LAST 9 MONTHS CURRENT AFFAIRS 2018 Gcaol

15 April 2017 Festival (ILF) began on 14 April
2017: fifth
1. Current Chairman of Senate : 7. Assembly unanimously
Mian Raza Rabbani passes bill for free, compulsory
2. Current Finance Minister: Ishaq education up to 16 years of age:
Dar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
8. Current Chinese foreign
3. HRCP : The Human Rights
minister: Wang Yi said
Commission of Pakistan 9. Al-Shabaab, is a Salafist
4. The 42nd annual meeting of jihadist fundamentalist group
the IDB`s Board of Governors based in: East Africa
to be held in Jeddah on May 17 10. Current Chief of US spy
agency CIA: Mike Pompeo
and 18
5. Punjab`s Agriculture Secretary:
Retired Captain Muhammad
Mehmood
6. The Islamabad Literature
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16 April 2017
1. Minister for Petroleum
and Natural Resources,
Shahid Khagan Abbasi
2. 20 polio cases were
reported in Pakistan in 2016
3. Pakistan, Afghanistanand
Nigeria are the three
countries still having polio
cases
4. Council of Common
Interests (CCI)
5. Ministry of National
Health Service (NHS
6. Drug Regulatory Authority
of Pakistan (Drap)
7. The Election Commission
of Pakistan (ECP) has
designed a polling
stationwise result
management system for
the coming general
elections
8. The World Health
Organisation (WHO) has
declared six districts of
Punjab, including Gujrat and
Mandi Bahauddin, least risk
areas for polio virus spread
9. Strasbourg is the capital
and largest city of the
Grand Est region of
France
10.Democratic People`s
Republic of Korea (DPRK)

17 April 2017 18 April 2017
1. Iran`s total gas production is 1. ISPR: Inter-Services Public
885 million cubic metres per Relations
day 2. Adviser US National Security: Lt
2. Saudi Arabia Finance Minister Gen H.R. McMaster
Mohammed al-Jadaan 3. Current Balochistan Education
3. Azad Jammu and Kashmir Minister: Abdul Rahim
(AJK) Prime Minister Raja
Ziaratwal
Farooq Haider
4. Rs. 45b has been recovered
4. Cyclist Naeem Ahmed won the
Ninth edition of Tour De Sindh from corrupt elements by NAB
cycle race during its two-and-a-half-year
5. The President appointed Haq tenure.
Nawaz as acting Auditor 5. Since 2012, Pakistan’s total
General of Pakistan domestic debt is Rs54,325
6. The Federal Government billion
appointed Mr Jameel Ahmed as 6. Prof Noorul Iman appointed as
a Deputy Governor of the State the first ever Dean of the
Bank of Pakistan Khyber Medical College
7. Turkish President Recep 7. Quaid-e- Azam Gold Medal
Tayyip Erdogan won a historic award has Awarded to Prof
referendum that will greatly Izharul Hassan Shah, VP, Govt
expand the powers of his office College of Science, Lahore
8. Bahria Town Karachi unveils 8. Qatar and the Philippines on 17
South Asia’s largest dancing
April, 2017 have signed trade
fountain
agreements worth $200 million
9. 2700 new schools are being
in Doha
opened under the new school
programm in Punjab 9. Japanese troops on 17 April,
10.$200m is the am ount Qatar and 2017 start withdrawing from
the Philipines trade agreements South Sudan
are valued at.

19 April, 2017 20 April 2017
1. Former provincial minister KPK 1. Inspector General of Khyber
Iftikhar Khan Jhagra passed Pakhtunkhwa: Salahuddin
away on 18 April 2017 Mehsud
2. Rangers stay in Punjab to get 2. Special Assistant to the Prime
60-day extension Minister for Human Rights:
3. Current Minister for Industries Barrister Zafarullah Khan
and Production: Ghulam 3. The National Assembly on 19
Murtaza Khan Jatoi April, 2017 passed a bill making
4. Babri Masjid demolition: Indian the teaching of the Holy Quran
SC restores conspiracy charges compulsory up to grade 12
against BJP leaders 4. Sri Lankan Prime Minister:
5. SC to rule on Panama case on Ranil Wickremesinghe
20 April, 2017 5. Chief of the Army Staff signs
6. Saudi military aircraft crashes death sentences for 30
in Yemen killing at least 12 terrorists
7. Foreigners entering Pakistan 6. CJ takes suo moto notice of
without valid visas to be assault on passengers at
prosecuted Islamabad airport
8. Pakistan rejects allegations of 7. Julia Roberts named 'World's
employing proxies on its soil Most Beautiful Woman' for 5th
9. Lahore-bound Jaffar Express time
derails near Gujranwala 8. China names areas in region
10.Britain's Prince Harry sought disputed with India to assert
counseling more than a decade claims
after mother's death 9. Indian cricketers send Shahid
Afridi heart-warming farewell
gift
10. Chris Gayle surpasses 10,000
runs in T20 cricket

21 April 2017 April 22, 2017
1. Panama verdict opens with 1. DIG Peshawar's son strangled
quotes from ‘The Godfather’ to death by his security guard
2. The Supreme Court on April 21, 2. 21 Ferrari commanders among
2017 ordered a sitting prime 434 lay down arms in
minister and his children to Balochistan
face further investigation by a 3. Speaker Balochistan Assembly:
specially constituted six-man Raheela Hamid Khan Durrani
joint investigation team (JIT) 4. Chief Secretary Balochistan:
3. LHC provisionally restores Shoaib Mir
PU’s equivalence dept 5. Taliban kill three soldiers at
4. Minister for National Health army HQ in northern
Services (NHS): Saira Afzal Afghanistan
Tarar 6. Pakistan, India expected to
5. Managing Director IMF: become SCO members in June
Christine Lagarde 7. SCO : Shanghai Cooperation
6. Iranian Foreign Minister Organisation
Mohammad: Javad Zarif 8. PCB announces 15-member
7. Syrian President: Bashar al women squad for ICC World
Assad Cup
8. Minister for Parliamentary 9. Former minister (Makhdoom
Affairs: Sheikh Aftab Shahabuddin), son of ex-PM
9. Saudi Arabia to award licenses (Ali Musa Gilani) indicted in
to 15 U.S. firms in May: ephedrine case
10.Spokesperson Foreign Office: 10. Turkey votes in a constitutional
Nafees Zakaria referendum in favour of
changing the parliamentary
system of government to an
executive presidency.

April 24, 2017 April 26, 2017
1. A new case of Congo virus has 1. PTI set to release Urdu
been confirmed in Kohlu area translation of Panama Papers
of Balochistan verdict
2. TDAP: Trade Development 2. Maldives Foreign Minister: Dr
Authority of Pakistan Mohamed Asim
3. A Pakistani female 3. 1st Test: Pakistan beat West
entrepreneur selected for Indies by 7 wickets
entrepreneurship programme 4. Jam Madad Ali takes oath as
by Google in Silicon Valley Sindh MPA
4. Pakistan is third largest 5. Former South African bowler
producer of Chickpea Lonwabo Tsotsobe charges
5. About only 4% of land in with corruption
Pakistan is covered with forest 6. RAW: Research and Analysis
6. Younis Khan ecomes first Wing
Pakistani to score 10,000 runs 7. NACTA: National Counter
in Test Cricket Terrorism Authority
7. UN, WB sign accord to build 8. CPWB: Child Protection and
resilience for world's Welfare Bureau
vulnerable people 9. Israel names its first woman
8. Ayman al-Zawahri urges judge for Sharia court
jihadists to use guerrilla tactics 10. Wikipedia to launch
in Syria Wikitribune to counter `fake`
9. Berlin: The capital and the news
largest city of Germany
10.Damascus: The capital and
likely the largest city of Syria

April 27, 2017 April 28, 2017
1. India’s Defence Minister: Arun 1. IPC Minister Mian Riaz Hussain
Jaitley Pirzda resigned
2. VTCS: Voluntary Tax 2. IPC = Inter Provincial
Compliance Scheme Coordination
3. Pakistan Cricket Board call off 3. North Korea test-fires ballistic
tour to Bangladesh missile in defiance of world
4. 5 Indian soldiers killed in pressure
Kupwara military base attack 4. 87,419 Haj applicants selected
5. India outvoted, Big Three under govt scheme
system in Cricket to be rolled 5. FBR has started conducting
back raids against tax evasion on tea
6. China launches first home-built and cigarettes.
aircraft carrier 6. PCB opens doors to bidders
7. Indian Govt orders ban on interested in 6th Pakistan Super
social media in Indian-held League team
Kashmir 7. Trump complains Saudis not
8. Russia, India eyeing to tap paying fair share for US
Pakistan gas market defense
9. Legendary Bollywood actor 8. Pakistan refuses ADB loan for
Vinod Khanna passes away railway as China becomes sole
10.Oscar-winning 'Silence of the financier
Lambs' director dies 9. ADB: Asian Development Bank
10. LHCBA: The Lahore High Court
Bar Association

April 29, 2017
1. Pakistan National Health
Services Minister: Saira Afzal
Tarar
2. Prime Minister of Malaysia:
Najib Razak
3. Human Rights Minister of
Pakistan: Kamran Michael
4. Special Assistant to the Prime
Minister on Foreign Affairs
Tariq Fatemi removed from
post by PM following inquiry
into Dawn story
5. SBP governor's term ends, but
he may get a 3-year extension
6. Turkey on April 29, blocked
the online encyclopedia
Wikipedia
7. The 1st US Secretary of State:
Thomas Jefferson
8. Columbus was a native of: Italy
9. Capital of Netherland:
Amsterdam
10.The Camp David is in:
Maryland, US

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Martial Arts champion

May 2, 2017
1. IMAFT: Islamic Military Alliance to Fight
Terrorism
2. IMAFT Commander-in-Chief: General
Raheel Sharif (rtd)
3. Director General Inter Services Intelligence
(ISI): Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar
4. New Hamas document accepts
Palestinian state with 1967 borders
5. North Korea warns of nuclear test ‘at
any time’
6. Hafiz Saeed's house arrest extended for
three months
7. German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived
in Saudi Arabia without headscarf
8. China-built amphibious aircraft takes
maiden flight
9. Nepal moves to impeach first female
chief justice
10. KP govt to hire only female teachers at
primary schools
May 3, 2017
1. The Supreme Court on May 2, 2017
announced a three-judge bench to
implement its judgement in the Panama
Papers case
2. DGMO: Director General Military
Operations
3. Iranian Defence Minister: Hossein
Dehghan
4. NCHR: National Commission for
Human Rights
5. Shahid Siddique: Pakistan's latest Mixed

6. Pilot escapes safely as PAF training
jet crashes near Jhang
7. Non-bailable arrest warrants for
BPSC ex-chairman, others
8. Defence Minister of Switzerland:
Guy Parmelin
9. Pakistan's Ambassador to the
United Nations: Maleeha Lodhi
10. Jinnah of Pakistan by: Stanley Wolpert
May 4, 2017
1. 'Muhammad' most popular boys'
name in London
2. SC rejects SBP, SECP nominees for
Panama JIT
3. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
rejects invitation to visit Pakistan
4. Saudi government awarded its highest
military honour, King Abdul Aziz Medal
of Excellence, to Joint Chiefs of Staff
Committee Chairman General Zubair
Mahmood Hayat
5. Pakistan ramps up coal power with
Chinese- backed plants
6. China tightens rules for online
news providers
7. Riaz Riazuddin has been appointed as
the acting Governor of the State Bank
8. Pakistan to deploy more troops on
Iran border
9. Iranian Foreign Minister: Javad Zarif
10. China to launch own encyclopedia to
rival Wikipedia

May 5, 2017
8. President of European Commission: Jean-
Claude Juncker
9. Foreign Minister of Peru: Ricardo Luna
10. US National Security Adviser: Lt-Gen
1. Pakistan, Japan sign $24m accord for energy McMaster
May 7, 2017
project
2. 81 all out, Pakistan suffer humiliating defeat
against Windies in second Test
3. China stresses security needs for new Silk
Road initiative
4. Trump admin ready for long-term military Pasha
presence in Iraq, Afghanistan
5. Donald Trump announces trip to Saudi
Arabia, Israel, Vatican this month
6. UN Secretary General: António Guterres
7. Director General, FIA: Muhammad Amlish
(PSP)
8. Foreign Minister of India:Sushma Swaraj
9. Headquarters of UN Volunteers:Bonn,
Germany
10. MAP is a news agency:Morocco
May 6, 2017
1. India calls satellite 'gift to South Asia',
Pakistan says no thanks
2. The federal government has appointed
Aurangzeb Haque, a BS-22 officer (PAS),
chief secretary of Balochistan
3. Senior officer of information group Sheraz
Latif assumed charge as DG Radio Pakistan
4. Justice Sheikh Najamul Hassan has been
appointed as Chief Justice of Federal Shariat
Court (FSC)
5. NH&MP: National Highways and Motorway
Police
6. Pakistan's Water and Power Minister:
Khawaja Muhammad Asif
7. Finance Minister of Punjab: Dr Aisha Ghaus

1. WhatsApp group admin arrested in India
for sharing 'inappropriate' image of PM
Modi
2. India bans medical visas for
Pakistani patients for no reason
3. Chief Executive Officer of PIA:
Bernd Hildenbrand
4. SAARC: South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperatio
5. Indian Army Chief: General Bipin Rawat
6. Russia blocks China´s social media
app WeChat
7. 1st Chairman Senate: Habibullah Khan
8. 1st Chief Election Commissioner of Pak:
F.M. Khan
9. Title of Qutub-ud-Din Aibak: Lakh Baksh
10. The Vernacular Press Act was
passed in:1878
8 May 2017
1. Head of ISIS Abdul Hasib in
Afghanistan confirmed killed
2. Emmanuel Macron elected
president of France on May 8, 2017
3. '50 Afghan soldiers killed' as Pak
Army retorts to Chaman firing
4. Minister of Kashmir Affairs:
Chaudhry Barjees Tahir
5. Sharmeen Obaid's 'The Price of
Forgiveness' wins Robert F Kennedy
Award at 49th Annual Robert F Kennedy
Journalism Award

6. 400 thousand to 500 thousand Pakistanis 2. FBR launches digital directory to monitor
perform Umrah every year tax collection from withholding agents
7. Minister for Religious Affairs: Sardar Yousaf 3. PHEC: Punjab Higher Education Commission
8. European Union Ambassador: Jean-Francois 4. PTA launches drive against blasphemous
Cautain content
9. Finance Minister of China: Xio Jie 5. PTA: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
10. Chancellor of Germany: Angela Markel 6. Minister of Information Technology &
Telecom Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan
7. Minister for Science and Technology: Rana
Tanveer Hussain
8. SECP: Securities and Exchange Commission
May 9, 2017 of Pakistan
9. South Korean president: Moon Jae-in
10. Qatar's Minister of Foreign Affairs: Sheikh
Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al Thani
May 11, 2017

1. Iran warns will target militant 'safe havens'
inside Pakistan
2. Indonesia courts jails Jakarta's Christian
governor for blasphemy against Islam
3. China says ready to rename CPEC to allay 1. Just 2% candidates could pass the CSS
Indian concerns exams of 2016, while female candidates
4. CTD trace 4 WhatsApp groups involved in clinched top 3 positions
leaking papers 2. ICJ to start public hearing of Indian spy
5. APNS: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society Jadhav's case on May 15
6. SECP: Securities and Exchange Commission 3. ICJ: International Court of Justice
of Pakistan 4. Chairman International Cricket Council:
7. Pakistan, Afghanistan to use Google Maps Shashank Manohar (India)
to settle border row 5. Chief Executive Microsoft: Satya Nadella
8. Minister of State for Federal Education and 6. Pakistan signs warship, training planes deal
Professional Training: Engr Muhammad with Turkey
Bailghur Rehman 7. Deputy Speaker KPK Assembly: Dr Mehar
9. President of the European Commission: Taj Roghani
Jean-Claude Juncker 8. Germany`s defence minister: Ursula von der
10. Foreign Ministers of Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif Leyen
9. Another four terrorists convicted by military
courts executed
May 10, 2017 10. Education Minister Sindh: Jam Mahtab
Dahar
May 12, 2017

1. India takes Kulbhushan Jadhav’s matter to
International Court of Justice


1. Taiwan to continue buying arms from 10. Foreign Minister of Nepal: Prakash Saran
United States Mahat
2. Australian Prime Minister: Malcolm
May 15, 2017

