public airline of Pakistan? Orient Airline
➢ Five members were
nominated by Muslim League for the Interim-Government in 1946.
➢ When the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was
dismissed and third Martial Law was enforced by General Zia-ul-Haq? 5th July, 1977
➢ What happened to the Constitution of 1973 when
Martial Law was imposed in 1977 by Zia-ul-Haq? It was partially suspended
➢ President
Zia-ul-Haq enforced an Interim Constitution in 1981.
➢ President
Zia-ul-Haq constituted Majlis-e-Shoora (National Assembly) in December 1981.
➢ First Chairman of
SPARCO was Dr. Abdus Salam.
➢ Pakistan set up
the first uranium moving and processing plant in Lucki Murwat.
➢ First Provincial elections after establishment of
Pakistan were held in 1951.
➢ The system of Government introduced by Constitution
of 1956 was Federal.
➢ NawabLiaquat Ali
Khan was first Defence Minister of Pakistan.
➢ Who is authorized
to impose reasonable restrictions on fundamental rights? President
➢ After
Independence, the first industrial unit inaugurated by Quaid-i-Azam was Valika
Textile Mills.
➢ ‘The Sole
Spokesman’ a book on Quaid-i-Azam and Pakistan Movement was written by Dr.
Ayesha Jalal.
➢ Shahbzada Abdul
Qayyum Khan founded Islamia College — Peshawar institution.
➢ MajidaRizvi has
the credit to be the first women High court Judge in Pakistan.
➢ In 1946, Liaqat
Ali Khan Presented poor man’s budget.
➢ The Quite India
Movement started at Bombay on Aug. 8, 1942.
➢ Attlee was the
Prime Minister of UK at the time of creation of Pakistan.
➢ The Constitution of 1956 was enforced on March 23,
1956; the constitution of 1962 was enforced on June 8, 1962 and the Constitution of 1973 was enforced on August 14,
1973.
➢ Ch. Muhammad Ali is the name of first Secretary
General of Pakistan.
➢ First ambassador
of Pakistan to UNO was Ahmad Shah Patres Bukhari.
➢ First general
elections under the LFO were held in 1970.
➢ Pakistan and
Afghanistan have “Transit Trade Agreement” signed in 1965.
➢ Sir Muhammad
Shafi coined the name of All India Muslim League.
➢ Nawab Saleem
Ullah Khan was the founder of All India Muslim League.
➢ Constitutional proposal, known as the Bogra Formula,
was presented before the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on October 7, 1953. The plan proposed for a Bicameral Legislature
with equal representation for all the
five provinces of the country in the Upper House. Constitutional Formula is the
other name of Mohammad Ali Bogra
Formula.
➢ In 1973
constitution Bicameral Legislature was provided for the first time.
➢ Pakistan become member of United Nations on 30th Sep
1947 and Afghanistan country opposed Pakistan's
membership in United Nations.
➢ Sanghata Movement was started by Dr Moonje.
➢ The subjects were
divided into central and provincial by the Act of 1919.
➢ Martial law has been declared in Pakistan four
times. On 7 October 1958, President Iskander Mirza staged a coup d'état. He abrogated the constitution,
imposed martial law and appointed General Muhammad
Ayub Khan as the Chief Martial Law Administrator and Aziz Ahmad as Secretary
General and Deputy Chief Martial Law
Administrator.
➢ The second martial law was imposed on 25 March 1969,
when President Ayub Khan abrogated the Constitution
of 1962 and handed over power to the Army Commander-in-Chief, General Agha
Mohammad Yahya Khan.
➢ The third martial law, politician Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
took over in 1971 as the first civilian martial law administrator in recent history, imposing selective
martial law in areas hostile to his rule, such as the country's largest province, Balochistan.
➢ The fourth martal law, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
overthrew Bhutto and imposed martial law in its totality on July 5, 1977, in a bloodless coup d'état.
