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Tashkent Declaration

- Date: 10 January 1966

- Countries: India and Pakistan

- Purpose: To resolve the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War

- Type: Peace agreement

- Mediation: Soviet Union

- Pakistan’s President: Ayub Khan

- India’s Prime Minister: Lal Bahadur Shastri

- Location: Tashkent (now in Uzbekistan)

Last updated: 27 OCT 2026 

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•  The largest district of KPK by area is Chitral, at 57 km²
• Former Chitral District area: Approximately 14,850 km².

• Location: Northwestern Pakistan
• Capital and largest city: Peshawar
• Old name: North-West Frontier Province (NWFP)
• Renamed: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2010 under the 18th Amendment.
• Established as NWFP: 1 July 1970.
• Renamed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 2010.
• Divisions: 7

Last updated: 27 OCT 2026 

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

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• Adopted: 29 February 1956
• Promulgated: 23 March 1956
• Abrogated by: President Iskander Mirza, 7 October 1958
• Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
• Head of State: President (replaced Governor-General)
• Minimum age of President: 40 years
• Total Articles: 234
• Parts: 13
• Schedules: 6
• Form of Government: Parliamentary
• Legislature: Unicameral (one house)
• National languages: Urdu and Bengali
• System: Federal
• Parity principle: Equal representation for East and West Pakistan
• Duration: Approximately 2 years, 6 months, and 14 days.

Last updated on 26 Oct 2026

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• The current Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan is Amjad Hussain Azar.
• Party Affiliation: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)
• Took Office: July 6, 2026 (elected unopposed on June 22, 2026)
•  Constituency: GBLA-1 Gilgit-I