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 Basic Information About Pakistan

Official Name Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Independence Day : 14 August 1947

Government : Parliamentary form

Emblem : Faith, Unity, Discipline

National Language : Urdu

Official Language : English

National Poet : Allama Dr Muhammad Iqbal

National Anthem : Hafeez Jalandhary

National Animal : Markhor

National Bird : Chakor

National Flower : Jasmine

National Tree : Deodar

National Sports : Hockey

Notional Dress : Shalwar Qameez

National Juice : Sugarcane Juice

Literacy Rate : 53%

Governor Generals of Pakistan

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah 1947 to 1948

Khwaja Nazimuddin 1948 to 1951

Malik Ghulam Muhammad Mirza 1951 to 1955

Maj Gen Sikander 1955 to 1956

Chief Martial Law Administrators

Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan 1958 to 1962

Gen Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan 1969 to 1971

Gen Muhammad Zia-UI-Haq 1977 to 1985

Gen Pervaiz Musharaf 1999 to 2008

Districts of Balochistan

Awaran 2. Barkhan

Bolan 4. Chagai

DeraBugti 6. Gwadar

Harnai 8. Jafarabad

Jhal Magsi 10. Kalat

Kech 12. Kharan

Khuzdar 14. Kohlu

Lasbela 16. Loralai

Mastung 18. Musakhel

Naseerabad 20. Nushki

Panjgur 22. Pishin

Qilla Abdullah 24. QillaSaifullah

Quetta 26. Sheerani

Sibbi 28. Washuk

Zhob 30. Ziarat

First in Pakistan

Fatimah Jinnah was dentist by profession

Pakistan opened its first embassy in Iran.

Egypt was first to open its embassy in Pakistan.

Iran was first fo recognize Pakistan.

First state to join Pakistan was Bahawalpur, 1954,

The First Constitution of Pakistan was enforced on March 23, 1956

First lady Federal Minister Vikanrun Nisa Noor (Tounsm)

First lady Govermor Rana Liaquat Ali (Sindh) 1973-1976

First Woman University is located in Rawalpindi

First Commander-in-Chief of Pak Army was Frank Miservi.

First Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee was General Muhammad Sann

First daily newspaper is Amroz 1947.

First Muslim Commander in Chief of Pak was FM Ayub Khan.

First President of AJK, Sardar Ibrahim Khan.

First T.V station was setup at Lahore on 26 Nov 1964

Dr Fahmida Mirza was the first female National Assembly Speaker

First to receive Nishan-e-Haider was Capt Sarwar Shaheed.

First lady Major Generat Dr. Shahida Malik.

First constructed barrage: Sukkur Barrage.

First atomic power station of Pakistan was installed in Karachi.

Dams

Kalabagh dam was planned on the Indus River at Kalabagh in Mianwali Distnct.

Highest dam in Pakistan is Mangla dam

Largest dam is Tarbela

Rawal dam is on Korang River.

Khanpur dam is near Haripuron Haro River

Mangla dam is in AJK on Jhelum River (Highest)

Warsak dam(smallest dam) is in KPK near Peshawar on Kabul river.

Mirani Dam is in Balochistan near Turbat

Subakzai dam is in Balochistan (Zhob)

 

Forts

Largest Fort is Rani Kot

Derawar Fort is just near Bahawaipur City

Ranikot Fort is famously known as great wall of Sindh and located near Jamsharo District

Lahore Fort was built by Akbar.

Bala Hissar Fort is located near Peshawar City

Rohtas Fort was built by Sher Shah near Jhelum

 

Mountain Ranges

Mountain Ranges are Himalaya, Karakorum, Hindu Kush, Suleman and Salt Range.

Highest peak of Suleiman Mountains is Takht-e-Suleiman.

Highest peak is K2 (Godwin Austin), in Karakoram Range with 28,250 t height.

Tirich Mir is the highest peak of Hindu Kush.

Highest mountain system in the world is Himalayas

Mount Everest is in Himalaya range

Nanga Parbat is situated in Himalayan.