Turnbull
3. Current Governor Punjab: Malik
Muhammad Rafiq Rajwana
4. Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States
Aizaz Chaudhry 1. Three-day polio drive starts in parts of the
5. Chief of Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal Sohail country
Aman 2. Russia, Saudi Arabia agree to extend oil
6. Gilgit-Baltistan Education Minister: Ibrahim output cuts until March 2018
Sani 3. North Korea fires missile that lands in sea
7. Prime Minister of Japan: Shinzo Abe near Russia
8. Ambassador of France to Pakistan: Martine 4. France's youngest ever president Emmanuel
Dorance Macron takes power as president
9. World Bank to finance solar power projects 5. Ethiopian Prime Minister: Haile Mariam
in Pakistan Desalegn
10. Inspector General Sindh: Allah Dino Khawja 6. China pledges $124bn for new Silk Road,
welcomes everyone to join
7. Pakistan win test series against West Indies
May 13, 2017 with penultimate over victory
8. Pakistan women won bronze medal in
swimming competition of Islamic Games in
1. India hides Jadhav's 'true identity' in Baku
application to ICJ 9. ‘Deadwood’ actor Powers Boothe dies at 68
2. U.S. nears $100 billion arms deal for Saudi 10. Malala Yousafzai receives Ellis Island
Arabia: White House official International Medal of Honor
3. Pemra warns TV channels not to air content
May 16, 2017

periling Army's image
4. PM Nawaz Sharif arrives in China to attend
OBOR forum
5. OBOR: One-Belt-One-Road
6. PMDC : Pakistan Medical and Dental Council
7. The National Assembly’s Standing 1. Pakistan tells ICJ Jadhav confessed he`s
Committee on May 12, 2017 approved the Indian spy
National Counter Terrorism Authority 2. President International Court of Justice
(Amendment) Bill, allowing NACTA to hold (ICJ): Ronny Abraham (France)
its meeting once in a year 3. Managing Director of Tourism Corporation
8. Mega Deal: China to pour $50b into Indus Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Hayat Ali Shah
River Cascade 4. New US ambassador to Israel: David
9. High Commissioner of Pakistan in Canada: Friedman
Tariq Azeem Khan 5. Sri Lankan Prime Minister: Ranil

Wickremesinghe

6. Emergency declared in Yemen over cholera 1. Pakistani Wrestler Badshah Khan defeated
outbreak WWC heavyweight Champ Carlito in Karachi
7. China, Pakistan to upgrade 1,600kms of 2. PM addressing Investment forum holding
railway lines meeting with political business leader of
8. Singer Jawad Ahmed launching political Hong Kong. The event organized by the
party 'for common man' China Innovative Finance Group Limited &
9. Dubai plans new artificial islands to attract Consulate General of Pakistan
tourists 3. Indian nuclear scientist in US jail for stalking
10. Spain's Prime Minster: Mariano Rajoy Texas university student
4. US maintains Iran nuclear deal sanctions
relief
May 17, 2017

5. USAID: United States Agency for
International Development
6. Minister of Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit
Baltistan: Chaudhry Barjees Tahir
1. Japah's Defence Minister: Tomomi Inada 7. Chief Executive of Hong Kong : Leung Chun-
2. Pemra fines Channel 24 for airing 'baseless' Ying
news against Sindh Police chief 8. Russian Foreign Minister: Sergei Lavrov
3. PEMRA: Pakistan Electronic Media 9. Italian Prime Minister: Paolo Gentiloni
Regulatory Authority 10. UN Ambassador to the UN: Nikki Haley
4. Current Pakistan Ambassador to the United
States: Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry
5. Current European Union Ambassador to
Pakistan H.E. Mr Jean-François Cautain
6. Japanese tennis player Junn Mitsuhashi gets May 19, 2017
life ban for match-fixing
7. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba set to 1. ICJ stays Jadhav's execution till final verdict,
enter Pakistan, signs MoU Pakistan to form new team of lawyers on
8. AliBaba: Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Jadhav case
Chinese e-commerce company that 2. Sindh Assembly passes bill for increasing
provides consumer-to-consumer, business- salaries of lawmakers
to-consumer and business-to-business sales 3. China complains to US about new Iran
services via web portals. Alibaba is the sanctions
world's fifth-largest internet company by 4. FATA reforms bill suspended in NA
revenue. 5. EU Council President: Donald Tusk
9. Facebook fined $166,000 for breach of 6. South Korea's President: Moon Jae-in
French privacy laws 7. President Azad Jammu and Kashmir: Sardar
10. Trump and Erdogan vow friendship despite Masood Khan
anger at US arming Kurds 8. SECP: Securities and Exchange Commission
of Pakistan
May 18, 2017 9. NCSW: National Commission on the Status

of Women

10. Former Fox News chief Roger Ailes dies at

77
May 20, 2017 May 21, 2017

1. Pakistan is negotiating FTAs with different
1. ECP introduced electoral rolls’ countries including Thailand, Turkey and
computerised system in Punjab and Iran, to bolster its exports
Balochistan FTA: Free Trade Agreements
Current Chief Election Commissioner of 2. Hassan Rouhani wins Iran's presidential
Pakistan: Mr. Justice Sardar Muhammad election
Raza He led with 58.6 percent of the vote,
2. LHC seeks reply from PPSC over abolishing compared with 39.8 percent for his main
job quota for women, disabled persons challenger
3. SBP issues updated version of Foreign 3. India made a ‘serious mistake’ by going to
Exchange Manual-2017 ICJ over Jadhav: Ex-Indian SC judge
Ashraf Mahmood Wathra is the 18th 4. All Pakistan Lawyers convention has
Governor of State Bank of Pakistan. He is demanded immediate resignation from
appointed as the governor on April 29, 2014 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
4. US President Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia 5. Lahore police appoints female SHO after 17
5. North Korea says US has to roll back 'hostile years
policy' before talks  Sub-inspector Ghazala Sharif was appointed
6. Famous Muslim Scholar Zakir Naik granted as the SHO of the Rang Mahal police
Saudi citizenship by King Salman station. Besides, sub-inspector Nabila
The 51-year-old Islamic preacher founded Kausar has been appointed the SHO of the
the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). Naik women’s Race Course Police Station (RCPS).
has been booked for allegedly propagating 6. Founder WikiLeaks: Julian Assange
enmity between different groups on the 7. Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference
grounds of religion. His channel Peace TV (Kashmir): Mirwaiz Umer Farooq
has been banned in UK, Canada and 8. Russia's Deputy Foreign Minisger: Gannady
Bangladesh. He was also denied entry to Gatilove
Canada and UK in 2012 after allegedly 9. President of France: Emmanuel Macron
expressing support for al Qaeda 10. US Commerce Secretary: Wilbur Ross
7. President Hassan Rouhani leads Iran
presidential race, expected to win
May 22, 2017

8. World's second-largest torrent site
ExtraTorrent shuts down
9. Teenagers in Indian-occupied Kashmir
launch KashBook to fight social media ban
10. Current Chairman NAB: Qamar Zaman 1. Indian Air Force Chief orders officers to be
Chaudhry ready for action at 'short notice
2. US President Donald Trump urged Muslim The other Pakistanis to have conquered
leaders to take a stand against violence Mount Everest are Hassan Sadpara, Samina
done in the name of religion Baig (2013) and Nazir Sabir (2000).
 In a highly anticipated speech at the Arab- 3. KP assembly passes resolution seeking
Islamic American Summit in Saudi Arabia, execution of Indian spy
Donald Trump appealed to Muslim nations 4. Indian Army awards officer who used
to ensure that `terrorists find no sanctuary Kashmiri as human shield
on their soil` and announced an agreement 5. Younis Khan receives a hero's welcome at
with Gulf countries to fight financing for Karachi Airport
extremists 6. New ambulance service launched for
3. First Orange Line Metro train to arrive in mothers-to-be in Punjab
July  Initially, 193 ambulances will be run in 36
4. FIA launches crackdown on ‘anti-army districts of Punjab. The ambulance will
campaigners’ serve the purpose of taking pregnant
5. PLRA: Punjab Land Records Authority women in villages to the Health
6. Israel signs $630m defence deal with India Department’s delivery center.
Israel announced it had reached a deal Everest stands 8,848m above sea level.
worth $630 million to provide India`s navy 7. Turkey summons US envoy over
with missile defence systems, following a Washington street brawl
record weapons sale between the two 8. Third maritime patrol ship inducted for
countries. security of CPEC route
7. North Korea tests another missile 9. Minister for ports and shipping: Mir Hasil
8. Iran fires mortar shells into Pakistani area Khan Bizenjo
9. India announces policy for strategic 10. DG Pakistan Maritime Security Agency: Rear
partnerships in defence Admiral Raja Jameel Akhtar
May 24, 2017

10. EU Council President: Donald Tusk
May 23, 2017 1. EU Council President: Donald Tusk

2. South Korea's President: Moon Jae-in
1. Pakistan’s Badshah Khan Pehalwan became 3. The KPK government and Pakistan Army-run
crowned champion of the Pro Wrestling FWO signed 4 agreements for Rs1.173
Entertainment event after winning the trillion worth of development projects.
Royal Rumble 4. Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) director
2. Abdul Jabbar Bhatti becomes 4th Pakistani general: Lt-Gen Mohammad Afzal
to summit Mount Everest 5. US Superbike rider Nicky Hayden dies after
He has already scaled Broad Peak (8,051 bike accident
metres) in 1985, Gasherbrum-2 (8,035m) in 6. South Korea's President: Moon Jae-in
1986, and Spantik Peak (7,027m) in 2012. It
took him one-and-a-half months to
complete the Everest expedition. Mount

May 27, 2017

2. Former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega
dies at 83
 Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno was a
Panamanian politician and military officer.
1. Government unveils Federal Budget 2017- He was military dictator of Panama from
18 with Rs4.75tr outlay 1983 to 1989, when he was removed from
Budget 2017-18: Relief and burdens of the power by the United States during the
finance bill invasion of Panama
Defence budget set at Rs920.2bn for 3. LHC halts privatisation of Allama Iqbal
FY2017-18 Airport
Govt acquired Rs972bn in foreign loans in  Federal government is planning to privatise
2016-17 all three major airports of Pakistan
2. Samar Khan, adventure biker, has become 4. Pakistan`s lawyer at International Court of
the first Pakistani to climb the 6,250-metre Justice: Khawar Qureshi
Burbucho peak in Arandu area of Shigar 5. The US State Department has retained the
district foreign military financing (FMF) option for
3. US plans first test of ICBM intercept, with N. Pakistan
Korea on mind  The department`s budget proposals for
4. India opens longest bridge on border with fiscal 2018 indicate a major cut in FMF
China funds for Pakistan, from $255m in the
The 9.15 km (5.7 mile) Dhola-Sadiya bridge, current fiscal year to just $100m in 2018
strong enough to carry a 60-tonne battle 6. The Right of Access to Information Bill,
tank, will reduce travel times from Assam to 2017` was unanimously approved by the
the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh Senate Standing Committee on Information
whose territory is partly claimed by China on Monday
5. US official wants Trump to bomb terrorists
 The bill was introduced in Senate by
in Pakistan Minister of State for Information Maryam
6. Woman killed in 'unprovoked' Indian
Aurangzeb
shelling
7. North Korea test fires short-range ballistic
7. Two Chinese fighters intercept US plane in
missile for third time in 3 weeks
South China Sea 8. No possibility of a limited war with
8. Noted music composer Wajahat Attre Pakistan: Indian Army chief
passed away on May 26, 2017
9. Palestinian courts ban divorce during
9. PSEB: Pakistan Software Export Board Ramzan
10. Accountant General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:
10. Australia promises 30 more troops for
Sharifullah Khan Wazir
NATO's Afghanistan mission
 Australia is not a member of NATO but is a
May 30, 2017 staunch US ally and has had troops in
Afghanistan since 2002
Hazrat Syeda Fatima (R.A) today

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3. Putin hosts Modi at Russia's economic showcase
June 1, 2017 4. Israeli minister says state won't fund shows with
nudity
5. NASA probe to fly into sun's atmosphere
1. Nehal Hashmi resigns as senator after  According to US space agency, a new NASA
controversial speech mission aims to brush by the sun, coming
 Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif took closer than any spacecraft in history to its
notice of his speech against officials of scorching heat and radiation in order to
Panama Leaks Joint Investigation Team (JIT) reveal how stars are made.
and the judiciary 6. Attorney-General for Pakistan: Ashtar Ausaf Ali
2. Iran TV uses green screen to bypass headscarf 7. PSL's newest team is Multan, worth $41.6
rules million
3. Pakistan Navy receives seven Sea King 8. England beat Bangladesh in Champions Trophy
helicopters from UK opener.
 The Sea King helicopter is a multi-role 9. Trump to announce 'withdrawal' from Paris
helicopter. It has been used for search and climate deal: US official
rescue (SAR) operations, warfare and as a
transportation platform for the last several
decades
June 3, 2017
4. Turkey to give $10mln for rehabilitation of TDPs
in FATA 1. Jadhav case: Three-member Pakistani team
5. Sindh govt restricts powers of IG police to appear before ICJ on June 8th
 Earlier the police officers obtained 2. Pakistan to open up Balochistan to China
permission from IG Sindh and now these
'Silk Road' firms
powers have been taken away from IG
3. Punjab unveils Rs1.97tr budget
Sindh
6. Chinese company plans bus manufacturing plant  he Rs1.97 trillion total outlay of Budget
in Pakistan 2017-18 is 17 percent larger than last
7. Deputy Chairman Senate: Abdul Ghafoor Haideri year’s total outlay of Rs1.68 trillion
8. ADB: Asian Development Bank 4. Famed guitarist Aamir Zaki dead at 49
9. Commerce Minister of Pakistan: Khurram  Zaki was a virtuoso guitarist, songwriter
Dastgir Khan and singer. He was discovered first by
10. British Prime Minister: Theresa May Alamgir aged 16
5. Trump asks Supreme Court to reinstate
June 2, 2017 Muslim travel ban
6. Global firms compete to set up converter
station in Pakistan
1. Thirteen Turkish soldiers killed in military
7. After Trump`s disastrous tour, Europe turns
helicopter crash
focus on China
2. Pakistan, India to improve bilateral relations
after joining SCO: China
Dubai ends 90-day tourist visas for Pakistanis

June 5, 2017
8. Brazil legend Roberto Carlos to play in
Pakistan
 World Cup winner to be part of Leisur•e
League’s exhibi•tion match 1. Champions Trophy 2017: India defeat Pakistan
9. Senate panel proposes increased tax on in one-sided encounter
income of stockbrokers 2. PM Sharif to represent Pakistan at SCO summit
10. Android co-founder launches smartphone in Kazakhstan
to compete with iPhone, Galaxy S8  Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will pay a two-
day visit to Kazakhstan to attend Shanghai
June 4, 2017
Cooperation Organisation moot from 8th
June
3. Faisal Edhi receives 22nd Nikkei Asian Award in
Tokyo
1. Five Indian soldiers killed as Pakistani troops
 He received the 22nd Nikkei Asian Award in
respond to firing along LoC: ISPR
Tokyo in recognition of foundation's
2. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King
longstanding social and welfare activities
Salman Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia has been
for the general public
named Islamic Personality of the Year by the
4. Chairman Federal Board of Revenue: Dr
organising committee of the Dubai International
Muhammad Irshad
Holy Quran Award
5. Atleast 20 killed in London Bridge attack
3. UN agency lists Kashmir as not part of India
6. Pakistani man sets world record for fastest
 The United Nations Department of
typing of text message using Swype
Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has
 Swype technology allows users to input
depicted on one of its web sections Jammu
words on a virtual keyboard on their
and Kashmir as a separate country and not
smartphone by sliding a finger from the first
part of India.
letter of a word to its last letter, lifting only
4. Jadhav case: Three-member Pakistani team to
for spaces. It also predicts the intended
appear before ICJ on June 8th
word using error-correction algorithms.
5. Pakistan freezes accounts of 5,000 suspected
7. China unveils world’s first driverless rail transit
militants
system
6. Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Sates:
8. Real Madrid beats Juventus by 4-1 to retain
Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry
Champions League title
7. Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
9. US Defence Secretary: Jim Mattis
(CJCSC): General Zubair Hayat
10. Minister for Water and Power Pakistan: Khawaja
8. Total outlay of Punjab Budget 2017-18: Rs1.97
Muhammad Asif
trillion
9. Punjab Finance Minister: Dr Ayesha Ghous
Pasha
10. Speaker Punjab Assembly: Rana Muhammad
Iqbal

