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شیر شاہ سوری سے لے کر موجودہ پاکستان کی انتظامی ڈھانچے کی تفصیل

جمشید عالم جائنٹ سیکریٹری ر باب نمبر ۱ ضلع انتظامیہ تاریخی پس منظر : شیرشاہ سوری کا دور حکومت شیرشاہ سوری (۱۴۸۶ء ۔ ۱۵۴۵ئ) نے ہندوستان پر پانچ سال (مئی ۱۵۴۰۔مئی ۱۵۴۵ئ) حکومت کی۔ شیرشاہ سوری ایک قابل جرنیل ہونے کے ساتھ ساتھ بہترین منتظم بھی تھا۔ سلطنت کا نظام چلانے کے لیے اس نے…

A History of Civilian Plane Crashes in Pakistan

May 20, 1965: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 707 crashes on its inaugural flight while attempting to land at Cairo airport, killing 124 people. August 6, 1970: A PIA Fokker F27 turboprop aircraft crashes while attempting to take off from Islamabad in a thunderstorm, killing all 30 people on board. December 8, 1972: A…

Some Interesting Facts

1. Hot water will turn into ice faster than cold water. 2. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. 3. The sentence, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter in the English language (all 26 letters). 4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 5. Ant’s take rest for…

General Knowledge, World’s Longest, Largest and Smallest

● Largest Airport : King Abdul Khalid International Airport (Saudi Arabia) ● Highest Airport : Lhasa Airport, Tibet ● Tallest Animal : Giraffe ● Largest Animal : Blue Bottom whale ● Largest Bay : Hudson Bay, Canada. ● Largest Bird : Ostrich ● Smallest Bird : Humming bird ● Longest Bridge : Huey P. Long…

Abraham Lincoln Quiz

Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A political cartoon of Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln, 1865. The caption reads (Johnson to the former rail-splitter): Take it quietly Uncle Abe and I will draw it closer than ever!! (Lincoln to the former tailor): A few more stitches Andy and the…

100 MCQs About World History

100 MCQs About World History 1. What is the oldest daily newspaper in England? – The Times 2. Which two American states joined the union in 1959? – Alaska and Hawaii 3. Which American President ordered the dropping of the first atomic bomb? – Harry S Truman 4. In which century did King George IV…

Ulysses Grant Quiz

A portrait of Ulysses S. Grant (1865, Ole Peter Hansen Balling) located in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Signature of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In the left of this picture U.S. Grant can be seen firing a mountain howitzer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)…

MCQs Misc. Topics (September 9, 2018)

What type of animals make up the biggest group of amphibians? – a. Bats b. Frogs What film series stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as leaders of a New York Mafia family? – a. The Godfather b. American Gangster How many hours are there in one full week? – a. 168 hours b. 192…