Explanation

Pakistan's current energy mix roughly 68% is based on thermal sources like:

1. High-speed diesel,
2. Furnace oil,
3. Heavy fuel oil,
4. Coal,
5. Natural gas.
   

Explanation

Karakar pass is located in: Hindu Kush, KPK

 Important Passes of Pakistan

1. Khyber Pass 

connects: Peshawar to Kabul

connects: Pakistan to Afghanistan

Height 1070 meters, 3510 feet 

2. Bolan Pass 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

3. Lowari Pass 

Connects: Chitral with Dir 

Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

4. Broghil Pass 

Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

5. Malakand Pass 

Connects: Dir with Chitral 

Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

6. Shandur pass

Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

7. Khanjerab Pass (top most in Pakistan) 

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

8. Dorah pass

Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

9. Babusar Pass 

Connects: Mansehra/Abbotabad with Gilgit

10. Kohat Pass

Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

11. Khojak Pass

Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

12. Tochi Pass

Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

13. Karakar Pass

Connects: Mingora with Buner 

Explanation

Thar Desert is the largest Desert in Pakistan

It is the National Desert of Pakistan 

Located near the Badin, Sindh 

Total Area: 77,000 Miles

It is the third largest in Asia.

15% area is located in Pakistan

85% area is located in India

Thar desert Also called the Friendly Desert and  the Great Indian Desert

Famous for: Sand 

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Pakistan hosts five major deserts which are historic forests.

1.       Cholistan (Bahawalpur, Punjab)

2.       Thal (Bkhar district of Punjab)

3.       Katpana desert (Sakardu)

4.       Kharan desert (Balochistan)

5.       Thar desert (Sindh)

In KPK there is no desert

Explanation

The Bhikki Power Plant is a natural gas-fired power plant located in Bhikki, Sheikhupura District, Punjab, Pakistan.

It is a combined cycle power plant with a generation capacity of 1,180 MW.

Explanation

Thar desert covers an area of 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi) in India and Pakistan.

About 85% of the Thar Desert is in India, and about 15% is in Pakistan.

The portion in India also extends into:

• Gujarat
• Punjab
• Haryana

The portion in Pakistan extends into:

• Sindh 
• Punjab

 It is the largest desert of Pakistan

It is the world's 18th-largest desert

The world's 9th-largest hot subtropical desert

Explanation

Sassi Punnu is a legendary tale from Sindhi folklore.

Hashim Shah was a sufi poet and Punjabi writer.

Sassi is known as Princess of Hope.

Explanation

About National Anthem

The national anthem was first played in front of Raza Shah Rahalvi of Iran

National Anthem was written by Hafeez Jalandhari in 1952 

the music was produced by Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949.

It was officially adopted as Pakistan's national anthem on 13 August 1954.

Ahmed Rushdi recorded the National Anthem of Pakistan in 1954.

After 68 years Pakistan's National Anthem recorded

15 lines in the National Anthem of Pakistan

48 Words in the National Anthem of Pakistan

The National Anthem of Pakistan was played for the first time in front of Raza Shah Rahalvi of Iran

ND23-4-2023

Explanation

Only one word of the Pakistani National Anthem is in Urdu other all words are common but are used in Persian

About National Anthem

National Anthem was written by Hafeez Jalandhari in 1952 

the music was produced by Ahmad G. Chagla in 1949.

It was officially adopted as Pakistan's national anthem on 13 August 1954.

Ahmed Rushdi recorded the National Anthem of Pakistan in 1954.

After 68 years Pakistan's National Anthem recorded

15 lines in the National Anthem of Pakistan

48 Words in the National Anthem of Pakistan

The National Anthem of Pakistan was played for the first time in front of Raza Shah Rahalvi of Iran

Explanation

It was started in Cholistan, Bahawalpur  in 2020.

Also Known as Indian Antelope.

In 2018, Bollywood actor Salman Khan, was sentenced to 5 year imprisonment for poaching a blackbuck in 1998.

Explanation

Dr. Abdul Salam received Nobel Prize for combining two forces: Electromagnetic and weak forces

In 1979,  Dr. Abdul Salam won the Nobel Prize for physics.

He was the second Muslim scientist to get Nobel Prize.

Abdus Salam became the first Pakistani to win a Nobel Prize.

Dr. Abdus Salam was Died: Nov. 21, 1996

In 1952  Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Cambridge

Awards

Copley Medal: 1990

Royal Medal: 1978

Hughes Medal: 1964

Pride of Performance: 1958

Nishan-e-Imtiaz

Adams Prize: 1958

Lomonosov Gold Medal: 1983

Atoms for Peace Award

Gold Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Physics: 1981

Smith's Prize for Essay: 1950

Jožef Stefan Medal: 1980

Cristoforo Colombo Prize: 1992

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