Margalla Hilis of Islamabad are extension of Himalaya range

Largest glacier of Pak is Siachen

Khyber Pass connects Peshawar-Kabul.

The highest point of the Khyber Pass is Landi Kotal.

 

Lakes

Khanjer is the largest manmade lake in Pakistan (Sind)

Manchar Lake is the biggest lake of Pakistan (Sind)

SafuMuluk lake is near Naran (District Mansehra).

Sat Para Lake is near Skardu

Banjosa Lake is an artficial lake and is near Rawalakot (District Poonoh)

 

Deserts

Largest desert is Thar (Sind), adjacent to India

Choistan desert is in Bahawaipur district

Thal desert is situated in Punjab (Bhakar Khushab, Mianwal, Layyah, Muzaffargarh as well as Jhang

 

Rivers

Under Indus Water Basin Treaty Pak got helum, Chenab & indus Inda got Ravi, Sutlej and Beas.

5 Rivers flow in Punjab Indus Jhelum, Chenab Ravi and Sutlej

Chenab and Jhelum flow from Kashmir River

Kabul joins Indus River at Attock

Panjnand River is a river at the extreme end of Bahawalpur district in Punjab. Panjnand River is formed by successive confluence or merger of five rivers of the Punjab, namely Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej. Jhelum and Ravi join Chenab. Beas and joins Sutlej, and then Sutlej and Chenab join to form Panjnand 10 miles north of Uch Sharif in Muzaffargarh District Panjnand runs south wost for approx 4-5 mies and joinhe River at Mithankot. A barrage of Panjnand has been erected

 

Suez Canal

The Suez canal is a sea level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through le Isthmus of Suez. Constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1850 and 1800, it was officially opened on 17 November 1869. Length of canal is 193.3 km

 

Panama Canal

The Panama Canal is an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is conduit for maritime trade.

 

Borders

Length of Pak-India border is 1.610 km

Length of Pak-Iran border is 806 km

Length of Pak-China border is 595 km

Length of Pak-Afghan border is 2250 km or 1300 miles

Durand line is b/w Pakistan and Afghanistan

Pakistan has its longest boundary with Afghanistan

 

Miscellaneous Knowledge

Headquarter of Ghandhara civilization is Taxila

Ruins of Harapa were found in Sahiwal.

Largest railway tunnel is Khojak

Nishan-e-Pakistan the highest civil award of Pak

Second highest civil award is Hilal-e-Pak

Ayub National Park (Rawalpindi) is the largest Park in Pak

Lahore Museum is the biggest in Pak

Largest railway station is Lahore

Shimla Pact was signed on 3 July 1972

Largest mine is Salt Mines of Khewra

Largest nuclear reactor is KANUPP, Karachi

Oldest cantonment of Pak is Kohat

Khawaja Nazimuddin succeeded Quaid e-Azam as a second Governor General

Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated in Rawalpindi in 1951

Ch Rehmat Ali coined the word Pakistan

Quaid-e-Azam died In Karachi on Sep 11, 1948

Maj Gen Sikander Mirza served both as the President & Governor General

Allama Jobal wrote many books of poetry which include Bang-e-Dara Bal-eJibrail, Zae Kaleem, and Zaboor-e Ajam & Ramooz-e-Bekhud

Shaheen & Ghouri are Pakistan's Sarface to Surface Missiles

Asif Ali Zardar is the only democratic president of Pakistan to complete his five years tenure (2008 to 2013)

Mian M Nawaz Sharif made history by becoming PM of Pakistan for the 3" Time

Gwadar became a part of Pakistan on Sep 9, 1958

Balochistan is 43% of total Pak

NADRA stands for National Database Registration Authority

Tomb of Jahangir is at Lahore

Tomb of Baba Farid is in Pakpatan

Tomb of Sachal is in Ranipur.

Sher Shah built GT Road.