June 06, 2017 June 7, 2016

1. Sindh unveils Rs1.04tr deficit budget for 1. Army and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have
2017-2018 set up a joint public safety cell in the
 No new tax | Main focus on energy, province and Fata
education, health, employment, 2. Trump wades into rift, supports moves for
security, infrastructure | 15pc raise in Qatar`s isolation
salaries 3. Army takes exception to Afghan threats
2. Kashmir can’t be taken to ICJ: India 4. China to formally announce Pakistan, India
3. “The Kashmir issue can never be taken to as SCO members
ICJ because both the countries are bound 5. Russia sends jet fighter to intercept
by the Shimla Agreement and Lahore Norwegian plane over Barents Sea
Declaration to solve it bilaterally,”: External 6. Arundhati Roy's eagerly-awaited second
affairs minister Sushma Swaraj novel went on sale 6 June, 2017
4. Director General Military Operations  Roy became the first Indian woman to
(DGMO) of Pakistan: Major General Sahir win the prestigious Booker Prize with
Shamshad Mirza her 1997 work
5. Saudi Arabia, five others sever ties with 7. US says China likely to build more overseas
Qatar in diplomatic crisis military bases, maybe in Pakistan
 Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, 8. Russian hackers 'planted false story' behind
Yemen and the Maldives joined Saudi Middle East crisis
Arabia and Egypt in severing relations  Russian hackers planted a false news
with gas-rich Qatar story that led Saudi Arabia and several
6. Trump lays out plan to privatise air traffic allies to sever relations with Qatar,
control system prompting a diplomatic crisis, CNN
7. The head of the United Nations Population reported
Fund and a former health minister of 9. Ambassador of Pakistan to Saudi Arabia:
Nigeria, Babatunde Osotimehin, has died Khan Hasham Bin Saddique
8. Germany, Turkey fail to break deadlock 10. OIC Secretary General: Dr Yousaf Al
over air base visit Othaimeen
9. K-P govt to build 545mw project in Kohistan
 A South Korean company will build a June 8, 2017
545 megawatt hydropower project at
an estimated cost of $1.42 billion at
Kandia valley 1. China rejects US report on military bases in
10. Pakistan to attend Kabul Process today Pakistan

June 9, 2017
2. KP govt unveils Rs603bn tax-free budget
3. Terror in Tehran parliament, Khomeini
shrine attacked
 At least 12 killed in first IS strikes inside 1. Nawaz meets Ghani on sidelines of SCO
Iran, Revolutionary Guards blame S. summit
Arabia, US 2. Pakistan apprised the ICJ of its intention to
4. Trump calls Qatar emir, offers help to end get an ad hoc judge appointed who would
crisis sit on the bench during substantive hearings
5. Pakistan to host health conference as result in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case
of anti-polio efforts 3. Pakistan warns India against any strategic
 The conference would be held in miscalculation
Pakistan, and health ministers from 22 4. PM Nawaz Sharif exchanged pleasantries
countries in South Asia, the Middle with Indian PM Narendra Modi at a
East, West Asia and North Africa would reception of SCO summit
participate. 5. NUST has made it to the top 500 in the QS
6. Vice Chancellor Punjab University: Dr Zaffar World University Rankings
Mueen Nasir  The highest ranking for a Pakistani
7. Turkish journalist wins Golden Pen of varsity this year
Freedom award 6. Qatar rejects as baseless terrorism
 The Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual designations by four Arab states
press freedom award of the World 7. Amid Qatar crisis, China tells Iran that Gulf
Association of Newspapers and News stability is best
Publishers, has been awarded to Can 8. The KP Higher Education Department
Dündar, former editor-in-chief of notified appointment of vice-chancellors of
Cumhuriyet newspaper nine universities
8. Pakistan says LNG import from Qatar to 9. Chinese exam authorities use facial
continue recognition, drones to catch cheats
9. Swedish auto giant Scania to sell heavy 10. National Health Services (NHS) Minister:
vehicles in Pakistan Saira Afzal Tarar
10. Cricket: Pakistan win by 19 runs (DLS
method) against South Africa
June 10, 2017
1. Trump slams Qatar for funding terror as
Tillerson urges calm
2. Pakistan, India become full SCO members

 PM Nawaz thanks SCO for permanent 6. Khyber Pakhtun•khwa demands 400pc increase
membership in hydropower profit
3. PM Sharif held a meeting with Russian 7. Latvia's Ostapenko wins French Open title
8. Actor Adam West, known for his role in the
President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of
1960's television series "Batman" has died at the
SCO summit on 9 June 2017.
age of 88
4. Erdogan approves troop deployment to
9. Privatisation of Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park
Qatar approved
5. 196th annual celebrations of Sachal  Punjab cabinet also approves establishment
Sarmast Urs begin today (June 10, 2017) of Punjab Thermal Power Company Limited
6. MNA Jamshed Dasti arrested for opening 10. PMDC: Pakistan Medical and Dental Council
gate of canal
7. Catalonia sets vote on independence from
Spain for Oct. 1
June 12, 2017
8. Defiant May vows to stay on despite UK
election blow 1. PM Sharif to appear before JIT
 Minister Theresa May has vowed to  Nawaz Sharif is set to become the first
stay on in Downing Street despite sitting prime minister to appear before
failing to win an overall parliamentary any investigating agency, when he
majority appears before the joint investigation
9. Japan’s parliament passed a law on Friday team (JIT), constituted to probe money-
that clears the way for its ageing Emperor laundering allegations against his family
Akihito to step down in over 200 years 2. Pakistan not sending troops to Qatar
10. $86.4m ADB loan to finance Pehur canal 3. Late deposed Libyan dictator Moamer
extension in KP Gaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam 'set free' in Libya
4. Pakistani, Indian scientists work together in
June 11, 2017 cancer research

 Two scientists from these neighbouring
countries (Prof Karim Essani and Dr
1. Three Chinese naval ships, arrived in Karachi on Yogesh Suryavnashi) are working
10 June 2017 for a good-will and training visit together at a US university against
2. Nawaz meets Ghani, reiterates commitment to cancer.
fighting terrorism
5. French President Emmanuel Macron`s party
3. Indian plan to develop Chabahar port faces US
topped the first round of voting in
headwinds
4. First death sentence handed to man for
parliamentary elections
blasphemy on social media 6. Iran has sent five planes of food to Qatar
5. President National Bank of Pakistan (NBP): 7. England clinch U20 FIFA World Cup Title
Saeed Ahmed

8. Pakistan, Afghanistan to cooperate in HIV 7. US Supreme Court invalidates gender

prevention inequality in citizenship law
9. Waseem becomes world No1 Boxer 8. Qatar asks UN body to resolve Gulf airspace
 Pakistan’s professional boxer and two- row
time silver flyweight world champion 9. Qatar Foreign Minister: Sheikh Mohammed
Muhammad Waseem has become the bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani
World’s top ranked boxer as per 10. UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner
rankings released by the World Boxing for Refugees
Council (WBC) for the month of June.
10. 47.8billion rupees is the amount the HEC June 14, 2017
has spent on PhD scholars since 2003
June 13, 2017 1. LHC dismisses plea against CSS job quota
2. Pakistan pushes for UNSC reform on
democratic principles
1. Iran's Khamenei blames US for creation of  UNSC: United Nations Security Council
ISIS 3. PIA confirms financial irregularity of Rs5.45
2. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 12 June, crore
2017 launched a `mediation effort` to 4. The National Assembly on June 13, 2017
resolve the rift between Qatar and other approved the Budget for the financial year
Gulf states 2017-18
 PM Sharif arrived in Jeddah for a one-  The budget, with total outlay of Rs 4.75
day trip, met King Salman bin Abdul Aziz trillion for the next year, was presented
 Prime Minister is accompanied by by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar
Finance Minister, Adviser to the PM on  The finance bill will be effective from
Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz and Chief of July 1 after the signatures of President
the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Mamnoon Hussian
Bajwa 5. Rs25b allocated for southern Punjab water
3. Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by three wickets to supply schemes
book their place in the semis  Rs15 billion earmarked for solid waste
4. Italians reject populist Five Star party in management initiative
local polls 6. US drone kills Haqqani commander in
5. ISIS calls for attacks in West, Russia, Middle Orakzai
East, Asia during Ramazan 7. Qatar Crisis
6. Pakistan to get $600m ADB loans to bolster  Putin discusses Qatar crisis with Abu
FX reserves Dhabi's crown prince
 ADB: Asian Development Bank

 UAE says 'no military component' to  Pakistan 215 for 2 (Azhar 76, Fakhar 57)
actions against Qatar beat England 211 (Root 46, Bairstow 43,
 KSA-Qatar row will end soon, hopes PM Hasan 3-35, Junaid 2-42) by eight
Nawaz Sharif wickets
 American ambassador to Qatar quits 5. ICC calls for 'immediate arrest' of Gadhafi's
amid Gulf crisis son
 Erdogan decries isolation of Qatar as 6. Trump under investigation for possible
'unIslamic' obstruction of justice
8. Turkish army kills 20 Kurdish militants in 7. Qatar signs $12 billion deal to buy F-15 jets
Iraq from U.S
9. Panama cuts ties with Taiwan, switches to  The deal was completed despite the
China Gulf country being criticized recently by
10. China willing to be mediator between U.S. President Donald Trump for
Pakistan-Afghanistan supporting terrorism
8. Thar Coal Block II power project costs
June 15, 2017 $2billion

 According to Sindh Engro Coal Mining
Company, 660 megawatt coal power
1. PM Nawaz Sharif to be questioned by JIT project in Tharparker will be completed
today before the given time
 The first sitting prime minister to be 9. Leo Varadkar elected as Ireland's first gay
directly questioned by investigators prime minister
2. Prime Minister announces package for film 10. Turkey foreign minister heads to Doha as
industry revival UN àlarmed` by Gulf crisis
June 16, 2017

3. Russian helicopter for Balochistan to arrive
next week
 Russianmade helicopter purchased by
the Balochistan government in January
will be handed over to the provincial 1. Nawaz Sharif has become the first sitting
authorities next week Prime Minister to appear before an
 The Balochistan government concluded investigative team comprising civilian and
a contract with Russian Helicopters for military bureaucrats as mandated by the
a Mi-171 civil helicopter which costs Supreme Court.
$15.2 million. 2. Balochistan government on June 15, 2017
4. Champions Trophy 2017: Pakistan shock unveiled the budget for fiscal year 2017-18
England to reach final with a total outlay of Rs328 billion

3. Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) 2. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif will
th
Government on 15 June, 2017 unveiled a appear before the joint investigation team
Rs94.41 billion budget for 2017-18, with a (JIT) today (June, 17 2017)
record deficit of Rs13bn 3. ADB and AFD have approved loans worth
 AJK Finance Minister: Finance Minister over $400 million to help Pakistan improve
Dr Najeeb Nagi reliability and sustainability of the energy
4. US will not repeat past mistakes in sector
Afghanistan: US Defence Secretary James  ADB: Asian Development Bank
Mattis  AFD: Agence française de
5. Minister for Planning and Development développement (French Development
Ahsan Iqbal Agency)
6. Pakistan FO welcomes Putin’s offer to ease 4. Germany to open its first liberal mosque in
Pak-India tension Berlin
7. ECP release Parliamentarian’s assets details 5. Russian military says 'may have' killed Al-
8. One in five children in developed world in Baghdadi
relative poverty: UN 6. ICJ rejects India's request to delay Jadhav's
9. ICC Champions Trophy: India have secured case proceedings
place in the final against Pakistan after  The International Court of Justice (ICJ)
defeating Bangladesh has rejected India's request for six-
 India chased the target with ease, month time to submit response in
making 265 runs in 40.1 overs with nine Jadhav's case and has issued order to
wickets in hand submit it by September 13 instead
10. China launches its first X-ray space 7. US restricts travel, trade with Cuba
telescope 8. Trump confirms he is under investigation
 A Long March-4B rocket carried the 2.5- over Comey sacking
tonne telescope into orbit from the 9. About 4,000 more US troops to go to
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Afghanistan
northwest China's Gobi Desert  US Defense Secretary: Jim Mattis
10. Germany`s longest serving post-war leader,
June 17, 2017 Helmut Kohl, the father of German

reunification, died on June, 16 2017 at the
age of 87
1. 10 INGOs registration requests rejected
under a new procedure adopted by the
Interior Ministry June 18, 2017
 INGO: International Non-Government
Organisation 1. Saudi Arabia says it does not need Turkish
military base

 Saudi Arabia said on June 17, 2017 a Turkish Hasan Ali (Pakistan), Golden Bat:
military base similar to that built in Shikhar Dhawan (India)
neighbouring Qatar would not be welcome 2. Iranian border security forces fired several
in the kingdom, insisting it is “not needed”. mortar shells into Pakistani territory
2. An industrial state to be established at North
3. Senate panel takes up Army`s plan to shift
Waziristan Agency which will be connected with
GHQ to Islamabad
Afghanistan and central Asia
 The project may become a part of the CPEC
 The army had announced in October
in future 2008 that it had halted construction of
3. Canada defeats Pakistan by 6-0 in World Hockey the new GHQ in Islamabad
League 4. Bahrain àsks Qatari troops to leave`
4. Pop superstar Katy Perry has made history by 5. North Korea has accused the United States
becoming the first user to garner 100 million authorities of `literally mugging` its
followers on Twitter diplomats at New York`s JFK airport
5. Shahbaz Sharif appears before Panama JIT 6. French President Emmanuel Macron`s
 On June 15th, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
centrist party won a massive majority in
appeared before the joint investigation
parliamentary elections on June 18, 2017
team (JIT) probing his family’s offshore
business dealings
7. Pakistan lost to India by 1-7 in group match
6. US Navy destroyer collides with merchant vessel of the World Hockey League (WHL) in
off Japan London
7. Foreign Minister of Turkey: Mevlut Cavusoglu 8. Two Pakistani officials based in Jalalabad
8. Chief of the Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal Sohail have been missing since 16 June 2017
Aman 9. Britain's Finance Minister: Philip Hammond
9. Kazakhstan plans to ban headscarves, burqa 10. Advisor to The PM on Foreign Affairs: Sartaj
worn by Muslim women Aziz
10. 477MW wind electricity added to national grid
June 20, 2017

in Sindh
June 19, 2017 1. 10 hurt as van rams into Muslims near

London mosque
1. Pakistan won the ICC Champions Trophy
 France and Germany quickly
with a stunning victory over India at The
condemned the attack and Egypt`s Al-
Oval on June 18, 2017
Azhar University condemned it as
 Pakistan 338 for 4 (Zaman 114, Azhar
`sinful` and urged western countries to
59, Hafeez 57*) beat India 158 (Pandya
take steps against Islamophobia
76, Amir 3-16, Hasan 3-19) by 180 runs
2. The Punjab government has established
 Award winners: Golden ball: Hasan Ali
Punjab Women Protection Authority
(Pakistan), Player of the Tournament:

(PWPA) and notified 16-member board,  Iran, in recent months, has expressed
headed by the chief minister as its chairman concern over militants operating along
 The authority has been established the Pakistani border. Iran’s army chief
under Section 3 of the Punjab Women recently warned that the country was
Protection Authority Act 2017 willing to strike militants inside Pakistan
3. CSB reconsidering promotions of 1,200 2. Pakistan should account for execution of
bureaucrats Iranian Border Guard: Iranian Interior
 CSB: Central Selection Board Minister
4. Pakistan movement worker Col Amjad  Iranian Interior Minister: Abdolreza
passes away Rahmani Fazli
 The distinguished army officer was 3. Army chief awarded Turkish Legion of Merit
decorated with a gold medal for his role  COAS was awarded the Legion of Merit
in the Pakistan Movement in a simple and graceful ceremony in
5. New Delhi on high alert after intelligence recognition of his services for
warning of terror attack promotion of Pakistan-Turkey defence
6. OIC asks Delhi to end brutalities in held ties.
Kashmir 4. PM Nawaz Sharif announced Rs10 million
7. OIC: Organization of Islamic Cooperation each for players after Pakistan’s historic
8. The French company Lockheed Martin victory against India in the ICC Champions
agrees to build F-16 fighter jets in India for Trophy Final
IAF 5. Airstrikes in Syria suspended by Australia
9. Afghanistan-India Air Corridor opens with after US shoots down Syrian jet
first cargo flight  Australia suspended its airstrikes
10. PSL's Zalmis, Qalandars go global! against Islamic State group targets in
 Champions of the second edition of Syria as a precaution, after a U.S. fighter
Pakistan Super League (PSL), Peshawar jet shot down a Syrian warplane earlier
Zalmi got associated with South African this week and Russia warned the U.S.-
city Benoni while Lahore Qalandars led coalition from flying over Syrian
acquired Durban city for the T20 Global army positions west of the Euphrates
League River
6. Second largest refugee population hosted
June 21, 2017 by Pakistan according to UN

 Turkey ranks first, with 1,587,374
refugees. Pakistan comes second with a
1. Pakistan shoots down Iranian drone near total refugee population of 1,505,525
border followed by Lebanon which hosts
1,154,040 refugees.

