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• IBM: International Business Machines Corporation
• Nickname: Big Blue
• Founded: June 16, 1911
• Headquarters: Armonk, New York, USA
• Nature: American multinational technology corporation
• Operations: Over 175 countries
• Founders: Herman Hollerith, Charles Ranlett Flint, Thomas J. Watson

Last verified on 03-09-2026

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• Ctrl + Y is used for redoing the last undone action in most applications.

Additional information:

• - Ctrl + Z: Undo
• - Ctrl + X: Cut
• - Ctrl + C: Copy
• - Ctrl + V: Paste

Last verified on 09-08-2026

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• Accolade means تعریف، اعزاز، یا کامیابی کے لیے دی گئی پہچان
• Award or Salute or Approval means تعریف، اعزاز، یا کسی کو دی جانے والی پہچان

Last verified on 24-06-2026

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• Definition: Total value of goods and services produced within a country in a year
• Components: Consumption, Investment, Government Spending, Net Exports
• Purpose: Measures economic performance and standard of living
• Units: Usually in US dollars or local currency
• Major Example: Pakistan’s GDP in 2025 ≈ $500 billion (nominal)

Explanation

• There are 8 categories (Masarif) for the distribution of Zakat.
• These categories are outlined in Surah Al-Taubah (9:60) of the Quran.

These are:

1. The poor (Al-Fuqara).
2. The needy (Al-Masakin).
3. Zakat administrators.
4. New Muslims and friends of the Muslim community.
5. Slaves and captives.
6. The debt-ridden.
7. In the cause of God.
8. The wayfarer (travelling with few resources).

32 times the word Zakat occurs in the Holy Quran.

22 times word Zakat is used in Makki Surahs.

Zakat was made compulsory in 2 A.H.

But its complete system was imposed in the year of 8th hijrah.

Last verified on 21-04-2026

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• Surah Al-Naml has Bismillah twice in the Holy Quran.
• It contains Bismillah at the beginning and again in Verse 30 (message of Prophet Sulaiman AS).
• Surah: 27th
• Verses: 93rd
• Type: Makki Surah
• Name Meaning: “The Ants”

Additional information:

• In contrast, Surah Al-Toba starts without Bismillah.
• Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem is repeated 114 times in the Quran.

Last verified on 12-06-2026

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• The smallest province of Pakistan by area is KPK.
• Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by area.
• Area wise second largest province of Pakistan is Punjab.

Last verified on 30-03-2026

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• Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed was the first soldier to be awarded the Nishan-e-Haider
• Born: 10 November 1910, Singhori village, Rawalpindi District
• Died: 27 July 1948 (aged 37), Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
• Buried: Hill of Tilpatra near Uri, Jammu and Kashmir in India
• Service years: 1929–1948
• Allegiance
• British India (1929–1947)
• Pakistan (1947–1948)

Nishan-e-Haider has been awarded to 11 soldiers since Pakistan's independence in 1947.

1. Captain Muhammad Sarwar (1948, Kashmir)
2. Naik Saif Ali Janjua (1948, Kashmir)
3. Major Tufail Muhammad (1958, East Pakistan)
4. Major Raja Aziz Bhatti (1965, Indo-Pak War)
5. Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas (1971, Indo-Pak War)
6. Major Muhammad Akram (1971, Indo-Pak War)
7. Major Shabbir Sharif (1971, Indo-Pak War)
8. Sowar Muhammad Hussain (1971, Indo-Pak War)
9. Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz (1971, Indo-Pak War)
10. Captain Karnal Sher Khan (1999, Kargil War)
11. Havildar Lalak Jan (1999, Kargil War)

Explanation

Facebook came out on February 4, 2004

Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, U.S.

Founded by Mark Zuckerberg, along with his fellow roommates

Meta Platforms, Inc. is an American multinational technology company

Explanation

Samuel Phillips Huntington was an American political scientist, died in 2008.

Clash of Civilization was published in 1996.