Explanation

• Pervez Musharraf became the 10th President
• He was sworn in on June 20, 2001
• He served as president from 2001 to 2008

Additional information

Know everything about Musharraf

Born: Delhi (August 11, 1943)

Graduated: Pakistan Military Academy at Kakul (1964)

Appointed chief of army staff: October 1998

Appointer: Nawaz Sharif

Coup: October 12, 1999 (declared a state of emergency)

In 2006, titled In the Line of Fire was published.

In March 2007, the then-chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was suspended.

State of emergency on November 3, 2007.

Resigned from: the army chief in November 2007

Replacer: General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani

Musharraf lifted the emergency on December 15, 2007.

In 2010, Musharraf launched his political party — All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).

He flew to Dubai on March 17, 2016

On December 17, 2019, a special court handed Musharraf death sentence in the high treason case (only military ruler to be sentenced to death)

Died: 5 February 2023

Dying place: Dubai, UAE

Disease: amyloidosis

Aged: 79

Buried: Karachi

 Last updated by NS 19 April 2026

Explanation

Punjab assembly unanimously adopted resolution recommending Nobel Peace Prize for Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Chairman of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir on 16 April,  2026.

Nominated for their efforts for peace amid the war in the Middle East.

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Explanation

Pakistan conducted a successful test of a locally developed anti-ship missile that accurately hit its target at extended range.

The Pakistan Navy has successfully fired a locally developed anti-ship ballistic missile to engage targets at an extended range on April 16, 2026.

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Explanation

In the early April 2026, Punjab province in Pakistan passed the resolution calling for the nomination of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chief of Defence Forces/COAS Field Marshal Asim Munir & Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing their diplomatic role in easing US-Iran war.

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Explanation

• Air Marshal Mohammad Asghar Khan first native Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Air Force
• Serving from 1957 to 1965.
• Known as the "Father of the Pakistan Air Force,"
•  Born in Jammu & Kashmir in 1921
•  He passed away on January 5, 2018

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Frank Meseri was the first C-in-C of the Pak Army

Paery Cane was the first C-in-C of the Pakistan Air Force

Gefford James was the first C-in-C of the Pakistan Navy

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General Takka Khan was the first Chief of Staff of the Pak Army

Zafar Ahmed Chaudhry was the first Chief of Air Staff of the Air Force

Hasan Hafeez Ahmed was the first Chief of Naval Staff

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