7. Christians can file for divorce without 8. China may block India's move on JeM chief in
adultery allegation: Lahore High Court UN once again
8. In Southeast Asia, Filipinos are the most 9. Chinese foreign minister to visit Pakistan,
active netizens Afghanistan
10. Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, Abdul
9. UN reports substantial increase in Israeli
Basit
settlements
June 23, 2017

10. US likely to toughen its policy on Pakistan
June 22, 2017 1. Convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav

petitions army chief for mercy
1. Pakistan, France sign €100m agreement for
2. Saudi envoy denies Pakistani mediation in
sustainable reforms in energy sector
 The Asian Development Bank has also
Gulf row
approved 300 million dollars in co-financing  The envoy separately noted that Kuwait
of the programme. and Sudan were making reconciliation
2. China's dog meat festival opens despite ban efforts
rumours 3. 23 NGOs barred from operating in Pakistan
3. Russia-US meeting canceled over sanctions  Interior Ministry gives clean chit to
 Russia’s deputy foreign minister says he has another three aid groups
cancelled upcoming talks with the US
 FIA develops info sharing system to
undersecretary of state over a new round of
catch human traffickers
US sanctions against Russia.
4. Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa met
4. US reassures Turkey over arms provided to
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian Kurds
thanked him for “perennial support to Pakistan” 5. Turkey sends first cargo ship with aid for
5. US, China meet on North Korea after Trump Qatar
points to failed Chinese effort 6. Afghanistan, Ireland given full test status
 Top diplomats and defense chiefs from the  As new full members of the ICC, Ireland
United States and China began a day of and Afghanistan will take the total of
talks in Washington on Wednesday looking countries playing tests to 12
for ways to press North Korea to give up its
7. 20,000 schools in Punjab to be installed
nuclear and missile programs
with solar panels
6. Pakistan, Iran to sign free trade pact: Dastgir
8. ‘Safe havens’ are inside Afghanistan, not
 Pakistan Commerce Minister: Khurram
Dastgir outside: Pakistan tells UNSC
7. Israel would use all its strength against Lebanon 9. South Korea president calls on China's Xi to
in case of war: Air Force Chief do more on North Korea nuclear program
 Chief of the Israeli Air Force: Major-General 10. Trump, new Saudi crown prince share
Amir Eshel hardline views on Iran but risks abound

9. ICC introduces major changes in DRS, run

out rules
June 24, 2017 10. China`s top diplomat holds talks with Trump
on N. Korea
1. Saudi security forces foiled a terror attack in

the holy city of Makkah after raiding a June 25, 2017
house 200-meters from the Grand Mosque
 5 people have been arrested in connection 1. China begins push for Pak-Afghan détente
to a foiled terror plot to kill worshippers at  Chinese Foreign:Minister Wang Yi
Makkah’s Grand Mosque 2. It is time now for the other stakeholders
particularly Afghanistan to `Do More`: COAS
2. Transgender passports to show gender as
3. Act amended: prosecutors can propose penalty
'X'
 The Punjab government has funher
 The Pakistani passport has a gender
amended the Punjab Criminal Prosecution
category where the option so far had Service Act 2006 through an ordinance,
been either as ‘female’ or ‘male’, with requiring for the first time judges to give
this development another option has due consideration to the advice of
been added that is ‘X’ identify the prosecutors regarding charging, and
gender of the transgender community authorising the latter to seek appropriate
as a separate category. sentences.
 Farzana Jan a Transgender is amongst 4. The Trump administration has authorised the
sale of unarmed surveillance drones to India but
first ones to carry this “X” transgender
the White House says the deal does not
identity on her passport
threaten Pakistan`s security
3. Indian town renames itself "Trump Village" 5. Peshawar High Court Chief Justice: Yahya
ahead of Modi US visit Afridi
4. UAE warns Qatar to accept demands or face 6. China and the United States agreed that efforts
'divorce' to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula should be
5. Federal govt approves 12 mega projects for `complete, verifiable and irreversible`
Gilgit-Baltistan 7. Israel launches air raid on Syria in return for fire
6. Two US lawmakers have introduced a 8. Qatar says Saudi-led ultimatum unreasonable
bipartisan bill in Congress, seeking to 9. The United States may soon stop tagging
Pakistan with Afghanistan, as the State
revoke Pakistan`s status as a major non-
Department moves closer to shutting down the
Nato ally (MNNA)
office that linked the two neighbouring
7. Taliban chief terms US occupation main countries
hurdle in path to peace 10. International Council of Cricket (ICC) has
8. US set to approve India`s purchase of decided to conduct three T20 matches in
drones before Modi visit Pakistan.

 It was decided in important meeting of ICC

that T20s between Pakistan Eleven and
World Eleven will be played in Lahore.
June 26, 2017 June 27, 2017

1. An oil tanker crashed on a road near 1. Supreme Court revives Trump travel ban order
Bahawalpur on June 25, 2016 and more that 153 The Supreme Court handed a victory to
people, many of whom had rushed to collect President by allowing his temporary bans on
leaking fuel, were killed when it exploded. travelers from six Muslim-majority countries.
2. Pakistan and Afghanistan inched towards peace 2. A Brazilian court sentenced former finance
on Sunday as China intervened to end the minister Antonio Palocci to 12 years in prison for
tension between the two Muslim-majority corruption and money laundering.
countries 3. Johan Gustafsson, a Swedish citizen held
hostage by al Qaeda militants for nearly six
3. Arab demands on Qatar unlawful: Turk
years has been released,
President Tayyip Erdogan
4. Two China-funded nuclear plants to be
 Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates,
operational next year
Egypt and Bahrain imposed a boycott on
 The work on two Karachi nuclear power
June 5 on Qatar and issued 13 demands
projects with a cumulative capacity of 2,200
including closing Al Jazeera television,
megawatts is underway
curbing relations with Iran, shutting the
5. Feliciano Lopez won the Queen's Club title in
Turkish base and paying reparations.
dramatic fashion as the Spaniard saved a match
 Doha said it was reviewing the list, but said
point before defeating Marin Cilic 4-6, 7-6 (7/2),
it was not reasonable or actionable.
7-6 (10/8)
4. Pakistan beat China, virtually book berth in 2018
6. China, Canada vow not to conduct cyber attacks
Hockey World Cup
on private sector
5. Pakistan deploys 15,000-strong force for
7. Nadra contracts awarded at ‘inflated cost’
Chinese security
 NADRA: National Database and Registration
6. India's Kidambi Srikanth claimed a first victory
Authority
over Olympic and two-time world champion
8. Sher Shah Suri died on: 22 May, 1545
Chen Long to win the Australian Open
9. Shah Jahan died in: 1666
Superseries final in Sydney on June 25, 2017.
10. Shahi Road is an old name of: G.T. Road
7. The Senator of PML-N Agha Shahbaz Durani died
of cardiac arrest.
8. Modi heads to Washington for 'no frills' Trump
meet
June 28, 2017
9. Pakistan congratulates Russia on appointment
to new UN counter terrorism office 1. First woman leads UK Changing of the Guard
10. Hit and run: MPA arrested for crushing traffic ceremony
sergeant to death

 Megan Couto, a Canadian soldier made feudal monarchy to a federal

history on June 26, 2017 by becoming the democracy
first woman to lead the Changing of the 2. Trump administration approves drone sale
Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace in to India
London
3. India bars Sikh pilgrims from entering
2. US President Trump and Indian PM Narendra
Pakistan
Modi on June 26, 2017 called on Pakistan to
4. Muslim man beaten, house set on fire by
ensure that its territory is not used to launch
terrorist attacks on other countrie. mob in India over dead cow
3. China blames Indian troops of border incursion 5. Saudi Arabia sticks to its demands amid
4. Health management info system being initiated intense diplomatic efforts
in all Sindh hospitals 6. India's largest container port hit by global
5. Panama Leaks case: JIT summons Maryam cyber attack
Nawaz  Operations at one of three terminals at
 The Supreme Court-appointed JIT has also India's largest container port JNPT, on
asked the prime minister's sons ─ Hussain
the outskirts of India's commercial hub
and Hassan Nawaz ─ to appear before it for
of Mumbai, have been disrupted by the
further questioning on July 4 and July 3,
global ransomware attack
respectively.
6. US says Assad may be preparing chemical 7. CJP takes suo motto notice of Majeed
attack, warns ´heavy price´ Achakzai hit-and-run case
7. Russia brands US warning to Syria over chemical 8. Saudi, Qatar ministers spar over Arab
weapons 'unacceptable' nations' demands
8. Ransomware virus hits computer servers across 9. Iran accuses US of ‘brazen’ plan to change
Europe its government
9. Two billion users now active on Facebook 10. FIFA finds no cause to block Russia, Qatar
10. On June 26, 2017 Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter
World Cups
and YouTube announced the launch of an anti-
 A much-awaited FIFA report on the race
terror partnership aimed at thwarting the
spread of extremist content online.
to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups
makes no suggestion that Russia or
June 29, 2017

Qatar should lose the right to stage the
tournaments, despite detailing
numerous attempts to influence voting
1. Nepal holds landmark polls in troubled officials.
south
 Millions of Nepalis voted on June 28, June 30, 2017
2017 in the country`s first local
elections for two decades, a key step in
its post-war transformation from a 1. NAB`s first chief appears before JIT

 Retired Lt Gen Mohammad Amjad, who

was appointed first chairman of NAB
between 1999 and 2000 by former
president retired Gen Pervez
Musharraf, appeared before the JIT.
2. China rejects report building base in
Gwadar
3. Pakistan asks India to respect 2003
ceasefire accord
4. Justice Asif Saeed Khosa takes oath as
acting Chief Justice of Pakistan
5. Pakistan urges NSG to ensure equal
treatment
6. NSG: Nuclear Suppliers Group
7. Iraq declares end of caliphate after capture
of Mosul mosque
8. Oxford English Dictionary has a new last
word
 Oxford English Dictionary ended with
“zythum,” which referred to an ancient
Egyptian malt beer.
 It’s a noun, pronounced “zih-zih-vah”
and defined as “a genus of tropical
weevils native to South America and
typically found on or near palm trees.”
9. Trump launches personal attack on 'crazy,
low IQ' female journalist
10. Qatar working with US, Kuwaitis on
response to Gulf demands

CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQS | JULY 2017
ISIS terrorist group has lost five senior leaders in
July 1, 2017 an airstrike in northern province of Afghanistan

5. India contributes $500,000 to UN peace building
fund
1. Pakistan still on radar of terror financing  India has been a member of the
watchdog Peacebuilding Commission since its
2. US-India ties not a threat to Pakistan: PM inception in December 2005
3. Allegations of data tampering: FIA to conduct 6. Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by
forensic analysis of SECP record 2030
 SECP: Securities and Exchange Commission 7. Indian minister claims Champions Trophy final
of Pakistan was fixed
 Current Chairman SECP: Zafar Hijazi 8. Germany down Spain in U21 Euro final
4. Islamic calligrapher and one of Pakistan’s most  It is Germany’s second title in the age group
prolific artists Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi has following their triumph in 2009
been honoured by Google on his 87th birthday 9. NIH: The National Institute of Health
with a doodle 10. Record fine against Google to benefit EU citizens
 Sadequain was born in June 30, 1923 in  The record 2.4-billion-euro fine slapped on
British India and died on 10 February 1987 Google by the EU
in Karachi at the age of 64
5. 4G licence formally handed over to Jazz Pakistan
6. ECP raises enrolled voters number to 97.02m July 3, 2017
 ECP: Election Commission of Pakistan
7. Registration of illegal Afghans to begin on July 1. McCain urges India, Pakistan to hold talks on
15 Kashmir issue
8. Israeli plane targets Syrian army in latest Golan
 John Sidney McCain III (born August 29,
exchange 1936) is an American politician who
9. Austria's SC upholds purchase of Hitler's home currently serves as the senior United States
10. China-US ties sour over North Korea, Taiwan Senator from Arizona. He was the
Republican nominee for the 2008 U.S.
July 2, 2017 2.
presidential election.
The 2nd unit of the total 1,320-MW coal-fired
Sahiwal power plant will be opened jointly by
1. UN Secretary General strikes upbeat note as Chinese and Pakistani officials today (July 3,
Cyprus talks continue 2017)
 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres 3. Pakistan’s M Sajjad crowned champion of the
2. Muslim leader urges Indonesians to boycott ACBS 6 Red Snooker Championship 2017, after
Starbucks over LGBT stand hammering Hong Kong’s Lee Chun Wai 7-0 in
 LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and the final played at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on July 2,
transgender 2017
3. Veteran journalist Sharif Farooq passes away 4. Pakistan again rejects consular access to Jadhav
4.

5. US says Pakistan making efforts to eliminate 6. Pakistan to lead Asia in adopting 5G internet
human trafficking technology
6. IDA`s $135m to help improve weather forecast 7. Tariq Pasha made FBR chairman
system  The post had fallen vacant after the
 IDA: International Development Association retirement of Dr Irshad on June 30
7. French, West African presidents launch Sahel  According to the notification, “Tariq
force Mehmood Pasha, a BS-22 officer of Inland
8. US warship in operation near disputed island in Revenue Service (IRS), presently posted as
S. China Sea Secretary, Economic Affairs Division is
9. Israeli ex-PM Olmert freed from prison on transferred and posted as chairman
parole FBR/Secretary, Revenue Division, with
 The 71-year-old, premier between 2006 and immediate effect and until further orders”.
2009, was convicted of graft and entered 8. S. Arabia, allies give Qatar two more days to
prison in February 2016 accept demands
10. President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on the 9. Syrian military declares temporary cease-fire
Syrian currency for the first time ahead of talks
 His portrait printed on a new 2,000-pound 10. Narendra Modi becomes the first Indian prime
banknote that went into circulation on July minister to visit Israel when he arrives on July 3rd
2, 2017 (Sunday) 2017
July 4, 2017 July 5, 2017

1. Sindh Assembly repeals NAB law amid 1. Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa
opposition protest seeks accountability of public office-holders
 The National Accountability Ordinance 1999 2. McCain calls for support of Pakistan to eliminate
Sindh Repeal Bill, 2017 was tabled by Law militancy in Afghanistan
Minister Ziaul Hasan Lanjar and Sindh  Afghanistan agrees to join Pakistan in anti-
Advocate General Barrister Zamir Ghumro. terror operations
2. Punjab gets 15 days for posting permanent IGP 3. A parliamentary committee on Tuesday
3. China says India violates 1890 agreement in amended and approved two bills to protect the
border stand-off rights of 13,000 children begging in the streets
4. Two PAF officers made air marshals of the capital and engaged in child labour
 The government has promoted Air Vice 4. Qatar raises gas capacity amid Gulf dispute
Marshal Shahid Akhtar Alvi and Air Vice 5. Philippine top court upholds martial law in south
Marshal Ahmer Shehzad to the rank of air 6. Canada is set to apologize and award millions of
marshal, and Air Commodore Abrar Ahmed, dollars of compensation to a former
Air Commodore Irfan Zaka, Air Commodore Guantanamo detainee who was captured in
Irfan Ahmad and Air Commodore Asad Afghanistan at the age of 15 and detained for 13
Ikram to the rank of air vice marshal. years
5. ECP to test biometric machines in by-polls 7. North Korea tests first intercontinental missile

8. Sri Lanka ends 27-year occupation of Tamil port have returned from abroad after
9. Catalonia to declare immediate independence if completing their doctorates
`yes` wins referendum 3. Foreign firm to make customised number plates
10. Prime Minister Sharif hosted grand reception in for vehicles in Punjab
honour of Champions Trophy winning Pakistan  Each V-Plate is to follow certain
cricket team specifications for size that includes 520mm
X 114mm, 372mm X 133mm. The existing
July 6, 2017 number plate size for Punjab is 302mm X

