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Foundation of All India Muslim League
30 December 1906 in Dhaka, chaired by Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk, with Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk as founder.
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Lucknow Pact Landmark (1916)
Historic joint agreement between Congress and Muslim League; Congress recognized separate electorates for Muslims.
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Fourteen Points of Quaid-e-Azam (1929)
Formulated by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Delhi as a constitutional rebuttal to the Nehru Report, advocating federalism with provincial autonomy.
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Allahabad Address by Allama Iqbal (1930)
Delivered on 29 December 1930; proposed an autonomous consolidated North-Western Muslim state within or without the British Empire.
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Lahore Resolution Date & Proposer
Adopted on 23 March 1940 at Minto Park (Iqbal Park), Lahore; presented by Bengal Premier A.K. Fazlul Huq.
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Objectives Resolution Date & Mover
Passed by the First Constituent Assembly on 12 March 1949; moved by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan.
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Constitution of 1956 Promulgation
23 March 1956; declared Pakistan an Islamic Republic with a unicameral National Assembly (parity principle).
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Constitution of 1973 Promulgation & Structure
Passed unanimously and enforced on 14 August 1973; established a federal parliamentary bicameral legislature (NA and Senate).
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Eighteenth Constitutional Amendment (2010)
Abolished the Concurrent Legislative List, devolving 17 federal ministries to the provinces and strengthening provincial autonomy.
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Article 6 of the 1973 Constitution
Defines High Treason for abrogating, subverting, or suspending the Constitution by force or unconstitutional means.
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Article 184(3) of the Constitution
Confers original jurisdiction on the Supreme Court to adjudicate matters of public importance relating to Fundamental Rights.
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Council of Common Interests (CCI)
Constitutional body under Article 153 comprising the Prime Minister and four Chief Ministers to resolve inter-provincial disputes.
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National Finance Commission (NFC) Award
Formulated under Article 160 to equitably allocate financial revenues between the federal center and the provinces.
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Indus Waters Treaty Signing
Signed on 19 September 1960 in Karachi by Ayub Khan and Nehru (World Bank brokered). Western rivers (Indus, Jhelum, Chenab) allocated to Pakistan.
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Simla Agreement (1972)
Signed on 2 July 1972 by Z.A. Bhutto and Indira Gandhi; converted the 1949 Ceasefire Line into the Line of Control (LoC).
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Youm-e-Takbeer Nuclear Tests (1998)
28 May 1998; Pakistan conducted 5 underground nuclear tests in the Ras Koh Hills of Chagai, Balochistan, in response to Pokhran-II.
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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Inception
Officially launched in April 2015 as a $62+ billion flagship corridor of China's Belt and Road Initiative terminating at Gwadar Port.
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Gwadar Port Strategic Importance
Deep-sea warm-water port in Balochistan situated at the mouth of the Persian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz, unlocking transit to Central Asia.
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Durand Line Agreement (1893)
2,640 km border demarcation between British India (now Pakistan) and Afghanistan signed by Sir Mortimer Durand and Amir Abdur Rahman Khan.
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Radcliffe Award Boundary (1947)
Demarcated Punjab and Bengal frontiers under Sir Cyril Radcliffe; announced on 17 August 1947.
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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Full Membership
Pakistan admitted as a full member state on 9 June 2017 at the Astana Summit in Kazakhstan.
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Tarbela and Mangla Dams
Tarbela Dam (completed 1976 on Indus River, KP) is the world's largest earth-filled dam; Mangla Dam (1967) is on the Jhelum River.
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K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen) Altitude
8,611 meters (28,251 ft); located in the Karakoram range, Gilgit-Baltistan; the second-highest peak on Earth.
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Tashkent Declaration (1966)
Signed on 10 January 1966 between President Ayub Khan and Lal Bahadur Shastri, mediated by Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin.
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25th Constitutional Amendment (2018)
Historic merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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