Explanation

• Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is known as the Founder of Pakistan.
• His real name was Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
• Pakistan became independent on 14 August 1947.
• He served as the first Governor-General of Pakistan from 1947 to 1948.
• He is also known as Quaid-e-Azam, meaning “Great Leader.”

Last verified on 14-09-2026

Explanation

• Scientist Name: Ibn al-Nafis
• Date / Year: 1242 CE
• Major Work: Commentary on Anatomy in Avicenna's Canon
• He was a pioneering Arab physician
• Major contribution: Pulmonary circulation
• Blood pressure: Modern measurement/concept developed centuries later.

Explanation

• Delivered Presidential Address at 25th All-India Muslim League session, Allahabad, 29 December 1930.
• Allama Iqbal (1877–1938) is the National Poet of Pakistan.
• Joined Muslim League: 1908 in London, 1922 in Indian subcontinent.

Additional information:

• Born: 9 November 1877, Sialkot
• Died: 21 April 1938, Lahore
• Burial: Tomb of Allama Iqbal, Lahore
• Known as “Mufakkir-e-Pakistan” (Thinker of Pakistan) and “Shair-e-Mashriq” (Poet of the East).

Last verified 09-03-2026

Explanation

• Presented by: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
• Famous Speech: Meerut Speech
• Date: 16 March 1888
• Purpose: To explain that Muslims and Hindus were separate nations with different religious, cultural, and social identities.
• Importance: Became the ideological foundation of Pakistan.

Last verified on 10-07-2026

Explanation

• First Nobel laureate in Pakistan: Dr. Abdus Salam — 1979, Physics

Additional information:

• Last/most recent Pakistani Nobel laureate: Malala Yousafzai — 2014, Peace
• First Nobel laureate from Asia: Rabindranath Tagore — 1913, Literature
• First Nobel laureate in the world: Emil von Behring — 1901, Physiology or Medicine

Last verified on 07-09-2026

Explanation

• The first Prime Minister of Pakistan was Liaquat Ali Khan
• Tenure: 15-08-1947 to 16-10-1951.
• Party: Pakistan Muslim League.
• Secretary of the All-India Muslim League in 1936
• 1st Minister of Defence from 15 August 1947 – 16 October 1951
• 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs from 15 August 1947 – 27 December 1949
• Born: 1 October 1895, Karnal, Punjab, India
• Died: 16 October 1951 (aged 56), Rawalpindi
• Manner of death: Assassination

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Last updated by NS on 5-09-2026

Explanation

• Choudhry Rahmat Ali coined the name "Pakistan"
•  He first used the name in his pamphlet titled "Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?"
• On January 28, 1933.
• The word means "Land of the Pure" in Persian and Urdu (Pak means pure, and stan means land)
• He first thought of the name in 1932 while on a London bus,
• The name was also designed as an acronym for the Muslim-majority regions of northern British India
• Punjab
• Afghania (North-West Frontier Province)
• Kashmir
• Sindh
• Baluchistan 
  

Explanation

• Fazal Mahmood is famously known as the “Hero of the Oval.”
• In 1954, he took 12 wickets for 99 runs against England at The Oval.
• His bowling helped Pakistan achieve its first-ever Test victory in England.
• He took 6 wickets for 53 runs in the first innings and 6 for 46 in the second.

Last verified on 05-09-2026

Explanation

• Dina Wadia, the daughter of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah,
• Date of Death: November 2, 2017, from pneumonia 
• Location: New York City, USA
• Age: 98 years old
• Born: 15 August 1919, London, England
• Parents
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah (father)
• Rattanbai Petit Jinnah (mother)

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Last updated by NS on 01 MAY 2026

Explanation

• Ibn Battuta belonged to Morocco.
• He was a famous Muslim traveler who visited India during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq.

Additional information:

• Full Name: Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battutah.
• Born: February 24, 1304, in Tangier, Morocco.
• Died: 1369, in Marrakesh, Morocco.
• He served at the court of Muhammad bin Tughlaq in Delhi after reaching India.

Last verified on 23-98-2026