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Best artist Abdul Rehman Chughtai
Best UN speaker Ahmed Shah Pitras Bukhari
First Adam Jee Literary Prize Shaukat Siddiqui (“Khuda-Ki-Basti”)
First AIDS patient in Pakistan 1987
First ambassador to USA M. A. H. Isfahani
First amendment in the constitution 1974 (Allowed citizens to form political parties)
First announcer of world service of Radio Pakistan Safia Kazim
First Asian Deputy Secretary General UNO Pir Syed Ahmed Shah Patras Bukhari
First Atomic Reactor Islamabad
First Autobiography in Urdu Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
First Baloch Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Ch
First bank Habib Bank (25th August 1947)
First bio plant 1974
First Biography of Quaid-e-Azam Hector Bolitho
First book of Allama Iqbal * “Israr-e-Khudi”
First British Ruler of India Lord Clive
First broadcasting of national anthem ** 13th Aug 1954
First cabinet (15th Aug, 1947) Liaquat Ali Khan (Prime Minister, Defence, Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations), Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar (Trade, Industry and Construction), Malik Ghulam Muhammad (Finance), Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar (Transports), Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan (Food, Agriculture and Health), Jugindarnath Mandal (Law and Labour) and Fazal-ur-Rehman (Interior, Information and Education)
First Capital Karachi
First capital of Sind Hyderabad
First Captain of Hockey Iqtidar Ali Shah Dara
First Caretaker Prime Minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi (6th Aug 1990 – 6th Nov 1990)
First Cartoon Film of Pakistan “Keya Aalmi Zamir So Raha Hay”
First Census 9th Feb 1951 (34.8 million population)
First Chairman FPSC Mian Afzal Hussain (1947 – 1952)
First Chairman Higher Education Commission Dr. Ata-ur-Rehman (2005)
First Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen. Muhammad Sharif (1976 – 1978)
First Chairman Senate Habib-ullah Khan
First Chairman Federal Shariat Court Justice Salah-ud-Din
First Chairman NAB Lt. Gen. Amjad Hussain (1999)
First chancellor of Karachi University Khawaja Nazim-ud-Din
First Chief Ehtesab Commissioner Justice (r) Ghulam Mujaddid Mirza
First Chief Election Commissioner Mr. F. M. Khan
First Chief Executive General Musharraf (12th Oct 1999 – 21st June 2001)
First Chief Justice Justice Mian Abdul Rasheed
First Chief Justice Baluchistan High Court Justice Khuda Bux Murree (1976 – 1977)
First Chief Minister Baluchistan Sardar Ata Ullah Khan Mengal
First Chief Minister NWFP Khan Abdul Qayyoom Khan
First Chief Minister Punjab Mian Iftikhar Hussain Mamdot
First Chief Minister Sindh Muhammad Ayub Khoro
First Chief Minister West Pakistan Dr. Khan Abdul Star Khan
First Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Zafar Ahmed Chaudry
First Chief of Army Staff General Tikka Khan
First Chief of army staff to resign Gen. Jahangir Karamat
First Chief of Army Staff to suspend the Constitution twice Gen. Parvez Musharraf (2nd Nov 2007)
First Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Sharif
First Children Film of Pakistan “Wattan-Ka-Sipahi”
First Civilian Chief Marshal Law Administrator Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
First Commander-in-Chief Pakistan Air Force Air Vice Marshal Paery Cane
First C-in-C Pakistan Army General Frank Maservy
First C-in-C Pakistan Navy Rear Admiral Jafford James Wilfred
First Coin 3rd July 1948
First colour film “Sangam”
First coloured program of PTV “Parchhaian”
First Constitution 23rd March 1956 (Presidential form)
First country to recognize Pakistan Iran
First Cricket Captain Abdul Hafeez Karadar
First Cricket test match of Pakistan 1952 against India (Pakistan won this match)
First Cricketer of Pakistan scoring 4000 in test Zaheer Abbas
