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List of Governer of GB

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Pakistan was scheduled to host the 19th summit of the  (SAARC) in Islamabad on 15 to 16 November 2016.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his address to the 19th SAARC summit being held in Islamabad

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First SAARC Summit, Dhaka, 1985

Second SAARC Summit, Bangalore, 1986

Third SAARC Summit, Kathmandu, 1987

Fourth Summit, Islamabad, 1988

Fifth SAARC Summit, Male', 1990

Sixth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 1991

Seventh SAARC Summit. Dhaka, 1993

Eighth SAARC Summit, New Delhi 1995

Ninth SAARC Summit, Male, 1997

Tenth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 1998

Eleventh SAARC Summit, Kathmandu, 2002

Twelfth SAARC Summit, Islamabad, 2004

Thirteenth SAARC Summit, Dhaka, 2005

Fourteenth SAARC Summit, New Delhi, 2007

Fifteenth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 2008

Sixteenth SAARC Summit, Thimphu, 2010

Seventeenth SAARC Summit, Addu City, 2011

Eighteenth SAARC Summit, Kathmandu, 2014

Nineteenth SAARC Summit, Islamabad, 2016 (Postponed)

Twentieth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 2020

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• Hindko
• Pashto (major)
• Chirtali
• Hindo (major)

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• The dam was inaugurated in Oct 2020 by the Sindh government in Nagarparkar The district of Tharparkar is Kalidas Dam
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• The dam was inaugurated at Rs333 million Kalidas Dam in Nagarparkar, Tharparkar district, on Wednesday,
• the CM said that 23 such dams have been built so far and the work on 11 other dams will finish by July 2022.
  

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Pakistan joined SAARC in 1985

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The main Aim of SAARC is regional cooperation.

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SAARC is an economic and political regional organization of countries in South Asia set up in 1985

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SAARC stands for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Headquarters are located in Kathmandu.

Current members of SAARC are 8

Naeem U. Hasan from Pakistani head of SAARC from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 1998

Amjad Hussain B Sial is the second man from Pakistan to head of SAARC from 1 March 2017 till 29 February 2020

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First Chairman of the SAARC.

Hussain Muhammad Ershad was a Bangladeshi Army Chief and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990

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Gilgit Baltistan is located on the North side of Pakistan

Gilgit is a city of: Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan

Gilgit-Baltistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory.

Gilgit-Baltistan was Established on 1 November 1948

Capital of Gilgit-Baltistan is Gilgit

Largest city of Gilgit-Baltistan is Skardu

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Pakistan purchased Gwadar port from Oman on 8th September 1958.

Gwadar officially became part of Pakistan on 8th December 1958.

Gwadar remained under Omani rule for 174 years from 1783 -1958 

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Peshawar is the largest city and capital of KPK.

Peshawar is also called the heart of KPK.

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Ataullah Mengal was a Pakistani politician and feudal figure

the 1st Chief Minister of Balochistan during Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's premiership from 1 May 1972 to 13 February 1973.

The post was established by President Yahya Khan on July 1, 1970.

Full name: Ataullah Khan Mengal

Born: March 24, 1929, Wadh

Died: September 2, 2021, in Karachi

Party: Balochistan National Party (Mengal)

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At the peak of the Pakistan Movement, Gilgit-Baltistan was under the control of the Maharaja of Kashmir, as it was a part of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.

In 1947, following the partition, the region was later administered by Pakistan after the Kashmir conflict.