Current Affairs Updates

PAKISTAN STUDIES

Political/Governmental Setup of Pakistan

The major political parties based on the 2024 General Elections in Pakistan:

Sr. #	Name of Party	General Seats won	Women Seats Won	Minority Seats Won	Total Seats Won
1	Pakistan Muslim League (N)	84	34	5	123
2	Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC)	83	0	0	83
3	Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)	54	16	3	73
4	Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)	17	4	1	22
5	Awami National Party (ANP)	1	0	0	1
6	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUIF)	6	4	1	11
7	Istehkame-Pakistan Party	3	1	0	4
8	Pakistan Muslim League (Q)	4	1	0	5
9	Pakistan Muslim League (Z)	1	0	0	1
10	Balochistan National Party (Mengal)	1	0	0	1
12	Balochistan Awami Party	1	0	0	1
11	Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party	1	0	0	1
12	Mujahid Wahdat Muslimeen	1	0	0	1

The number of seats in the provincial assemblies of Pakistan:

Punjab: 371
Sindh: 168
KPK: 124
Balochistan: 65

Seat Distribution in Senate

Note: the minimum age of a senator under the 1973 constitution is 30 years.

Provinces/Territories	General	Technocrats / Ulema	Women	Non-Muslims	Total
Sindh	14	4	4	1	23
Punjab	14	4	4	1	23
Balochistan	14	4	4	1	23
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	14	4	4	1	23
Federal Capital	2	1	1	–	4
FATA	4	–	–	–	4
TOTAL	62	17	17	4	100

*After FATA’s merger in KPK, Senate’s seats were reduced to 96. After current tenure in 2024, there will be no separate seats for FATA.

Seat Distribution in Parliament

	Punjab	Sindh	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Balochistan	FATA	Federal Capital	Total
General	148	61	35	14	12	2	272
Women	35	14	8	3	0	0	60
Non-Muslims	—	—	—	—	—	—	10
Total	183	75	43	17	12	2	342

After the dissolution of the current National Assembly, seats distribution will be according to Article 51 (1) and 3 (a) of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan owing to FATA merger.

	Punjab	Sindh	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Balochistan	Federal Capital	Total
General	141	61	45	16	3	256
Women	32	14	10	4	0	60
Non-Muslims	—	—	—	—	—	10
Total	173	75	55	20	3	336

Composition of Pakistan’s Parliament facts

According to the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 Pakistan parliament is bicameral. According to Article 50 of the Constitution, the Parliament of Pakistan comprises a President and two Houses known as National Assembly (lower house) and Senate (upper house).

sources used for the following data: senate.gov.pk

na.gov.pk

Miscellaneous

- - The Parliamentary Special Committee on Kashmir is a committee formed with the aim of raising the Kashmir issue at national and international levels. It strives to unify all political elements within Pakistan and bring them on the same page regarding the pursuit of the Kashmir cause. It is mainly composed of senior MNAs and Senators.
  - The Council of Common Interests (CCI) is a constitutional body in the Government of Pakistan. It is appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister. The CCI resolves the disputes of power sharing between the federation and provinces. Membership of the Council of Common Interests consists of following:

The Prime Minister of Pakistan (Chairman of the Council)
All four Provincial Chief Ministers
Three members to be nominated by Prime Minister (Usually Cabinet members)

Lists and Information Regarding Diplomats

First five and most recent Pakistani ambassadors to the US (from the year 2000 onwards):

Sr.	Name of Ambassador	Date of Charge Assumption	Date of Charge Relinquishment
1	Mr. M.A. H. Ispahani	October 8, 1947.	February 8, 1952.
2	Mr. Muhammad Ali Bogra	February 27, 1952.	April 16, 1953.
3	Syed Aamjad Ali	September 26, 1953.	September 27, 1955.
4	Mr. Muhammad Ali Bogra	November,1955.	March, 1959.
5	Mr. Aziz Ahmed	March 23, 1959.	July 10, 1963.

Sr. #	Name of Ambassador	Date of Charge Assumption	Date of Charge Relinquishment
1	Dr. Maleeha Lodhi	December 17, 1999.	August 4, 2002.
2	Mr. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi	August 19, 2002.	August 6, 2004.
3	Gen® Jehangir Karamat	November 17, 2004.	June 3, 2006.
4	Maj. Gen® Mahmud Ali Durani	June 5, 2006.	May 9, 2008.
5	Mr. Husain Haqqani	May 27, 2008.	November 22, 2011.
6	Ms. Sherry Rehman	January 8, 2012.	May 19, 2013
7	Mr. Jalil Abbas Jilani	December 28, 2013	February 28, 2017
8	Mr. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry	March 12, 2017	May 29, 2018
9	Mr. Ali Jehangir Siddiqui	May 29, 2018	December 24, 2018
10	Dr. Asad Majeed Khan	January 11, 2019	February 2022
11	Masood Khan	February 2022	Incumbent

First five and the most recent US Ambassadors to Pakistan (from the year 2000 onwards):

- - Paul H. Alling
    - Appointed: September 20, 1947
    - Terminated mission: Left post June 27, 1948
  - H. Merle Cochran
    - Appointed: March 4, 1949
    - Took oath of office but did not proceed to post.
  - Avra M. Warren
    - Appointed: February 2, 1950
    - Terminated mission: Left post November 26, 1952
  - John M. Cabot
    - Appointed: September 17, 1952
    - Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; did not serve under this appointment.
  - Horace A. Hildreth
    - Appointed: May 13, 1953
    - Terminated mission: Left post May 1, 1957
  - James M. Langley
    - Appointed: June 13, 1957
    - Terminated mission: Left post July 29, 1959
  - William B. Milam
    - Appointed: August 3, 1998
    - Terminated mission: Left post July 6, 2001
  - Wendy Jean Chamberlin
    - Appointed: July 12, 2001
    - Terminated mission: Left post May 29, 2002
  - Nancy Jo Powell
    - Appointed: August 2, 2002
    - Terminated mission: Left post November 5, 2004
  - Ryan C. Crocker
    - Appointed: October 18, 2004
    - Terminated mission: Left post March 28, 2007
  - Anne W. Patterson
    - Appointed: July 2, 2007
    - Terminated mission: Left post October 5, 2010
  - Cameron Munter
    - Appointed: October 6, 2010
    - Terminated mission: Left post May 7, 2012
  - Richard Olson
    - Appointed: September 24, 2012
    - Terminated mission: October 27, 2015
  - David Hale
    - Appointed: September 21, 2015
    - Terminated mission: August 29, 2018
  - Paul W. Jones
    - Appointed: September 2018 (Incumbent)
    - Appointed: Angela Aggeler 1 – Sep-2020
    - Appointed: Donald Blome 1 – March 2022

Permanent Representatives of Pakistan to the United Nations:

Sr.	Name	Entered office	Left office
1	Syed Itaat Husain	1948	1951
2	Patras Bokhari	1951	1954
3	Prince Aly Khan	1958	1960
4	Muhammad Zafrullah Khan	1961	1964
5	Syed Amjad Ali	1964	1967
6	Agha Shahi	1967	1972
7	Iqbal Akhund	1972	~1975
8	Niaz A. Naik	1978	1982
9	Sardar Shah Nawaz	1982	1989
10	Jamsheed Marker	September 1990	March 1995
11	Ahmad Kamal	March 1995	August 1999
12	Inam-ul-Haq	August 1999	February 2000
13	Shamshad Ahmad	February 2000	May 2002
14	Munir Akram	May 2002	September 2008
15	Hussain Haroon	September 2008	October 2012
16	Masood Khan	October 2012	January 2015
17	Maleeha Lodhi	February 2015	30 September 2019
18	Munir Akram	September 2019	incumbent

List of Chief Justices of Pakistan:

