Explanation

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

Peshawar Zalmi 

became the first team of PSL to complete their 50 wins in 92 matches. 

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.

Explanation

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. 

Explanation

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 

Explanation

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

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

Explanation

• 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.

 

Explanation

• 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. 

Explanation

Attabad Lake located in the Gojal region of Hunza Valley in Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan.

It was created in January 2010 as the result of a major landslide in Attabad.

Explanation

Nida Dar is the first and the only Pakistan bowler to have claimed 100 T20I wickets, and currently, the second-highest wicket-taker in Women’s T20Is, according to the ICC.

Updated 29 December 2022

Explanation

Begum Nusrat Bhutto was the mother of Benazir Bhutto

Begum Nusrat Bhutto was an Iranian-Pakistani public figure of Kurdish origin,

Begum Nusrat Bhutto served as the First Lady of Pakistan between 1971 and the 1977 coup,

Begum Nusrat Bhutto was a senior member of the federal cabinet between 1988 and 1990

Begum Nusrat Bhutto was born on 23rd March 1929

Died: October 23, 2011, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Explanation

The national flag of Pakistan was adopted on August 11, 1947.

1.   Green colour represents the Muslim majority in Pakistan.

2.   White colour represents minorities.

3.   Crescent represents progress.

4.   Five-pointed star represents light and knowledge.