Explanation

• Largest & busiest seaport: Port of Karachi
• Location: Karachi, Arabian Sea
• Cargo handled: About 60% of Pakistan’s cargo
• Harbour size: 32 km
• Opened: 1857

Additional information:

• Muhammad Bin Qasim Port: Also called Port Qasim; located near Karachi.
• Gwadar Port: Deep-sea port in Balochistan; developed as part of CPEC.

Last verified on 10-10-2026

Explanation

• Largest Coalfield: Thar Coalfield, Tharparkar, Sindh
• Discovery Year: 1991
• Global Ranking: Among the world's 16th-largest coal reserves
• The Thar Coalfield covers an area of about 9,100 km² in the Thar Desert.

Additional information:

• Sindh: 184.623
• Punjab: 0.235
• Balochistan: 0.217
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK): 0.092
• Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK): 0.009
• Total Coal Reserves: 185.175 billion tons

Last verified on 20-07-2026

Explanation

• Satellite Name: Badr-1 (also known as Badr-A)
• Date: July 16, 1990
• Agency: Developed by SUPARCO 
• Launch Vehicle: Chinese Long March 2E rocket.
• End of mission
• Last contact: 21 August 1990
• Decay date: 9 December 1990

Last updated 07-09-2026 by NA

Explanation

• Date: July 16, 1990
• Satellite Name: Badr-1 (also known as Badr-A)
• Agency: Developed by SUPARCO 
• Launch Vehicle: Chinese Long March 2E rocket.
• End of mission
• Last contact: 21 August 1990
• Decay date: 9 December 1990

Last updated 07-09-2026 by NA

Explanation

• Samina Baig became the first Pakistani woman to summit Mount Everest on 19 May 2013.
• Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
• It is located in the Himalayas, on the Nepal–China border.
• Its officially recognized height is 8,848.86 metres (29,031.7 feet).

Additional information:

• Youngest Pakistani to summit Everest: Shehroze Kashif (in 2021).
• First Pakistani man to summit Everest: Nazir Sabir (2000).
• The first confirmed climbers to reach its summit were Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on 29 May 1953.

Last verified on 10-10-2026