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A referendum on the Islamisation policy of President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was held in Pakistan on 19 December 1984.

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq took oath as President of Pakistan on 23 March 1985.

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Friday was declared for the first time as an official weekly holiday by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1977.

Friday was declared as half working day 22 August 1947

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On 26 March 2023, Scottish nationalists picked Humza Yousaf to be the country’s next leader after a bitterly fought contest that exposed deep divisions in his party over policy and a stalled independence campaign.

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Pakistan’s Saba Haleem becomes first woman ‘in the world’ to climb Gondogoro Peak

Gondogoro Pass (گوندوگرو‎) is a 5585 meter high mountain pass in the Baltistan region

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The Potwar plateau is an ancient region of petroleum production in Pakistan.

The plateau is the location of Pakistan’s major oil fields, the first of which were discovered at:

Khaur (1915) and Dhulian (1935)

the Tut field was discovered in 1968

and exploration continued in the area in the 1970s

Additional information:

Petroleum exploration in Pakistan began in the early 1860s during the British colonial period.

The first oil well was drilled in 1866 near Kundian, Punjab, by the Burmah Oil Company. 

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On 16 March 2023, Peshawar Zalmi became first team to complete 50 wins in the history of Pakistan Super League (PSL).

Peshawar Zalmi 

The record for the most losses in the PSL history is held by the Karachi Kings as they have suffered defeat in 50 matches in 85 matches.

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KANUPP is Pakistan's first nuclear power plant, inaugrated on November 28, 1972, with a total gross capacity of 137 MW.

With the help of Canada 

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Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was the first democratically elected prime minister of Pakistan.

Benazir Bhutto was the first democratically elected female prime minister of Pakistan.

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• First Factory Act was passed in the year 1881 during the viceroyship of Lord Ripon.
• In the year 1885, a Factory Commission was appointed.
• A Royal Labour Commission was appointed in the year 1891.
• The main purpose of those commissions was to limit the working hours in the factory.

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• The holy land is the meaning of Pakistan
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• The word Pakistan consists of two parts, i.e., Pak and Istan.
  
• While Pak is a Persian word,
  
• the word Pakistan means a holy/ pure/ clean place (country) and not the 'Land of the Pure'
•  the word Istan is from the word isthan, which is a Hindi word meaning a place.
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• The word Pakistan was firstly introduced in now or never in 1933 by Choudhry Rahmat Ali.

  Now or never was a pamphlet, referring to the names of the five northern regions of British India: Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Sindh and Baluchistan.