Sr.	Name	Tenure
1	Mr. Justice Sir Abdul Rashid	27.06.1949 – 29.06.1954
2	Mr. Justice Muhammad Munir	30.06.1954 – 02.05.1960
3	Mr. Justice Muhammad Shahabuddin	03.05.1960 – 12.05.1960
4	Mr. Justice A.R. Cornelius	13.05.1960 – 29.02.1968
5	Mr. Justice S.A. Rahman	01.03.1968 – 03.06.1968
6	Mr. Justice Fazle Akbar	04.06.1968 – 17.11.1968
7	Mr. Justice Hamoodur Rahman	18.11.1968 – 31.10.1975
8	Mr. Justice Muhammad Yaqub Ali	01.11.1975 – 22.09.1977
9	Mr. Justice S. Anwarul Haq	26.09.1977 – 25.03.1981
10	Mr. Justice Muhammad Haleem	25.03.1981 – 31.12.1989
11	Mr. Justice Muhammad Afzal Zullah	01.01.1990 – 18.04.1993
12	Mr. Justice Dr. Nasim Hasan Shah	17.04.1993 – 14.04.1994
13	Mr. Justice Sajjad Ali Shah	05.06.1994 – 02.12.1997
14	Mr. Justice Ajmal Mian	03.12.1997 – 30.06.1999
15	Mr. Justice Saiduzzaman Siddiqui	01.07.1999 – 26.01.2000
16	Mr. Justice Irshad Hasan Khan	26.01.2000 – 06.01.2002
17	Mr. Justice Muhammad Bashir Jehangiri	07.01.2002 – 31.01.2002
18	Mr. Justice Sh. Riaz Ahmad	01.02.2002 – 31.12.2003
19	Mr. Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui	31.12.2003 – 29.06.2005
20	Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry	30.06.2005 – 11.12.2013
21	Mr. Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani	12.12.2013 – 05.07.2014
22	Mr. Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk	06.07.2014 – 16.08.2015
23	Mr. Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja	17.08.2015 – 09.09.2015
24	Mr. Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali	10.09.2015 – 30.12.2016
25	Mr. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar	31.12.2016 – 17.01.2019
26	Mr. Justice Asif Saeed Khosa	18.01.2019 – 20.12.2019
27	Mr. Justice Gulzar Ahmed	21.12.2019 – 01-02-2022 –
28	Mr. Justice Umar Atta Bandiyal	02-02-2022 – 16-09-2023
29	Qazi Faiz Essa	17-09-2023 – Present

The first five and the five most recent Chief Justices of the Federal Shariat Court:

Sr. #	Name	Tenure
1	Mr.Justice Salahuddin Ahmed	Date of assumption of Office:26-05-1980 Date of Relinquishment:25-05-1981
2	Mr.Justice Shaikh Aftab Hussain (Late)	Date of assumption of Office: 01-06-1981 Date of Relinquishment: 14-10-1984
3	Mr.Justice Sardar Fakhre Alam	Date of assumption of Office: 14-10-1984 Date of Relinquishment: 07-11-1984
4	Mr.Justice Gul Muhammad Khan (Late)	Date of assumption of Office:08-11-1984 Date of Relinquishment:08-11-1990
5	Mr.Justice Tanzil-ur-Rehman	Date of assumption of Office:17-11-1990 Date of Relinquishment:16-11-1992

Sr.	Name	Tenure
1	Mr. Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza	Date of assumption of Office:05-06.2014 Date of Relinquishment:06-12-2014
2	Mr. Justice Dr.Fida Muhammad Khan	Date of assumption of Office:12.12.2014 Date of Relinquishment:06.03.2015
3	Mr. Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan	Date of assumption of Office:07-03-2015 Date of Relinquishment:14-05-2017
4	Mr. Justice Sheikh Najam ul Hasan	Date of assumption of Office:15-05-2017 Date of Relinquishment:14-05-2019
5	Mr. Justice Muhammad Noor Meskanzai	Date of Assumption of Office : 15.05.2019 to 30-05-2023
6	Justice Iqbal Hameed-ur-Rehman	01-06-2023 Present

The High Courts of Pakistan:

Sindh High Court: The High Court of Sindh is the highest judicial institution in the province of Sindh. Established in 1906, the Court is situated in the provincial capital at Karachi. The Sindh Courts Act (Bom. VII of 1926) was passed on the 21^st of August 1946, leading to the establishment of a ‘Chief Court’ for Sindh. In addition to being the highest Court of Appeal for criminal and civil matters in the province of Sindh, the Court also served as Court of Session and the District Court in Karachi. The principal seat of the High Court of Sindh is at Karachi, with Benches located at Sukkur and Circuit Court at Larkana and Hyderabad.

Lahore High Court: Established on the 21^st of March 1919, the Lahore High Court serves as the highest judicial authority in the province of Punjab. The jurisdiction of the Lahore High Court are based on the Article 175(2) of the Constitution of 1973. The court is based in the provincial capital city of Lahore, and has branches in three other Pakistani cities-namely, Bahawalpur, Rawalpindi, and Multan.

Balochistan High Court: As compared to the High Court authorities in the other provinces, the Balochistan High Court is a comparatively newer High Court. Justice was administered by a an authority known as the Judicial Commissioner in West Pakistan, prior to the establishment of the High Court of West Pakistan on the 14th of October, 1955. This authority was dissolved on the 1st of July of the year 1970, when a joint High Court was established for the provinces of Balochistan and Sindh. This joint High Court remained in service for the two provinces until the 30th of November 1976, after which separate high courts were established for both the provinces. The High Court of Balochistan was established on the 1st of December 1976. The principal seat is at Quetta, and two benches are located in Turbat and in Sibi.

Peshawar High Court: The highest judicial authority in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the Peshawar High Court, located in the provincial capital of KPK, Peshawar. After the dissolution of the One Unit system in July of 1970, four provinces were created and a High Court was to form for each of these provinces. The President at the time issued a separate Order for the establishment of High Courts. Based on this presidential order, the High Court for the then-N.W.F.P had to be called the Peshawar High Court, with its principal seat at Peshawar. In accordance with the 1973 Constitution, the Court has two Benches, one at Abbottabad and the other at DI Khan. A Parliamentary bill was passed in 2018, which extended the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Peshawar High Court to the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

Islamabad High Court: The Islamabad High Court for the capital territory of Islamabad was established as per the Islamabad High Court Act 2010 (Act No. XVII of 2010). The purpose of this Act was the establishment of an independent High Court for Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) having original, appellate and other jurisdiction, as under the Constitution or other laws and also brought all Civil, Criminal, Revenue, Special Courts & all Tribunals which were exercising jurisdiction and functions in the ICT immediately before the commencement of the Act under the superintendence and control of the Lahore High Court under the supervision and control of the Islamabad High Court.

Military

List of Commanders-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army:

Sr. #	Name of C-in-C	Took Office	Left Office
1.	General Sir Frank Walter Messervy	August 1947	February 1948
2.	General Sir Douglas David Gracey	February 1948	April 1951
3.	Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan	17 January 1951	26 October 1958
4.	General Muhammad Musa Khan	27 October 1958	17 September 1966
5.	General Yahya Khan	18 September 1966	20 December 1971
6.	Lieutenant General Gul Hassan Khan	20 December 1971 (Acting) 22 January 1972	21 January 1972 (Acting) 2 March 1972

List of Chiefs of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army:

Sr. #	Name	Assumed Office	Left Office
1.	General Tikka Khan	3 March 1972	1 March 1976
2.	General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq	1 March 1976	17 August 1988
3.	General Mirza Aslam Beg	17 August 1988	16 August 1991
4.	General Asif Nawaz Janjua	16 August 1991	8 January 1993
5.	General Abdul Waheed Kakar	12 January 1993	12 January 1996
6.	General Jehangir Karamat	12 January 1996	7 October 1998
7.	General Pervez Musharraf	7 October 1998	29 November 2007
8.	General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani	29 November 2007	29 November 2013
9.	General Raheel Shareef	29 November 2013	29 November 2016
10.	General Qamar Javed Bajwa	29 November 2016	29 November 2022
11	General Asim Munir	29 November 2022

List of Commanders-in-Chief of the Pakistan Air Force:

Sr. #	Name	Assumed Office	Left Office
1	Air Vice Marshal Allan Perry-Keene	15 August 1947	17 February 1949
2	Air Vice Marshal Richard Atcherley	18 February 1949	6 May 1951
3	Air Vice Marshal Leslie William Cannon	7 May 1951	19 June 1955
4	Air Vice Marshal Arthur McDonald	20 June 1955	22 July 1957
5	Air Marshal Asghar Khan	23 July 1957	22 July 1965
6	Air Marshal Nur Khan	23 July 1965	31 August 1969
7	Air Marshal Abdur Rahim Khan	1 September 1969	2 March 1972

List of Chiefs of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force:

Sr. #	Name	Assumed Office	Left Office
1	Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry	8 March 1972	15 April 1974
2	Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan	16 April 1974	22 July 1978
3	Air Chief Marshal Anwar Shamim	23 July 1978	5 March 1985
4	Air Chief Marshal Jamal Khan	6 March 1985	8 March 1988
5	Air Chief Marshal Hakeemullah Khan Durrani	9 March 1988	9March 1991
6	Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroz Khan	9 March 1991	8 November 1994
7	Air Chief Marshal Abbas Khattak	8 November 1994	7 November 1997
8	Air Chief Marshal Pervaiz Mehdi Qureshi	7 November 1997	20 November 2000
9	Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir	20 November 2000	20 February 2003
10	Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat	18 March 2003	18 March 2006
11	Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed	18 March 2006	18 March 2009
12	Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman	18 March 2009	19 March 2012
13	Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt	19 March 2012	18 March 2015
14	Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman	19 March 2015	19 March 2018
15	Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan	19 March 2018	19 March 2021
16	Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu	19 March 2021	Incumbent