152mm. The size for the two-wheelers is
(front) 202mm X 65mm and (rear) 152mm X
1. Pakistan and Tajikistan agreed on July 5, 2017 to 130mm. Rickshaws willget 202mm X
explore new avenues of cooperation by 152mm plates.
increasing collaboration in economy, defence 4. Parliamentary panel declares Sindh PA bill
and security, agriculture and education ùnconstitutional`
 Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is in the  The committee urged the Sindh
Tajik capital on a two-day official visit, with government to withdraw the bill and review
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon signed the it. The bill has blocked purview and powers
joint declaration aimed at enhancing of NAB in Sindh.
connectivity between the two countries and  under Articles 142 and 143 of the
in the region at large. Constitution, the bill passed by the Sindh
 The two leaders witnessed signing of a government could not be implemented
memorandum of understanding (MoU) on  The bill titled the `National Accountability
trade cooperation between Commerce Ordinance 1999 Sindh Repeal Bill-2017`,
Minister Ghulam Dastgir Khan and Tajik which barred NAB functions in Sindh, had
Minister of Economy Naimat Ullah already been approved by the provincial
Hikmatullah Zada. cabinet at a meeting held on June 30. The
 Another MoU on cooperation between the bill would bar the anti-corruption watchdog
University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, from investigating corruption cases in
and the Agriculture University, Dushanbe, departments working under the Sindh
was signed by the latter`s rector Naimat government.
Ullah Faizullah and Adviser to the PM on 5. Pak Rupee falls sharply against dollar
Foreign Af f airs Sartaj Aziz  The dollar had risen to Rs108.50 before
 As agreed in 2014, the PM said, the two settling at Rs108.25 by close.
countries needed to take measures to boost  This is the largest single drop in the
bilateral trade to $500 million over the next currency in 9 years.
three years. 6. Qatar boycott to continue, no new sanctions
2. HEC grants 31 projects to PhD scholars 7. Transfer, posting orders of 19 PAAS officers
 Chairman HEC: Dr Mukhtar Ahmed issued
 on July 5, 2017 The Higher Education 8. Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf to lead Pakistani
Commission (HEC) awarded 31 projects to team in Jadhav case, world court told
PhD scholars under Technology Fund, who

9. Israel, India look past defence to broaden Badminton Championship in Kathmandu beating
commercial ties Indian pair.
10. 6th MOX nuclear shipment leaves France for 9. Spacecraft unveiled for Europe's first mission to
Japan Mercury
10. Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has established an
Aviation City at Aeronautical Complex which
was inaugurated on July 6, 2017
July 7, 2017
July 8, 2017
1. India using chemical munitions in Kashmir
 If use of chemicals in the ammunition is 1. Qatari Prince Prince Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim
confirmed, then it would constitute a asks JIT to quiz him at Qatar palace
serious violation of international norms and 2. The Facebook management has assured
India`s international obligations under Pakistan that it will remove fake accounts and
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) explicit, hateful and provocative material that
2. Pakistan on Thursday condemned targeting of incites violence and terrorism
civilians in Azerbaijan by the Armenian forces 3. Major diplomatic success | Pakistan on July 6,
3. Palestinians, Israelis square off on Unesco vote 2017 got Jamaat-ulAhrar (JuA) listed as a
on Hebron terrorist group by a United Nations committee.
4. European Union parliament calls for suspending  The Pakistani move was co-sponsored by
Turkey accession talks the US, France, the United Kingdom and
5. Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on China and supported by Russia, which was
July 6, 2017 approved 17 development projects an extraordinary line-up
worth Rs 178.3 billion  As an implication, the UN action
 The CDWP approved projects in transport & acknowledges that Pakistan is a victim of
communications, energy, water resources, cross-border terrorism
information technology, higher education, 4. Federal Government Appoints Tariq Bajwa As
physical planning & housing, health and The New Governor Of State Bank Of Pakistan
governance sectors 5. Founding Women`s Action Forum (WAF)
6. ICC declines to refer SA to UN for not arresting member and famous artist Prof Lala Rukh, and a
Bashir popular teacher of Fine Arts students, passed
 South Africa violated its obligations to the away in Lahore on July 7, 2017. She was 69
International Criminal Court by failing to 6. The Punjab government has hired team of
arrest Sudan’s President Hassan al-Bashir Turkish experts to train traffic police in Lahore
when he visited in 2015  TEPA: Traffic Engineering and Transport
7. Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWF) has re- Planning Agency
elected Mian Aamir Mahmood as the chairman  Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore:
for the next four-year term (2017-2021) Amin Wains
8. Pakistan badminton duo Irfan Saeed and Azeem 7. First in Peshawar: Woman SHO assumes charge
Sarwar won the Nepal Annapurna International

July 10, 2017
 For the first time in its history, the
Peshawar city police on July 7, 2017
appointed a woman police officer (Rizwana
Hameed) as the SHO of a police station (PS)
1. JIT submits Panama probe report to SC today
 SHO: Station House Officer
 JIT: Joint Investigation Team
8. Trump, Putin hold first meeting at protest-
2. Pakistan on July 9, 2017 lodged the second
marred G20 summit
protest in two days over casualties along the
9. Civil servants of all groups asked to submit
Line of Control (LOC) in Kashmir due to ceasefire
assets details by Aug 15
violations by Indian forces
10. Pakistan re-elected vice chair of UNEP CPR
3. Afghan students to get special cards for Pakistan
Bureau
entry
 The Permanent Representative (PR) of
4. Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed elected ICAPP
Pakistan to the United Nations Environment
vice chairman
Programme Raza Bashir Tarar, was
 ICAPP: International Conference of Asian
unanimously re-elected as Vice Chair of the
Political Parties
CPR Bureau from the Asia Pacific Group for
 ICAPP represents over 300 political parties
the period 2017-2019.
from 52 Asian countries
 ICAPP Launched in Manila in September
July 09, 2017 2000
 Chairman of ICAPP: former speaker of the
Philippines Jose de Venecia
1. Veteran Journalist Asif Ali Pota passes away on
5. By-election 2017 (Gilgit-Baltistan / Karachi)
July 8, 2017 night
 Gilgit-Baltistan: PPP candidate Javed
2. World Bank on July 8, 2017 launched the loan
Hussain won the election for the GBLA-5
programme for women entrepreneurs
constituency Nagar by securing 6,888
3. UN, Jordan and Israel welcome Sout Syria Truce
 Karachi: PPP`s Saeed Ghani wins PS-114 by-
4. Iranian border forces have fired 3 rockets on
election. He secured 23,840 votes against
July 8, 2017 into Panjgoor, Balochistan
his closest rival Kamran Tessori of MQM
5. Sindh Inspector-General (IG): Allah Dino
pakistan
Khawaja
6. Nepalese Ambassador to Pakistan: Sewa Lamsal
6. UNESC endroses Punjab govt's stance voer
Adhikari
passing of Orange Metro near heritage buildings
7. Indonesian Ambassador to Pakistan: Iwan
7. Kanya's interior minister: Retired General
Suyudie Amri
Jospeh Nkaissery has died in hospital
8. N. Korea warns of nuclear `tipping point` over
8. US plans to test THAAD missile defence as N
US-South drill
Korea tension mout
9. US urges Russia to 'de-escalate' Ukraine conflict
9. Eight popular International footballers including
10. Russian internet pioneer Anton Nosik has died
Brazilian legend Ronaldinho along with other
at 51
international players landed at Benazir Bhutto
 Nosik in 1999 was one of the founders of
International Airport on July 8, 2017
Russia’s first Internet news publication,
10. US Vice-President: Mike Pence

called Gazeta.ru, and went on to launch 12. Mahira wins Intl Recognition Award at 8th
other hugely popular news sites including Beirut International Awards Festival
Lenta.ru and Newsru.com, working as a 13. No girls allowed: Japan's men-only island gets
start-up manager and editor, and later UNESCO nod
becoming one of the country’s most-read 14. Four Saudis sentenced to death in Yemen for
bloggers. 2014 beheadings
July 11, 2017 July 12, 2017

1. Panama Leaks: JIT submits final report to SC, JIT 1. ISIS chief Baghdadi killed: Syrian Observatory
report carries seeds of upheaval 2. PML-N to challenge JIT report in SC
 Maintains that PM's family has assets 3. Amendments to Punjab police recruitment,
beyond known sources of income | retirement rules approved
Recommends NAB reference against PM,  Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP)
his children | Says Sharif-owned enterprises Usman Khatak on July 11, 2017 approved
mostly 'loss-making', don't justify family's amendments
wealth | Qatri letters declared a 'myth' |  The age of recruitment was fixed as 18 to
Unearths new offshore company chaired by 22 years while retirement age for constable
Sharif | Ministers reject JIT report as 'trash' is 50, head constable 52, assistant sub-
| SC hearings on JIT report from 17th inspector 54 and sub-inspector 65 years
2. CSB reviews 1,200 cases of promotion for civil 4. Naseem Akhtar wins IBSF U-18 Snooker
officers Championship in Beijing
 CSB: Central Selection Board 5. Top Europe court upholds ban on full-face veil in
3. Pakistan sets rules for banks wanting to be fully Belgium
sharia compliant 6. OIC contact group on Kashmir reiterates its
4. NATO agree to support Ukraine against support
insurgency by Pro-Russia separatists 7. Senate body unanimously okays Quran
5. India holds naval exercises with US, Japan Education Bill
6. 'True Blood' actor Nelsan Ellis dead at 39 8. Pakistan, Malaysia to enhance defence, security
7. Trump son admits meeting Russian for dirt on cooperation
Clinton  Chief of Malaysian Army: General Dato’ Sri
8. Cricket: Zimbabwe clinches historic 1st ODI Zulkiple Bin Haji Kassim
series win over Sri Lanka 9. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez
9. Arab states seek to step up pressure on Qatar Khattak approves establishment of Air
over 2013 accord University campus
10. U.S. military plane crashes in Mississippi, at least 10. US, Qatar sign agreement on combating terror
five reported dead financing
11. Pakistan nominated Khalid Mehboob for the 11. India`s SC suspends ban on trade in cattle for
chairperson of FAO slaughter
 FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation
2. Brazil ex-president da Silva sentenced to 10
years for corruption
July 13, 2017 3. India rejects China`s offer to mediate over

Kashmir
 Islamabad welcomes Beijing role for Pak-
1. CEC calls for early poll reform legislation India peace
 CEC (Chief Election Commissioner): Justice 4. Congress tightening screws on US aid to
(ret) Sardar Muhammad Raza Pakistan
2. Army chief calls for open debate on CPEC 5. China pushes Pakistan on special economic
3. Erdogan says lifting emergency rule currently zones (SEZs) along the CPEC route in the first
out of question phase
4. Ex-Brazilian president Lula found guilty of 6. Struck by liver cancer, Chinese dissident Liu
corruption Xiaobo dies
5. GCC crisis: Tillerson meets Saudi king, FM 7. US asks nations to provide more traveler data or
face sanctions
 US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has held
talks with Saudi’s King Salman before 8. Dubai launches women-only ambulances
meeting with his counterparts from the  Four women in pink remain on standby 12
kingdom and UAE, Bahrain and Egypt states hours a day, seven days a week
that have imposed a blockade on Qatar 9. Minister for Climate Change: Zahid Hamid
6. France to boost refugee aid, deport economic 10. President of Iran: Hassan Rowhani
migrants
7. China sends troops to Djibouti for running its
July 15, 2017

first overseas base
8. Pakistani junior squash player Uzair Rasheed
won third CMS Borneo Junior Squash Open
Championship in Malaysia on July 12, 2017
9. Ambassador of Iran in Pakistan: Mehdi 1. Governor refuses to sign Sindh`s anti-NAB bill
Honardoost  Current Sindh Governor: Mohammad Zubair
10. Sindh University opens its campus in Thar 2. Bills suggesting curbs on US assistance to
 The vice chancellor of Sindh University (SU) Pakistan okayed
Jamshoro on July 12, 2017 announced  The US House of Representatives passed on
setting up Thar campus of the varsity in July 14, 2017 a sweeping $696 billion
Sadiq Faqir Degree College in Mithi defence policy
3. Pakistan quietly helped Iraq in its fight against
the militant Islamic State (IS) group
4. Australia set to join U.N. Human Rights Council
July 14, 2017 5. Pakistan government has formally contacted

Indian government in connection with recovery
of Col (Retd) Habib
1. The Public Accounts Committee PAC clears  Indian government has taken stance in
Navy`s luxury vehicles worth $1.5m reply that no Indian national is behind
kidnapping of Col (Retd) Habib. The phone 6. Tony Blair says EU is 'willing to consider
numbers given by government of Pakistan changes' to avoid Brexit
are fake 7. Paris wants to assist Kuwait-led mediation on
6. The ground-breaking ceremony of 21st Air the crisis between Qatar and four other Arab
Defence Battalion Unit was held at Ormara on states
July 15, 2017 8. Religious leaders from around the world came
7. Turkey has refused German lawmakers together at the United nations on July 15, 2017
permission to visit soldiers serving at an air base to launch a new action plan aimed at preventing
near the city of Konya future genocide
8. Ankara, Doha insist Turkish base will stay in 9. The Official Logo of the 70 years of
Qatar independence celebrations was launched on
9. Pakistan umpire Haider Rasool has become the July 15, 2017
first Pakistani who was honoured by the 10. US House passes bill on $621.5bn defence
International Hockey Federation (FIH) with cooperation with India
Golden Whistle for supervising 100 senior
international hockey matches
10. Chief Justice Lahore High Court: Mansoor Ali
Shah
July 16, 2017 July 17, 2017

1. Pakistan Army has been launched Operation
1. The Indian intelligence is operating from
Khyber-IV in Rajgal Valley to `forestall entry` of
Afghanistan to stoke unrest and instability in the
the militant Islamic State (IS) group from across
country and sabotage the multi billion dollars
the border
China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): CJCSC
2. The Punjab government may revise `teacher
General Zubair Hayat
vice chancellor` criteria for appointing VCs at the
2. Facebook rejects Pakistan's demand to link
public universities across the province
accounts with cell numbers
3. Mir Mohammad Usman Badani of the Jamiat
3. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan on July 15, 2017 in ICC
Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) has won the NA-260
Women’s World Cup match piling on another
byelection by bagging 44,610 votes on July 16,
defeat in green shirts’ no-win tournament
2017
4. Punjab Provincial Minister for Human Rights and
4. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has
Minority Affairs: Khalil Tahir Sandhu
advised Pakistan to completely eliminate
5. International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that
inequitable subsidy on electricity tariff
the investments under China-Pakistan Economic
5. Iran`s judiciary on July 16, 2017 announced the
Corridor (CPEC) can help close Pakistan’s power
arrest of President Hassan Rouhani`s brother
deficit, significantly improve its fuel mix, and
Hossein Fereydoun on financial crime charges.
boost Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by adding
6. Roger Federer won a record eighth Wimbledon
$13 billion in 7 years
title and became the tournament's oldest
champion on July 16, 2017
 He is once again the champion of the grass- 10. Japan doctor who practiced until months before
court Grand Slam tournament, now more his death dies at 105
often than any other man in the history of
an event first held in 1877
7. UAE arranged for hacking of Qatar government
sites, sparking diplomatic row
8. Australia opens way for faster military response
July 19, 2017
to 'terrorist incidents'
9. Israel reopens sensitive holy site, but Muslims 1. LHC strikes down Pemra ban on airing of Indian
refuse to enter dramas
10. A Chinese American accused of "infiltration" in  Lahore High Court Chief Justice Syed
Iran has been sentenced to 10 years in prison Mansoor Ali Shah
2. Qatar wins Pakistan`s mediation support to
July 18, 2017 resolve Gulf crisis