➢ One Unit was the title of a scheme launched by the
federal government of Pakistan to merge the four provinces of West Pakistan into one unit, as a counterbalance against
the numerical domination of the ethnic
Bengalis of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). The One Unit policy was announced
by Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra on
22 November 1954.
➢ The province of West Pakistan was created in 14
October 1955 by the merger of the provinces, states, and Tribal Areas of the western wing. The province
was composed of twelve divisions and the provincial capital was established at Lahore. The province of
East Bengal (now Bangladesh) was renamed East Pakistan with the provincial capital at Dacca. The federal government
moved the country's capital in 1959 from
Karachi to Rawalpindi (serving as provisional capital until Islamabad was
ready), whilst the federal legislature
moved to Dacca.
➢ The province of
West Pakistan was dissolved on 1 July 1970 by President General Yahya Khan.
➢ Dr. Khan Sahib was appointed as the first Chief
Minister of the One Unit, while Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani was appointed as the first Governor of West Pakistan.
➢ The first water accord between the provincial
governments relating to the water distribution from Indus River was signed in 1991.
➢ Nizam-e-Islam party was founded by Chaudhry Muhammad
Ali.
➢ Yusuf Zulekha was
written by Ghulam Rasul.
➢ Justice Shahab–ud-din
was the Head of the Constituent Committee formed by Ayub Khan.
➢ Pakistan people’s
party was founded in 1967.
➢ Name of NWFP was
changed as KPK in 2010.
➢ Kargil conflict
was took place in 1999.
➢ Feroz khan noon
was the PM at the time of 1958 Martial law.
➢ Pakistan has won
the hockey world cup four times.
➢ NRO stands for
National Reconciliation Order.
➢ Auditor General
of Pakistan is appointed by President.
➢ Bahardur Shah
Zafar buried in Rangoon.
➢ RCD formed by
Pakistan, Iran and Turkey.
➢ First SAARC
summit was held in 1985 at Dhaka.
➢ Quaid-e-Azam
Address the Constituent Assembly for the first time on 11 August 1947. He was
the first
President
of the Constituent Assembly.
➢ Ghulam Muhammad
dissolved the Federal Assembly on 24 October, 1954.
➢ In January 24,
1959, the first agriculture reforms were introduced in Pakistan.
➢ Abdul Qadeer Khan
Nuclear Research Laboratories was set up in Kahuta in 1976.
➢ F. M. Khan was
the first Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan.
➢ Muhammad Ali
Jinnah was awarded the title of the Quaid-i-Azam in1938.
➢ The Unionist Party, a secular party, was formed to
represent the interests of Punjab's large feudal classes and gentry. Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan, Sir Fazli Husain and Sir
Chhotu Ram were the co-founders of the
party.
➢ Radcliffe Award was announced on 17th August 1947.
➢ Uqba bin Nafah
(R.A.) is called as “Alexander of Muslim World”.
➢ Abdur Rab Nishtar is the eminent leader of Pakistan
movement who in 1949 took over as the first governor of Punjab and later on became the president of Pakistan
Muslim League.
➢ Allama Shabir Ahmad Usmani formed a party of Ulema
called Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam.
➢ The Kargil War also known as the Kargil conflictwas
an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil
district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC).
➢ Dr Shama Khalid
is the first woman assuming governorship in the country’s history.
➢ Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan was the first Muslim woman
ambassador and Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps
(while in the Netherlands), First Muslim woman Governor (of Sindh province in
the mid–1970s), First Muslim woman
Chancellor of a university (all the universities in Sindh) First Muslim woman
delegate to the UN, and First Muslim woman to
win the United Nations Human Rights Award, First Muslim woman to receive the Woman of Achievement Medal, (1950).
➢ The second
nuclear power plant of Pakistan is functioning in Chasma since 2001 by the help
of China.
➢ SAARC was formed in Dhaka on December 8, 1985. First
Summit of SAARC was held in 1985 in Dhaka (Bangladesh).
➢ Sir Muhammad Zafarullah took part in the Round Table
Conference of 1930-32 and was the first foreign
minister of Pakistan.
➢ After independence the first radio station was
established at Karachi.
➢ The Government of
India Act 1935 was fully enforced in April, 1937.
➢ Rebindra Nath
Tagor the first Asian who received literature Nobel Prize in 1913.