List of Naval Commanders-in-Chief of Pakistan:

Sr. #	Naval Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office
1	Rear admiral James Wilfred Jefford	15 August 1947	January 1953
2	Vice admiral Haji Mohammad Siddiq Choudri	January 1953	February 1959
3	Vice admiral Afzal Rahman Khan	March 1959	October 1966
4	Vice admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan	October 1966	August 1969
5	Vice admiral Muzaffar Hassan	September 1969	December 1971

List of Chiefs of Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy:

Sr. #	Name	Assumed Office	Left Office
1	Vice Admiral Hasan Hafeez Ahmed	March 1972	March 1975
2	Admiral Mohammad Shariff	March 1975	March 1979
3	Admiral Karamat Rahman Niazi	March 1979	March 1983
4	Admiral Tariq Kamal Khan	March 1983	April 1986
5	Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey	April 1986	November 1988
6	Admiral Yastur-ul-Haq Malik	November 1988	November 1991
7	Admiral Saeed Mohammad Khan	November 1991	November 1994
8	Admiral Mansurul Haq	November 1994	May 1997
9	Admiral Fasih Bokhari	May 1997	October 1999
10	Admiral Abdul Aziz Mirza	October 1999	October 2002
11	Admiral Shahid Karimullah	3 October 2002	6 October 2005
12	Admiral Afzal Tahir	7 October 2005	7 October 2008
13	Admiral Noman Bashir	7 October 2008	7 October 2011
14	Admiral Asif Sandila	7 October 2011	7 October 2014
15	Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah	7 October 2014	7 October 2017
16	Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi	7 October 2017	7 October 2020
17	Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi	7 October 2020	7 October 2023
18	Admiral Naveed Ashraf	7October 2023	Incumbent

List of Chairmen Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from throughout Pakistan’s history (from first to most recent in descending order):

Sr. #	Name
1	General Muhammad Shariff
2	Admiral Mohammad Sharif
3	General Iqbal Khan
4	General Rahimuddin Khan
5	General Akhtar Abdur Rahman
6	Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey
7	General Shamim Allam
8	Air Chief Marshal Feroz Khan
9	General Jehangir Karamat
10	General Pervez Musharraf
11	General Aziz Khan
12	General Ehsan ul Haq
13	General Tariq Majid
14	General Khalid Shameem Wynne
–	General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (Acting)
15	General Rashad Mahmood
16	General Zubair Hayat
17	General Nadeem Raza
18	General Sahir Shamshad

Rank Structure of the Pakistan Military forces (in descending order of seniority):

Sr. #	Army	Air Force	Navy
1	General	Air Chief Marshal	Admiral
2	Lieutenant General	Air Marshal	Vice Admiral
3	Major General	Air Vice Marshal	Rear Admiral
4	Brigadier	Air Commodore	Commodore
5	Colonel	Group Captain	Captain
6	Lieutenant Colonel	Wing Commander	Commander
7	Major	Squadron Leader	Lieutenant Commander
8	Captain	Flight Lieutenant	Lieutenant
9	Lieutenant	Flying Officer	Sub-Lieutenant
10	2^ndLieutenant	Pilot Officer	Midshipman

Headquarters of the Pakistan Military forces:

General Headquarters (GHQ), Pakistan Army: The General Headquarters (GHQ), located in the city of Rawalpindi, serves as the headquarters of the Pakistan Army. Established immediately after Pakistan’s independence in August of 1947, it was based in what previously served as the HQ of the British Army’s Northern Command. It was announced in December of 2017 that the Pakistan Army shall be shifting its GHQ from Rawalpindi to Islamabad.
Air Headquarters (AHQ), Pakistan Air Force: Air Headquarters (AHQ), located in the capital Islamabad, is the Headquarters of the Pakistan Air Force. Initially it was established at Peshawar in August 1947. In 2005, it was moved to Islamabad.
Naval Headquarters (NHQ), Pakistan Navy: Naval Headquarters (NHQ) is the headquarters of Pakistan Navy established in 1947 in Karachi. In 1975, it was moved to Islamabad.
Joint Staff Headquarters (JS HQ): The Joint Staff Headquarters, situated next to the General Headquarters of the Pakistan Army, serves as the headquarters of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee which was established in 1972.

Training Academies of the Pakistan Military forces:

Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), Kakul: Pakistan Military Academy (PMA, Kakul) is the main training academy for Officers of the Pakistan Army. It is located in the village of Kakul, near the the city of Abbottabad in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Established in October of the year 1947, a few months after Pakistan’s independence, it is the only training academy for producing Officer for service in the Pakistan Army. The academy’s two year educational training program is accredited with National University of Science & Technology (NUST). After the completion of the program, the cadets are assigned for service in the Army’s numerous Corps. The academy consists of four battalions and 16 companies. Many cadets from the ally countries of Pakistan also receive training at PMA Kakul.
Pakistan Air Force Academy, Risalpur: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Academy is situated in the small town of Risalpur, near the city of Mardan, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The primary purpose of the academy is to train General Duty Pilots and Avionics engineers, as well as ground support staff, for the PAF. There are two institutions in the Academy; College of Flying Training (CFT), and the College of Aeronautical Engineering (CAE). The PAF Academy’s history can be traced back to the year 1910, when, in the area where the academy is now located, a cantonment was established. At this military outpost in Risalpur, the Royal Flying Corps were set up during the events of World War I. This later became a training school by the name of RPAF Flying Training School on the 15^th of September, 1947. The famed PAF Officer, Wing Commander Asghar Khan became the first Officer Commanding of the School. The first General Duty Pilot course, ‘GD (P)’, graduated on the 2^nd of January 1948. The school was then elevated to the status of College of Flying training (CFT) in April of 1948 by Quaid-i-Azam. The college was then finally upgraded to the status of PAF Academy in January 1967 by the then President of Pakistan, Ayub Khan.
Pakistan Naval Academy, aka Pakistan Naval Ship Rahbar (PNS Rahbar): The Pakistan Naval Academy is the primary academy for training of officers to be appointed in the service of the Pakistan Navy. It is located in the island of Manora, in the province of Sindh. It was established in the December of 1970. From its inception till now, a total of about 1,912 officers from Pakistan’s allied countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Ghana, Libya, Lebanon etc. have been trained at the academy. It is the very first academy of the Armed Forces in Pakistan to be ISO 9001: 2000 certified. In 1965, the Academy was given the status of a degree awarding institution. Officers in the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) programs are awarded degrees by NUST, while those in the Logistics Branch get awarded with BBA (Hons) degrees from IBA.

WORLD GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

(Headquarters & President/General Secretary)

