Explanation

2023 national census (released on 5 August 2023)

Growth rate: 2.55 per cent

Total Pakistan population: 241.49 million

Punjab: 127.68 million

Punjab growth rate: 2.53 percent

Sindh population: 55.69 million

Sindh growth rate: 2.57 percent

Balochistan population: 14.89 million

Balochistan growth rate: 3.2 percent (highest of all)

KPK population: 40.85 million

KPK growth rate: 2.38 percent

Pakistan rural population: 61.18 percent

Pakistan Urban population: 38.82 percent

33 million population increased between 2017 and 2023 

110 million population increased between 1998 and 2023 

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Explanation

Ghulam Ishaq Khan's held offices:

• Chairman WAPDA: 1961-1966
  
• Governor SBP: 22nd December 1971 – 30th November 1975
• Chairman Senate: 21st March 1985 – 12th December 1988
• President of Pakistan: 17th August 1988 – 18th July 1993

Explanation

The Tehqeeqi Majalla “Bunyād” is the scholarly research journal of the National University of Modern Languages (NUML).

It is published by NUML’s dedicated research and publication division

Reflecting the university’s commitment to advancing academic inquiry and linguistic studies.

Explanation

Explanation

Phander Lake is situated in the Phander Village,  Gilgit–Baltistan region 

This lake is an important source of fresh water. 

Length: 900 m

Width: 460 m

Explanation

Important Passes of Pakistan

1. Khyber Pass 

connects: Peshawar to Kabul

connects: Pakistan to Afghanistan

Height 1070 meters, 3510 feet 

2. Bolan Pass 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

3. Lowari Pass 

Connects: Chitral with Dir 

Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

4. Broghil Pass 

Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

5. Malakand Pass 

Connects: Dir with Chitral 

Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

6. Shandur pass

Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

7. Khanjerab Pass (top most in Pakistan) 

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

8. Dorah pass

Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

9. Babusar Pass 

Connects: Mansehra/Abbotabad with Gilgit

10. Kohat Pass

Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

11. Khojak Pass

Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

12. Tochi Pass

Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

Explanation

Most water in the northern part of the subcontinent comes from Himalayan rivers like the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra.

These rivers are fed by glaciers and snowmelt, ensuring a continuous water supply.

Explanation

Makli Necropolis is one of the largest funerary sites in the world.

spread over an area of 10 kilometers near the city of Thatta, in the Pakistani province of Sindh

The site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 as an "outstanding testament" to Sindhi civilization between the 14th and 18th centuries.

Explanation

The Qadirpur gas field, located in Sindh, Pakistan

The field is located at a distance of 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Ghotki in Sindh Province.

Discovered in March 1990

It is the country's second-largest gas field

Year of current production of gas : July 2016 to March 2017

Explanation

 At the time of the 1947 partition, Pakistan inherited a very small portion of the cotton industries in the subcontinent.

Specifically, it inherited only 16 out of the 921 industrial units that existed, and these mainly focused on cotton textiles.