Explanation

NOTE: Length: Old – 1,046 km, New – 1,058 km (both accepted in MCQs)

• Divisions: Sindh Coast – 270 km, Makran Coast – 720 km
• Major Location: Most of the coastline is in Balochistan
• Geographical Areas: Gwadar, Lasbela, Karachi, Thatta Coast
• Borders: Thatta Coast from Korangi Creek to Sir Creek; Rann of Kutch from Badin to Tharparkar

Last verified on 15-01-2026

Explanation

President Ayub Khan promulgated the Constitution of 1962 on 1 March 1962

It finally came into effect on 8 June 1962

In 1962 constitution:

• The presidential government system was introduced 
• Urdu and Bengali was Declared as the Official Language 

Iskandar Ali Mirza, the first president of Pakistan abrogated the constitution of 1956 

Ayoub Khan was made chief of martial law after this abrogation

Ayoub Khan enforced the new constitution on 8th June 1962

Yahiya Khan abrogated the 1962 constitution and became CMLA

Explanation

• First Viceroy of India: Lord Canning in 1858

Additional information:

• Last Viceroy of India: Lord Mountbatten in 1947
• First Governor of Bengal: Robert Clive
• First Governor-General of Bengal: Warren Hastings (1772-1785)
• First Governor-General of India: William Bentinck in 1833

Last verified on 08-10-2026

Explanation

• The One Unit scheme was dissolved on 1 July 1970 under General Yahya Khan.
• The Legal Framework Order (LFO) 1970 ended the One Unit system and restored the provinces of West Pakistan.

Additional information:

• The scheme was presented by Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra in 1954.
• The One Unit scheme was introduced to merge the provinces and areas of West Pakistan into one province.
• It was approved on 30 September 1955 and came into effect on 14 October 1955.

The four major provinces merged into West Pakistan were:

1. West Punjab
2. Sindh
3. NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
4. Balochistan

Last verified on 08-10-2026

Explanation

Explanation

The first constitution of Pakistan was enforced on March 23, 1956

Additional information

List of the Constitution of Pakistan 1947 to date

First:   1956 Constitution

• Adoption Date: 23rd March 1956

• Prime Minister: Chaudhry Muhammad Ali

• President: Iskander Mirza

Second: 1962 Constitution

• Adoption Date: 8th June 1962

• Prime Minister: Muhammad Ayub Khan (also President at the time)

Third: 1973 Constitution

• Adoption Date: 12th April 1973

• Prime Minister: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

• President: Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry

  
  

  Last updated by NA on 25-April-2026

Explanation

• The Treaty allocates the Western Rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) to Pakistan
• The Eastern Rivers (Ravi, Beas, Sutlej) to India
• Indus Waters Treaty signed on September 19, 1960, 
• Between India and Pakistan
• Treaty was brokered by the World Bank
• Signed at Karachi by 
• Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan,
• The then President of Pakistan, Jawaharlal Nehru 
• The then Indian Prime Minister, and Mr. W.A.B. Illif 
  
• The Treaty is effective from 1st April 1960 

Last updated by NS on 26 JULY 2026

Explanation

Pakistan’s borders with neighbors:

• India: 2,100 km (East)
• Afghanistan: 2,611 km (West/Northwest)
• Iran: 909 km (West)

• Arabian Sea coast: 1,058 km (South)
• Total land border: 6,219 km
• Land + Sea border: 7,277 km
• Land + Sea + LOC & Working Boundary: 8,340 km

Explanation

• Name: Jameel Ahmad
• Term: 5 years, 19 August 2022
• Previously, Murtaza Syed 

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History of State Bank

• The President of Pakistan appoints the Governor.
• Term of five years.
• Zahid Husain was the founder and the first governor of the State Bank of Pakistan from June 1948 to July 1953.
• Dr. Shamshad Akhtar became the first female Governor of State Bank of Pakistan in 2006.

Last updated by NS on 06 May 2026

Explanation

All important questions of  "the 1956 constitution"

1956 constitution is promulgated on 23 March 1956

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Iskander Mirza abrogated the 1956 constitution

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Both Urdu and Bengali were declared as official and national languages of Pakistan in the 1956 constitution

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Constitution of 1956 · Pakistan was declared as the Islamic Republic

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In 1956 the designation of Governor General changed to President

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40 years was the age prescribed for president in the 1956 constitution

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The Constitution of 1956 contained 234 articles divided into thirteen parts and six schedules

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The constitution of 1956 remained implemented for 2 years 6 months and 14 days.

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The constitution of 1956 provided a Parliamentary form of government for the country.

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1956 constitution legislature was Unicameral

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The Constitution of 1956 provided for a federal system with the principle of parity between East Pakistan and West Pakistan

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