International Organizations	Headquarters	President/ General Secretary	Purpose
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)	Beijing, China	JinLiqun	To support infrastructure development in Asia-Pacific region.
New Development Bank (BRICS Development Bank)	Shanghai, China	Dilma Rousseff	To help member states, provide financial assistance, and support various projects.
Asian Development Bank (ADB)	Manila, Philippines	Masatagu Asakawa	To promote social and economic development in Asia
Arab Monetary Fund	Abu Dhabi, UAE	Dr. Fahad Mohammed A Alturki	A regional organization to balance payments and boost regional trade/
International Monetary Fund (IMF)	Washington DC, US	Kristalina Georgieva	To provide short-term capital to troubled states. Helping national governments in managing their exchange rates. Oversee fix Exchange rate arrangement between countries.
World Bank	Washington DC, US	Ajay Banga	Provide low interest loans and grants.
United Nations Organization (UN)	New York, US	Dennis Francis	Maintaining world peace and security.
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)	New York, US	Catherine M. Russell	Child protection over the globe.
United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA)	New York, US	Mr. Muhammad Muhith(President) Dr. Natalia Kanem (Executive Director)	To ensure every childbirth is safe, every pregnancy is wanted and every young child reaches potential.
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)	Geneva, Switzerland	Rebeca Grynspan	Dealing with trade and investment issues.
World Health Organization (WHO)	Geneva, Switzerland	Dr. Tedros Adhanom	Dealing with health problems worldwide. Protecting against diseases.
World Economic Forum	Colongy, Switzerland	Klaus Schwab	To discuss global issues
International Labour Organisation (ILO)	Geneva, Switzerland	Gilbert Houngbo	Monitoring and protecting Labour rights.
World Trade Organisation	Geneva, Switzerland	Roberto Ngozi Okonjo	Enhancement and regulation of world trade
World Meteorological Organisation(CWO)	Geneva, Switzerland	Celeste Saulo (Secretary General)	It is involved in international coordination and cooperation on state and earth behavior and its interaction with land and oceans
World Intellectual Property Organization	Geneva, Switzerland	Daren Tang	Aim to protect and protect intellectual property rights around the globe.
International Committee of the Red Cross	Geneva, Switzerland	Mirjana Spoljaric Egger	Provide humanitarian assistance to the people of war affected nations.
United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO)	Paris, France	Audrey Azoulay	To promote peace and stability around the globe through education and cultural harmony.
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)	Paris, France	Mathias Cormann (Secretary General)	Promote world trade
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)	Vienna, Austria	Gerd Müller (Director General)	It aims to advance industrialization in developing your efforts by acting as a liaison between these countries and other UN organizations devoted to this purpose.
International Atomic Energy Agency	Vienna, Austria	Rafael Mariane Grossi (General Director)	To help and motivate in research, development and practical application of atomic energy for peaceful uses
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)	Vienna, Austria	Haith al Ghais (Secretary General)	Regulate oil trade and price.
Amnesty International	London, UK	Agnes Callamard (Secretary General)	Human rights watchdog.
International Maritime Organisation	London, UK	Arsenio Dominguez	To regulate safety of shipping, involved in international trade.
Commonwealth of Nations	London, UK	Head: Charles III The Baroness (Secretary General)	To the intuition of World Peace Promotion of representative democracy and individual liberty
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)	Kathmandu, Nepal	Golam Sarwar	To promote economic, social and cultural growth among member states.
Association of SouthEast Nations (ASEAN)	Jakarta, Indonesia	Dr. Kao Kim Hourn (Secretary General)	To enhance economic growth, social progress and cultural development in the region through joint efforts.
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)	Singapore	Chair-person: Pres. Dina Boluarte Dr. Rebecca Fatima (Executive Director)	To promote economic growth and prosperity for the region.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)	Brussels, Belgium	Jens Stoltenberg (Secretary-General)	Initial purpose was to protect states from communist countries.
International Cricket Council (ICC)	Dubai, UAE	Geoff Allardice (Chief Executive)	To regulate International Cricket.
Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO)	Rome, Italy	Qu Dongyu (Director General)	It aims to fight hunger, poverty and starvation in the world.
International Court of Justice	The Hague, Netherlands	Judge Nawaf Salam	It has 2 main functions : to settle legal disputes in accordance with international law. To give advice on matters brought to it.
International Olympic Committee	Lausanne, Switzerland	Thomas Bach	Promote olympics throughout the world and make the world a better place through sports.
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)	Zurich, Switzerland	Gianni Infantino	Responsible for managing and organizing international tournaments.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)	The Hague, The Netherlands	Fernando Arias	To make earth free from chemical weapons.
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)	Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland, Vaud, Switzerland	Adil Najam	Wildlife protection
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)	Beijing, China	Zhang Ming (Secretary General)	Promote trade, political relations, economy, science and technology among member states.

SPORTS

Important Sports Terms

Sports	Terms
Athletics	Relay, Track, Lane, Photo Finish, Hurdles, Shot Put, Discus Throw, Hammer throw, High Jump, Triple Jump Cross Country, etc.
Badminton	Shuttlecock, Service court, Double fault, Forehand, Back Hand, Smash, Hit, Drop, Net, Love, etc.
Baseball	Pinching, Homerun, Base runner, Perfect game, Throw, Strike, Put out, etc.
Basketball	Free throw, Common foul, Under head, Technical foul, Overhead, etc.
Bridge	Masterpoint, Grand slam, Perfect deals, Dummy, Trump, etc.
Billiards & Snooker	Pull, Cue, Hit, Object ball, Scoring, Cushion billiards, Break shot, etc.
Boxing	Knock out, Ring Stoppage, Punch, Round, Upper-cut, Kidney punch, Timing, Footwork, etc.
Chess	E. L. O. rating, Grandmaster, international master, Gambit, Kings Indian Defence, etc.
Cycling	Sprint, Time trial, Track Trace, Point race, etc.
Cricket	Toss, Run, Wicket, Pitch, Stump, Bails, Crease, Pavilion, Gloves, Wicket Keeper, Over, , Followon, Rubber, Spin, Ashes, Catch, Bowled, Stump out, Runout, L. B. W; Hit Wicket, Googley, Not out, No ball, Wide ball, Dead ball, Maiden over, Overthrow, Bye, Leg by, Cover drive, Late cut, Hook, Glance, Stroke, Shot, Pull, Sixer, Follow Through, Turn, , , Bouncer, Hattrick, Round the wicket, Over the wicket, Seamer, Boundary line, Slip, Square leg, Runner, Cover, Yorker, Gully, Long on, Silly point, Midwicket, Mid on, Forward short leg, Deep/mid-wicket, etc.
Football	Kick, Goal, Head, Penalty kick, Dribble, Offside, Move, Hattrick, Foul, Left out, Right out, Stopper, Defender, Side back, Pass, Baseline, Rebound, Comer back, etc.
Gymnastics	Parallel bar, Horizontal bar, Push up, Floor exercise, Uneven bar, Sit up. etc.
Hockey	Bully, Short corner, Hattrick, Goal, Penalty Corner, Penalty stroke, Pushin, Cut, Scoop, Dribble, Centre forward, Halfback, Astroturf, Sudden death, Left, Left out, Off-side, Tiebreaker, Carried, Stick, Striking circle, Undercutting, etc.
Horse Riding	Three-day Event, Dresses, Showjumping, Faults, etc.
Judo	Cocoa, White, Blue, Green belt, etc.
Polo	Polo-Bunker, Mallet, Chukker, etc.
Shooting	Rapidfire Pistol, Standard rifle, Free pistol, Air rifle, Range, Bull’s eye, etc.
Swimming	Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Lane, Pool, Crawl, etc.
Table Tennis	Volley, Late service, Drive spin, Half volley, Backhand, Chop, etc.
Tennis	Service, Grandslam, Deuce, Advantage, Game Point, Breakpoint, Smash, Shot, Break, Grass Court, Drop shot, Netplay, Baseline, etc.
Volleyball	Spikers, Booster, Deuce, Smash, Sidearm, Penetration, etc
Weight Lifting	Jerk, Snatch, etc
Wrestling	Freestyle, Point, Hal Nelson, Heave, etc

Olympics

The First Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896. 245 athletes from 14 nations participated and women were not allowed to participate. It was proposed by a French man, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, in 1894.
Summer and Winter Olympics are two categories of Olympics, each held once every 4 years. Summer Olympics is a much bigger event as compared to the Winter Olympics.
Summer Olympic Games are grouped in 5 categories whereas Winter Olympic Games are grouped in 3 categories. However, these categories are subject to change.
The number of games in each Olympics is not fixed but in the 2016 Summer Olympics (hosted by Rio de Janeiro, first-ever Olympics in South America) the number of games was 28 whereas the number of games scheduled for 2020 Summer Olympics is 33.
2020 Summer Olympic (24 July 2020-9 August 2020) will be hosted by Tokyo.
2022 Winter Olympics (4 February 2022-20 February 2022) will be hosted by Beijing.

To date (2019), the USA retains its position as winning the highest number of Olympic medals. The second position is held by China while the UK is in third position in terms of winning medals at the Olympics.
English and French are the official languages for the Olympics apart from the language of the host country.
The 2012 Olympic Games held in London were the first Olympic Games in which all participating countries sent women athletes.

Asian Games

Asian Games are held every 4 years. First Asian Games were held in 1951 in New Delhi and the 2018 Asian Games were held in Jakarta, Indonesia 2018. Upcoming Asian Games 2022 (10 September 2022- 25 September 2022) will be held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
As of 2018 Asian Games, Pakistan has won 203 medals in total. 44 Gold medals, 64 Silver medals, and 95 Bronze medals. Pakistan won the highest number of medals at Asian Games in 1962 at Jakarta, Indonesia.
Pakistan won 4 bronze medals in Asian Games 2018.
Hockey was inducted in Asian Games in Tokyo in 1958.

Commonwealth Games

First commonwealth games were held in Hamilton, Canada in 1930 in which 400 athletes from 11 countries took part. Since then, they are held every 4 years.
Commonwealth Games 2022 (27 July 2022- 7 August 2022) was held in Birmingham, England.
Pakistan won 8 medals in 2022 commonwealth games and secured 18^th position.
Pakistani wrestler Muhammad Inam won the first Gold Medal in Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia Commonwealth games 2018.
Pakistan’s Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem bags gold at Commonwealth Games 2022
Pakistani weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt bagged the maiden gold medal in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in August 2022.

Most Medals in Sochi Olympics

*In Sochi, the host Russians captured a total of 29 medals, one more than the United States. Russia also tied with Norway in gold medals with 11, Canada had 10 golds and the U.S. had nine.

