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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

Know about NATO

Know about NATO

NATO full form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Founded: 4 April, 1949 (Washington, USA)

Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium

Total members: 32 (30 European & 2 North American countries)

Latest Member: Sweden

Type: Military Alliance

Official Languages: English & French

Founding members: 12

Pakistan: Not a NATO member

Member Muslim country: Turkiye  

In April 2024, Sweden became 32nd member of NATO.

List of NATO member countries

1.       Albania

2.       Belgium

3.       Bulgaria

4.       Canada

5.       Croatia

6.       Czechia

7.       Denmark

8.       Estonia

9.       France

10.   Germany

11.   Greece

12.   Hungary

13.   Iceland

14.   Italy

15.   Latvia

16.   Lithuania

17.   Luxembourg

18.   Montenegro

19.   Netherlands

20.   North Macedonia

21.   Norway

22.   Poland

23.   Portugal

24.   Romania

25.   Slovakia

26.   Slovenia

27.   Spain

28.   Turkiye

29.   United Kingdom

30.   United States

31.   Finland

32. Sweden 

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Explanation

China has the shortest boundary with Pakistan.

The total length is 599 KM

Explanation

On 9 June, 2017 India and Pakistan became full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

The SCO Headquarters: Beijing, China

The SCO Founded: June 15, 2001

 four Observer States

The SCO currently comprises of 10 member states:

• China
• India,
• Kazakhstan,
• Kyrgyzstan,
• Russia,
• Pakistan,
• Tajikistan,
• Iran 
• Uzbekistan
• Belarus joins SCO as 10th member
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Explanation

 SEATO is the Name of the pact joined by Pakistan and the United Kingdom In 1954 and dissolved on 30th June 1977

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On 8th September 1954, the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, or SEATO formed by :

1. the United States,
2. France,
3. Great Britain,
4. New Zealand,
5. Australia,
6. the Philippines,
7. Thailand,
8. and Pakistan 

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while the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) was formed in 1955 by nd dissolved in 1979.

:

1. Iran,
2. Iraq,
3. Pakistan,
4. Turkey,
5. and the United Kingdom 

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ND05-12-2022

Explanation

Pakistan has been an active Member of the Organization.

Pakistan join the OIC for the first time in 1969

Pakistan hosted the Second OIC Summit Conference on 22-24 February 1974 in Lahore

OIC headquarters is located in Jadda.

OIC Stands for Organization of Islamic Cooperation

It is the largest international organization outside of the United Nations.

The official languages of the OIC are Arabic, English, and French.

It changed its name on 28 June 2011 from the Organization of the Islamic Conference to its current name.

Total Current member= 57

The first summit of OIC was held in Rabat

Explanation

An agreement on the demarcation of boundaries was concluded between Pakistan and China in the year on  2 March 1963

Pak china's boundary line was demarcated during the era of Ayyub Khan

This agreement called The Sino-Pakistan Agreement

The Sino-Pakistan Agreement is a 1963 document between the governments of Pakistan and China establishing the border between those countries in the disputed Kashmir region.

The agreement was signed by:

China: Marshal Chen Yi, Plenipotentiary of the Government of the People's Republic of China

Pakistan: Z. Ali Bhutto, Plenipotentiary of the Government of Pakistan

ND15-10-2023

Explanation

The Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline, also known as the Peace Pipeline

Inaugurated by the president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari and the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

On March 11, 2013

General direction:

• Iran to Pakistan: West–East
• Within Pakistan: South–North

Length: 2,775 km (1,724 mi)

Explanation

Explanation

The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) is a water-distribution treaty between India and Pakistan.

Indus Waters Treaty brokered by the World Bank

It was signed in Karachi on 19 September 1960

Sighed by:

• Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru 
•  Pakistani President Ayub Khan.

The Treaty allocates the 3 Western Rivers to Pakistan

1.  Indus
2. Jhelum
3. Chenab  

the 3 Eastern Rivers  to India

1. Sutlej
2. Beas
3. Ravi

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