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• Adopted: 12 March 1949

• Adopting Body: Constituent Assembly of Pakistan

• Presented By: Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan

• Date of Presentation: 7 March 1949

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• Total Members of Assembly: 75

• Members Supporting the Resolution: 21

• Minority Members: 10

• All amendments proposed by minority members were rejected.

• As a result, all 10 minority members voted against the resolution.

Last Updated on 12-01-2026

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• Surah Al-Baqarah is the longest chapter (surah) in the Holy Quran
• Chapter Number: 2nd chapter in the Quran.
• Meaning: "The Cow" or "The Heifer".
• Verse Count: 286 verses (ayat).
• Length: Spans about 2.5 parts (juz') of the Quran
• .Place of Revelation: Madinah. 
• It derives its name from the story of the cow (vv. 67-73).
• Verse 282, the longest verse, is known as 'āyatu d-dayn.
• It consists of 25,500 letters.
• The chapter has 40 Rukus.

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• Surah Al-Kausar is the shortest surah of the Holy Quran.
• Surah Aal-e-Imran is the second-longest surah of the Holy Quran.

Last updated NA on 10-09-2026

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• Manchar Lake is the largest natural lake in Pakistan.
• It is part of the Indus River basin.
• Covered Area: ~260 km² (100 square miles)
• Location: Jamshoro District, Sindh
• Water Source: Kirthar Mountains and surrounding streams

Last verified on 14-03-2026

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• Baluchistan is the biggest province of Pakistan by area.
  
• It covers 43% of the area of Pakistan
• Capital City: Quetta
• Established: 1 July 1970

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• Punjab is the biggest province of Pakistan by population.

Last verified on 26-05-2026

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• Pakistan Television (PTV) started its live transmission on November 26, 1964
• At the pilot station in Lahore.
• The initial broadcasts were entirely live, as video tape recording (VTR)

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• 2nd, in Dhaka in 1965.
• 3rd, in Rawalpindi-Islamabad in 1965.
• 4th Karachi in 1966.

Last updated by NA on 16-07-2026

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• Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to summit Mount Everest on 19 May 2013.
• Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
• It is located in the Himalayas, on the Nepal–China border.
• Its officially recognized height is 8,848.86 metres (29,031.7 feet).

Additional information:

• Youngest Pakistani to summit Everest: Shehroze Kashif (in 2021).
• First Pakistani man to summit Everest: Nazir Sabir (2000).
• The first confirmed climbers to reach its summit were Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on 29 May 1953.

Last verified on 10-10-2026

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• Surah Yaseen is known as the "Heart of the Holy Quran."
• It is the 36th chapter of the Quran.
• It contains 83 verses.
• It is regarded as an earlier Meccan surah.

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• Surah Ar-Rahman: "Aroos ul Quran" (the Bride of the Quran).
• Al-Fatihah (The Opening)
• Al-Baqarah (The Cow)
• Aali Imran (The Family of Imran)
• An-Nisa (The Women)
• Al-Maidah (The Table)

Last verified on 15-07-2026

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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”

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• 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 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.

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• The first ghazaw was ghazawa Al abawa.

Last verified on 16-03-2026