ICC World Cup Winning Nations

Year	Winner	Year	Winner
1975	West Indies	1999	Australia
1979	West Indies	2003	Australia
1983	India	2007	Australia
1987	Australia	2011	India
1992	Pakistan	2015	Australia
1996	Sri Lanka	2019	England

Nicknames of Cricket teams

Cricket Team	Nickname
Australia	Baggy Greens
Pakistan	Shaheens
India	Men in Blue
South Africa	The Proteas
Zimbabwe	The Chevrons
Sri Lanka	The Lions
Bangladesh	The Tigers
New Zealand	The Kiwis/The Black Caps
West Indies	The Windies

Pakistan Super Leagues winners

2016	Islamabad United	Quetta Gladiators	Islamabad won by 6 wickets.
2017	Peshawar Zalmi	Quetta Gladiators	Peshawar won by 58 runs
2018	Islamabad United	Peshawar Zalmi	Islamabad won by 3 wickets.
2019	Quetta Gladiators	Peshawar Zalmi	Quetta won by 8 wickets.
2020	Karachi Kings	Lahore Qalandars	Karachi won by 5 wickets
2021	Multan Sultan	Peshawar Zalmi	Multan won by 47 runs
2022	Lahore Qalandars	Multan Sultans	Lahore won by 42 runs
2023	Lahore Qalandars	Multan Sultans	Lahore won by 1 run
2024	Islamabad United	Multan Sultans	Islamabad won by 2 Wickets

Medals won by Pakistanis in Olympics

Pakistan has not won any Olympic medal in the last 6 Olympic Games which makes up to 24 years.
In 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics Pakistan could only send 7 athletes and the Pakistani Hockey team could not make it for Olympics 2016.
Pakistan has won three Gold medals in Olympics Hockey in Rome (1960), Mexico (1968) and Los Angeles (1984).
As of 2019, Pakistan has won a total of 10 Olympics medals (3 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze medals.

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Hockey	3	3	2	8
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	3	3	4	10

Pakistan won the Asian Team Snooker Championship 2019. Babar Masih and Zulfiqar Qadir from Pakistan heated Aditya Mehta and Pankaj Advani from India in Asian Team Snooker held in Doha, Qatar.
First women’s ODI was played in 1973.

Sana Mir is the first Pakistani female to take 100 wickets in ODI’s.
Paralympic Games are held for physically handicapped people

Pakistan has won the following Cups in Various Sports

Cricket World Cup 1992.
T20 Cricket World Cup 2009.
ICC Champions Trophy on 18th June 2017.
Won Hockey World Cup 4 times (1971, 1978, 1982, and 1994).
Pakistan has won 23 World Squash Team open titles. Jahangir Khan is a world-famous Pakistani Squash player. He has won the World Open six times and British open 10 times, setting a record.
Pakistan has won two Blind Cricket World Cups.
Ahmed Mujtaba from Quetta won a prestigious championship in Feather Weight class in Boxing.
cueist Ahsan Ramzan bags IBSF World Snooker Championship

List of Important Cups and Trophies

American Cup	Yacht Racing	USA
Ashes Cup	Cricket	Australia England
Asia Cup	Cricket, Badminton	Asia
Augusta Masters	Golf	International
Australian Open	Lawn Tennis	International
Azlan Cup	Hockey	International
BCS Trophy	Football	America
Benson and Hedges	Cricket	England and Wales
Bledisloe Cup	Rugby	Newzealand & Australia
Borg-Warner Trophy	Motorsports	Indianapolis America
British Open	Golf	International
Calcutta Cup	Rugby	England and Scotland
Champions trophy	Hockey	International
C.K. Naidu Trophy	Cricket	India
Colombo Cup	Football	International
Commissioner’s Trophy	Baseball	America
Davis Cup	Tennis	International
Confederation Cup	Football	International
Derby	Horse Racing	International
European Cup	Badminton	Europe
European Champion Clubs’ Cup	Football	International
Ezra Cup	Polo	India
FIFA World Cup Trophy	Football	International
French Open	Lawn Tennis	International
Gavaskar Border Trophy	Cricket	India and Australia
Grey Cup	Football	US & Canada
Gillette Cup	Cricket	India
Harilela Cup	Badminton	India
Heineken Cup	Lawn Tennis	International
Heisman Trophy	Football	America
Hopman Cup	Lawn Tennis	International
Jawaharlal Nehru Cup	Cricket	International
Jules Rimet Trophy	Football	International
Kalinga Cup	Football	India
Kings Cup	Air Races	England
Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy	Basketball	America
League Championship Trophy	Football	International
Liners Open	Golf	International
Malaysian Open	Badminton	International
Mann Cup	Lacrosse	America
McClelland Trophy	Football	Australia
Merdeka Cup	Football	Asia
MLS Cup	Soccer	America
Old Oaken Bucket	Football Intercollege	America
Premier League Trophy	Football	International
Prince of Wales Cup	Golf	England
Rothmans Cup	Cricket	International
Sahara Cup	Cricket	Pakistan and India
Sharjah Cup	Cricket	International
Singer Cup	Cricket	India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan
Stanley Cup	Hockey	America
Swaythling Cup	Table Tennis	World
Tata Open	Lawn Tennis	International
The Scottish Cup	Football	International
Thomas Cup	Badminton	World
Titan Cup	Cricket	South Africa, Australia and India.
U. Thant Cup	Tennis	International
Uber Cup	Badminton (Women)	World
UEFA Champions League	Football	International
US Masters	Golf	International
US Open	Lawn Tennis	International
Vince Lombardi Trophy	Super Bowl	America
Vittal Trophy	Football	India
Walker Cup	Golf	England
Webb Ellis Cup	Rugby	World
Wellington Cup	Horse Racing	New Zealand
West Chester Cup	Polo	England
Wills Trophy	Cricket	Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe
Wimbledon	Tennis	International
Wisden Trophy	Cricket	England and West Indies
World Cup	Hockey, Football, Cricket	World

Lengths of Fields Related to Different Sports

Sport	Length
Cricket Pitch	A cricket pitch is rectangular in shape having an area of 22 yards (3.05m wide and 20.12m in length). Batting crease is marked at 1.22m from stumps on either side. Stumps at either side tend to be 71.1cm high.
Length of Table Tennis table	2.74m
Length of Football penalty area	16.5m
Tennis Court	78 feet long and 27 feet wide
Hockey Field	Length: 229 feet,10 inches Width: 180 feet, 5 inches

Top Five fastest persons of the world in 200 meters race

Rank	Time	Athlete
1	19.19	Usain Bolt
2	19.26	Yohan Blake
3	19.31	Noah Lyles
4	19.32	Michael Johnson
5	19.49	Erriyon knighton

Some Famous Athletes

Sport	Athletes
Football	Christian Ronaldo (Portugal), Messi (Argentina), Saleh (Egypt), Ronaldinho (Brazil), Neymar (Brazil)
Cricket	Imran Khan (Pakistan), Wasim Akram (Pakistan), Shoib Akhtar (Pakistan), Shane Warne (Australia), Brian Lara (West Indies), Don Bradman (Australia), Muttiah Murali Dharan (Sri Lanka), Garfield Sobers (West Indies), Viv Richards (West Indies).
Hockey	Dhyan Chand (India), Ric Charlesworth (Australia), Sohail Abbas (Pakistan), Akhtar Rasool (Pakistan), Hanif Khan (Pakistan)`
Squash	Jahangir Khan (Pakistan), Hashim Khan (Pakistan), Peter Nicol (Scotland), Chris Ditmar (Australia).
Tennis	Roger Federer (Switzerland), Rod Laver (Australia), Novak Djokovic (Serbia), Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Official Names of Playgrounds

Sports	Playground name	Origin of Sport
Baseball	Diamond	USA
Cricket	Stadium	England
Wrestling	Ring	Greece
Hockey, Football	Field	Football: England, Field hockey: British Isles
Tennis, Badminton, Netball	Court	Tennis: France
Judo, Karate, Taekwondo	Mat	Karate: Korea, Judo: Japan,
Golf	Course	Scotland
Boxing, Skating	Ring	Boxing: First recorded match took place in Britain
Ice Hockey	Rink	First played in: Canada
Cycling	Velodrome

Chairpersons of International Cricket Council (ICC)

Narayanaswami Srinivasan, India, 26 July 2014 to 9 November 2015
Shashank Manohar, India, 22 November 2015 to 30 June 2020
Imran Khwaja, Singapore, 1 July 2020 to 23 November 2020
Greg Barclay, New Zealand

CEO International Cricket Council (ICC)

Malcolm Speed (2001-2008)

Haroon Logat (2008-2012)

David Richardson (2012-2019)

Manu Sawhney (Incumbent)

Geoff Allardice (2021)

CHAMPIONS TROPHY WINNERS

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Host	Format
1998	South Africa	West Indies	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Knockout
2000	New Zealand	India	Nairobi, Kenya	Knockout
2002	India and Sri Lanka		Sri Lanka	Round Robin
2004	West Indies	England	England	Round Robin
2006	Australia	West Indies	India	Round Robin
2009	Australia	New Zealand	South Africa	Round Robin
2013	India	England	England	Round Robin
2017	Pakistan	India	England	Round Robin

