Hajvery Airlines was among the first wave of private airlines permitted to operate in the early 1990s as part of the country's economic liberalization.

Sardar Attaullah Mengal was a veteran politician who served as the first Chief Minister of Balochistan when the province got its first provincial assembly in 1972.

On the day of independence, August 15, 1947, the first Gazette was published to notify Jinnah's role as the Governor-General of the new Dominion.

The massive migration during partition created a humanitarian crisis. The 1948 emergency was specifically aimed at organizing resources for refugee rehabilitation.

Sir George Cunningham served as the Governor of NWFP during the critical first year of Pakistan's existence, completing his term in 1948.

President Iskander Mirza declared the first martial law in October 1958, abrogating the 1956 constitution and appointing Ayub Khan as the administrator.

The M-2 motorway, connecting Islamabad and Lahore, was the first motorway built in South Asia and Pakistan, inaugurated in November 1997.

Islamabad saw the establishment of the first dedicated DNA testing laboratory in March 2006 to provide forensic support and genetic testing services.

The Sukkur Barrage (originally called Lloyd Barrage) was completed in 1932 on the Indus River. It is the pride of Pakistan's irrigation system and the oldest barrage in the country.

The princely state of Bahawalpur, led by Nawab Sadeq Mohammad Khan V, was the first state to formally accede to the Dominion of Pakistan in October 1947.