General Knowledge For FPSC, PPSC, NTS, CSS
And Various Exams Pakistan Studies
(Post-Partition)
Exercise 03
- When was Karachi linked by air with all the provincial capitals? 6th October, 1947
- From which date Postage Stamps were made available in Post Offices? 6th October, 1947
- Who was appointed as the First Muslim Advocate General of the West Punjab? Sheikh Shabbir
- When was Pakistan admitted as member of the United Nations? 30th September, 1947
- Who was the Minister for Food and Agriculture in the first Cabinet of Pakistan? Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan
- Urdu restarted its publications from Karachi on October 15, 1947 as Pakistan's First National daily in Urdu
- Who was appointed Pakistan's ambassador to Iran? Qazi Issa
- Pakistan's ambassador to USA? A. H. Isphahani
- Indian Dy. Prime Minister in its very first cabinet after partition? Sardar Patel
- The Secretary of the Indian Ministry of States? V.P. Menon
- Elections to First Constituent Assembly of Pakistan 1946.
- Pakistan’s constituent assembly made on July 20th , 1947.
- 69 members in the first constituent assembly of Pakistan.
- 10 members were later added to the constituent assembly.
- Quaid-e-Azam addressed to the constituent assembly for the first time on 11th August 1947.
- Pakistan’s first cabinet was sworn in 15th August 1947.
- Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar held the portfolion of Communications in the first cabinet of Pakistan.
- Besides being PM of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan held the portfolios of Defense and Commonwealth.
- First cabinet of Pakistan consisted of 7 members including Prime Minister.
- Besides PMship, Liaquat had portfolio of Defence and common wealth.
- Quaid had portfolio of State and Frontier region.
- Zafarullah Khan had Foreign Affairs.
- I.I.Chundrigar had Trade, Industry & public works.
- Malik Ghulam Mohad: had Finance.
- Raja Ghazanfar had Food, Agriculture and health.
- Abdul Rab Nishtar had communication.
- Fazal ur Rehman had Internal Affairs, Information & Education.
- Objective Resolution was presented in the Constituent Assembly on 7th Mrach 1949 by Liaquat Ali.
- Mountbatten addressed the constituent assembly of Pak: on 14th August 1947.
- Constituent Assembly declared Urdu & Bengali as official languages on 3rd Jan: 1954.
- On 24th October 1954, the governor general of Pakistan Mr. Ghulam Mohammad dissolved constituent assembly.
- Pakistan became member of UNO on 30th Sep: 1947 and the member of NAM in 1979.
- Pakistan became member of World Bank in 1950.
- Liaquat visited India in April 1950.
- Referendum in NWFP held 6-17 July, 1947.
- Azad Kashmir govt: was setup on 24 Oct: 1947.
- Basic democracy system came in May 1959.
- 2nd Constitution made by Ayub came in March 1, 1962.
- First martyr of Pak: Khuwaja Mohd: Sharif of Ludhiana
- Canal water Pact with India was done on 4th May 1948.