Pakistan Studies

Voter Day in Pakistan is celebrated every year on 9th December by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to promote awareness about the importance of voting.

Lord Curzon created the province of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) in 1901 during his tenure as Viceroy of India. This administrative change was part of his reforms to improve governance in the region.

Wasim Sajjad served as the Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan for the longest cumulative period, making him the longest-serving chairman to date. The other options served shorter terms.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was sworn in as President of Pakistan under the 1973 Constitution. The constitution marked a significant change, and Bhutto became the first civilian President under it.

The Urdu Defence Association was founded in August 1900 in Delhi, not Lucknow. Delhi was a major center for Urdu literary and cultural activities at that time, making it the correct location for the association's founding.

Cyril Radcliffe was appointed to chair the Boundary Commissions and was responsible for demarcating the boundaries between India and Pakistan during the partition in 1947.

Pakistan first became a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in 1954. This is a well-documented historical fact regarding Pakistan's early involvement in the UN.

The Objectives Resolution was approved by the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on March 12, 1949. This is confirmed by multiple authoritative sources including Wikipedia and Pakistan Studies educational resources. The resolution was moved by Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan and debated before being adopted on this date. Therefore, the correct year of approval is 1949, which corresponds to option C, not 1948 (option B). The original question had the correct options, but the correct answer was incorrectly marked as B. This has been corrected to C to reflect the accurate historical fact.

According to the latest 2024 trade data, petroleum-related products are the largest import items of Pakistan. Refined petroleum products top the list with an import value of nearly $7 billion, followed by crude petroleum and petroleum gas. Palm oil, while a significant import, ranks below petroleum products in terms of import value.

President Ayub Khan made Islamabad the capital of Pakistan in the 1960s to replace Karachi as the capital, aiming for a more centrally located and planned city.