Urban Development | MCQs

Explanation

Rank	City	Population (2017 Census)[1][2][3]	Population (1998 Census)[1][4][3]	Change	Province
1	Karachi	14,916,456	9,339,023	+59.72%	Sindh
2	Lahore	11,126,285	5,209,088	+113.59%	Punjab
3	Faisalabad	3,204,726	2,008,861	+59.53%	Punjab
4	Rawalpindi	2,098,231	1,409,768	+48.84%	Punjab
5	Gujranwala	2,027,001	1,132,509	+78.98%	Punjab
6	Peshawar	1,970,042	982,816	+100.45%	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
7	Multan	1,871,843	1,197,384	+56.33%	Punjab
8	Hyderabad	1,734,309	1,166,894	+48.63%	Sindh
9	Islamabad	1,009,832	529,180	+90.83%	Islamabad
10	Quetta	1,001,205	565,137	+77.16%	Balochistan
11	Bahawalpur	762,111	408,395	+86.61%	Punjab
12	Sargodha	659,862	458,440	+43.94%	Punjab
13	Sialkot	655,852	421,502	+55.60%	Punjab
14	Sukkur	499,900	335,551	+48.98%	Sindh
15	Larkana	490,508	270,283	+81.48%	Sindh
16	Rahim Yar Khan	477,100	233,537	+104.29%	Punjab
17	Sheikhupura	473,129	280,263	+68.82%	Punjab
18	Jhang	414,131	293,366	+41.17%	Punjab
19	Talagang	401,607	284,795	+41.02%	Punjab
20	Dera Ghazi Khan	399,064	190,542	+109.44%	Punjab
21	Gujrat	390,533	251,792	+55.10%	Punjab
22	Sahiwal	389,605	208,778	+86.61%	Punjab
23	Wah Cantonment	380,103	198,891	+91.11%	Punjab
24	Mardan	358,604	245,926	+45.82%	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
25	Kasur	358,409	245,321	+46.10%	Punjab
26	Okara	357,935	201,815	+77.36%	Punjab
27	Mingora	331,091	173,868	+90.43%

Explanation

Islamabad officially became the capital of Pakistan on 14 August 1967.

Ayoub Khan made Islamabad the capital of Pakistan

The area of Islamabad before its declaration as the capital of Pakistan was known as Raj Shahi.

Islamabad is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people

Constructed 1960

Postcode 44000

ND23-4-2023

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Karachi was officially declared the capital of Pakistan on 12th March 1948.

Karachi remained capital of Pakistan from 1947 to 1959.

Rawalpindi remained capital of Pakistan from 1959 to 1967.

Islamabad is the current capital of Pakistan since 14 August 1967.

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Prime Minister Imran Khan on February 26, 2021 laid the foundation stone of the ambitious Central Business District (CBD) project at the Walton Airport site, asserting that the project would help create much-needed wealth to pay off foreign loans that had accumulated over the past ‘decade of darkness’.

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Askari Park has been renamed as Kashmir Park to pay homage to the perseverance and struggle of Kashmiri people against India’s illegal occupation and state-terrorism in Kashmir on 05-02-2022. 

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In July 2023, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the China Expo Center in Gwadar (Balochistan)

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In October 2022, Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has approved Lahore Master Plan-2050 besides giving nod to `one-window` facility for expatriate Pakistanis in the housing schemes of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA).

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OIC headquarters is located in Jadda.

It is the largest international organization outside of the United Nations.

The official languages of the OIC are Arabic, English, and French.

It changed its name on 28 June 2011 from the Organization of the Islamic Conference to its current name.

Total Current member= 57

Jakarta is the largest city in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries

ND07-3-2023

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Saidpur, a little quaint village, famous for its pottery, is part of Islamabad today.

It is located off the Hill Road to the east of Daman-e-Koh.