Some sample questions from this category:
* After the elections in November 1988 ________________________ became prime-minister, and Ghulam Ishaq Khan was appointed president.
* Pakistan became free from British control in 1947. When was the Lahore Resolution approved, which called for a sovereign, independent Muslim state?
* On _________________, Pakistan became an independent nation.
* Jinnah was declared the first governer-general of Pakistan. Who was the first prime-minister?
* On September 11, 1948, Jinnah died in Karachi at the age of 72. What was the cause of his death?
* In 1951, Liaquat was assassinated in Rawalpindi. Khwaja Nazimuddin, an East Pakistani who had succeeded Jinnah as governor-general, became prime minister. Who became governor-general?
* When was Pakistan's first constitution adopted?
* After the Civil War in 1971, East Pakistan became a separate state in the form of Bangladesh. Yahya Khan, who had become president after Ayub, resigned and ___________________ became president and martial law administrator of Pakistan.
* On July 5, 1977, army commander-in-chief, _________________________ staged a coup and imposed a martial law regime.
* Zia was killed in an airplane crash possibly caused by sabotage in _____________.
* After Bhutto's dismissal, Sharif was elected prime-minister. Fulfilling Sharif's election promise to make Sharia (Islamic law) the supreme law of Pakistan, the national legislature passed an amended Shariat Bill in _____.
* In 1996, Bhutto, who was elected prime-minister in October 1993, was dismissed by President Farooq Leghari amid allegations of corruption. New elections in February 1997 brought _______________ back to power.
* In May 1999, fighting broke out in __________, an Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.
* In October 1999, a bloodless coup launched by __________________, the commander-in-chief of the army, ousted Sharif and made him chief executive of Pakistan.
* The Supreme Court of Pakistan set a deadline of _________________ for the restoration of civilian rule.
* Pakistan became a frontline state of high strategic importance as the U.S.-led war on terrorism unfolded in neighboring __________________.
* Musharraf pledged to hold provincial and parliamentary elections by October 2002. In a bid to secure his position as president ahead of the elections, however, Musharraf called a referendum in April on extending his presidency for ______ years.
* On October 16th, 1951, Liaquat was assassinated in broad daylight while addressing a gathering. He had just reached the venue an hour earlier from Karachi. Where was he assassinated?
* Liaquat only had time to say one sentence before he was shot ? two bullets hit him and though he was conscious for some time, he died at the hospital. What was the only sentence he said?
* Who was identified as the assassin?
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