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• The Netherlands is widely known as the "Land of Flowers."
• Due to its massive flower industry, expansive tulip fields
• Peshawar: Historically known as the "City of Flowers".
• It was known as Pushapura, a Sanskrit term for the city of flowers

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Manchester of Pakistan. Faisalabad.

Gateway of Pakistan. Karachi.

Brasilia of Pakistan. Islamabad.

Land of Flowers, Netherlands .

City of Textiles. Faisalabad. 

Last updated by NS on 06 May 2026

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• He said that Honesty is the best policy.
• This sentence expresses a universal truth.
• In indirect speech, universal truths do not change tense.
• Only quotation marks are removed and “that” is added.
• The meaning remains exactly the same.

Last verified on 20-04-2026

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• Akbar introduced Din-i-Ilahi in 1582.

• It was a syncretic belief system aimed at religious harmony.
• The idea was to promote unity between Hindus and Muslims in the Mughal Empire.
• It was also called Tawhid-i-Ilahi (Divine Monotheism) in historical records.
• Din-i-Ilahi was centered in Fatehpur Sikri.
• It was recorded by court historian Abu’l-Fazl.

Last verified on 19-04-2026

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The Quit India Movement is also called the August Movement or August Kranti (August Revolution). 

 launched by Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, 1942,in Bombay.

The movement, started by the Congress party.

It's demanded an end to British rule in India.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah responded with the slogan "Divide and Quit India."

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• Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed was the first soldier to be awarded the Nishan-e-Haider
• Born: 10 November 1910, Singhori village, Rawalpindi District
• Died: 27 July 1948 (aged 37), Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
• Buried: Hill of Tilpatra near Uri, Jammu and Kashmir in India
• Service years: 1929–1948
• Allegiance
• British India (1929–1947)
• Pakistan (1947–1948)

Nishan-e-Haider has been awarded to 11 soldiers since Pakistan's independence in 1947.

1. Captain Muhammad Sarwar (1948, Kashmir)
2. Naik Saif Ali Janjua (1948, Kashmir)
3. Major Tufail Muhammad (1958, East Pakistan)
4. Major Raja Aziz Bhatti (1965, Indo-Pak War)
5. Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas (1971, Indo-Pak War)
6. Major Muhammad Akram (1971, Indo-Pak War)
7. Major Shabbir Sharif (1971, Indo-Pak War)
8. Sowar Muhammad Hussain (1971, Indo-Pak War)
9. Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz (1971, Indo-Pak War)
10. Captain Karnal Sher Khan (1999, Kargil War)
11. Havildar Lalak Jan (1999, Kargil War)

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Samiullah Khan Nickname: The Flying Horse (for his exceptional speed)

• Birth: 6 September 1951, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

Awards:

• Pride of Performance – 1983
• Sitara-e-Imtiaz – 2014

Last verified on 18-01-2026

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Gomal Zam Dam is a gravity dam in South Waziristan Tribal District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The dam impounds the Gomal River.

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Pakistan is the 7th largest sugar producer and 8th largest consumer in the world

Brazil is the largest producer of sugar in the world.

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Croatia become the 27th country to join Europe's Schengen Area - a zone with no internal border controls, including passport checks from 1 January 2023.

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