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Pakistan General Knowledge) First in Pakistan (Pakistan General Knowledge) First President of America who made an official visit to Pakistan Dwight D. Eisenhower The first elections held in the country after independence Provincial Assembly of Punjab between 10–20 March 1951 for 197 seats First President of All India Muslim league Air Agha Khan First President of Pakistan Muslim league Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman First Pakistani Prime Minister who visited China first Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy World’s First University Taxila University at Taxila, Pakistan (established in 700 B.C) First secretary general of Pakistan Ch. Muhammad Ali First Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan Justice Salahuddin Ahmad First capital of Pakistan Karachi First Federal Minister for Defence of Pakistan Liaquat Ali Khan First Chief Scout Commissioner of Pakistan Quiad-i-Azam First Gazette of Pakistan was issued on August 15, 1947 for appointment of Governor General of Pakistan First indigenously designed car in Pakistan Revo First State that joined Pakistan Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 1 First in Pakistan (Pakistan General Knowledge) Bahawalpur First radio station established After Independence Karachi radio station First DNA Test laboratory was inaugurated in March, 2006 Islamabad First Geo Scientific Laboratory Islamabad First emergency was declared in Pakistan on August 27, 1948 for rehabilitation of refugees First Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistani Supreme Court Justice Rana Bhagwan Das First Non Muslim Chief Justice of Pakistani Supreme Court A.R. Cornelius from 13 May 1960 to 29 February 1968 Pakistan’s first cabinet sworn on August 15, 1947 First hockey gold medal in Asian Games Asian Games 1958 Tokyo First gold medal in Olympic Games Olympic Games 1960 Rome (in hockey) First medal in Olympic Games Melbourne 1956 (Silver Medal in hockey) First country visited by Liaquat Ali Khan USA in 1950 First Five-Year Plan started in 1955 First Pakistani winner of Peace Nobel Prize Malala Yousaf Zai First country to recognize Pakistan’s independence, in 1947 Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 2 First in Pakistan (Pakistan General Knowledge) Iran First country’s head who visited Pakistan Indonesia First Chief election commissioner of Pakistan Fateh Muhammad Khan (F.M Khan) First administrator of Karachi Syed Hasham Raza First State bank which was inaugurated by Quaid-e-Azam State Bank of Pakistan (1st July 1948) First governor of state bank of Pakistan Zahid Hussein First captain of Pakistani cricket team Hafeez Kardar First five year plan implemented in Pakistan 1955-1960 First Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan Syed Mehdi Shah First Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan Dr. Shama Khalid First Governor of Balochistan Riaz Hussain First Chairman of the Senate Habib Ullah Khan Marwat First agriculture reforms were introduced in Pakistan January 24, 1959 First poet of Pushto Amir Krore Sori First speaker of constitution assembly of Pakistan Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 3 First in Pakistan (Pakistan General Knowledge) Molvi Muhammad Tamizuddin Khan First Deputy Speaker of constitution assembly of Pakistan Mr. C. E. Gibbon First Muslim Deputy Speaker of constitution assembly of Pakistan Ch. Mohammad Afzal Cheema First President of Constitution Assembly of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam First Deputy President of Constitution Assembly of Pakistan Molvi Muhammad Tamizuddin Khan First Pakistani who received noble prize Dr. Abdus Salam (1979 in Physics) First Pakistani who received Lenin prize Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1962) First Communications Minister Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar First constructed Barrage of Pakistan Sukkur Barrage (1932) First Finance Minister of Pakistan Ghulam Muhammad First Interior Minister of Pakistan Fazlur Rehman First Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sir George Cunningham First Muslim Governor of KPK Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid First Chief Minister of KPK Abdul Qayyum Khan First governor general of Pakistan Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 4 First in Pakistan (Pakistan General Knowledge) Quaid-e-Azam First president of Pakistan Iskandar Mirza First elected president of Pakistan Field Marshal Ayub Khan First Vice president of Pakistan Noor-ul-Amin First Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawab Liaqat Ali Khan First nuclear reactor of Pakistan Karachi Nuclear Power Plant 1972 First Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Sardar Abdur. Rashid First Chief Justice of Federal Court of Pakistan Justice Sardar Abdur. Rashid First Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan Justice Muhammad Munir First commander-in-chief of army Gen. Frank meservy First Muslim commander-in-chief of army G.M. Ayub Khan First