Karakoram highway passes through Khunjrab pass

M-1 Motorway is between Islamabad-Peshawar

M-2 Motorway is between Islamabad-Lahore

Bambore is in Thatta

Sahiwal is the new name of Montgomery

Noor Mahal is located at Bahawalpur

Shahjehan built Shalimar Garden

Minar-e-Pakistan is also called Minto park

Data Ganj Baksh is the author of Kashful Mahjoob

Thar Coalfield is the biggest coalfield of Pakistan

Faisalabad is commonly known as little Manchester

Sindh is called Bab-ul-Islam

Saindak is famous for copper, silver and gold

Firdausi wrote "Shahnama" and was also a court poet of Mahmud of Ghazni

 

Do You Know That

Downing Street 10 is famous for the official residence of British Prime Minister located in Westminster England

The Great Wall of China was completed in 204 B.C. It is 1500 miles long. Its average height is 25 feet and about 12 feet wide at the top

The Leaning Tower of PISA (Italy) built in the 12" Century, stands in a slanting position about 14 feet from the perpendicular

HAMAS is the name of an Islamic Resistance movement in the Occupied Palestine

Ostrich is the largest bird in the world

Victoria Cross (V.C) is the Britain Highest Military Award

Saudi Arabia is largest exporter of oil in the world

World famous Golden Gate Bridge is Located in San, Francisco (USA)

Russia invaded Afghanistan on Dec 27, 1979

Hong Kong was returned to China on July 1, 1997

Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) won the first ever General Elections of South Africa held in 1994

The velocity of light is 299729 km/sec (186262 miles/sec)

1inch is equal to 2.54 centimeters & 1 mile is equal to 1.6 km

SAARC (South Association of Asians Regional Cooperation) was founded in 1985

Air is composed of Nitrogen (78.08%). Oxygen (20 95), Argon (0.94 %)

Mustafa Kamal Popularly known as Kamal Ataturk (1881-1938) was founder of modern Turkey

Currently, UNO Consist of 193 Countries

The term NAM Stands for Non-Aligned-Movement

UNHCR stands for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The original inhabitants of USA are known as Red Indians

The field hockey ground measures 100x55 to 60 yards

The football ground measures 100 to 130 x 50 to 100 yards

The badminton court for singles measures 17x44 feet.

The badminton court for doubles measures 20x44 feet

The table of table-tennis measures 9.5x2.5 feet

Modern Olympic Games were first held at Athens in 1896

Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo in 1815

Adolf Hitler assumed power in Germany in 1933

The People Republic of China was established in 1949

Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was founded in 1999

Most Prominent in the world

The Largest Country in Area Russian Federation is the largest country of the world. It is almost twice the size of USA and about 20 times of Pakistan.

Largest democracy India is considered as the largest democracy of the world 

Largest Island Greenland located off NE North America is the Largest Island 

The Uninhabited Continent Antarctica.  

The Smallest Ocean Indian Ocean

The Largest Desert Sahara

Smallest Country by Area Vatican City 

The highest mountain peak Mount Everest

The Tallest Building Burj Al - Khalifa (Dubai), 828 m in height (2,717 feet)

The Largest Land Mammal: African Elephant

The Largest Planet Jupiter

The Smallest Planet Pluto.  

The Coldest Planet Neptune

The Brightest Planet Venus

The Hottest Planet Venus

The Closest Planet to the Earth Venus

The Largest Bird is Ostrich.  

The Largest Sea the South China Sea

The Largest Sea Mammal is Whale Fish

The Greatest Mountain Range the Himalaya mountain range (Asia) is the greatest mountain range in the world.  

The Most Populous Country China is the most populous country of the world

The Smallest Bird Hummingbird

The Tallest Animal Giraffe

Wonders of the World 

Great Wall of China (Visible from moon also) 

Leaning Tower of Pisa 

Hanging Gardens of Babylon 

Pyramids of Egypt

Taj Mehal

WORLD ORGANIZATIONS

Al - Fatah 

It is the leading Palestinian organization. It remained underground till 1965. Originally it was led by Yasir Arafat and Abu Jihad. Now Yasir Arafat controls Palestinian Liberation Organization since 1969.

