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• Tarbela Dam is 143 metres (470 ft) high above the riverbed.
• It is the largest earth-filled dam in the world
• Max Elevation: 1,550 feet (472.44  m).
• Length: 9,000 feet (2743 m).
• Capacity: 11.6 million acre-feet (MAF)
• Location: Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
• Construction began: 1968
• Opening date: 1976

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• The Pak-China boundary line was demarcated during the era of President Ayub Khan.
• Signed on 2 March 1963.
• Signed by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Pakistan) and Chen Yi (China)
• The Pak-China agreement is called the Sino-Pak border 

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• The Friendship Gate is built on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
• Located at the Chaman border in Balochistan,
• The Spin Boldak District in Kandahar, Afghanistan,
• This crossing is known as the Afghanistan–Pakistan Friendship Gate. 
• The gate was erected in 2003
• On 1 December 2003, the gate was opened

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• Lying in the Galyat region of the Pir Panjal Range
• Under the western Himalayas,
• It is located in the northeast of the capital city of Islamabad
• Murree was constructed in 1853 
• Murree was the summer headquarters of colonial Punjab
• It has an average altitude of 2,291 metres (7,516 ft).

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• Rush Lake is the highest lake in Pakistan.
• It is one of the highest alpine lakes in the world.
• It is located in Nagar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan near Rush Peak.
• The lake lies at an altitude of about 4,694 meters (15,400 feet) above sea level.
• It is a famous destination for trekkers and mountaineers.

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• The Hindu Kush Range is a major mountain range in Central and South Asia.
• It mainly stretches across Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
• The range forms part of the Himalayan mountain system.
• It is about 800 km long and separates Central Asia from the Indian Subcontinent.
  

Additional information:

• Himalayas – Located in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, China
  Karakoram Range – Pakistan, China, India
  Pamir Mountains – Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China
  Tien Shan – Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China

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The Thar Desert of Sindh is a desert situated in Sindh

The southeastern region of Pakistan

About Thar Desert

• 15% located in Pakistan
• 85% located in India
• Also called Friendly Desert
• Located near Badin, Sindh 
• Famous for: Sand 
• Coal also found in Thar 
• Also known as Great Indian Desert
• 7th largest desert on the planet.
• 3rd largest in Asia.
• Area: 77,000 Miles

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Taxila is intellectual hub of the ancient Gandharan civilization.

Old name: Takhshasila

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The Tashkent Declaration was signed between India and Pakistan 

It was signed on 10 January 1966 to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

It was a peace agreement 

Through the mediation of the Soviet Union 

It was signed by:

• President of Pakistan Ayub Khan 
• by India’s Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri 

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Meezan Bank was formerly known as Al Meezan Investment Bank.

Renamed: Meezan Bank Limited (2002)

Significance: It was the first Islamic commercial bank in Pakistan.

Founded: 27 January 1997 

Headquarters: Karachi

In 2000: listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange.