Practice Pakistan questions with answers and explanations.
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The Khunjerab Pass links Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan with China's Xinjiang region.
The Karakoram Highway crosses this pass.
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The Khyber Pass is a historic route through the mountains west of Peshawar.
It has long connected the subcontinent with Afghanistan.
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Pakistan has four provinces: Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan.
Other administrative territories have separate constitutional arrangements.
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Lahore is the provincial capital of Punjab.
It is also a major cultural and historical center.
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The Eighth Amendment inserted the Objectives Resolution as Article 2A.
This strengthened its direct constitutional status.
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Article 58(2)(b) granted a discretionary dissolution power during certain periods.
It became central to several dismissals of elected governments.
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The Thirteenth Amendment removed the discretionary dissolution power.
It strengthened the parliamentary character of the system.
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The Constitution of 1973 became effective on 14 August 1973.
It remains Pakistan's basic constitutional framework.
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The Eighteenth Amendment made wide-ranging constitutional changes in 2010.
It significantly expanded provincial authority.
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The Constitution creates a federation with a parliamentary executive.
The prime minister heads the government.
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The amendment abolished the Concurrent Legislative List.
Many subjects were transferred to provincial control.
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The Parliament consists of the President, National Assembly, and Senate.
Its two legislative chambers make it bicameral.
