Explanation

• The F-16 Fighting Falcon jets operated by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) 
• Currently, Pakistan operates Block 70 or F-16 Viper configuration.
• Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin (originally General Dynamics).
• Production was taken over by Lockheed in the 1990s.
• Developed by General Dynamics
• Origin: United States.

Last updated by NA on 27 April 2026

Explanation

•  Pakistan COAS during Kargil War: Gen. Pervez Musharraf
• India COAS: General V. P. Malik
• Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed was the hero of the war.

Additional information

• Kargil War was fought between India and Pakistan.
• It took place from May to July 1999.
• It is also known as the Kargil Conflict / Operation Vijay (India).
• Location was the Kargil district along the Line of Control (LoC).
• The conflict was stopped with the USA's intervention.
• India had about 30,000 troops, Pakistan had about 5,000.
• India won the Kargil War
• India lost 527 soldiers
• Pakistan lost 453 soldiers.

Last updated by NA on 26 April 2026

Explanation

• Kargil War was fought between India and Pakistan.
• It took place from May to July 1999.
• It is also known as the Kargil Conflict / Operation Vijay (India).
• Location was the Kargil district along the Line of Control (LoC).

Additional information

• The conflict was stopped with the USA's intervention.
• India had about 30,000 troops, Pakistan had about 5,000.
• Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed was the hero of the war.
• General Pervez Musharraf was Pakistan’s COAS.
• General V. P. Malik was India’s COAS.
• India won the Kargil War
• India lost 527 soldiers
• Pakistan lost 453 soldiers.

Last updated by NA on 26 April 2026

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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