ADB (Asian Development Bank)

Date of Formation ADB was formed in 1966 with 31 members 

History and Objectives The Asian Development Bank was established in 1966 to provide confessional credits to needy countries. 

Headquarter Manila ( Philippines ) e

ARAB LEAGUE

Date of Formation Established on March 22 , 1945

Headquarter Cairo ( Egypt )

 

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) 

Date of Formation Founded on August 8,1967 in Bangkok ( Thailand )

History and Objectives Five countries of Asia namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Singapore formed this Organization in 1967 

Headquarter Jakarta (Indonesia)

 

The Commonwealth

Date of Formation The Commonwealth was formed by the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. 

History and Objectives this body was originally called the British Commonwealth of Nations. The membership of Pakistan has been suspended 3 times till 2007.

Headquarter London (United Kingdom) 

 

 D8 (Developing Eight)

Date of Formation Formed on 15 June at Istanbul ( Turkey )

Members ( 1 ) Bangladesh ( 2 ) Egypt ( 3 ) Indonesia ( 4 ) Iran ( 5 ) Malaysia ( 6 ) Nigeria ( 7 ) Pakistan ( 8 ) Turkey

 

EU (European Union) 

Date of Formation 1950. In 1994, the European community was given the name of European Union 

Members By the end of 2013 , EU comprised of 28 members 

 

ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization) 

Date of Formation January 1985. ECO Day is observed on Nov 28.

History and Objectives ECO was, in fact the revival of RCD day ( Regional Cooperation for Development ) which had practically become dormant after Islamic revolution of Iran in 1979. Originally Pakistan, Iran and Turkey revived ECO.

Members Afghanistan , Azerbaijan , Iran , Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey , Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan 

 

GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) 

Date of Formation May 25 , 1981 

History and Objectives Six Countries of Persian Gulf area established GCC

Members : Bahrain , Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia & UAE

 

ICRC : ( International committee of Red Cross ) 

Date of Formation ICRC was formed in 1883 

History and Objectives International committee of Red Cross was formed in 1883 to look after the interests of victims of war.

Headquarter Geneva ( Switzerland ) 

 

INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organization) 

Date of Formation INTERPOL was formed in 1956 

History and Objectives INTERPOL is the successor of International Criminal Commission that was formed in 1923. INTERPOL works for coordination among the international police authorities regarding information about activities of the criminals at national and international level.

NAM (Non-Aligned Movement)

Date of Formation Oct 1961

History and Objectives The establishment of NAM was result of a two days

Conference held in July 1956 at Brioni (Yugoslavia) between President Naseer of Egypt, Prime minister Nehru of India and President Tito of Yugoslavia 

Members By June 2003 , NAM comprised 116 members

 

OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

Date of Formation OPEC was formed on November 14, 1960.

 

OIC (Organization of Islamic Conference) 

Date of Formation 25th Sep 1969 

History and Objectives The Organization of Islamic Conference was established by the Heads of Islamic Countries in their first summit conference held in Rabat from 22nd to 25th September 1969.

 

SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) 

Date of Formation December 8 , 1985 in Dhaka

History and Objectives In May 1980 President Zia - ur - Rehman of Bangladesh proposed the formation of a Regional Association in south Asia for the Welfare of the Asian people SAARC held its first summit meeting on Dec 8,1985 .

Headquarter Kathmandu ( Nepal ) 

 

SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) 

Date of Formation 15 June , 2001 

History and Objectives China , Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan , Russia , Tajikistan and Uzbekistan 

 

CENTO (Central Treaty Organization) 

Date of Formation February 24 , 1955 OPEC TECH 

 

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organizatio

n ) 

Date of Formation April 4 , 1949 

History and Objectives NATO is basically a defense alliance which was established in 1949 to provide security to the European states against Communist aggression.

Headquarter Brussels (Belgium) .