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• Location: Eastern Karakoram Range, Ghanche District, Gilgit-Baltistan.
• Length: 76 km
• Height: About 20,000 feet
• Significance: Largest glacier in Pakistan and second-largest glacier outside the polar regions.
• Meaning: Siachen means "Abundance of Roses" (گلاب کی کثرت).

Last verified on 01-04-2026

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• Appointing authority: President of Pakistan
• Term of CEC: 5 years
• Establishment of ECP: 23 March 1956
• Total members: 5 (1 Chief Election Commissioner + 4 Members)
• Main function: Conduct and supervise elections in Pakistan

Last verified on 07-06-2026

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• The Makran Coastal Highway (N-10) connects Karachi to Gwadar.
• Length: 653 km
• Province: Sindh and Balochistan
• It runs along Pakistan's Arabian Sea coastline.

Last verified on 07-07-2026

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• The NFC Award is a financial distribution formula between the Federal Government and the provinces of Pakistan.
• The award decides how national revenues and taxes are shared among provinces and the center.

Additional information:

• NFC stands for National Finance Commission.
• The first revenue-sharing award in Pakistan was the Raisman Award (1952).
• The Constitution of 1973 formally established NFC under Article 160.
• The NFC Award is usually announced every 5 years.

Last verified on 11-05-2026

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List of largest provinces of Pakistan by Population.

List of largest provinces of Pakistan by Area.

Last verified on 10-06-2026

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• Merger Date: May 31, 2018
• Constitutional Amendment: 25th Amendment
• FATA Stands for: Federally Administered Tribal Areas
• Merged with: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)
• Main Purpose: Integration of FATA into Pakistan's provincial and constitutional framework

Last verified on 06-07-2026

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• The Partition of Bengal, implemented in 1905 by Lord Curzon.
• It was formally annulled in 1911. 
• He divided Bengal into two provinces on 16-10-1905.

The province was divided into:

• West Bengal, which had a majority of Hindus,
• East Bengal, which had a majority of Muslims

Last verified on 30-03-2026

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• Main Basis: Religious, cultural, and social differences
• Proposed By: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (early idea)
• Strengthened By: Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• Pakistan Created: 14 August 1947
• Purpose: To safeguard the identity and rights of Muslims of the Indian subcontinent

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• Gaddani Beach is famous for ship breaking.
• The Gadani Ship-Breaking Yard is located on the Arabian Sea.
• It is 40 kilometers northwest of Karachi.
• It is located Gadani, District Lasbela, Balochistan.
• It's the third largest ship-breaking yard in the world.
• It is with 132 ship-breaking plots along a 10 kilometer stretch of beach.
• The yard is known as the "graveyard of ships".

Last verified on 19-07-2026

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• The headquarters of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is located in Islamabad, Pakistan.
• CPEC is a flagship project of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
• Launched: 20 April 2015
• Partner Countries: Pakistan and China
• Connects: Gwadar (Pakistan) to Kashgar (China)
• Main Purpose: Infrastructure development, energy projects, trade, and regional connectivity

Last verified on 10-07-2026