Explanation

Karakoram Highway (KKH)

• - Other Name: Friendship Highway (China); N-35 (Pakistan).
• - Built By: Governments of Pakistan and China.
• - Completed: 1979 (officially opened in 1986).
• - Starting Point: Hassan Abdal, Pakistan.
• - Length: Approximately 1,300 km in Pakistan.
• - Route: Connects Pakistan and China through Khunjerab Pass.
• - Mountain Range: Karakoram Range.
• - Nickname: Often called the Silk Route of Pakistan.

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Explanation

• Date: 27 October
• Observed as: Kashmir Black Day
• First observed Year: 1947
• Purpose: To mark the arrival of Indian troops in Srinagar.

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Explanation

• Current/Survey of Pakistan 2021 figure: 2,611 km
• Older figure: 2,430 km
• Name of border: Durand Line
• Year of agreement: 1893
• British representative: Sir Mortimer Durand
• Afghan ruler: Amir Abdur Rahman Khan

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Explanation

• Iskander Mirza became the first President of Pakistan on 23 March 1956.
• He was the last Governor-General of Pakistan before becoming President.
• He was associated with the Republican Party.
• He abrogated the 1956 Constitution and imposed martial law (1958).
• He also served earlier as Governor of Bengal (India) and Governor-General of Pakistan.
• Born: 13 November 1899, Murshidabad, India
• Died: 13 November 1969, London, UK (buried in Iran)
• He was the great-grandson of Mir Jafar.

Additional information:

• First President of Constituent Assembly of Pakistan: Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• First elected President of Pakistan: Field Marshal Ayub Khan

Explanation

• The length of the Indus River is 3,180 km.
• The largest river in Pakistan is the Indus River.
• It is the National River of Pakistan.

Additional information:

• The Indus River starts in Tibet.
• It originates from the Mansarovar lake.
• They flow through India, Pakistan.
• It finally falls into the Arabian Sea near Karachi.
• They start making a delta near the city of Thatta.
• The old name of the Indus River was Sindhu.
• There are 6 Barrages constructed in the Indus River.
• The 2nd source of Indus River is Gar Tsangpo.
• The upper Indus Plain starts from Kalabagh.
• The upper Indus Plain ends at Mithankot.

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