Explanation

• The Dhulian oil field is located in the central Potwar Plateau
• In the Attock District of Punjab
• Situated near the Khaur area
• 90 km southwest of Islamabad
• Discovered in 1937
• Operated by Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL)

Last updated by NA on 22-April-2026

Explanation

• The Port of Palermo is located in Italy.
• Location: Northern Sicily, Italy
• Sea: Tyrrhenian Sea
• Major Mediterranean cruise and ferry terminal

Last updated by NA on 20-April-2026

Explanation

• Location: Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
• Era: 1st century CE (Buddhist period)
• Civilization: Gandhara Civilization
• UNESCO status: World Heritage Site (1980)
• Structure: Monastery, stupas, prayer halls, and meditation cells

Last verified on 21-04-2026

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

• The COVID-19 first appeared in late 2019.
• It reached Pakistan in February 2020.
• The first confirmed cases were reported in Karachi.
• The virus spread globally and was declared a pandemic by WHO in March 2020.

Last updated by NS 19 April 2026