First Cricket World Cup to be held in Pakistan 1987 (4th World Cup)
First deep water port Gawadar Port
First Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan Noor Ul Amin
First Director General Radio Pakistan Z. A. Bukhari
First educational conference 1947
First elected prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
First Embassy in Pakistan Egypt
First embassy of Pakistan In Iran
First English Film of Pakistan “Beyond the last mountain”
First Expedition of Pakistan landed in Antarctica 15th Jan 1991
First Federal Minister Defence Liaquat Ali Khan
First Federal Ombudsman Justice Sardar Muhammad Iqbal (June 1983)
First film of Pakistan “Teri-Yaad”
First film to celebrate diamond jubilee “Dosti”
First film to celebrate golden jubilee “Sassi”
First film to celebrate silver jubilee (25 weeks) “Do Ansoo”
First Finance Minister Malik Ghulam Muhammad
First Five years plan 1955 – 1 960
First Foreign Minister of Pakistan Sir Zafar-ullah Khan
First general elections * 7th Dec 1970
First gold medal of Pakistan in Olympics 1960 in Rome
First government in Azad Kashmir 24th Oct 1947
First Governor Baluchistan Lt. Gen. Riaz Hussain
First Governor General Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
First Governor NWFP Sir George Cunningham
First Governor Punjab Robert Francis Moody
First Governor Sindh Sheikh Ghulam Hussain Hidayat Ullah
First Governor State Bank Zahid Hussain
First Governor West Pakistan Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani
First High Commissioner in Britton Habib Ibrahim Rehmat-ullah
First Hockey gold medal of Pakistan in Asian Games 1958
First hockey team to visit Pakistan West Germany
First hoisting of Pakistani flag in a foreign country France
First Indian President of League of Nations General Assembly Sir Muhammad Shah Aga Khan (13 Sep 1937 - 6 Oct 1937)
First indigenously designed car “Revo”
First indigenously designed jeep “Nissan”
First indigenously designed Ship Al-Abbas
First King George VI
First literary criticism in Urdu Muqaddama-e-Shi’ro-Sha’iri
First Local Bodies election 25th Sep 1979
First local language translation of Quran Sindhi
First loan from IMF 1st Jan 1984
First man to introduce human rights concept in Pakistan Syed Ansar Ahmed Burney
First Marshal Law 7th Oct 1958
First meeting of Constituent Assembly 10th Aug 1947
First meeting of National Security Council 18th Oct 2004
First Metrological rocket of Pakistan Rahbar I (11th Dec 1979)
First Modern Railway Station Larkana
First mounting of K2 31st July 1954 at 60 Pm (By an Italian Team)
First Museum Karachi
First Muslim Chief Justice of Lahore High Court Justice Sir Abdul Rasheed (1946 – 1948)
First Muslim Commander-in-Chief Air Force Air Marshal Asghar Khan
First Muslim Commander-in-Chief Army General Ayub Khan (17th Jan 1951)
First Muslim Commander-in-Chief Navy Haji Muhammad Siddique Chaudry
First Muslim Governor NWFP Sahibzada Muhammad Khurshid
First Muslim Governor Punjab Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar
First News Agency Star News Agency
First Nishan-e-Haider Capt. Muhammad Sarwar (23rd Mar 1950)
First Nishan-e-Imtiaz Begum Waqar-un-Nisa Noon
First Nobel Prize 1979 (Dr. Abdul Salam of Jhang)
First Non-commissioned Nishan-e-Haider recipient Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed
First Non-Party elections 25th Feb 1985 (National Assembly) and 28th Feb 1985 (Provincial Assemblies)
First nuclear power station 1971 (KANUPP)
First Nuclear Test 28 May 1999 at Chaghi (Baluchistan)
First official activity of Quaid-e-Azam in Pakistan Presiding over of the Constituent Assembly
First Pakistani cricketer to have 400 test wickets Wasim Akram (4th in the world)
First Pakistani cricketer to have 500 one-day wickets Wasim Akram
First Pakistani in British Parliament Ghulam Sarwar from Faisalabad
First Pakistani in Canadian Parliament Wajid Ali Khan (July 2004)