 Qatar`s Foreign Minister: Sheikh
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
1. Pakistan Army issues stern warning to India over 3. Punjab Revenue Minister Mian Atta Muhammad
LoC attack Maneka has resigned from cabinet
 DGMO: Director General of Military 4. The Lahore High Court on July 18, 2017
Operation dismissed disqualification petition against
 Pakistani DGMO: Maj Gen Sahir Shamshad Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz
Mirza 5. The newly appointed Ombudsman of
Balochistan, Abdul Ghani Khilji, took the oath of
 Indian DGMO: Lt Gen A.K. Bhatt
his office here on July 18, 2017
2. Punjab`s acting inspector-general of police
retired Capt Usman Khattak made permanent IG 6. Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to make
3. Government approves 29 projects to promote ùnremitting` efforts towards promoting peace
higher education at a total cost of Rs22.272 in the Middle East following a meeting with
billion Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
4. South Korea proposed military talks with North 7. Russian-backed Ukraine rebels fighting against
Korea, the first since 2015 Kiev on July 18, 2017 announced a plan to
5. Qatar is 'undermining' GCC allies: UAE create a new `state`
8. US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran
 UAE state minister for foreign affairs: Anwar
Gargash  Move follows admission by Trump
administration that Iran is complying with
6. India likely to elect BJP-backed candidate as
nuclear accord
president
7. Muslims heed calls to avoid Al-Aqsa mosque 9. The Bank of England on July 17, 2017 unveiled a
new banknote featuring Jane Austen to coincide
8. Philippines President: Rodrigo Duterte
with the author`s death 200 years ago after a
9. Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 17, 2017
campaign to include more women on Britain`s
imposed a ban on bringing cell phone with
currency
camera facility in the ministry’s premises
10. Indonesia's anti-corruption agency has named  Tell Dar's counsel not to make new
the country's speaker of parliament as a suspect documents now'
in a major graft scandal  Hussain submits papers to establish flats
ownership
July 20, 2017 July 21, 2017

1. The Foreign Office has again rejected US
1. Pakistan Army rejects Kabul`s criticism of anti-IS
allegations of selectively targeting terrorists and
action
said its counterterrorism operations have been
2. The Punjab government has authorised deputy
indiscriminate
commissioners (DCs) to enforce on behalf of the
2. The Pakistan Army on July 20, 2017 killed 13
province the Maintenance of Public Order
suspected militants during Operation Khyber IV
Ordinance
in Rajgal
3. President Mamnoon Hussain has appointed
3. US, European police shut down `dark web`
Establishment Secretary Syed Tahir Shahbaz
markets
Federal Ombudsman (FO) on July 19, 2017
4. Kuwait expels Iranian diplomats over `terror`
4. Trump had undisclosed meeting with Putin at
cell
G20 Summit
5. US Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of
5. The United States on July 19, 2017
war and the maverick 2008 Republican
acknowledged that terrorism has reduced in
presidential nominee, has been diagnosed with
Pakistan in 2016 for the second straight year
brain cancer
6. EU threatens Poland with sanctions over
6. Germany vows economic steps against Turkey
changes in judiciary
as row escalates
7. French military chief quits after row with
7. The Trump administration has decided to halt
president
the CIA's covert programme to equip and train
8. The Pakistan Army has received more than 50
certain rebel groups fighting the government of
new Fido X3 explosives detectors from the US
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Embassy’s Office of the Defense Representative
8. Israel faces mounting Palestinian anger over
– Pakistan holy site metal detectors
9. Sri Lanka`s sports minister gave his support for
9. India elected Ram Nath Kovind as new president
an investigation into the country`s controversial
from the bottom of the Hindu caste system
2011 World Cup loss against India, amid fresh
 only the second time since independence a
allegations of match-fixing
head of state has been chosen from the
10. Panama Case updates:
marginalised group
 JIT did not find any wrongdoing by PM, 10. The Punjab government has transferred the
defence claims
administrative control of the Punjab Emergency
 Court demands money trail of London flats Service (Rescue 1122) from the Home
 Asks defendants to reveal real ownership Department to the Services and General
Administration Department (S&GAD)
July 22, 2017 July 23, 2017
1. US trims Pakistan military aid over `Haqqani 1. Kuwait accuses Hezbollah of training Shias
inaction` accused of forming "terror cell"
 Pentagon says decision doesn't reduce the 2. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to
significance of sacrifices of Pakistan military maintain the interest rate at 5.75 per cent
2. Germany cannot scare Turkey with ‘threats’: 3. Pakistan Army has captured a critical high peak
Erdogan Burkh Muhammad Kandao during Khyber IV
3. The Balochistan government has imposed a ban Operation along Pak-Afghan Border
on doctors, stopping them from working at 4. Withheld money is a repayment, not an aid,
private during duty hours Pakistan tells US
4. The European Union (EU) will provide 60 million  Reacting to Pentagon’s decision to withhold
euro for improving nutrition in Sindh $50 million of the coalition support fund
 EU Ambassador in Pakistan: Jean-Francois (CSF), Pakistan’s ambassador to the United
Cautain States has said that Pakistan has paid a
5. Benazir Income Support Programme staggering human and financial cost in the
Chairperson Marvi Memon on July 21, 2017 fight against terrorism
received the “French National Order of Merit” 5. Saudi lets Qataris go on hajj, despite diplomatic
award conferred upon her by France row
 Ambassador of France to Pakistan: Martine 6. 16 Afghan policemen killed in US strike
Dorance 7. Putin says yet to decide whether to run for
6. Tahir Shahbaz takes oath as Wafaqi Mohtasib president again
7. White House press secretary Sean Spicer 8. Philippines to extend martial law in south until
resigned on July 21, 2017 year end
8. Lebanon`s Hezbollah launches òperation` 9. Elections Bill 2017: Reforms envisage
against rival factions autonomous ECP
9. Farooq Abdullah, the president of National 10. Urdu poet Hasan Akbar Kamal passes away
Conference (NC) party, said that India should
turn to third parties, such as the US and China,
to mediate in the Kashmir dispute
10. PANAMA Leaks Updates
 Hudaibya case to be resurrected, NAB
assures apex court
 Volume 10 of JIT report opened for perusal
July 24, 2017
of defendants' counsel
1. Security forces take control of three strategically
 The court after hearing the arguments,
located heights of Rajgal Valley
reserved its judgment
2. England beat India for fourth Women's World
Cup final at Lord's on July 23, 2017
3. Turk President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began a 2. Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa, US commander
key trip to the Gulf aimed at defusing the agree to work for regional stability
standoff over Turkey's ally Qatar  US Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale
4. The federal government on July 23, 2017 kicked 3. Resolution seeking dismissal of State Bank
off Green Pakistan Programme that envisages governor submitted to Senate
planting more than 100 million saplings across  State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Tariq
the country Bajwa
 Minister for Climate Change: Zahid Hamid  The Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan:
5. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh: Allah Raza Rabbani (PPPP)
Dino Khawaja 4. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on July 24, 2017
6. Syrian government forces and their allies have appointed Zafar Abdullah as acting chairman of
recaptured territory from the militant Islamic the SECP for a period of 3 month
State group in countryside southeast of its  SECP: Securities and Exchange Commission
stronghold Raqa after air strikes in the area of Pakistan
7. Iran and Iraq on July 23, 2017 signed deals 5. Trump envoy in Israel for crisis talks on
aimed at boosting military cooperation Jerusalem site
 Iraqi Ministers of Defense Irfan al-Hayali 6. Poland`s president on July 24, 2017 vetoed
8. Pakistan`s wrestler Inayatullah has clinched controversial judicial reforms
silver medal after losing the final in the 69kg  President Poland: Andrzej Duda
weight category at the Asian Cadet Wrestling 7. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will undertake a
Championship three-day official visit to the Republic of
 Asian Cadet Wrestling Championship 2017 Maldives (July 25, 2017)
held in: Bangkok, Thailand  President of Maldives: Abdulla Yameen
 Chairman Pakistan Wrestling Federation: Abdul Gayoom
Syed Agil Shah 8. Pakistan asked India to stop violations at the
9. Pakistan, Senegal agree to boost economic ties Line of Control (LoC)
 Federal Minister for Commerce: Khurram  Director General, the South Asian
Dastgir Khan Association for Regional Cooperation
10. Indonesia's President: Joko Widodo (Saarc): Dr Mohammad Faisal
9. Pope’s treasurer faces sex abuse charges in
July 25, 2017 Australia

10. Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan ends Gulf
tour with no progress on Qatar crisis
1. 26 people, 9 policemen among them, were
killed in a suicide bomb explosion on Ferozepur
Road, Lahore on July 24, 2017 afternoon
 Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed
responsibility for the attack
July 26, 2017
 Current Lahore Capital City Police Officer
(CCPO): Amin Wains 1. Interior Ministery ordered the Securities and
Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to
carry out an audit of all foreign companies Shabgadar tehsil of Charsadda district on July
operating in Pakistan 26, 2017
 Interior Minister Pakistan: Chaudhry Nisar 2. The European Union`s top court kept Palestinian
Ali Khan movement Hamas on the EU terrorism blacklist
2. Additional Inspector General (police operations) and removed Sri Lankan separatist rebels, the
retired Capt Arif Nawaz Khan has been Tamil Tigers
appointed as new inspector general of Punjab 3. Israeli-Palestinian conflict could become a
police on July 25, 2017 `religious conflict`, warns UN envoy
3. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on July 25, 2017 4. US President Donald Trump announced that
accused India of harming the South Asian transgender people may not serve ìn any
Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) capacity` in the US military
and undermining the spirit of the regional forum 5. The National Junior Age Group Squash
4. Prime Minister appointed Mian Asad Hayauddin Championship began at the PAF Hashim Khan
as new secretary of the establishment division Squash Complex on July 26, 2017
on July 25, 2017 6. Washington has assured Islamabad that the
5. Pakistan expressed concern over continuing United States does not consider Pakistan a
wave of violence against Palestinians and “backstabbing nation”
violation of Muslims’ right to perform their 7. The Sindh Assembly on July 26, 2017 passed the
religious obligation following the closure of Al- Sindh Accountability Bill with a majority vote
Aqsa Mosque  Deputy Speaker Sindh Assembly: Shehla
6. Saudi Arabia and its allies unveiled a `terrorist` Raza
blacklist of 18 organisations and individuals 8. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on July 26, 2017
suspected of links with Islamist extremism that evening attended the 52nd Independence Day
they said had ties with regional rival Qatar celebrations of the Republic of Maldives
7. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopeful  President of the Maldives: Abdulla Yameen
of acquiring Russian air defence system Abdul Gayoom
8. Nepra approves Rs2.23 per unit cut in tariff 9. IMF to launch new form of aid - with no money
 NEPRA: National Electric Power Regulatory 10. The leader of India’s eastern Bihar state
Authority resigned from his post in a surprise move widely
9. Ram Nath Kovind was sworn in on July 25, 2017 expected to strengthen Prime Minister
as India`s 14th president Narendra Modi’s grip on power
10. Sri Lanka`s cabinet approves revised deal on
Chinese-built port
July 28, 2017

July 27, 2017 1. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
(PTA) said that it is unable to control social
1. Maulana Haq Nawaz Haqqani, a religious scholar media, calling it a matter of social responsibility
and leader of the JUI-F was shot dead in  Chairman PTA: Syed Ismail Shah
2. UN panel recommends `drastic steps` to 2. China expressed the hope on July 28, 2017 that
improve Pakistan`s HR record its bilateral relations would remain unaffected
3. Pakistan and the Maldives have agreed to by political developments in Pakistan
reconvene a meeting of the South Asian 3. The United States says it hopes for a smooth
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in transfer of power in Pakistan after the SC verdict
Islamabad 4. British-American mountaineer Vanessa O`Brien
4. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political have climbed to the top of K2 for the first time
Affairs Dr Asif Kirmani has been elected since 2014 on July 28, 2017
unopposed to the Senate seat vacated by PPP`s 5. Sri Lanka will proceed with the billion-dollar sale
Babar Awan of a deep sea port to China
5. For the first time in the United States, scientists  Sri Lanka Prime Minister: Ranil
have edited the genes of human embryos Wickremesinghe
6. Qatar hires firm founded by Trump aides to 6. A ballistic missile fired by Yemen`s Houthi rebels
counter Saudi initiative towards Makkah in Saudi Arabia was shot down
7. The owner of Amazon.com and the Washington 7. Japan defence minister quits amid plunging
Post publications Jeff Bezos has been named the support for PM
richest man in the world 8. North Korea launched a ballistic missile on July
8. Iran has successfully tested a rocket that can 28, 2017, just hours after the US and Japan
send satellites into orbit moved to step up sanctions against Pyongyang
9. Three Commodores of Pakistan Navy, namely following its recent test of an ICBM capable of
Imran Ahmad, Muhammad Shuaib and Zaka Ur reaching parts of the United States
Rehman, have been promoted to the rank of 9. Russia ordered the United States to cut
Rear Admiral hundreds of diplomatic staff in retaliation for a
10. China and India locked in high-stakes, high- new round of US sanctions
altitude border row 10. Asad Ullah Khan of Pakistan Air Force, the
youngster won the Japan Junior Squash
Championship 2017 U-15 singles title held in
Yokohama on July 28, 2017
July 29, 2017

July 30, 2017
1. Supreme Court disqualifies Nawaz, making him
lose premiership 1. President calls NA session for election of interim
 In a stunning verdict, SC disqualifies PM for Prime Minister on Aug 1, 2017
not declaring income from UAE-based  PML-N to appoint Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as
Capital FZE to ECP interim PM
 In unanimous decision apex court also order  PML-N chooses Shahbaz as successor to
NAB to file reference against ex-PM, his Nawaz
children, son-i-law, Ishaq Dar 2. China said that the change in Pakistan won’t
 Prob ordered into 16 Sharif family affect the CPEC progress
companies
 Experts express concerns, fear about CPEC  AJK Prime Minister: Raja Farooq Haider
after PM’s removal 3. Pakistani boxer M Waseem knocked down
 Officials say ex-PM developed foolproof Panama’s Ivan Trejos in Panama City in a bout
mechanisms for project held on July 30, 2017
3. Madar-e-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah’s 4. The US Senate is urging the Trump
124th birth anniversary will be observed today administration to use a combination of sanction
(July 30, 2017) across the country threats and offers of a long term partnership to
She was born in Karachi on July 30, 1893 persuade Pakistan to stop `supporting Afghan
4. Russia is ready to normalize relations with the insurgents`
United States and to cooperate on major global 5. India's coast guard had seized 1.5 tonnes of
 Russia Foreign Minister: Sergei Lavrov heroin on July 30, 2017 worth almost $550
5. After France and Portugal, Spain battles forest million, maritime authorities are calling their
fire largest-ever drug bust
6. Blast in Balochistan’s Panjgur leaves four dead 6. US President Donald Trump warned that he
7. Sri Lanka on July 29, 2017 sealed a billion-dollar would not allow China to “do nothing” on North
deal to let a Chinese state firm take over a loss- Korea, after the hermit state launched an
making port in a move that worries many, intercontinental ballistic missile it boasted could
including its giant neighbour India reach the United States
8. Muslim Australian MP denied entry into US 7. Iran rules out halt to missile tests as tension
 Lebanon-born Khalil Eideh, a Labour MP in with US rises
the state of Victoria in Australia, was 8. Russian President Vladimir Putin said 755 US
stopped from boarding a flight to Denver diplomats must leave Russia and warned ties
from the Vancouver International Airport with Washington could be gridlocked for a long
9. Scientists plan to trick Zika-carrying mosquitoes time
into breeding themselves out of existence 9. Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) ministers and
10. Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq went live advisors announced resignation from the Khyber
on Twitter and Facebook after police prevented Pakhtunkhwa government
him from holding a press conference 10. 4 Arab countries which have cut ties with Qatar
are ready for talks to tackle the dispute
July 31, 2017

1. Azerbaijan to buy 10 Super Mushshak planes
from Pakistan
 Pakistan recently signed agreements to sell
Super Mushshak aircraft to Turkey, Nigeria
and Qatar
2. Kashmiris to only opt for accession with
Pakistan: AJK PM
CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQS | AUGUST 2017
August 1, 2017 August 02, 2017

