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On 5 August 2019, the Parliament of India voted in favour of a resolution tabled by Home Minister Amit Shah to revoke the temporary special status, or autonomy, granted under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir

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Pakistan launched precision missile strikes against India under Operation Bunyan Um Marsoos.

Bunyan Ul Marsoos is an Arabic verse from the Quran.

The operation’s name—meaning “a structure firmly joined together”—draws inspiration from Surah Al-Saff (61-4), which praises those who fight in Allah’s cause as a solid, fortified structure.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ صَفًّا كَأَنَّهُم بُنْيَانٌ مَّرْصُوصٌ

Translation: ‘Allah indeed loves those who fight in His Way as though they are a solid wall cemented with molten lead’ (Surah Al-Saff, verse 4).

This operation was launched on 10 May 2025 (after Fajr prayer)

Seven sites in India were targeted, including the key Pathankot air base, Udhampur air base, and Gujarat air base. Rajasthan air base and Brahmos storage site.

The operation was launched in retaliation for Indian missile strikes that hit several locations inside Pakistan.

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The Green Line is an express train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Islamabad.

It is the flagship rail of the organization and has the highest priority for passage.

The train takes approximately 21 hours to cover a published distance of 1,521 kilometres (945 mi),

Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif inaugurated it on 15 May 2015 at the Islamabad railway station.

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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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The Kishanganga dam diverts water from the Kishanganga River to a power plant in the Jhelum River basin

The Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric scheme in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

The Kishanganga dam Opened: May 19, 2018

Installed capacity: 330 MW

The Kishanganga dam Height: 37 m

Owner: NHPC

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China and Pakistan broke ground on the Allama Iqbal Industrial City (AIIC) in Faisalabad on January 3, 2020

The AIIC is a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) that is being developed as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

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Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park is located in the desert area of Lal Sohanra, Cholistan, Bahawalpur.

It is the largest solar plant in Pakistan.

Installed Capacity (MW) 400 / 600

The name of the Solar Park is in honor of Quaid E Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Quaid E Azam Solar Park was officially inaugurated on 20th April 2015.

It was started with the cooperation of China

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Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdoot was the first Chief Minister of West Punjab.

He served from 15 Aug 1947 to 25 Jan 1949.

He had also served as governor of Sindh.

He died in 1969.

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