First Pakistani President of International Court of Justice Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (19 Feb 1970 - 8 Feb 1973)
First Pakistani Secretary General of Cento Mirza O.A. Baig
First Pakistani Secretary General of OIC Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada (1 Jan 1985 - 31 Dec 1988) 4th
First Pakistani to hoist Pakistani flag on North Pole Numaira Salim (April 2007)
First Pakistani to scale Mount Everest Nazeer Sabir (17 May 2000)
First Pakistani to win a match in Wimbledon Tennis Haroon Rahim (1976)
First Pakistani Judge of International Court of Justice Ch. Zafar-ullah Khan
First Pakistani Lenin Prize winner Faiz Ahmed Faiz
First Pakistani Nobel Prize winner Dr. Abdul Salam of Jhang in Physics (15th Oct 1979)
First Pakistani President of UN General Assembly Sir Mohammad Zafrulla Khan (18 Sep 1962 - 17 Sep 1963)
First Pakistani President of World Squash Federation Jahangir Khan
First Pakistan Secretary General of SAARC Naeem-ud-Din Hassan (5th)
First participation of Pakistan Hockey team in Olympic games 1948 in London
First Pashto book * “Patta-Khazana” in 8th Century
First Pay Commission * Feb 1948
First person to scale K-2 Ardito Desio and Mario Puchoz July 29, 1954
First person to scale Nanga Parbat Albert F. Mummery (UK) in 1895
First person to sign currency notes of Pakistan Sir Victor Turner
First pictorial newspaper Al-Hilal of Maulana Muhammad Ali Johar
First poet of Pashto poems Ameer Crore
First postage stamp 9th July, 1948
First President of Azad Kashmir Sardar Ibrahim Khan
First President of Constituent Assembly Muhammad Ali Jinnah (11th Aug 1947)
First President of Pakistan Sikandar Mirza
First President of Pakistan Hockey Federation Raja Ghazanfar Ali Khan
First president to visit Pakistan President of Indonesia
First Prime Minister from Baluchistan Mir Zafar-ullah Jamali
First Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Abdul Hamid Khan
First Prime Minister to seek unanimous vote of confidence Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani (29th Mar 2008)
First Private Airline Hajveri Airlines
First private TV channel Peoples Television Network Islamabad (15th July 1990)
First professional boxer of Pakistan Hussain Shah
First Quaid-e-Azam Trophy winner Bahawalpur team
First railway track 1861 (Karachi to Kotri 169 km)
First reference against a chief justice Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudri (9 Mar 2007)
First reference against a judge Justice Hassan Ali Agha (1951)
First round table conference * 12th Nov 1930 – 19th Jan 1931
First same-sex marriage Shumail Raj with Shahzina Tariq
First Satellite into orbit Badr-1 (16th July 1990) atop a Chinese built rocket
First science fiction film “Shani” (Hero was Sheri Malik of Chakwal)
First Secretary General of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Asma Jahangir (1985)
First session of Constituent assembly 10 – 14 Aug 1947 in Sindh Assembly building, presided over by Law Minister Jogindar Nath Mandal
First silver medal in Olympics 1956 (Melbourne)
First Sindi Film “Umar Marvi”
First Sitara-e-Jurrat Muhammad Mehboob Alam
First SOS village Near Lahore
First South Asian recipient of “Victoria Cross” Sub. Khuda Dad Khan of Chakwal (Pakistan) in 1914
First Speaker Baluchistan Assembly Sardar Muhammad Khan Barozai (1972 – 1976)
First Speaker of the Constitutional Assembly Maulvi Tamizuddin
First speaker of National Assembly Abdul Wahab
First submarine of Pakistan Agoda (Aug 2002)
First suicide attack in Pakistan 6th Nov 2000 in Karachi
First surveyor of K2 H. H Godwin Austin
First Suspense Novelist Zafar Zubairi
First Telephone Factory Haripur
First test century for Pakistan Nazar Muhammad (against India)
First test catch for Pakistan Nazar Muhammad
First test cricket wicket keeper Hanif Muhammad