Adam Gilchrist	Australia	1996-2008
Chris Gayle	West Indies	1999-present
Steve Waugh	Australia	1985-2004
Inzamam Ul Haq	Pakistan	1991-2007
Ricky Ponting	Australia	1995-2012
Shane Warne	Australia	1992-2007
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	1995-2014
Sir Vivian Richards	West Indies	1974-1991
Sir Don Bradman	Australia	1928-1948
AB de Vulliers	South Africa	2004-2018
Dale Steyn	South Africa	2004-2021
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	2006-present
Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	2007-present
Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh	1996-2013
Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	2009-present
Imran Khan	Pakistan	1971-1992
Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	1997-2011
Sourav Ganguly	India	1992-2008
Virat Kohli	India	2008-present

Top Five Fastest 1000 runs in T20

Babar Azam
Virat Kohli
Aaron Finch
KL Rahul
Kevin Pietersen

International Cricket Grounds in Ireland

Ground	Location	Capacity
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground (Castle Avenue)	Dublin	3200
Civil Service Cricket Club Ground (Stormont)	Belfast	7000
Malahide Cricket Club Ground (The Village)	Malahide	11,500
Bready Cricket Club Ground	Magheramason	3000

Highest career batting average

Rank	Country Batter	Tests	Inng	Runs	Ave	Period
1	Australia Don Bradman	52	80	6,996	99.94	1928–48
2	HC Brook (England)	12	20	118	62.15	2022-23
3	Australia Adam Voges	20	31	1,485	61.87	2015–16
4	South Africa Graeme Pollock	23	41	2,256	60.97	1963–70
5	West Indies George Headley	22	40	2,190	60.83	1930–54

Most Hundreds in ODI

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100
V Kohli (India)	2008-2023	292	280	13848	183	58.67	93.58	50
Sr tendulkar (India)	1989-2012	463	452	18426	200*	44.83	86.23	49
RG Sharma (India)	2007-2023	262	254	10709	264	49.12	91.97	31
Rt ponting (Aus/ICC)	1995-2012	375	365	13704	164	42.03	80.39	30
St Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	1989-2011	445	433	13430	189	32.36	91.2	28
Hm Amla (SA)	2008-2022	181	178	8113	159	49.46	88.39	27

List of Coaches of Australian Cricket Team

Coach	Years
Bob Simpson	1986-96
Geoff Marsh	1996-99
John Buchanan	1999-2007
Tim Nielsen	2007-11
Mickey Arthur	2011-13
Darren Lehmann	2013-18
Justin Langer	2018-2022
Andrew McDonald	2022-present

Top Five Batsmen in Test Cricket (Runs)

Player	Span	Runs
SR Tendulkar (INDIA)	1989-2013	15921
RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-2012	13378
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	1995-2013	13289
R Dravid (ICC/INDIA)	1996-2012	13288
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	12472

National Sports of some Countries

Country	National Sport
Bhutan	Archery
Bangladesh	Kabaddi
Chile	Chilean rodeo
China	Table Tennis
Cuba	Baseball
Czech Republic	Ice Hockey
England	Football
Estonia	Basketball
Gambia	Wrestling
Haiti	Football
Hungary	Football, Water polo
Iceland	Handball
India	Field Hockey
Israel	Football
Italy	Football
Jamaica	Cricket
Japan	Sumo wrestling, baseball
Lithuania	Basketball
Madagascar	Rugby Union
Poland	Football
Nepal	Volleyball
Pakistan	Field hockey
Scotland	Golf
Spain	Football
Sri Lanka	Volleyball
United States	Baseball
Venezuela	Baseball

Winter Olympics

City	Country	Year
Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo	Italy	2026
Beijing	China	2022
Pyeong Chang	South Korea	2018
Sochi	Russia	2014
Vancouver	Canada	2010
Torino	Italy	2006
Salt Lake City	United States	2002
Nagano	Japan	1998
Lillehammer	Norway	1994
Albertville	France	1992
Calgary	Canada	1988
Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	1984
Lake Placid	United States	1980
Innbruck	Austria	1976

Venues of Commonwealth Games

Year	City	Country
2022	Birmingham	England
2018	Gold Coast	Australia
2014	Glasgow	Scotland
2010	Delhi	India
2006	Melbourne	Australia
2002	Manchester	England
1998	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
1994	Victoria	Canada
1990	Auckland	New Zealand
1986	Edinburgh	Scotland
1982	Brisbane	Australia
1978	Edmonton	Canada
1974	Christchurch	New Zealand
1970	Edinburgh	Scotland
1966	Kingston	Jamaica
1962	Perth	Australia
1958	Cardiff	Wales
1954	Vancouver	Canada
1950	Auckland	New Zealand
1938	Sydney	Australia
1934	London	England
1930	Hamilton	Canada

Asia Cricket Cup Venues and Winners

Venue	Year	Winner
Sharjah, UAE	1984	India
Sri Lanka	1986	Sri Lanka
Bangladesh	1988	India
India	1990/91	India
Sharjah, UAE	1995	India
Sri Lanka	1997	Sri Lanka
Bangladesh	2000	Pakistan
Sri Lanka	2004	Sri Lanka
Pakistan	2008	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka	2010	India
Bangladesh	2012	Pakistan
Bangladesh	2014	Sri Lanka
Bangladesh	2016	India
UAE	2018	India
UAE	2022 (T20)	Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka / Pakistan	2023	India

FIFA World Cup Venues and Winners

Year	Venue	Winner
2026	Canada, Mexico, United States	—
2022	Qatar	Argentina
2018	Russia	France
2014	Brazil	Germany
2010	South Africa	Spain
2006	Germany	Italy
2002	Jana, South Korea	Brazil
1998	France	France
1994	United States	Brazil
1990	Italy	West Germany
1986	Mexico	Argentina
1982	Spain	Italy
1978	Argentina	Argentina

Winter Olympics Games Venues

Year	Venue
1972	Japan
1976	Austria
1980	United States
1984	Yugoslavia
1988	Canada
1992	France
1994	Norway
1998	Japan
2002	United States
2006	Italy
2010	Canada
2014	Russia
2018	South Korea
2022	China
2026	Italy
2030	India

Summer Olympics Games Venues

Year	Venue
1972	Germany
1976	Canada
1980	Soviet Union
1984	United States
1988	South Korea
1992	Spain
1996	United States
2000	Australia
2004	Greece
2008	China
2012	United Kingdom
2016	Brazil
2020	Japan
2024	France
2028	United States

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Venues and Winners

Year	Venue	Winner
2022	Australia	England
2016	India	West Indies
2014	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka
2012	Sri Lanka	West Indies
2010	West Indies	England
2009	England	Pakistan
2007	South Africa	India

Cricket World Cup Venues and Winners

Year	Venue	Winner
1975	England	West Indies
1979	England	West Indies
1983	England, Wales	India
1987	India, Pakistan	Australia
1992	Australia, New Zealand	Pakistan
1996	India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka
1999	England, Scotland, Ireland, Netherland, Wales	Australia
2003	South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya	Australia
2007	West Indies	Australia
2011	India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh	India
2015	Australia, New Zealand	Australia
2019	England, Wales	England
2023	India	—-

Men’s Hockey World Cup winners list

Country	Year
Pakistan	1971
Netherlands	1973
India	1975
Pakistan	1978
Pakistan	1982
Australia	1986
Netherlands	1990
Pakistan	1994
Netherlands	1998
Germany	2002
Germany	2006
Australia	2010
Australia	2014
Belgium	2018
Germany	2023

Quick facts (Sports):

Willow tree’s wood is used to manufacture bat. Cricket ball is made of a core of cork.
Misbah ul Haq has been appointed as Head Coach of Pakistan International Cricket Team. Misbah ul Haq announced retirement from all formats on 14 May 2017 after the West Indies tour.
Younis Khan is the first Pakistani cricketer to score 10,000 runs. He completed 10,000 scores in a match against West Indies. He played his last test match against West Indies on 10 May 2017 at Roseau. He retired from ODI format on 11 November 2015. He retired from T20 in 2009.
Shahid Afridi retired from Test Cricket in July 2010, from ODI in 2015 and he retired from T20 in February 2017
Taekwond: It has been developed in Korea over 20 centuries and it’s a form of free fighting in which the players use their bare hands and feet.
The International Hockey Federation was established in 1924.

