Explanation

Karachi was officially declared the capital of Pakistan on 12th March 1948.

Karachi remained capital of Pakistan from 1947 to 1959.

Rawalpindi remained capital of Pakistan from 1959 to 1967.

Islamabad is the current capital of Pakistan since 14 August 1967.

Explanation

The NFC (National Finance Commission) is responsible for determining the distribution of federal revenue among the provinces.

It was founded in 1951.

Explanation

FWO: Frontier Works Organization

FWO: a military engineering organization

FWO established: 1966

FWO credited for construction:  bridges, roads, tunnels, airfields and dams in Pakistan

Explanation

Farhad Zaidi had been the president of The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and

vice-president of the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi.

He had also served as the managing director of PTV and an editor of a local newspaper.

Explanation

The Mukti Bahini was the guerrilla resistance movement consisting of

• the Bangladeshi military,
• paramilitary and
• civilians

during the War of Liberation, which transformed East Pakistan into Bangladesh in 1971.

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ð  The war of 1971 between India and Pakistan lasted for 13 days from 3 December 1971 to the fall of Dacca (Dhaka) on 16 December 1971 .

ð  The war began with Operation Chengiz Khan's preemptive aerial strikes (india).

ð  on 16 December 1971 in Dhaka, marking the formation of East Pakistan as the new nation of Bangladesh.

ð  Officially, East Pakistan had earlier called for its secession from Pakistan on 26 March 1971.

Explanation

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto visited the Soviet Union in March 1972.

Because to normalize relations between the two countries.

Explanation

• The judiciary is responsible for interpreting laws, which means that they explain and clarify the meaning of laws and how they should be applied in specific cases.
• This is a key aspect of the separation of powers, as it ensures that the judiciary has the authority to review and interpret laws, while the legislative branch (parliament or congress) has the power to enact laws, and the executive branch (the government) has the power to implement laws.

Explanation

Shehbaz Sharif made his first visit to Turkey from 31 May to 2 June 2022 (his first visit to Turkey after becoming PM)

Explanation

The 1965 war between India and Pakistan was the second conflict between the two countries over the status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Explanation

The 4th death anniversary of the German doctor, Ruth Pfau who dedicated her life to eradicate leprosy in Pakistan, was observed on 10 August 2021.

Ruth Pfau was a German–Pakistani Catholic nun of the Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary, and a physician.

Ruth Pfau moved from Germany to Pakistan in 1961.

Ruth Pfau was honoured with the Hilal-i-Pakistan-, Hilal-i-Imtiaz-, Nishan-i-Quaid-i-Azam-, and the Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam award for her services to Pakistan.

Dr Pfau, who was hailed as the Mother Teresa of Pakistan, passed away on 10 August 2017 in Karachi.