1. NAB set to file four references against Sharif 1. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi elected PM with
Family thumping majority
 Three cases each against Nawaz, Hussain,  Secures 221 votes in 342-member house
Hassan; two against Maryam; one each  PPP's Naveed Qamar bags 47, PTI nominee
against Capt Safdar and Ishaq Dar Sheikh Rasheed 33
2. The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz`s 2. Pakistan and India concluded the much-delayed
(PML-N) nominee, Shahid Khagan Abbasi, will water talks in the US capital on Aug 01, 2017
coast to an easy win in today`s election for the 3. Turkey and its main regional ally Qatar on Aug
prime minister 01, 2017 launched military exercises
3. After Trump meeting, Ukraine to import US 4. Meeting of pan-Islamic group held in Istanbul
thermal coal for the first time over Jerusalem tensions
4. As North Korea intensifies missile programme, 5. The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) on Aug 01,
US opens $11bn base in South Korea 2017 got a new secretary as Sanaullah Awan a
5. Saudi-led bloc opens èmergency routes` to grade 20 officer of the Capital Development
Qatari planes Authority (CDA)
6. British Royal Marine jailed for making bombs for 6. PTF: president Salim Saifullah
Irish Republicans 7. The Narendra Modi government is planning on
 Ciaran Maxwell, a 31-year-old Northern introducing a new ministry for cows
Irish Catholic, made and stockpiled pipe  BJP-ruled Rajasthan is the first Indian state
bombs, anti-personnel mines, handguns to have a minister in charge for the welfare
and enough chemicals to make more than of cows
100 kg of explosives  Prime Minister Narendra Modi rode to
7. Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prizewinning power in 2014 on a slew of promises, which
playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, has died include a national ban on cow slaughter
on July 31 2017. He was 73 8. The Pakistani Taliban on Aug 01, 2017 released
8. UK plans to end EU free movement in 2019 the first edition of a magazine for women
9. Punjab has decided to lease a total of 99,077  The first edition of "Sunnat E Khaula" -
acres of land in 187 forest lots of various sizes in which translates as 'The Way of Khaula',
four districts of South Punjab to the investors referring to an early female follower of the
for 15 years for commercial forestry Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) - published by
10. Venezuela increasingly isolated after deadly the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
vote features a picture of a women veiled from
head to toe on its front cover
9. China formally opened its first overseas military
base on Aug 01, 2017 with a flag raising
ceremony in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa

10. Holy Qur‘aan, Bible removed from Indian 10. Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has scrapped
president’s memorial parliament’s power to sack top judges
August, 3 2017 August 4, 2017

1. Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa met Afghanistan`s 1. Power consumers to pay security cost of CPEC
ambassador Dr Omar Zakhilwal on August 02, projects
2017 for continuing discussions on  NEPRA rejects stakeholders' contention that
normalisation of bilateral relations security is state's responsibility
2. Uzma Yousaf, First Pakistani woman has reached  NEPRA: National Electric Power Regulatory
the summit of the Spanitik Peak in the Authority
Karakoram Range on August 02, 2017 2. Nawaz cabinet makes a comeback
 Uzma Yousaf reached the top of the 7,027  Some new inductions, shift of portfolios
metre mountain in the Gilgit-Baltistan expected, Nisar keeps out
region at 9:16 am 3. Saudi Arabia to open luxury beach resort for
 The Spanitik Peak is also known as the women
`Golden Peak` and was last climbed by a 12-  Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammad bin
member Pakistan-China Friendship Salman, has unveiled plans for a luxury Red
expedition in July 2012 Sea resort where special laws will allow
3. The National Crime Agency (NCA) of Britain will women to wear bikinis instead of covering
train investigation of ficers of the National up their skin
Accountability Bureau (NAB) 4. Pakistani and Indian officials decided to resume
 Chairman NAB: Qamar Zaman Chaudhry intra-Kashmir trade from Aug 8
4. The controversial Sri Lanka-China agreement on 5. Foreign reserves decrease by $305m
the Hambantota deep water port in southern Sri  The total liquid foreign reserves held by the
Lanka is likely to go through another revision by country stood at $20,283.1 million on July
Aug 8 28, 2017
5. Iraq to issue $1bn standalone bond after a 6. US President Donald Trump said relations with
decade Russia had hit an all-time and “very dangerous”
6. China accused India of `concocting` excuses over 7. Iran said that new US sanctions were a violation
the illegal entry of the South Asian nation`s of its nuclear deal with world powers, piling
military into Chinese territory on their disputed pressure on President Hassan Rouhani as he
border starts his second term
7. Scientists in the United States have repaired a 8. US to build pressure on North Korea at Asean
disease-causing mutation in the DNA of early- talks
stage human embryos 9. China`s Foreign Ministry said India has been
8. US President Donald Trump has signed into law building up troops and repairing roads along its
new sanctions against Russia that were passed side of the border amid an increasingly tense
overwhelmingly by Congress stand-off in a remote frontier region beside the
9. Turkey changes chiefs of army, navy, air force Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan

10. Al Qaeda frees South African hostage after six Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony); Lt. Gen (R)
years Abdul Qadir Baloch (States and Frontier
 Stephen McGown, 42, was kidnapped from Regions); Kamran Michael (Statistics) and
the historic trading city of Timbuktu in Mali Syed Javed Ali Shah (Water Resources).
Likewise, the portfolios of 13 state
August 05, 2017 ministers along with their portfolios are as

follows.
 Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhary (Capital
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi on August Administration and Development Division);
4, 2017 formed a 43-member cabinet with 27 Haji Muhammad Akram Ansari (Commerce
federal ministers and 16 ministers of state. and Textile); Muhammad Junaid Anwaar
 Portfolios of federal, state ministers Chaudhry (Communications); Sardar
Muhammad Arshad Khan Laghari
 Mushahid Ullah Khan (Climate Change);
(Industries and Production): Ms. Marriyum
Muhammad Pervaiz Malik (Commerce and
Aurangzeb (Information and Broadcasting);
Textile); Hafiz Abdul Kareem
Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan (Information
(Communications); Engr. Khurram Dastgir
Technology and Telecommunications); Dr
Khan (Defence); Rana Tanveer Hussain
Darshan (Inter-Provincial Coordination);
(Defence Production); Muhammad Baligh
Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju (Overseas
Ur Rehman (Federal Education and
Pakistanis and Human Resource
Professional Training); Muhammad Ishaq
Development); Jam Kamal Khan
Dar (Finance, Revenue and Economic
(Petroleum); Ch. Jaffar Iqbal (Ports and
Affairs); Khawaja Muhammad Asif (Foreign
Shipping); Pir Muhammad Amin Ul Hasnat
Affairs); Akram Khan Durrani (Housing and
Shah (Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith
Works); Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi
Harmony), Ghalib Khan (States and Frontier
(Industries and Production); Ahsan Iqbal
Regions) and Abid Sher Al (Power).
(Interior); Riaz Hussain Pirzada (Inter-
2. Border mechanism discussed with Afghan
Provincial Coordination); Muhammad
military team
Barjees Tahir (Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit
Baltistan); Zahid Hamid (Law and Justice);  A top military delegation of the Afghan
National Army (ANA) visited the Peshawar
Lt. Gen (R) Salahuddin Tirmizi (Narcotics
Corps Headquarters on August 04, 2017
Control); Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan
(National Food Security and Research); Saira 3. A controversial new Venezuelan assembly
Afzal Tarar (National Health Services, packed with allies of unpopular President
Regulations and Coordination); Pir Syed Nicolas Maduro held its first session on August
Sadruddin Shah Rashidi (Overseas 04, 2017
Pakistanis and Human Resource 4. A Chinese expert has admitted that the recent
Development); Sheikh Aftab Ahmed political developments in Pakistan would affect
(Parliamentary Affairs); Hasil Khan Bizenjo the $50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor
(Ports and Shipping); Molana Ameer Zaman (CPEC) because some "variable factors" would
(Postal Services); Kh Saad Rafique come into play
(Railways); Muhammad Yousaf (Religious

5. S. Korea`s spy agency admits attempting to rig 4. A team of doctors at Noida (India) gave a new
election lease of life to a three-year-old Pakistani child
6. Islamabad: Pakistan Post will issue special (Mohammad Bilal) who was suffering from a
postage stamp on 70th Independence Day on rare heart disease called Uhl's anomaly that is
August 14 found in one among 200,000 children
7. Bashir Ahmed, a BS-21 officer of PSP made 5. Darshan Lal, has become first Hindu politician to
Director General Federal Investigation Agency become federal cabinet member in last 20 years
8. The United Kingdom has announced an  Darshan Lal was elected in 2013 general
additional $130 million to help end polio in elections as Member of National Assembly
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria (MNA) on PML-N ticket reserved for
9. US to make tougher visa vetting permanent minorities.
 The Trump administration moved to make  Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Rana
permanent a new questionnaire that asks Chander Singh was the last Hindu politician
some US visa applicants to provide their who was elected on MNA seat for seven
social media handles and detailed times from 1977 to 1999 on minority seat.
biographical and travel history 6. NAB, China sign MoU to ensure transparency in
10. The University of Hazara (UoH) in Khyber CPEC projects
Pakhtunkhwa has issued a circular banning 7. China is preparing to initiate a ‘limited war’ to
gender mixing on the campus to ‘maintain push the Indian soldiers out of the disputed
education standard’ Doklam area
 An article published in China’s state
August 06, 2017 newspaper Global Times has claimed

8. Internet speed down by half in Pakistan, as
another submarine cable system collapses
1. India elects BJP-backed Naidu as vice-president 9. British athletics legend Mo Farah won his 10th
 Venkaiah Naidu, 68, secured 516 successive global title on August 4, 2017 winning
parliamentary votes to beat rival the 10,000 metres world crown at the London
Gopalkrishna Gandhi — the 72-year-old Stadium
grandson of Indian independence leader 10. A Nepali transgender woman and a man
Mahatma Gandhi — who received 244 registered their marriage, a first in the country
August 07, 2018

votes
2. Khyber Agency will be free of terrorism after
Khyber-IV operation: Army Chief
 Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar
Javed Bajwa visited Rajgal valley, Khyber 1. Pakistan always wanted to have good relations
Agency on August 05, 2017 with its neighbours, but India and Afghanistan
3. EU criticism over missile tests 'is the wrong were not giving any positive response to
path', says Iran Pakistan`s initiatives for durable peace in the
 Iranian Foreign Minister: Mohammad Javad region: FM Pakistan
Zarif  Minister for Foreign Affairs Pakistan :
Khawaja Muhammad Asif

2. BJP keen to amend law on permanent residence for a plan to dispose of waste cooking oil for
in held Kashmir producing biodiesel
3. The demand for Super Mushshak aircraft, a 3. The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen will lift
state-of-the-art military aircraft, being hurdles hampering deliveries of jet fuel for UN
manufactured Pakistan Aeronautical Complex planes bringing humanitarian aid to the rebel-
(PAC) Kamra, is increasing in the international held capital Sanaa
aviation market 4. The Balochistan government will launch a
4. Saudi Arabia still sees no role for Assad in Syrian project to improve the livelihood of underserved
transition communities in the province with the assistance
5. China scored a diplomatic coup in its campaign of World Bank (WB)
to weaken regional resistance against its 5. Hafiz Abdul Karim took charge as the federal
sweeping claims to the South China Sea minister for communication and Muhammad
6. The UN Security Council adopted a resolution, Junaid Anwaar Chaudhry as the minister of state
which imposed new sanctions on North Korea on August 07, 2017
7. Israel plans to shut down Al Jazeera operations 6. The government on August 07, 2017 tabled in
8. Member British Parliament, Andrew Gywnne, the National Assembly the long-awaited
stressed the need for early resolution of the electoral reforms bill which aims to strengthen
Kashmir conflict in accordance with the wishes the shape and structure of the Election
of the Kashmiri people Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to ensure credible
9. Saudi Arabia has pledged $33.7 million to help polls
the World Health Organization eradicate cholera 7. Iran signs biggest-ever car deal with France`s
in war-wracked Yemen Renault
10. Britain is prepared to pay up to 40 billion euros 8. Turkey’s Erdogan accuses Germany of aiding
to the European Union to settle its accounts terrorists
when it leaves the bloc 9. Jordan`s King Abdullah met Palestinian
President Mahmud Abbas in the Israeli-occupied
August 08, 2017 West Bank on August 07, 2017 for the first time
in five years
10. Indian troops martyr one more youth in IOK
August 09, 2017

1. Up to 46 people were injured, four of them are
critical, when an explosion occurred in a truck at
a parking stand on Outfall Road, Lahore on
August 07, 2017
 DIG (Operations) Lahore : Dr Haider Ashraf 1. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi on August
| Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore: 08, 2017 held his first meeting with Chief of the
Amin Wains | Lord Mayor Lahore: Colonel Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa amid signs
(R) Mubashir Javed of impending political chaos
 Blast leaves four persons injured in Quetta 2. First-ever bills on transgender rights tabled in
2. The Kuwait Water Association (KWA) has sought National Assembly
cooperation of the Punjab Food Authority (PFA)  Tabled by JUI-F`s Naeema Kishwar Khan
during private members` day

3. Chief Minister KPK had decided to merge the  She was born in Germany but shifted to
fire brigade into the Rescue 1122 for improving Pakistan in 1960 and was given Pakistani
the former`s performance citizenship in 1988
4. Pakistani filmmaker Jami bagged the Open  Dr. Pfau, the founder of National Leprosy
Doors TFL (TorinoFilmLab) award at the Control Programme was in charge of the
international film festival on August 8, 2017 Marie Adelaide Society of Pakistan (MASP)
5. Turkey has begun construction of a wall along 3. Najam Sethi re-elected as PCB chairman on
the country`s frontier with Iran, mimicking the August 09, 2017
Turkish barrier along the Syrian border 4. The federal government has nominated 226
6. Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medallist officers of different services groups for 24th mid
shooter M Shehzad Akhtar was handed four- career management course
year ban for using banned substance 5. President Donald Trump on Wednesday
7. Pakistan’s first ever government-run autism ratcheted up his war of words with North Korea,
centre and braille printing press was declaring that America’s nuclear arsenal was
inaugurated at Special Education Complex, “more powerful than ever”
Gulistan-e-Jauhar on August 8, 2017 6. Yemen’s civil war turns country into cholera
8. Pakistan asked India to a stop firing along the breeding ground
Line of Control (LoC) for the sake of peace 7. China will offer Malaysia advanced rocket
9. The federal government August 8, 2017 launchers and a radar system to be based on the
appointed Shaoib Dastgir, a grade-21 officer of southern tip of the Southeast Asian country
the Police Service of Pakistan, as Inspector 8. China, New Zealand urge Trump not to 'escalate'
General Police of Azad Jammu and Kashmir a 'very tense' situation
10. Haruo Nakajima, who originally played Godzilla, 9. New routes provided by UAE, BAHRAIN to Qatar
dies at 88 on August 8, 2017 Airways after 2 months blockade
10. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appointed
August 10, 2017 two female vice presidents on August 09, 2017
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has

August 11, 2017
decided to induct four more members into his
cabinet a federal minister and three ministers of 1. The Senate decided on Aug 10, 2017 to initiate
state an institutional dialogue between parliament,
 The new ministers are MNAs Daniyal Aziz the military establishment and the judiciary so
from Narowal, Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar from as to avert a collision between the institutions
Mandi Bahauddin, Mir Dostain Khan Domki  Call for either repealing or suitably
from Balochistan and Syed Ayaz Ali Sherazi amending Articles 62 and 63 of the
from Thatta Constitution
2. Dr. Ruth Pfau, the ‘Mother Teresa’ of Pakistan 2. Pakistan set to review foreign policy
has passed away at age of 87 on August 09,  Foreign Minister Pakistan: Khawaja
2017 Mohammed Asif

3. The Bank of China, along with other national which will irrigate 72,000 acres of land in Dera
and international banks, plans to open a branch Bugti
in Gwadar 3. One of China’s top heavy machinery
4. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting manufacturer plans to invest US $1.5bn in
Countries (OPEC) top two producers agreed on development of wind energy in Punjab
Thursday to strengthen their commitment to  The Sany Group is the fifth largest
production cuts construction machinery producer in the
5. The Earth set a series of dire records in 2016, world and number one in China
including hottest year in modern times, highest 4. US Senator John McCain has unveiled his long-
sea level and most heat-trapping gases ever promised strategy for Afghanistan, which
emitted, a global climate report said on Aug 10, threatens ìmposing graduated diplomatic,
2017 military, and economic costs on Pakistan
6. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake  The strategy, issued on Thursday afternoon
resigned on Aug 10, 2017 following corruption as an amendment to next fiscal year`s
allegations defence bill
7. Pakistan 2 comprising of M Asif and Babar Masih 5. India`s military has increased operational
won the IBSF World Team Snooker readiness along the eastern border with China
Championship 2017 gold medal  Indian and Chinese troops have been
 After defeating Pakistan 1 consisting of M embroiled in the seven-week confrontation
Sajjad and Asjad Iqbal 5-4 in the best-of-9 on the Doklam plateau, claimed by both
frames final played in Hurghada, Egypt on China and India`s tiny ally, Bhutan
Aug 10, 2017 6. The number of international visitors to the
8. President Mamnoon Hussain administered oath United States has dropped for the Erst time
of office to remaining four ministers, including since 2009, as did their spending
two federal ministers and two ministers of state  In 2016, 75.6 million international travellers
9. Pakistan Air Force (PAF) a veteran of 1965 and ventured stateside, a two per cent drop
1971 wars, Air Marshal Inam-ul-Haque Khan from the previous year. Their spending also
passed away after prolonged illness on Aug 10, fell by one per cent to $244.7 billion
2017. He was 90 7. India is in talks with Bangladesh and Myanmar
10. US destroyer challenges China's claims in South about its plan to deport around 40,000 Rohingya
Sea Muslims
8. Trump says US military ‘locked and loaded’ on N
August 12, 2017 Korea

