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• Sardar Abdur Rub Nishtar was the Governor of Punjab.
• Province: West Punjab (Pakistan)
• Term: August 1949 to November 1951
• Significance: First native Pakistani governor of the province
• Born: 13 June 1899; Peshawar
• Died: 14 February 1958 (aged 58); Karachi
• Finance Minister for the Northwest Frontier Province (1943–1945)
• Represented the Muslim League at the critical Simla Conference in 1945

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• Name: Dr. Maleeha Lodhi
• Position: Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
• Office: 6 February 2015 – 30 September/30 October 2019
• Appointed by: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
• Preceded by: Masood Khan
• Succeeded by: Munir Akram

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• Presented by: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
• Famous Speech: Meerut Speech
• Date: 16 March 1888
• Purpose: To explain that Muslims and Hindus were separate nations with different religious, cultural, and social identities.
• Importance: Became the ideological foundation of Pakistan.

Last verified on 10-07-2026

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• Dr. Abdus Salam won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979.
• He received the award for his contribution to the Electroweak Theory, which unified the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.

Additional information:

• Born: 29 January 1926, Jhang, Punjab
• Died: 21 November 1996
• Ph.D.: 1952, Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
• Achievement: First Pakistani Nobel laureate and second Muslim Nobel laureate

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• Gujarati was the mother tongue of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
• His family belonged to the Kathiawar region of Gujarat and spoke Gujarati at home.

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• Born: 25 December 1876
• Birthplace: Karachi, British India
• Profession: Lawyer and Politician
• Title: Quaid-e-Azam (Great Leader)
• Died: 11 September 1948 (Karachi)

Last verified on 30-06-2026

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• Waris Shah was a Punjabi poet.
• He is famous for writing the famous romantic epic “Heer Ranjha”.
• His poetry reflects Punjabi culture, society, and Sufi thought.

Additional information:

• Born: 23 January 1722
• Died: June 24, 1798
• Tomb: Jandiala Sher Khan, Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan

Last verified on 25-06-2026

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• First Governor: Zahid Husain
• Term: June 1948 – July 1953

Additional information:

• First Female Governor: Dr. Shamshad Akhtar
• Year of Female Governor Appointment: 2006
• Headquarters: Karachi, Pakistan

Last verified on 16-01-2026

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• The real name of Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk was Syed Mehdi Ali.

Additional information:

• Born: 9 December 1837 (Etawah, India)
• Died: 16 October 1907 (Shimla, India)
• Other names: Munir Nawaz Jang
• Political role: Leader in Muslim political awakening
• Associated movement: Aligarh Movement

Last verified on 22-06-2026

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• Authority: Governor-General Malik Ghulam Muhammad
• Prime Minister removed: Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din
• Date of dismissal: 17 April 1953
• Successor PM: Muhammad Ali Bogra
• Governor-General office: Highest executive authority at that time

Last verified on 22-06-2026

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• Presidency period: 20 June 2001 – 18 August 2008
• Took power: 12 October 1999 (military coup)
• Position before presidency: Chief of Army Staff (1998–2007)
• Party formed later: All Pakistan Muslim League (APML, 2010)
• Preceded by: Muhammad Rafiq Tarar

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