Pakistan Affairs Test 145

On March 25, 2013, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso was appointed as the Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan.

📘 Details:

🔹   Name Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
🔹   Appointment Date   25 March 2013
🔹  Caretaker Tenure   25 March 2013 – 5 June 2013
🔹  Appointed By  Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)
🔹  Background   Retired Judge & Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court

  ✅ List of Caretaker Prime Ministers of Pakistan

# Name Tenure Start Tenure End Appointed Under
  1️⃣   Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi   (6 Aug 1990 - 6 Nov 1990)   After dismissal of Benazir govt
  2️⃣   Mir Balakh Sher Mazari (18 Apr 1993 - 26 May 1993)   After dismissal of Nawaz Sharif
  3️⃣   Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (18 Jul 1993 - 19 Oct 1993)   Following Mazari’s removal
  4️⃣   Malik Meraj Khalid (5 Nov 1996 - 17 Feb 1997) After Benazir govt dismissal
  5️⃣   Muhammad Mian Soomro  (16 Nov 2007  - 25 Mar 2008)  After Shaukat Aziz era (Musharraf)
  6️⃣   Mir Hazar Khan Khoso  (25 Mar 2013 - 5 Jun 2013) Appointed by ECP
  7️⃣   Nasirul Mulk (1 Jun 2018 -17 Aug 2018) Appointed by mutual consensus
  8️⃣   Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar(14 Aug 2023-11 Mar 2024) Appointed for 2024 elections

 ✅ BONUS Tip:

Group by decades to recall easily:

1️⃣1990s → Jatoi, Mazari, Qureshi, Meraj

2️⃣2000s → Soomro

3️⃣2010s–2020s → Khoso, Mulk, Kakar.

✅ Sir Syed Ahmad Khan established the Scientific Society in 1863 at:

Ghazipur (in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)

📘 Details for Exams 

 🔹 Founder  Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
  🔹 Year Initially founded in 1863 at Ghazipur, but formally organized and became active in 1864.                                                                     🔹 Place  Ghazipur, India
  🔹 Later Shifted To  Aligarh, in 1867
  🔹 Purpose  Promote modern education and scientific knowledge among Muslims
  🔹 Inspiration  Based on Royal Society of London
  🔹 Language of Publications  Urdu and English 

Who came with the name of Pakistan?

A ) Ch. Rehmat Ali 

B ) Khizr Tiwana

C ) Muhammad Ali

D ) Allama Iqbal

Who coined (gave) the name "Pakistan"?

Answer: Choudhry Rahmat Ali

• Correct Answer: Choudhry Rahmat Ali  
• Coined the Name: Pakistan 
• Year: 1933 
• Famous Pamphlet: Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever? 
• Published: 28 January 1933 
• Place: Cambridge, England 
• Profession: Pakistani nationalist and student at the University of Cambridge 

Meaning of "Pakistan"

The name PAKISTAN was derived from Muslim-majority regions:

• P → Punjab 
• A → Afghania (North-West Frontier Province, now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 
• K → Kashmir 
• S → Sindh 
• TAN → from Baluchistan/Balochistan together with the Persian suffix "-stan" (meaning "land"). 
• Note: Historians explain that "TAN" is not only the suffix "-stan". It also incorporates the ending of Baluchistan. So it is slightly more precise to write:"TAN → from Baluchistan together with the Persian suffix '-stan'."
• 1930 → Allama Muhammad Iqbal → Allahabad Address 
• 1933 → Choudhry Rahmat Ali → Coined the name Pakistan 
• 1940 → Minar-e-Pakistan → Lahore Resolution 
• 1942–1947 → Khizr Hayat Tiwana → Premier of Punjab 
• 1947 → Pakistan became independent 

       Gwader Port 

•  Under Oman rule: 1783–1958 (174 Years)
•  Gwadar became part of Pakistan: 8 September 1958
• Handed over: 8 December 1958.
• Province: Balochistan
• Purchased from: Oman
• Purchase Price: 3 million pounds
• Port inaugurated:  President Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) 10th President of Pakistan (2001-2008)  on March 20, 2007.
• Strategic Location: Near Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea
• Operator: China Overseas Port Holding Company (COPHC) ,Lease Period: 40 years , extendable.The Gwadar Port lease period started on November 13, 2015.

1.  Khilji Dynasty ruled after the Slave Dynasty (1206 AD to 1290 AD).
2. Jalaluddin Khilji  was the founder of Khilji Dynasty(1290 AD to 1320 AD).
3. Alauddin Khilji   killed his uncle and father-in-law Jalaluddin Khilji   in 1296.
4.  Sultan Qutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah (Son)  (reigned 1316-1320)  succeeded Alauddin Khilji (Father ) in 1316.
5.  Alai Darwaza movement Alauddin Khilji build during his region.
6.  Alauddin Khilji impose tax Jizya on Hindus during his rule.
7. Horse branding and soldiers' detailed records was Alauddin Khilji's main strategy to control corruption in his army.
8.   Fixed prices of essential goods  policies  Alauddin Khilji implement to control prices. 
9.  Malik Kafur is Alauddin Khilji's generals who  conquest Gujarat.
10. Ghazi Malik  led a revolt and took control of Delhi in 1320.