Pakistan Affairs Test 27

     Total Area: 881,913 km² (340,509 sq. miles) ✅

1. ✅World Rank by Area: 33rd largest country in the world
2. ✅Geographical Spread:
   • Plains: Indus Plain in Punjab and Sindh
   • Mountains: Himalayas, Karakoram, Hindu Kush in the north
   • Deserts: Thar Desert in Sindh and Punjab
   • Coastline: About 1,046 km (650 miles) along the Arabian Sea
3. ✅ Provinces’ Share:
   • Punjab: ~205,344 km²
   • Sindh: ~140,914 km²
   • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: ~101,741 km²
   • Balochistan: ~347,190 km²
4. ✅ Strategic Importance: Its vast area includes fertile agricultural lands, rich mineral resources, and mountain passes important for trade and defense.

Who came with the name of Pakistan?

A ) Ch. Rehmat Ali 

B ) Khizr Tiwana

C ) Muhammad Ali

D ) Allama Iqbal

Who coined (gave) the name "Pakistan"?

Answer: Choudhry Rahmat Ali

• Correct Answer: Choudhry Rahmat Ali  
• Coined the Name: Pakistan 
• Year: 1933 
• Famous Pamphlet: Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever? 
• Published: 28 January 1933 
• Place: Cambridge, England 
• Profession: Pakistani nationalist and student at the University of Cambridge 

Meaning of "Pakistan"

The name PAKISTAN was derived from Muslim-majority regions:

• P → Punjab 
• A → Afghania (North-West Frontier Province, now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 
• K → Kashmir 
• S → Sindh 
• TAN → from Baluchistan/Balochistan together with the Persian suffix "-stan" (meaning "land"). 
• Note: Historians explain that "TAN" is not only the suffix "-stan". It also incorporates the ending of Baluchistan. So it is slightly more precise to write:"TAN → from Baluchistan together with the Persian suffix '-stan'."
• 1930 → Allama Muhammad Iqbal → Allahabad Address 
• 1933 → Choudhry Rahmat Ali → Coined the name Pakistan 
• 1940 → Minar-e-Pakistan → Lahore Resolution 
• 1942–1947 → Khizr Hayat Tiwana → Premier of Punjab 
• 1947 → Pakistan became independent