First test match of Pakistan 16th Oct 1952, at Feroze Shah Kotla ground in New Delhi
First test wicket for Pakistan Khan Muhammad (against India)
First Tractor of Pakistan “Baghban”
First triple century from Pakistan Hanif Muhammad
First University of Northern Areas Karakuram International University Gilgit (2002)
First Urdu Dictionary Mullan Abdul Wasih Hansvi
First Urdu Journal “Khair-Khawh-e-Hind”
First Urdu Newspaper “Jahan-Numa”
First Urdu Novelist Deputy Nazir Ahmed
First use of Jinnah cap by Quaid-e-Azam Oct 1937
First wicket in first test match Intikhab Alam
First woman chief Scout Zubaida Jalal
First woman deputy speaker of National Assembly Dr. Ashraf Abbasi
First woman MNA elected to National Assembly Begum Nasim Wali Khan
First Women Federal Minister Begum Waqar-Un-Nisa Noon (Tourism)
First Woman Film Director Noor Jahan (Film “Chan Way”)
First woman Governor State Bank Dr. Shamshad Akhtar (January 2006)
First Woman in space Numera Salim (July 2008)
First Woman Jet Pilot Ayesha Rubina Naveed
First woman Major General Maj. Gen. (r) Dr. Shahida Malik
First woman martyr of 1965 war Abida Tusi
First women members of constituent Assembly Begum Shaista Ikram-ullah
First woman minister Begum Waqar-un-Nisa Noon
First Woman Pilot Shukria Khanam
First Woman Presidential candidate Fatimah Jinnah
First woman representative of Pakistan in UN Begum Salma Tassadaq Hussain
First woman sentenced to death Sardaran
First woman Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza (Mar 2008)
First woman to win a world Squash title for Pakistan Carla Khan (Grand-daughter of Azam Khan)
First woman tried under Hadood Laws Safia Bi-Bi of Punjab (a gang rape victim)
First woman Vice Chancellor Dr. Kaneez Yousaf
Highest city from sea level Quetta
Highest Civil Award Nishan-e-Pakistan
Highest Dam Wali-Tangi Dam (Baluchistan)
Highest mountain pass Muztagh Pass
Highest peak K2 8611 m (Also named Chogori, Godwin Austin and Dap sang)
Highest peak of Himalaya Mount Everest (29028 feet / 8848 m)
Highest peak of Hindukush Tirich Mir (7690 m)
Highest peak of Karakoram K-2 (Skardu)
Highest peak of Suleiman Mountains Takht-e-Sulaiman (3374 m)
Highest Railway Station Khan Mehtarzai
Highest Radio Station Gilgit
Highest Road Shahrah-e-Korakaram, or Silk Route
Largest Air Port Quaid-e-Azam International Airport Karachi
Largest Artificial Lake Keenjhar Lake (Near Thatta)
Largest Athletics Stadium Islamabad
Largest Atomic Energy research Institute Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology at Nilore in Islamabad
Largest Bank State Bank of Pakistan
Largest Barrage of the world Sukkur Barrage
Largest Canal Lloyd Barrage Canal
Largest city along Indus River Hyderabad
Largest Commercial Bank Habib Bank Ltd.
Largest cantonment Kharian
Largest cant of combined India Rawalpindi
Largest Cricket Stadium National Stadium Karachi
Largest Dam Tarbela Dam (Volume 148 million cubic meters)
Largest Desert Thar Desert (Sind)
Largest District Khuzdar (Baluchistan)
Largest district of Punjab Dera Ghazi Khan
Largest Division Qalat Division
Largest English Newspaper “The News”
Largest Fort Rani Kot (Sind)
largest freshwater lake in Pakistan Manchhar Lake (Sindh)
Largest graveyard Makli (Thatta)
Largest Hockey Stadium National Hockey Stadium Lahore
Largest Hydro Electric Power Station Tarbela (3, 478 Megawatt)
Largest Industrial Unit Pakistan Steel Mills Karachi
Largest Industry Textile Industry
Largest Island Manora (Karachi)
Largest Jungle Chhanga Manga (Qasoor)
Largest lake of Asia Manchhar Lake (Dadu District)
Largest Library Punjab Public Library Lahore
Largest Mausoleum Quaid-e-Azam Mausoleum Karachi
Largest Mine Salt mines Khewra (Jhelum)
Largest Monument Minar-e-Pakistan
Largest Mosque Faisal Mosque Islamabad
Largest Museum Lok-Virsa Museum Islamabad (60, 000 sq feet), National Museum in Karachi is second largest.
