The major excavation and recognition of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa as significant sites of the Indus Valley Civilization occurred in the 1920s. These discoveries provided crucial insights into one of the world's earliest urban societies. The sites were excavated by archeologists and they revealed the existance of long forgotten cities.
Maulana Shaukat Ali served as the first General Secretary of the Khilafat Committee. The Khilafat Committee was a set up in 1919 to conduct and to organize the Khilfat movement.
Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan was the first Foreign Minister of Pakistan. He was the first muslim, asian and Pakistani to preside over the UN General Assembly and the International Court of Justice.
Faiz Ahmad Faiz, a renowned Pakistani poet, was among those convicted in the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case, an alleged coup attempt against the government of Liaquat Ali Khan in 1951.
Pakistan purchased the Gwadar enclave from Oman in 1958 for $3 million. This acquisition was a significant development for Pakistan's access to the Arabian Sea.
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The largest Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
The Quaid-e-Azam Residency in Ziarat, Balochistan, was attacked and burnt down by militants in June 2013. The attack was carried out by the foreign backed Balochistan Liberation Army.
On April 1, 1948, the East Punjab Government, which controlled the headworks at Madhopur on the Ravi and Ferozpur on the Sutlej, cut off water supplies to canals in Pakistan fed by these headworks.
Hujjatullah-il-Baligha (The Conclusive Argument of God) is a seminal work of Islamic thought written by Shah Waliullah Dehlawi. This work is considered a synthesis of the Islamic intellectual disciplines authoritative in the 18th century.
