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Sukkur Barrage is a barrage on the River Indus near the city of Sukkur.

The barrage was built during the British Raj from 1923 to 1932 

was named Lloyd Barrage.

Located in Sindh Province

Construction started: 1923

Length: Approximately 2 km (1 mi)

Opened: 1932

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confusion about the oldest University of Pakistan

• Punjab University( founded in 1882) 

King Edward University (History)

• First established as Lahore Medical School was established in 1860
• Renamed King Edward Medical College in 1911
• Got university status in 2005

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Sindh is one of the world's oldest languages, written in right-handed Perso-Arabic script

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30 languages are spoken in Pakistan

while

Five languages have more than 10 million speakers each – 

Punjabi

 Pashto

Sindhi

Saraiki

Urdu.

while

The most widely spoken language in Pakistan is Punjabi (48 % speak), followed by the Punjabi variant Siraiki (10 percent),

2nd Sindhi 12%

Pashto 8%

Balochi 3%

Hindko 2%

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• Anti-Slavery International is the world's oldest human rights organisation.
• Its roots stretch back to 1787 when the first abolitionist society was formed.
• The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (BFASS) was officially created on 17 April 1839 to crusade against slavery and the slave trade throughout the world.
  

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Mahathir bin Mohamad is a Malaysian statesman who served as the prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020. 

At the age of 92 years 141 days in 2018, he becomes the Oldest Prime Minister having been born on 20 December 1925.

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The University of Bologna is the oldest university in the world.

It is located in Bologna Italy

It is a public research university in Bologna

It was Founded in 1088

It was Founded by Irnerius

Additional information:

The oldest University in Pakistan is King Edward Medical University

the oldest university in the USA is Harvard University

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Makli Necropolis is one of the largest funerary sites in the world

it is located near the city of Thatta, in the  province of Sindh

The site was designated in 1981