ICC Cricket World Cups (the hosts, the winning countries, and Pakistan’s performance/progress in each tournament:

Year	Host	Winners	Pakistan’s Performance
1975	England	West Indies	Group stage elimination
1979	England	West Indies	Semi-finalists
1983	England	India	Semi-finalists
1987	India/Pakistan	Australia	Semi-finalists
1992	Australia/New Zealand	Pakistan	Champions
1996	Pakistan/India/Sri-Lanka	Sri Lanka	Quarter-finalists
1999	England & Wales	Australia	Runners-up
2003	South Africa	Australia	Group stage elimination
2007	West Indies	Australia	Group stage elimination
2011	India/Sri-Lanka/Bangladesh	India	Semi-finalists
2015	Australia/New Zealand	Australia	Quarter-finalists
2019	England & Wales	England	Group stage elimination
2023	India	Australia	Quarter Finals

Captains of Pakistan Cricket Teams (Men’s) in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is

Note: Babar Azam currently serves as the Captain for all three formats

Sr	Tests	ODIs	T20Is
1	Abdul Hafeez Karadar	Intikhab Alam	Inzamam-ul-Haq
2	Fazal Mahmood	Asif Iqbal	Younus Khan
3	Imtiaz Ahmed	Majid Khan	Shoaib Malik
4	Javed Burki	Mushtaq Muhammad	Misbah-ul-Haq
5	Hanif Muhammad	Wasim Bari	Shahid Afridi
6	Saeed Ahmed	Javed Miandad	Mohammad Hafeez
7	Intikhab Alam	Zaheer Abbas	Sarfraz Ahmed
8	Majid Khan	Imran Khan	Babar Azam
9	Mushtaq Muhammad	Sarfraz Nawaz	Shadab Khan
10	Wasim Bari	Abdul Qadir	–
11	Asif Iqbal	Saleem Malik	–
12	Javed Miandad	Rameez Raja	–
13	Imran Khan	Wasim Akram	–
14	Zaheer Abbas	Waqar Younis	–
15	Wasim Akram	Moin Khan	–
16	Waqar Younis	Saeed Anwar	–
17	Saleem Malik	Aamer Sohail	–
18	Rameez Raja	Rashid Latif	–
19	Saeed Anwar	Inzaman-ul-Haq	–
20	Aamer Sohail	Mohammad Yousuf	–
21	Rashid Latif	Younus Khan	–
22	Moin Khan	Abdul Razzaq	–
23	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Shoaib Malik	–
24	Mohammad Yousuf	Misbah-ul-Haq	–
25	Younus Khan	Shahid Afridi	–
26	Shoaib Malik	Azhar Ali	–
27	Shahid Afridi	Sarfraz Ahmed	–
28	Salman Butt	Mohammad Hafeez	–
29	Misbah-ul-Haq	Imad Wasim	–
30	Mohammad Hafeez	Babar Azam	–
31	Azhar Ali	–	–
32	Sarfraz Ahmed	–	–
33	Mohammad Rizwan	–	–
34	Babar Azam	–	–

Captains of the Pakistan’s Women’s ODI team over the years:

Sr. #	Name
1	Shaiza Khan
2	Sadia Butt
3	Sana Javed
4	Urooj Mumtaz
5	Sana Mir
6	Bismah Maroof
7	Javeria Khan
8	Nida Dar

History & Records

Some prominent records by Pakistani sports professionals:

Pakistan’s Jansher Khan has a record eight titles of the World Open to his name. He also equaled the record of Jahangir Khan for most successive World Open titles, when he lifted the trophy five consecutive times from 1992-1996.
The former Pakistan Hockey Team Captain, Sohail Abbas is the highest goal scorer of all time with 348 goals. He is the first player in the history of international hockey to score more than 300 goals. He scored 60 times in 1999, a record for the most number of goals in a year. He is also the fastest to score 100 and 200 goals. Another unique record to his name is that he has scored one double hat trick and 21 hat tricks in international hockey.
Jahangir Khan holds the record for the longest winning streak in squash. He went on to win 555 consecutive matches, over a period of five years and eight months (1981-1986). It also the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sports. Jahangir Khan is also the youngest squash player in history to win the World Open Championship in 1981, defeating Australia’s Geoff Hunt in Toronto, Canada, at age 17.
Shahid Khan Afridi, in his debut innings, set a world record by scoring a century off just 37 balls against Sri Lanka at Nairobi, which was recorded as the fastest limited-overs century back then. The record lasted for more than 17 years and was eventually broken by New Zealand’s Corey Anderson, who scored a century off 36 balls against West Indies on January 1, 2014 at Queenstown. Anderson’s record lasted just over a year, as South Africa’s AB de Villiers scored an hundred against West Indies off just 31 balls at Johannesburg on January 18, 2015.
Pakistan’s Hockey Team is the most successful team in the men’s Hockey World Cup, winning four titles. The Green Shirts won the first ever Hockey World Cup in 1971, when they defeated Spain 1-0 in Barcelona, Spain. The second victory came in 1978, when Pakistan defeated the Netherlands with a 3-2 triumph. The third one came on Indian soil in 1982, when they defeated West Germany 3-1 in the final. The fourth title win came in 1994, when Pakistan again defeated the Netherlands in Sydney, Australia. The Pakistan hockey team also has the most number of gold medals at the Asian Games, winning a record eight times in just fifteen tournaments.
On May 21, 1997, Pakistan opener Saeed Anwar scored the highest number of runs in an innings by a player in an ODI match, when he struck 194 runs against India in Chennai. The record lasted for about 13 years, when on February 24, 2010, India’s Sachin Tendulkar broke his record against South Africa in India. The current record for the longest innings in the 50-over format is held by India’s Rohit Sharma, as he scored 264 runs against Sri Lanka in 2014.
On November 2, 2014, Misbah ul Haq scored a century off 56 balls and equaled the record for the fastest century in Tests with Sir Vivian Richards’ record. The record was then broken by New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum in 2016, when he scored 100 runs from 54 balls against Australia at Christchurch, New Zealand.
On February 25, 2003, Wasim Akram became the first man in the history of Cricket to take 500 One-Day international wickets.
Pakistan’s Mohammad Yousuf holds the record for the most number of runs scored in a calendar year in Tests. He scored 1788 in 11 tests at the average of 99.33 in 2006.
Former Pakistan pacer Jalal-Ud-din was the first bowler in international cricket to take a hat-trick in ODI in 1982.
Hanif Mohammad holds the record for the longest Test innings in terms of minutes. He batted for 970 minutes (16.16 hours) against West Indies in 1958.
Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar bowled the fastest recorded ball in the history of cricket against England in a World Cup match at South Africa in 2003. The last ball of his second over was recorded at 161.3km/h or 100.2mph, which bettered his previous mark of 161.0km/h from April 2002.
The youngest players to take a hat-trick in all three forms of the game are from Pakistan. In ODIs, Aqib Javed took a hat-trick at 19 years and 81 days, against India in 1991. In Tests, Naseem Shah took a hat-trick at just 16 years and 359 days, against Bangladesh in 2020. In T20Is, Mohammad Hasnain became the youngest to take a hat-trick at 19 years and 183 days of age, against Sri Lanka in 2019.
In ODIs, Pakistan team has the second most number of hat-tricks taken by a team with eight hat-tricks. In these eight, two each were taken by Wasim Akram and Saqlian Mushtaq.
The former Pakistani right-handed batsman, Hasan Raza holds the record for the youngest ever Test cricketer. He debuted at the age of fourteen years against Zimbabwe in Faisalabad, in October 1996.

Prominent events/victories in Pakistan’s sporting history:

1960: Pakistan Hockey team won Gold in the Rome Olympics.
1968: Pakistan Hockey team won its second Gold medal in the Summer Olympics at Mexico.
1971: Pakistan Hockey team won the first ever Hockey World Cup.
1978: Pakistan Hockey team won its second Hockey World Cup.
1982: Pakistan Hockey team won its third Hockey World Cup.
1984: Pakistan Hockey team won its third Gold medal in the Los Angeles Olympics.
1994: Pakistan Hockey team won its fourth Hockey World Cup.
25 March 1992: Pakistan Cricket Team won the Cricket World Cup by defeating England in the final by 22 runs.
21 June 2009: Pakistan Cricket Team, under the captaincy of Younis Khan, won the ICC World Twenty20 in England by defeating Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final.
18 June 2017: Pakistan Cricket Team won the ICC Champions Trophy by defeating India in the final by 180 runs.

