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A good luck charm is an amulet or other item that is believed to bring good luck. Almost any object can be used as a charm. Coins, horseshoes and buttons are examples, as are small objects given as gifts, due to the favorable associations they make. Many souvenir shops have a range of tiny items that may be used as good luck charms.
The development of the Standard Model of particle physics by Sheldon Glashow's discovery in 1960 of a way to combine the electromagnetic and weak interactions. [6] In 1967 Steven Weinberg [ 7 ] and Abdus Salam [ 8 ] incorporated the Higgs mechanism [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] into Glashow's electroweak theory , giving it its modern form.
Field hockey is the national sport of Pakistan; it has won three gold medals in the Olympic Games held in 1960, 1968, and 1984. [28] Pakistan has also won the Hockey World Cup a record four times, held in 1971, 1978, 1982, and 1994. [29] Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore is the third-largest cricket stadium in Pakistan with a seating capacity of 27,000 ...
Pakistan's cultural heritage includes archaeological sites, stupas, forts, shrines, tombs, buildings, residences, monuments, and places of worship. Until the passing of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan , some sites were under the federal government while others were in the provincial domain.
Jinnah announcing the creation of Pakistan over All India Radio on 3 June 1947. On 3rd June 1947, after an agreement for the Partition, the viceroy and the community leaders addressed the public on the radio. Jinnah ended his speech with Pakistan Zindabad!. Some listeners misunderstood his accented Urdu as the much informal "Pakistan's in the ...
In contemporary times, the unit-family system is commonly observed, although references to the combined-family system are also prevalent. In this structure, elders are typically esteemed and receive affection and respect from younger individuals, including those who may be unfamiliar to them and encounter one another for the first time in various circumstances.
' Crescent of Pakistan,,ہلا لے پاکستان ') [1] is the second-highest civil award (in the hierarchy of "Hilal") [2] of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The award seeks to recognize those people who have made "meritorious contribution to the national interests of Pakistan, or cultural , social contribution, or other ...
The plan for a National Monument in Islamabad was first envisioned in 2002 by the government of Pakistan then assisted by Uxi Mufti, son of Mumtaz Mufti.The Ministry of Culture was tasked to organize through the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners; a national monument design competition based on the theme of signifying strength, unity and dedication of the people of Pakistan into ...