Largest Natural Lake Manchhar Lake, Dadu (Sind)
Largest Nuclear Reactor Karachi Nuclear Power Plant
Largest Oilfield Dhurnal Oilfield
Largest power station Mangla Power Station
Largest radio station Islamabad
Largest Railway Station Lahore
Largest Railway Workshop Mughal Pura Lahore
Largest River Indus River
Largest River of Baluchistan Hangol
Largest Seaport Karachi
Largest TV booster Tandiani (Punjab)
Largest TV station Islamabad
Largest town of Northern Areas Gilgit (administrative capital)
Largest University Punjab University Lahore
Largest Urdu Newspaper Jang
Largest zoo Lahore
Last Chief Minister of West Pakistan Nawab Muzaffar Ali Qazilbash
Last Commander-in-Chief Air Force Air Marshal A Rahim Khan
Last Commander-in-Chief Pak Army Lt. Gen. Gul Hassan
Last Commander-in-Chief Navy Vice Admiral Hassan Hafeez Ahmed
Last Governor General of Pakistan Sikandar Mirza
Last Governor West Pakistan Lt. Gen. Attiq-ur-Rehman
Last Nawab of Bahawalpur Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi
Last poem of Allama Iqbal “Hazrat-e-Insan”
Last words of Quaid-e-Azam “Allah-Pakistan”
Longest barrage Sukkur Barrage
Longest boundary Afghanistan
Longest frontier Pak-Afghan Border (2, 252 km)
Longest Pass Bolan Pass (Baluchistan)
Longest Railway Platform Rohri (9th largest platform of the world)
Longest Railway Track Karachi to Landi Kotal
Longest Railway Tunnel Khojak (Baluchistan)
Longest river Indus (1, 790 miles)
Longest Road Karachi to Peshawar (Pakistan Highway)
Longest Road Tunnel Lowari (5 miles)
Longest rule General Zia (11 years and 43 days)
Longest tenure as Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad (19th October 1951 – 5th October 1955)
Longest Water Tunnel Warsak Dam tunnel (3.5 miles)
Oldest cantonment Kohat
Oldest city Multan
Oldest recipient of Nishan-e-Haider Major Tufail Muhammad (44 years)
Oldest ruined city Mohenjo Daro (Larkana District) 5000 years old
Oldest university Punjab University (1882)
Only Recipient of Nishan-e-Haider for 1965 War Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed
Only Vice President of Pakistan Noor-ul-Amin (22nd Dec 1971 – 21st Apr 1972)
Second Care-taker Prime Minister Mir Balgh Sher Baz Mazari
Second Chairman Senate Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Second Chief Minister Baluchistan Jam Mir Ghulam Qadir Khan
Second Chief Minister NWFP Sardar Abdur Rasheed
Second Chief Minister Punjab Mian Mumtaz Daultana
Second Chief Minister Sind Pir Ilahi Bux
Second Cricket World Cup to be held in Pakistan 1996 (6th World Cup)
Second Governor Baluchistan Sir Ambrose Dandas Flux
Second Governor General Pakistan Khawaja Nazimuddin (14th Sept. 1948 – 17th Oct. 1951)
Second Governor NWFP Ambrose Dandas Flux
Second Governor Punjab Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
Second Governor Sind Sheikh Din Muhammad
Second highest military award “Hilal-e-Jurrat”
Second Highest Peak of Pakistan Nanga Parbat (8125 m) (26660 feet)
Second largest Dam of World Tarbela Dam
Second Nishan-e-Haider Major Tufail Muhammad (7th November 1959)
Second President Ayub Khan
Second Prime Minister Khawaja Nazimuddin (19th Oct. 1951 – 17th April 1953)
Second Speaker National Assembly Abdul Wahab Khan
Shortest river Ravi (710 miles)
Shortest tenure as Governor General Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Shortest tenure as President Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Shortest tenure as Prime Minister *** Ayub Khan and Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
Three pillars of state Legislature, Executive and Judiciary
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