➢ Muslims observed
‘Day of Deliverance’ on December 22, 1939 (End of Congress ministries).
➢ Mulvi Abdl Haq is
called “Baba-e-Urdu”.
➢ The famous resolution, which came to be known as
Pakistan Resolution was moved by Maulvi Fazal-ul- Haq and passed unanimously on 23rd March 1940.
➢ The institution of Mohtasib was established by
Presidential Order 1983.
➢ Objective
Resolution was passed by the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on March 12,
1949.
➢ The state bank inaugurated on 1st July 1948 by
Quaid-e-Azam and Zahid Hussain is the first governor of State Bank.
➢ Iskendar Mirza
had the shortest tenure as Governor - General of Pakistan.
➢ Liaquat - Nehru
pact was announced at Delhi on April 18, 1950.
➢ Sir Syed Ahmad
Khan advocated the inclusion of Indians in Legislative Council in his famous
book,
“Causes
of the Indian Revolt”, as early as 1860.
➢ Altaf Hussain
Hali refers to Sir Syed as Father of Muslim India and Father of Modern Muslim
India.
➢ In 1917 Kheiri
Brothers suggested a plan of partition of India in conference of the Socialist International held in Stockholm.
➢ The Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD) was established among Pakistan, Iran and Turkey
in 1964 and was annulled in
1979.
➢ Quaid-e-Azam called Islam "Our bedrock and
sheet anchor" while addressing Muslim Students Peshawar.
➢ Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of
Pakistan, while addressing a meeting at Rawalpindi was assassinated on Oct 16, 1951.
➢ Anjuman-e-Islamia Punjab was founded for the
renaissance of Islam in 1859.
➢ Feroz Shah
Tughlaq constructed five canals to remove scarcity of water.
➢ Maulana Zafar Ali
khan is the author of "Hunter par Hunter".
➢ Faiz Ahmed Faiz
was convicted in Rawalpindi Conspiray Case.
➢ In Sept: 1958
Gawadar was bought by Khan of Kalat at 40 lacs pounds from Oman.
➢ Pakistan becomes
‘Republic’ in 1956.
➢ Vasco-da-Gama
comes to India in 1498.
➢ Brahmo Samaj is a quasi-Protestant, theistic
movement within Hinduism, founded in Calcutta in 1828 by Ram Mohun Roy.
➢ Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by
Swami Dayananda on 7 April 1875.
➢ Prarthana Samaj is founded by Dr. Atmaram Pandurang
in 1867 with an aim to make people believe in one God and worship only one God.
➢ East India Company occupied Punjab in 1849; Sindh in
1843 and Balochistan in 1839.
➢ The “Rashmi Roomal”
Movement of 1905 was initiated by Maulana Mahmood
Hassan.
➢ The
“Asrar-us-Sanadeed” was compiled by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.
➢ Pirpur Committee was
formed in 1938 and it was headed by Raja Muhammad Mehdi of Pirpur.
➢ “Reconstruction
of Religious Thoughts in Islam” was written by Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
➢ Chief Justice of
Lahore High Court, Justice Abdur Rasheed administered the oath of M.A. Jinnah.
➢ Muhammad Ali Jinnah administered the oath of Mr.
Liaquat Ali Khan as the first Prime Minister of Pakistan.
➢ Qazi Issa was
appointed Pakistan's ambassador to Iran.
➢ The last Nawab of
Bahawalpur is Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V.
➢ Mehrgarh is located near the Bolan Pass, to the west
of the Indus River valley and between the Pakistani
cities of Quetta, Kalat and Sibi.
➢ Ranikot Fort is the world's largest fort with a
circumference of about 26 km or 16 miles. Since 1993, it has been on the list of tentative UNESCO World
Heritage Sites. It is located in the Kirthar Range, about 30 km southwest of Sann, in Jamshoro District, Sindh,
Pakistan. It is approximately 90 km north of Hyderabad.
➢ The Kot Diji Fort, formally
known as Fort Ahmadabad, dominates the town of Kot Diji in Khairpur District,
Pakistan about 25 miles east of the Indus River at the edge of the
Nara-Rajisthan Desert.
