Explanation

Explanation

Shandur Polo Festival is a sports festival

Shandur Polo Festival is held annually in Shandur Polo Ground, Ghizer, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

The polo tournament is played between the teams of Gilgit-Baltistan Districts and Chitral District

Shandur Polo Festival starts from the 7th of July

Shandur Polo Festival ended on the 9th of July

Shandur Polo Festiva Established: 1930

The founder of Shandur Polo Festiva was Colonel Evelyn Hey Cobb

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Explanation

Upper Indus plain height: 180m to 300m.

 Five rivers of Punjab drain this plain and cover it with alluvial soils.

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

  
  

  
  

  
  

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Akram Khan Durrani: remained chief of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (from 2002 to 2007)

Akram Khan Durrani: remained federal minister for housing (from 2013 to 2018)

Explanation

• The area of ex-Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) is 27220 square kilometers.
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• The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) consisted of two types of areas:
• 1.      Tribal Agencies (Tribal Districts)

• 2.      Frontier Regions (FRs).

• There were seven Tribal Agencies and six Frontier Regions
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Related Question to FATA:

• Share of FATA in NFC award 3%
• Operation Zarb-e-Azb underwent in the former FATA. Azb was the name of the Sword of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)
• Name of Army operation in FATA? Zarb-e-Azb
• The major languages of FATA are Pashto
• kPK seats before FATA merger _124
• General seats in the KPK assembly after the merger of FATA are 145
• FATA was merged with KPK under which constitutional amendment 25th
• Ex-FATA comprises 7 Agencies

Explanation

Explanation

The land of hospitality is called Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is a province of Pakistan.

It is located in the northwestern region of the country, along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border and close to Tajikistan border.

Explanation

Explanation

Kafir Kot, also known as Kafirkot.

It is located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

It's in the Dera Ismail Khan district, near the cities of Kundian and Mianwali in Punjab.