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The Kartarpur Corridor is a visa-free border crossing and religious corridor, connecting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan to Gurudwara Dera Baba Nanak

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Mahmud of Ghazni’s seventeen successive raids took place from around 1000 AD until 1026 AD.

His most famous raid was in 1025 AD, where he plundered and damaged the Somnath temple in Gujarat

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Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Sabuktigin, usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni 

He was the Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire, ruling from 998 to 1030. 

He is usually known by his title, Yamin al-Dawla 

He was born in Ghazni in Zabulistan (Afghanistan) on 2 November 971

Died: 30 April 1030 (aged 58), Afghanistan

Burial: Mosque and Tomb of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi, Afghanistan

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Army Chief General Bajwa start Operation Rad-ul-Fasad

Operation Rad-ul-Fasad is an intensive nationwide operation against terror groups

The Radd-ul-Fasaad took place a year and a half after the completion of Zarb-e-Azb

Started on: 22 February 2017

It is a continuation of the National Action Plan (NAP), which ended on February 22, 2021, for four years.

Location: Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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The Kirthar Mountains are a mountain range that marks the boundary between the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan and Sindh

Kirthar Mountains, a mountainous region in southern Pakistan.

It stretches about 300 km south from the Murat River in central-eastern Balochistan to Cape Muari (Monze), west of Karachi in the Arabian Sea.

The mountains form the boundary between the lower Indus River basin (east) 

The highest peak of the mountains is Zardak Peak at 7,430 ft (2,260 m).

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The first direct elections in the country after independence took place for the  Punjab State Legislature between 10 and 20 March 1951.

The election was held with 197 seats.

The remaining seats were unanimously filled, but more than 939 candidates ran for 189 seats.

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The parliament initially had 210 seats

Including 10 women, but in 1985 it increased to 237 seats, and then to 342 seats.

Currently, there are  342 seats in the Diet.

Of these, 272 are directly filled with elections.

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Ishrat Usmani was a Pakistani nuclear physicist 

He chaired the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission from 1960 to 1971.

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• The largest Mosque in Pakistan is the Shah Faisal Mosque
• Located in Islamabad
• Architected by Vedat Dalokay. (Turkish)
• Established in 1986
• It is named after the late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (r. 1964–75).
• Located in the foothills of the Margalla Hills

Last updated by NS on 5-09-2026