Pakistan’s performance at the Commonwealth Games:

Game Number	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
5^th	1954 Vancouver	1	3	2	6
6^th	1958 Cardiff	3	5	2	10
7^th	1962 Perth	8	1	0	9
8^th	1966 Kingston	4	1	4	9
9^th	1970 Edinburgh	4	3	3	10
14^th	1990 Auckland	0	0	0	0
15^th	1994 Victoria	0	0	3	3
16^th	1998 Kuala Lumpur	0	1	0	1
17^th	2002 Manchester	1	3	4	8
18^th	2006 Melbourne	1	3	1	5
19^th	2010 Delhi	2	1	2	5
20^th	2014 Glasgow	0	3	1	4
21^st	2018 Gold Coast	1	0	4	5
22^nd	2022 Birmingham	2	3	2	7
Total		27	27	28	82

Pakistan Cricket Team highest and lowest scores in each format:

Pakistan’s lowest ever ODI total was 43 against the West Indies in 1992.
The highest ODI total for Pakistan is 399 against Zimbabwe in 2018.
Pakistan’s lowest Test total was 49 against South Africa in 2013.
Pakistan’s highest Test total was 765 against Sri Lanka in 2009.
Pakistan’s highest T20I score was 205 against West Indies in 2018.
Pakistan lowest T20I score was 74 against Australia in 2012.

Miscellaneous facts about Pakistan Sports

The Lahore Marathon is an annual road marathon held in Lahore, Pakistan since 2005. The main event is a traditional 42.195 km marathon race. Approximately 26,000 people participated in the Lahore Marathon in total in 2007, making it one of the major marathons of the world.
The city of Sialkot has been producing sporting goods for more than 100 years. The first record of manufacturing of sports goods in Sialkot can be traced back to 1883 with the products such as cricket bats, hockey sticks, polo sticks etc. In 1918, a football was added and was supplied to British Army stationed at Singapore. Presently the Sports Goods Industry of Sialkot is supplying products to almost every country of the world, directly or indirectly. The products are mostly made for international markets and have received worldwide recognition. World renowned brands such as Adidas, Nike, Puma etc source large portion of their supplies of sports goods from Sialkot.
At Sialkot, more than 200,000 people are directly employed in the sports goods sector exporting sports goods worth US$ 450 million annually from around 2,400 companies. Sialkot caters more than 70% of total world demand for hand-stitched inflatable soccer balls i.e. around 40 million balls annually worth US$ 210 million. During the peak season, which repeats after 4 years on the occasion of FIFA World Cup, the production of inflatable balls exceeds 60 million per annum. These balls are produced by a workforce of around 60,000. In addition to sporting goods, Sialkot is also the world’s largest center of surgical instrument manufacturing.
The former Pakistan batsman, Zaheer Abbas, is popularly known as the “Asian Don Bradman.”
Two Pakistani batsmen have been dismissed on 199 in Tests. The first was Mudassar Nazar against India in 1984, who became the first batsman in the history of Test Cricket to be dismissed on 199. The second is Younis Khan, who was
Tragically run-out on 199 against India in 2006.
Nazar Mohammad was a Pakistani cricketer. In October 1952, in Pakistan’s second Test match and first Test victory, he became the first player to score a Test century for Pakistan, and the first player to remain on the ground for an entire Test match. An opening batsman, he carried his bat for his score of ‘124 not out’ in Pakistan’s innings victory over India, batting for 8 hours 35 minutes. His son, Mudassar Nazar also played for Pakistan.
Wallis Mathias was a former right-handed middle order batsman, who played in 21 Tests for Pakistan from 1955 to 1962. A Catholic, he was the first non-Muslim cricketer to play for Pakistan. He belonged to Karachi’s Goan community.
Mohammad Hafeez, a right-handed battling all-rounder, is the first Pakistani to score 1000 runs in T20Is.
Younis Khan has scored the most runs (10,099) for Pakistan in Test cricket—the first and only player to score over 10,000 runs in the format for Pakistan.
Inzamam ul Haq, with 11,739 runs, is the highest scorer for Pakistan in ODIs.
Wasim Akram with 502 wickets in ODIs and 414 wickets in Tests, is the highest wicket taker for Pakistan in both formats as well as overall.

Cricket diplomacy between India and Pakistan: Cricket has been a source of diplomacy for the two countries throughout their short histories, Former Pakistani President General Zia-ul-Haq started it all with this “cricket for peace initiative.” When he went to India to watch a test match between the two sides in February 1987. In 2000, Hindu extremists dug up a cricket pitch in New Delhi to protest against the Pakistan Cricket Team’s visit. Following the Kargil conflict and at various other times, there have also been calls to suspend cricketing ties between the two countries. In April 2005, Gen Pervez Musharraf, the then President of Pakistan, visited India to watch a cricket match and met Man Mohan Singh to revive talks on Kashmir.
The Sri Lankan cricket team toured Pakistan in September and October 2019 to play three ODIs and three T20Is.The tour originally had two Test matches scheduled to take place, but these were moved to December 2019. The series holds historic significance, as it was the first time in ten years that Test cricket was played in Pakistan.
Muhammad Inam Butt was the only Pakistani to represent the country at the 2019 World Beach Games. He participated in Beach Wrestling (Men’s 90 Kg), and won the Gold medal
On July 17, 2016, Muhammad Waseem became the first Pakistani boxer to become the World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver flyweight Champion, by clinching the world silver belt by beating Jether Oliva of Philippines in Seoul.

The Pakistan Super League (PSL)

The Pakistan Super League (PSL), founded on 9 September 2015, is a T20 cricket league played every year during February and March. It initially had five teams, but is now contested by six teams representing six cities in Pakistan. From 2021, The PSL will have an exclusive window in the ICC Future Tours Program. Some prominent details of the editions held so far.

The first edition was played in 2016, and it was played entirely in the UAE. Islamabad United were the champions of this first edition.
The final of the second edition was played in Gaddafi Stadium Lahore on 5^th March 2017. This was the first time a PSL match was played in Pakistan. Peshawar Zalmi were crowned champions.
The finals of the 2018 and 2019 editions were played in National Stadium Karachi, won by Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators, respectively.
The 2020 PSL was the first time that the league was played entirely in Pakistan. The final was delayed to the Covid-19 pandemic, and was played on 17 November 2020 at the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan, between the Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars. Karachi Kings defeated the Lahore Qalandars by five wickets to win their maiden PSL title.
Pakistan Super League 2021 also known as PSL-6 was the sixth session of Pakistan Super League. This season was supposed to be held entirely in Pakistan.

PCB Suspended tournament on 04 March after 14 Matches out of 30 due to covid-19. The remaining matches were played in U.A.E. Multan Sultan beaten Peshawar Zalmi in the final by 47 runs. Multan Sultan win this title first time.

FIFA WORLD CUP 2022

FIFA world cup 2022 was held in Qatar
Opening Ceremony of FIFA World Cup was held on 20 Nov 2022
FIFA world cup Final was played on 18 Dec. 2022 in Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar.
Winner of FIFA world cup 2022 is Argentina

Argentina won the final match with the following scores: Argentina 3, France 3 (Argentina won 4-2 on penalties).

Kylian Mbappe (France) won the golden boot being the top scorer of the tournament. He scored 08 goals in the world cup. Lionel Messi Scored 7 goals and become the 2^nd top Scorer of the tournament.

World Cup top Scorers 2022
No.	Player	Country	Goals
1	Kylian Mbappe	France	8
2	Lionel Messi	Argentina	7
3	Olivier Giroud	France	4
3	Julian Alvarez	Argentina	4

Lionel Messie Won the Golden Ball in FIFA World Cup 2022
Lionel Messi (Argentina) has become the first man in history to win the Golden Ball twice at the FIFA World Cup. Messi had won the Golden Ball and scored 04 Goals in the 2014 world cup.

Kylian Mbappe (France) scored Hat-trick in World Cup-2022 Final against Argentine.

Goncalo Ramos (Portugal) has also scored Hat-trick in World Cup-2022 against Switzerland.

Argentina goalkeeper Emi Martinez got the Golden Glove for best goalkeeper after saving a penalty from Kingsley Coman in the shoot-out.

Silver Ball award	Kylian Mbappe
Bronze Ball award	Luka Modric
Silver Boot Award	Lionel Messi
Bronze Boot Award	Olivier Giroud & Julian Alvarez
Best Young Player of the tournament	Enzo Fernandez
FIFA fair play trophy	England

PELE (Edson Arantes Do Nascimento)

Pele was the famous player of Brazil National Team. Recently died at the age of 82 on 29 December 2022.

Pele also served as minister of sports from 1995-1998 for his country (Brazil).

SOME FAMOUS SOCCER PLAYERS

Player Name	Team
Lionel Messi	Argentine
Nymar	Brazil
Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal
Robert Lewandowski	Poland
Diego Maradona	Argentine
Kylian Mbappé	France
Zinedine Yazid Zidane	France
Ricardo Kaká	Brazil
Mohamed Salah	Egypt
Luka Modrić	Croatia

TOP GOAL SCORER IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEN’S FOOTBALL

Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal is the leading goal scorer in International Mens Football. He Scored 118 Goals in International Matches.

Ali Daei of Iran is at No. 2 with 109 goals in international matches.

Lionel Messi of Argentine is at No. 03 with 98 goals.

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