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• Date Signed: 10 January 1966
• Place: Tashkent, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan)

Signatories:

• Ayub Khan – President of Pakistan
• Lal Bahadur Shastri – Prime Minister of India
• Alexei Kosygin – Premier of USSR (mediator)

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After the imposition of Martial Law in 1958,

General Muhammad Ayub Khan introduced the concept of basic democracy through the Basic Democracy Order, in 1959.

On 26 October, Ayub Khan announces his system of 80,000 Basic Democrats

The voting was to be indirect, as the President had to be elected by the 80,000 "basic democrats", who made up the Electoral College.

The electoral system was made indirect, and the `Basic Democrats', for both wings were declared Electoral College for the purpose of electing the Assemblies and the President.

(40,000 from each East & West Pakistan).

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• First Caliph: Hazrat Abu Bakr (June 8, 632 – August 23, 634)
• Second Caliph: Hazrat Umar (R.A.)
• Third Caliph: Hazrat Usman (R.A.)
• Fourth Caliph: Hazrat Ali (R.A.) (656–661 CE)

Sahabi who proposed Hazrat Abu Bakr for the Caliphate: Hazrat Umar (R.A.)

Explanation

Given equation:

x² - 5x + 6 = 0

Factor the quadratic equation:

(x - 2)(x - 3) = 0

This gives us:

x - 2 = 0 or x - 3 = 0

x = 2 or x = 3

The roots of the equation are x = 2 and x = 3.

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The Kot Diji Fort formally known as Fort Ahmadabad, is an 18th-century Talpur-era fort located.

Kot Diji forms a part of the Harappan Civilization.

It is an ancient flood channel located on the bank of the Indus River.

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The common border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is called the Durand Line

The length of the border is 2611 km

It was drawn on November 12, 1893, in Kabul Afghanistan

It was an agreement between Mortimer Durand and Abdul Rahman.

There are two significant ethnic groups near the Durand line:

• Punjabis: biggest ethnic group in Pakistan
• Pashtuns: are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan

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According to the Survey of Pakistan, the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is 2611 km

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Bahadur Shah Zafar is the last Mughal emperor of India (reigned 1837–57).

He was a poet, musician, and calligrapher, more an aesthete than a political leader.

Bahadur Shah Zafar was born October 24, 1775, in Delhi, India

Bahadur Shah Zafar died November 7, 1862, in Rangoon [now Yangon], Myanmar.

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The punishment of 80 lashes for alcohol consumption was standardized during the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab (R.A) (634–644 CE).

This was based on his ijtihad (juridical reasoning) and consultation with companions, considering alcohol’s societal harm.