Entertainment
This popular thriller series follows a chemistry teacher who becomes a drug kingpin
Breaking Bad
This player captained Pakistan’s national cricket team to a T20 World Cup victory in 2009.
Younis Khan
These microscopic plastic particles, often from cosmetics, textiles, or tire dust, are increasingly found in human blood and organs
microplastics
This South African leader spent 27 years in prison before becoming the country’s first Black president.
Nelson Mandela
This rare condition causes episodes of severe hypertension due to a tumor on the adrenal gland
pheochromocytoma
Tv series where a plan crashes and the survivors are stuck on a mysterious island. It starred an actor that later went on to play his most popular role as one of the Salvatore brothers
Lost
This tennis Grand Slam is played on clay courts and is known for producing the most physically demanding matches.
the French Open (Roland Garros)
This term refers to “climate injustice” where low-emission countries like Pakistan suffer the worst effects of global warming despite contributing little to it.
climate inequity
The Ottoman Empire officially came to an end after this major global conflict.
World War I
Known as the “stone bone disease,” this condition makes bones dense but brittle due to defective osteoclasts.
osteopetrosis
This Bollywood film, inspired by a real courtroom battle, featured the dialogue “No means no” and sparked national debate on consent.
Pink
This country has won the most Olympic gold medals in history
the United States
This color-coded alert system is used to warn residents of dangerously high Air Quality Index (AQI) levels.
Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) or AQI color scale
This 1919 massacre in Amritsar saw British troops open fire on peaceful Indian protesters, killing hundreds
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
This condition causes involuntary movements and personality changes due to degeneration of neurons, and has a strong genetic link.
Huntington's disease
This actor played the Joker in The Dark Knight and won a posthumous Oscar for it.
Heath Ledger
This chess grandmaster became world champion at age 22 and is known for his aggressive opening prep and psychological play.
Magnus Carlsen
This phenomenon, worsened by unplanned urbanization, makes cities significantly hotter than surrounding rural areas.
Urban Heat Island effect
This former military dictator was sentenced to death in absentia in 2019 for suspending the Constitution under Article 6 — a first in Pakistan’s history.
This common diabetes medication improves insulin sensitivity and is also used in polycystic ovary syndrome
metformin
This condition causes involuntary movements and personality changes due to degeneration of neurons, and has a strong genetic link.
This country became the first Arab nation to reach the FIFA World Cup semi-finals in 2022.
Morocco
This invasive plant species, introduced for fast-growing shade and timber in Karachi, is now harming biodiversity and groundwate
Conocarpus
This ancient conqueror, who never lost a battle, marched through Persia and reached the Indus Valley—where his army finally refused to go any further.
Alexander the Great
This condition causes a "cape-like" loss of pain and temperature sensation and is associated with a fluid-filled cavity in the spinal cord.
Synringomyelia