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The Pakistan Administrative Service was abolished through the Devolution of Power Plan (2001)

Previously known as the District Management Group (DMG before 1 June 2012

Implemented under President Musharraf via the Punjab Local Government Ordinance (PLGO 2001) and Police Order (2002)

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• Signed by: Chen Yi (China), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Pakistan)
  • Signed on: 2 March 1963
  • Length of border: 599 km
  • Era of initial demarcation: Ayub Khan’s rule
  
  
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• Dr. Abdus Salam was the first Nobel Prize recipient of Pakistan.
• He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (UK).
• He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 for his work in electroweak theory.

Last Updated on 13-01-2026

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If the Kerry-Lugar Bill has received $1.5 billion in non-military aid annually for five years

The 'Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009

It is also known as the Kerry-Lugar-Berman Act

It was passed by the US Congress on 24 September and signed by President Obama on 15 October.

It was proposed by Senators John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) and Richard Lugar (R-Indiana).

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Pakistan's government, specifically the National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee,

Designated 2009 as a year focused on achieving Justice at the Grassroots Level

They aimed at improving access and fairness in the justice system. 

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On November 26, 1964, the first official television station commenced transmission broadcasts from Lahore

Inauguration: By President Mohammad Ayub Khan.

Technology: Initial broadcasts were in black and white

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• The National Economic Council (NEC) of Pakistan is chaired by the Prime Minister.

• It is a constitutional body formed under Article 156 of the Constitution of Pakistan.

• The council is responsible for economic planning and development policies.

NEC 5 Key Members:

• Prime Minister – Chairman

• Chief Ministers of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan

• Federal Ministers related to finance and planning

  
  

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Faiz Ahmed Faiz, a renowned Pakistani poet and intellectual.

He was arrested in 1951 in connection with the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case.

This political conspiracy was alleged by the government of Liaquat Ali Khan.

The case involved allegations of a coup plot against the government.

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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk abolished the Khilafat (Caliphate) in 1924.

This was part of his modernization and secularization reforms in Turkey.

The abolition marked the end of the Ottoman Caliphate system.

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Capital of Turkey moved from Istanbul to Ankara.

Introduced Western-style legal and educational systems.

Paved the way for the Republic of Turkey.

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