Provincial Government | MCQs

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Syed Murad Ali Shah is the 29th and current caretaker CM of Sindh since Feb 2024.

Governor: Kamran Tessori

Preceded by Maqbool Baqar (caretaker)

List of Chief Ministers of Sindh from 1947 till today

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Sardar Saleem Haider is the current and 47th Governor Punjab

Appointment date: 10 May 2024

Party name: PPP

Predecessor: Baligh ur Rehman 

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Capitals of Provinces in Pakistan:

1. Sindh: Karachi
2. Punjab: Lahore
3. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Peshawar
4. Balochistan: Quetta
5. Gilgit-Baltistan (region): Gilgit
6. Azad Jammu and Kashmir (region): Muzaffarabad

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Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan is the current Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab

Appointed on on 24 February 2024.

Preceded by: Muhammad Sibtain Khan

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Muzamil Aslam is a Pakistani politician who is the Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Finance. 

Party affilitaion: PTI

Appointed in March 2024

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Hazrat Usman RA sent the copies of the Holy Quran to provincial governments.

Hazrat hadifa-bin-Yamaan solicited Hazrat Usman (RA) to send the copies of Quran to different countries.

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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)

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In Pakistan, federal and provincial governments are formed after general elections, held every 5 years.

These elections determine the members of the National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies, who then elect the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers.

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Muzamil Aslam is a Pakistani politician who is the Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Finance. 

Party affilitaion: PTI

Appointed in March 2024

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In March 2022, Balochistan has become the first province in the country to have introduced e-tendering to ensure transparency and merit in the bidding and procurement process through legislation passed by the provincial assembly.