Explanation

Important Passes of Pakistan

1. Khyber Pass 

connects: Peshawar to Kabul

connects: Pakistan to Afghanistan

Height 1070 meters, 3510 feet 

2. Bolan Pass 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

3. Lowari Pass 

Connects: Chitral with Dir 

Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

4. Broghil Pass 

Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

5. Malakand Pass 

Connects: Dir with Chitral 

Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

6. Shandur pass

Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

7. Khanjerab Pass (top most in Pakistan) 

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

8. Dorah pass

Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

9. Babusar Pass 

Connects: Mansehra/Abbotabad with Gilgit

10. Kohat Pass

Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

11. Khojak Pass

Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

12. Tochi Pass

Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

Explanation

• China is located to the northeast of Pakistan.
• It shares a 599 km long border with Pakistan through the Karakoram region.

• India to the east.
• Iran to the west.
• Afghanistan to the northwest.
• China to the northeast.
• Arabian Sea to the south.

Explanation

The coastal line of Sindh, Pakistan is 250 km, the shortest in the country.

Pakistan's coastline along the Arabian Sea is 1,046 km, with Balochistan's 800 km coastline being the longest.

Explanation

Skardu  is a city located in Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan, and serves as the capital of the Skardu District.

Skardu is situated at the confluence of the Indus and Shigar Rivers.

The Indus River running through the region separates the Karakoram from the Himalayas

Explanation

About Thar Desert

15% located in Pakistan

85% located in India

Also called Friendly Desert

Located near Badin, Sindh 

Famous for: Sand 

Coal also found in Thar 

also known as Great Indian Desert

Explanation

Three main river systems:

1. دریائے سندھ کا نظام (The Indus River System)  

This vast river network originates in Tibet and flows through India and Pakistan, with major tributaries like the

• Jhelum
• Chenab
• Ravi
• Beas
• Sutlej

2. اندروی دریاؤں کا نظام (The Internal Rivers System)  

In southwestern Balochistan, some rivers, instead of flowing into the sea, terminate in lakes.

3. ساحلی علاقوں کے دریاؤں کا نظام (The Coastal Rivers System)  

 Flow directly into the Indian Ocean or the Arabian Sea

Explanation

The border crossing draws its name from Wahga village, near which the Radcliffe Line, the boundary demarcation line dividing India and Pakistan upon the Partition of British India, was drawn.

At the time of the independence in 1947, migrants from India entered Pakistan through this border crossing.

Explanation

Pakistan could "run dry" by 2025 as its water shortage is reaching an alarming level. The authorities remain negligent about the crisis that's posing a serious threat to the country's stability,

Explanation

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is the central bank of Pakistan.

It is also known as the SBP. 

Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah inaugurated the SBP on July 1, 1948. 

Its headquarters are in Karachi, Pakistan's financial capital. 

The SBP's operations are based on the State Bank of Pakistan Act of 1956. 

Explanation

• The lines of Latitude are 180
• *** Lines of latitude,

• Lines of latitude,also called parallels, are imaginary lines that divide the Earth. 
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• Latitudes are horizontal lines that measure the distance north or south of the equator. Longitudes are vertical lines that measure east or west of the meridian in Greenwich, England.
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• Lines of latitude start at 0 degrees at the equator and end at 90 degrees at the North and South Poles (for a total of 180 degrees of latitude).