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• Cave Hira (Ghar-e-Hira) is located on Jabal Al-Noor mountain.
  
• Jabal Al-Noor also Called the “Mountain of Light” or “Hill of Illumination”.
  
• It takes around 45 minutes to reach the top.
  
• Muhammad SAW first received revelation in a Mount Hira cave.
• The Holy Qur’an was revealed from 610-632 AD.

Last verified on 30-03-2026

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• Built by: Aurangzeb
• Construction completed: 1673
• Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
• Architect: Nawab Zain Yar Jang Bahadur
• Rank in Pakistan: 3rd largest mosque

Last verified on 09-07-2026

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• Full Name: D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation
• Type: Developing countries organization
• Founded: 1997
• Headquarters: Istanbul, Turkey
• Founder: Necmettin Erbakan
• Purpose: Promotes economic cooperation, trade, and development among member states.

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Member Countries (9):

1. Bangladesh
2. Egypt
3. Indonesia
4. Iran
5. Malaysia
6. Nigeria
7. Pakistan
8. Turkey
9. Azerbaijan

Last verified on 06-07-2026

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Last verified on 15-01-2026

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• Location: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
• Built: 1642 AD
• Emperor Era: Mughal Empire Shah Jahan
• Commissioned by: Hakim Ilm-ud-din Ansari (Wazir Khan)

Last verified on 23-06-2026

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• Mount Everest is the Highest peak in the world.
• It is located in Nepal.
• Height: 8,848.86m (29,032 feet)
• The first time expedition in 1953.
• It was named after George Everest in 1856.
• In the range of mountains: the Himalayas.

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• First climbers to reach Mount Everest (1953): Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary.
• First man to climb Mount Everest twice: Nawang Gombu.
• First Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest: Samina Baig.
• First blind Asian and third person in the world to climb Everest: Zhang Hong.
• Youngest Pakistani to summit Everest: Shehroze Kashif.
• Fastest woman to climb Mount Everest: Tsang Yin-hung.

Last verified on 16-06-2026

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• Pakistan’s shortest international boundary is with China in the north.
• It lies in the Gilgit-Baltistan region along the Karakoram range.
• This border connects Pakistan with China’s Xinjiang province.
• The Khunjerab Pass is the main crossing point on this border.

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• India → ~2,912 km (Longest)
• Afghanistan → ~2,430 km
• Iran → ~909 km
• China → ~523 km (Shortest)

Last verified on 17-05-2026

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• Iskander Mirza became the first President of Pakistan on 23 March 1956.
• He was the last Governor-General of Pakistan before becoming President.
• He was associated with the Republican Party.
• He abrogated the 1956 Constitution and imposed martial law (1958).
• He also served earlier as Governor of Bengal (India) and Governor-General of Pakistan.
• Born: 13 November 1899, Murshidabad, India
• Died: 13 November 1969, London, UK (buried in Iran)
• He was the great-grandson of Mir Jafar.

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• First President of Constituent Assembly of Pakistan: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• First elected President of Pakistan: Field Marshal Ayub Khan

Last verified on 01-04-2026

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• First Introduced: 1933 by Chaudhary Rahmat Ali.
• Pamphlet: Titled "Now or Never" meaning Are We to Live or Perish Forever?

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• First Use of Pakistan: Word appeared for the first time in this pamphlet.
• Based On: Two-nation theory of Syed Ahmed Khan.

Regions Represented (Pakistan):

1. Punjab
2. Afghanistan
3. Kashmir
4. Sindh
5. Baluchistan

Last verified on 24-03-2026