Explanation

• Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium
• NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• Founded: 4 April 1949 (Washington, USA).
• Type: Military Alliance.
• Official Languages: English & French.
• Founding Members: 12

Total Members: 32

• European: 30
• North American: 2

Latest Member: Sweden (joined 7 March 2024)

• Muslim Member Country: Türkiye
• Pakistan: Not a NATO member

List of NATO member countries:

1. Albania
2. Belgium
3. Bulgaria
4. Canada
5. Croatia
6. Czechia
7. Denmark
8. Estonia
9. France
10. Germany
11. Greece
12. Hungary
13. Iceland
14. Italy
15. Latvia
16. Lithuania
17. Luxembourg
18. Montenegro
19. Netherlands
20. North Macedonia
21. Norway
22. Poland
23. Portugal
24. Romania
25. Slovakia
26. Slovenia
27. Spain
28. Turkiye
29. United Kingdom
30. United States
31. Finland
32. Sweden

Last verified on 10-05-2026

Explanation

• The Battle of Karbala took place on Muharram 10 61 A.H (October 10, 680)
• In Karbala, present-day Iraq.
• It was fought between the army of the second Umayyad Caliph, Yazid I, and a small army led by Hussain ibn Ali (AS).
• The Umayyad Caliph Muawiyah I had nominated his son Yazid as his successor.

Last verified on 25-04-2026

Explanation

• The One Unit scheme was dissolved on 1 July 1970 under General Yahya Khan.
• The Legal Framework Order (LFO) 1970 ended the One Unit system and restored the provinces of West Pakistan.

Additional information:

• The scheme was presented by Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra in 1954.
• The One Unit scheme was introduced to merge the provinces and areas of West Pakistan into one province.
• It was approved on 30 September 1955 and came into effect on 14 October 1955.

The four major provinces merged into West Pakistan were:

1. West Punjab
2. Sindh
3. NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
4. Balochistan

Last verified on 08-10-2026

Explanation

Explanation

• Lake: Baikal
• Location: Siberia, Russia
• Depth: ~1,642 meters (deepest lake)
• Freshwater share: ~20% of world’s unfrozen water
• Age: ~25 million years

Last verified on 27-04-2026

Explanation

• Katpana Desert is a cold desert 
• Located in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
• Altitude: 2,226 meters above sea level
• Global ranking: 16th largest desert in the world
• Approximate area: ~50 km²
• Average winter temperature: -10°C to 5°C

Last updated 07-09-2026 by NA

Explanation

• Surah Al-Fatihah is called Ummul Kitab (Mother of the Book).
• It is the first Surah of the Holy Quran.
• It is also called Ummul Quran due to its central importance.
• It summarizes core teachings of worship, guidance, and prayer.
• It is recited in every unit of Salah (Namaz).
• It has 7 verses.

Last verified on 07-07-2026

Explanation

• Ruthless means بے رحم
• Merciful means مہربان

Last verified on 07-10-2026

Explanation

• The Expedition of Tabuk, also known as the Expedition of Usra.
• Muslims forces was 30,000.
• Start date: October 630 AD
• Date: October 630 CE (Rajab AH 9)
• Result: Bloodless battle
• Location: north to Tabuk, near the Gulf of Aqaba, in present-day northwestern Saudi Arabia
•  Ghazwa means that war in which our PROPHET (PBUH) took part while in which PROPHET (PBUH) did not took part is known as war.

Additional information:

• The first ghazaw was ghazawa Al abawa.

Last verified on 16-03-2026

Explanation

• 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.
• He was born October 24, 1775, in Delhi, India.
• He died November 7, 1862, in Rangoon [now Yangon], Myanmar.

Additional information:

• The first Mughal emperor was Babur, who founded the empire in 1526.

Last verified on 01-06-2026