commander-in-chief of air force Air Vice Marshal Allan Perry Keene First Muslim commander-in-chief of air force Air Marshal Asghar Khan First commander-in-chief navy Rear Admiral James Wilfred Jeffords First Muslim commander-in-chief of navy Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 5 First in Pakistan (Pakistan General Knowledge) Haji Muhammad Sadique Chaudhry First joint chief of staff committee General Muhammad Sharif First Foreign Minister of Pakistan Sir Zafarullah Khan First Pakistani Judge of the International Court of Justice Sir Zafarullah Khan First governor of Punjab Sir Francis Mudie First Muslim governor of Punjab Abdur Rab Nishtar First Chief Minister of Punjab Iftikhar Hussain Khan First Governor of Sindh Ghulam Hussain Hidayat Ullah First Motorway of Pakistan which was constructed in 1997 Islamabad-Lahore motorway First Chief Minister of Sindh Muhammad Ayub Khuhro First Chief Election Commissioner of Gilgit-Baltistan Mr. Rahim Nawaz Khan Durrani First Chief Minister of Balochistan Ataullah Mengal First President of Azad Kashmir Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan First Pakistani postal stamp issued July 1948 First Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 6 First in Pakistan (Pakistan General Knowledge) Abdul Hamid Khan First person who received Nishan-e-Haider Captain Raja Sarwar First Pakistani Bank Habib Bank Limited (August 17, 1947) First Pakistani who climbed Mount Everest Nazir Sabir Pakistan’s first tea processing plant Mansehra First natural gas reserves was discovered in 1952 Sui First sports channel of Pakistan Super Geo Pakistan launched first Cruise missile on August 11, 2005 Hatf VII (Babur) First children complex in Pakistan Lahore children complex First military truck Yahsoob First guided missile of Pakistan Hatf 1-1989 First racket was launched by Pakistan Rahbar First Tank of Pakistan was Al-Khalid First satellite of Pakistan Badr (launched 16th July 1990) Ordinance factory Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 7 First in Pakistan (Pakistan General Knowledge) Wah (28th December 1951) First uranium mining and processing project Lacky Marwat 20th October 1995 First university of Pakistan Punjab University First university of Pakistan after creation Sindh University First telephone factory Haripur (2nd October 1952) First Cancer Hospital Shaukat Khanum cancer hospital, Lahore First Pakistani who reached South Pole (17th January 1996) Surgeon Dr. Arif Ali Ch First Textile Mill of Pakistan Voleeka textile mills First open university of Pakistan Allama Iqbal Open University First water canal agreement on 4th May 1948 Between Pakistan & India First boundary agreement on 6th January 1960 Between Pakistan & India First constitution of Pakistan Enforced on 23rd March 1956 Second constitution of Pakistan Enforced on 8th June 1962 Third constitution of Pakistan Enforced on 14th August 1973 First Pakistani to win Pulitzer Prize Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 8 First in Pakistan (Pakistan General Knowledge) Adrees Latif First SOS village of Pakistan Lahore (1977) Pakistan first private channel STN (1990) First martial law was imposed in Pakistan 7 October 1958 First general elections held in Pakistan 1970 First Cinema House in Subcontinent It was built by J.F. Madan in 1907 in Calcutta. First English Newspaper in Subcontinent Bengal Gazette printed in 1790 by James Augustus in Calcutta First Urdu Newspaper in Subcontinent Jam-i-Jahan Numa 1822 from Calcutta First Postage Stamp in Subcontinent It was issued in India in 1852 at Karachi. First Printing Press in Subcontinent It was set up in Goa in 1556 by the Portuguese. First Railway Line in Subcontinent It was opened on April 16, 1853 between Bombay and Thane. First Rupee in Subcontinent It was minted during the reign of Sher Shah Suri in 1542. First silent feature film in Subcontinent Pundalik made in 1912 by N.G. Chitre and R.G. Torney. It was half British in its make. First Talkie Film in Subcontinent Alam Ara (1931) First Telegraph Line in Subcontinent Downloaded from www.csstimes.pk | 9 First in Pakistan (Pakistan General Knowledge) It was laid between Calcutta and Agra in 1854. This line was 1280 km long. It was extended up to Lahore in 1857. First Telephone system in Subcontinent It was started in 1881 from Calcutta. The first radio programme was broadcast in Subcontinent In 1923 by the Radio Club of Bombay First Pakistani Urdu film Teri Yaad First Pakistani Panjabi film Phairay First census in subcontinent 1881 First census in Pakistan 1951 First zoological garden of Pakistan Jallo National Park First Pakistani Station in Antarctica Jinnah station (January 15, 1991) Check Other World General Knowledge Notes Handwritten Notes for Preparation of FIA Tests (PDF File) DETAILS OF PLANETS | Geography Famous Doctrines of the World Important Dynasties and Empires of the World Important Pakistan’s Military Operations World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Do you know what languages these words originate from? 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