 N. Korea warns of N-war as Trump says US
is `locked and loaded`
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi has 9. CNN fired conservative commentator Jeffrey
removed Finance Minister Ishaq Dar as head of Lord after he tweeted a Nazi salute at a critic
all key economic committees 10. The Sindh government has prepared a draft law
2. Kacchi Canal project has been completed and to restrict the practice of giving dowries in the
will be inaugurated during the current month province

August 13, 2017 August 14, 2017

1. At least 64 children have died over six days at a 1. Message to enemy: Our will to fight is
government hospital in northern India that unbreakable, says COAS
suffered oxygen shortages  Gen Qamar says terrorists will run out of
2. Azadi train has begun its countrywide journey bullets before we run out of soldiers
from Margalla Station, Islamabad to highlight  Aug 14 to be celebrated in all its spirit for
Pakistan’s rich culture and historic struggle in the Quetta martyrs: COAS
the Pakistan Movement on August 12, 2017  Aerobatic teams from Turkey and Saudi
3. 15 martyred, 25 injured in bomb attack on army Arabia will be performing in the biggest
truck in Quetta show by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in the
 Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti country’s history to mark its 70th
4. Independence Day ceremony to be held at anniversary
Parliament House after 17-year gap  COAS hoists 'largest' Pakistan flag at Wagah
 Chairman Senate: Raza Rabbani (PPPP) Border on eve of Independence Day
5. Chinese vice premier to visit Pakistan for 2. The first Chinese passenger car is now being
Independence Day celebrations produced in Pakistan, a market that is currently
6. A Muslim woman was compensated with dominated by three Japanese carmakers
$85,000 after a police officer forcibly removed 3. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on August
her hijab, or headscarf, while she was in police 13, 2017 approved the appointment of his five
custody in Long Beach, California advisers
7. Abbasi visits Karachi on maiden trip as prime  Five advisers are Sartaj Aziz, Amir Muqam,
minister Irfan Siddiqui, Sardar Mehtab and Jam
 Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah and Mashuq
Governor Mohammad Zubair welcomed the  The prime minister also appointed Lt Gen
premier on his arrival (retd) Nasir Khan Janjua as National Security
8. Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged United States Adviser.
President Donald Trump on August 12, 2017 to 4. NBP set to open two branches in China's major
avoid rhetoric that could inflame tensions with cities next year under the multibillion-dollar
North Korea as an escalating war of words China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
raised global alarm projects
9. India’s military has increased operational 5. Saudi Arabia’s security forces have sealed off a
readiness along the eastern border with China Shia-majority town in the east of the Sunni-ruled
10. US denies Afghan claim of civilian deaths in kingdom
Nangarhar 6. Iran’s parliament voted on August 13, 2017 to
 Afghan officials claim 11 civilians were allocate US$520 million to develop its missile
killed while US says the strike killed programme to fight Washington’s ‘adventurism’
only militants

7. Vice Premier of the State Council of China, Wang 7. China warned that nobody would win in a "trade
Yang arrives in Islamabad ahead of 70th war" with the United States as President Donald
Independence Day anniversary Trump prepared to launch an investigation into
8. The United States has spent more than $76 Chinese intellectual property practices
billions in the last 16 years on arming the Afghan 8. Influential Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has
security forces: US Government Accountability visited the United Arab Emirates
Office (GAO) 9. Kashmiris observe Indian I-Day as Black Day
9. Israel’s government approved August 13, 2017 today
emergency measures to end a “disruptive” 10. Indian hackers deface govt websites as country
months-long strike over pay by scientists marks independence
working at the country’s top secret nuclear  “Happy Independence Day-August 15” was
research centre the message left by hackers on the
10. Saudi Arabia expects to receive 2 million Cabinet’s official portal, referring to India’
pilgrims in Hajj season this year Independence Day the next day.
August 15, 2017 August 16, 2017

1. Fireworks, huge flag, air show mark 1. Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif challenges disqualification
Independence Day ruling in Supreme Court
 President Mamnoon urges nation to unite  Legal Team to seek hearing before full court
for country's development or larger bench
 Pakistan close to success in anti-terror fight  Petition regrets court's assumption of NAB
 Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang says China powers, seeks fair trial for ousted PM and
to keep supporting Pakistan family
2. China has approved a plan from its two state  Assails appointment of supervisory judge,
nuclear developers to promote a single protection granted to JIT members
integrated nuclear reactor brand 2. The Ministry of Finance notified on August 15,
3. India`s first LGBT radio show goes on air 2017 the appointment of Javaid Jehangir, a
 LGBT: Lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and former grade-22 officer of the Pakistan Audit
transgender and Accounts Services (PAAS), as Auditor
4. Tayyab Aslam and Maria Toor emerged General of Pakistan (AGP)
champions in the first SNGPL National Jashan-e- 3. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi inducts
Azadi Squash Championships in Lahore five special assistants into cabinet
5. India whip Sri Lanka to complete first overseas  The five new cabinet faces are Barrister
sweep in Test Cricket Zafarullah Khan, Mussadik Malik, Asif
6. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have given consent to Kirmani, Miftah Ismail and Khawaja Zaheer
visit Pakistan in September Ahmed
 The team had been cleared to play three 4. Countrywide registration of undocumented
Twenty20 Internationals including Afghan nationals will start on August 16, 2017

 Around 600,000 Afghan nationals were 2. The Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered the National
likely to be registered in Khyber Accountability Bureau (NAB) to continue its
Pakhtunkhwa inquiries against provincial assembly members
5. Britain said that it would seek a `temporary and bureaucrats
customs union` with the European Union after 3. China plans petrochem complex near Karachi
BREXIT 4. Britain seeks Brexit without borders for
6. Turkey has signed a $7 billion agreement with Northern Ireland
Russia and Iran to drill for oil and natural gas in 5. Indian and Chinese soldiers yelled and hurled
Iran stones at one another high in the Himalayas in
7. Saudi Arabia has asked a New York federal judge India held Kashmir
to dismiss 25 lawsuits filed against it in relation 6. The United States added the Kashmiri separatist
to its alleged support of the Sept 11, 2001 group Hizbul Mujahideen to its blacklist of
attacks terrorist organisations on August 16, 2017
8. Saudi Arabia and Iraq plan to open the Arar 7. Iran’s Armed Forces chief of staff held rare talks
border crossing for trade for the first time since with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
1990 8. China, Iran reject US religious freedom report
9. Iran President Hassan Rouhani warned that Iran  Washington released its annual religious
could abandon its 2015 nuclear deal with world freedom report on August 15, 2017, with
powers within hours if the United States kept on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson criticising
imposing new sanctions Bahrain, China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,
10. Australian cyclist Stephen Wooldridge, a former Sudan and Turkey
Olympic and world champion, has died at the 9. Punjab Provincial Minister for Finance: Dr
age of 39 Ayesha Ghaus Pasha
10. The United States has praised Pakistan for
August 17, 2017 engaging in talks with Afghanistan amid the

tension between the Muslim-majority nations
1. Sohail Mahmood took charge as new Pakistan August 18, 2017

High Commissioner to India replacing Abdul
Basit on August 16, 2017, at the Pakistan High
Commission New Delhi 1. An F7-PG aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force
 Mahmood is a career diplomat, who joined crashed near Chak 29-SB, Bhagtanawala on
the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1985. His August 17, 2017
first posting abroad was in Pakistan 2. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi on August
Embassy Ankara where he served as the 17, 2017 reconstituted the CCI
Second Secretary from 1991-1994.  CCI: Council of Common Interests
 He served in various Pakistan missions 3. At least 13 people were killed August 17, 2017
abroad including Washington and New when a driver deliberately slammed a van into
York. Mahmood served as the Ambassador crowds on Barcelona’s most popular street in an
of Pakistan to Thailand from 2009-2013 attack claimed by the Islamic State group

4. Peace with North Korea is a `possibility`,  This survey is first of its kind in Pakistan or
America`s most senior uniformed officer said any other developing country over the last
 Chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff: five years
General Joe Dunford 3. Around 65,000 students, including 41,000 girls,
5. Saudi Arabia ordered the reopening of its border will sit the Punjab Medical & Dental Colleges
with Qatar to Muslim pilgrims Admission Test (MDCAT) on August 20, 2017
6. The Punjab government repatriated Additional  The test will consist of 220 multiple choice
Secretary Industries Rafia Syed to Ministry of questions (MCQs), divided into four
Commerce sections -- Biology (88 MCQs), Chemistry
7. Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai has won (58 MCQs), Physics (44 MCQs) and English
a place to study at the Oxford University (30 MCQs)
8. The French Navy handed over the Command of 4. Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) recommended
Multinational Combined Task Force 150 (CTF- names of Farhan Mehboob and Maria Toorpakai
150) to the Pakistan Navy at an impressive Wazir for ‘Pride of Performance Award’
change of command ceremony held at 5. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has
Headquarters, US NAVCENT, Bahrain decided to declare the Government College
9. Melbourne retains world’s most livable city Hyderabad a university as the college has
crown! successfully completed 100 years of educational
 The Australian city was ranked number one services
out of 140 cities 6. Sri Lankan President Malthripala Sirisena on
10. US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister August 18, 2017 appointed Rear Admiral Travis
Narendra Modi have agreed to enhance peace Sinniah, a Sri Lankan Tamil, as the next
and stability in the Indo-Pacific region by commander of the Sri Lakan Navy (SLN)
establishing a new two-by-two ministerial 7. A group of Californians has submitted yet
dialogue another initiative to secede from the United
States as the country is gripped by one of its
August 19, 2017 worst political crisis in recent history

8. Nasa launched the last of its longtime tracking
and communication satellites on August 18,
1. The Pakistan Army reaffirmed its commitment 2017, a vital link to astronauts in orbit as well as
to cooperating with the US-led coalition forces the Hubble Space Telescope
in Afghanistan and the Afghan security forces 9. Rwandan President Paul Kagame was sworn for
for peace in the region a third term in office after a crushing election
2. Twenty-six percent of Pakistani population is win
suffering from diabetes 10. Israel’s Supreme Court has frozen
 According to National Survey 2016-17 on implementation of a law legalising dozens of
diabetes, 35 million to 37.5 million people Jewish settlements built on private Palestinian
above 20 are suffering from this disease in land, which the UN labelled a “thick red line”
the country

August 20, 2017 August 21, 2017

1. A state funeral with full national honours was 1. A standing committee of the provincial assembly
held in Karachi for Dr Ruth Pfau, a symbol of Punjab has recommended vital changes to the
selflessness and devotion who passed away at Punjab Destitute and Neglected Children Bill
the age of 87 earlier this month.  Penalties proposed; anybody
2. Tow mortar shells were fired from the Iranian accommodating such kids will get itself
side into the Pakistani territory on August 19, registered with CPWB
2017  CPWB: Child Protection and Welfare Bureau
3. US President Donald Trump said that “many 2. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has fixed
decisions” had been made in a meeting with his Rs2,000 per marla rate for the acquisition of 400
top military advisers, including on the 16-year- acres of land for the oil refinery, to be
old war in Afghanistan established by the FWO, at Karak
4. The Lebanese army declared on August 19, 2017 3. After sharp decrease in water flows in River
that it had launched an offensive against an Indus and its tributaries during past few days,
Islamic State enclave straddling the northeast IRSA has reduced water share of Punjab and
border with Syria Sindh by 55,000 cusecs
5. Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh declared  IRSA: Indus River System Authority
that the government would, by 2022, find a 4. Iraq launches offensive to retake Tal Afar from
solution to the Kashmir problem IS
 Rajnath Ram Badan Singh is an Indian 5. Qatar`s 2022 World Cup preparations have been
politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata inconvenienced but not delayed by the political
Party who currently serves as the Home and economic boycott by its neighbours
Minister. He previously served as the Chief 6. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will
Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as a Cabinet travel to Russia on August 23, 2017 for talks
Minister in the Vajpayee Government with Russian President Vladimir Putin, mainly
6. US greatly appreciates efforts undertaken by focussing on the war in Syria
Pakistan in fighting terrorism: General Joseph L 7. A mine blast killed three Lebanese soldiers as
Votel they were heading to take part in an offensive
 General Joseph L Votel is a four-star general against the Islamic State group along the border
in the United States Army who has been with Syria
commander of United States Central 8. India has drawn up a shopping list for tens of
Command since March 2016. Before that, billions of dollars of foreign fighter jets,
he served as commander of the United armoured vehicles, submarines and helicopters
States Special Operations Command but it will only sign the cheques if they are made
7. Current Mayor Islamabad: Sheikh Ansar Aziz in India
8. US Ambassador to the UN: Nikki Haley 9. Saudi Arabia said Qatar had refused to allow its
9. US Vice-President: Mike Pence planes to land in Doha to transport Qatari
10. Foreign Minister of Pakistan: Khawaja Asif Muslims to Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage

10. US comedian and civil rights activist Dick top positions except two Bcom positions were
Gregory, died August 20, 2017. He was 84 grabbed by girl students
 A total of 10,948 students appeared in the
August 22, 2017 BA Examinations out of which 5,290 remain

successful while the pass percentage
remained 48.32
1. ISPR announces completion of Khyber IV 10. The head of U.S. and international forces in
operation, Says RAW, NDS backing terrorists, No Afghanistan said the United States' future
terror outfit in country has organised presence in Afghanistan would be based on
infrastructure anymore "conditions and not arbitrary timelines"
 DG ISPR: Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor
2. Change in India`s nuclear doctrine could lead to August 23, 2017
security concerns for Pakistan
3. NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry
representing Pakistan as a guest of honour in 1. Trump pillories Pakistan over sheltering ‘agents
“Anti-Corruption Conference” in Vienna of chaos’
(Austria)  Warn Islamabad to pay for this strategy as
4. For CPEC projects, Chinese companies are Washington won't stay silent now
procuring major part of machinery, equipment  Seeks India's help in Afghanistan
and material, which is being imported from  Open to eventual political deal with Taliban
China at concessional rates  Pakistan asked the United States to stop
 According to the Ministry of Planning, relying on the ‘false narrative’ of ‘safe
Development and Reform data, material for havens’ and work with Islamabad to
civil work - sand, cement, steel - and eradicate terrorism
consumable items like diesel, paints, major 2. The Senate unanimously passed on August 22,
chunk of chemicals, gas required for power 2017 the much demanded access to information
plants are procured locally bill, which grants citizens complete access to the
5. India says China stand-off will end ‘soon’ record of public authorities
6. China renewed its call for the United States and 3. 3 AJK districts declared top quality education
South Korea to suspend joint military drills as providers
the two nations began annual war games that  Sheikhupura in Punjab is in fourth place;
have infuriated nuclear-armed Pyongyang Killa Abdullah in Balochistan, Sujawal in
7. Jordan`s King Abdullah II and Turkish President Sindh and Orakzai Agency are at the bottom
Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for new `serious of ranking by SDPI
and effective` peace talks between Israel and  SDPI: Sustainable Development Policy
the Palestinians Institute
8. First total eclipse in 99 years enthrals US 4. Iraqi forces on August 22, 2017 recaptured from
9. The Islamia University of Bahawalpur the Islamic State group the first three districts of
announced the result of BA, BSc, and Bcom militant bastion Tal Afar
Annual Examinations 2017 showing that all the 5. India's top court on August 22, 2017 banned an
Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their

wives instantly, ending a long tradition that 7. 3 female mountaineers from Pakistan
many Muslim women had fiercely opposed accomplished the first national women
6. Asjad Iqbal clinches ranking snooker title for expedition by climbing 5,500-metre Kuksil peak
fourth time on August 22, 2017 in Khunjrab region on August 23, 2017
7. The Punjab government’s E-Employment Centre  The three mountaineers are Samana Rahim,
has started working at Govt College for Women Sultana Amiruddin and Dubai-based Komal
University (GCWU) Sialkot on August 22, 2017 Uzair
 Director General Punjab Information 8. World Scrabble Championship begins in
Technology Board (PITB): Sajid Latif Nottingham on August 23, 2017
 Vice Chancellor Govt College for Women 9. Election Commission of Pakistan
University (GCWU) Sialkot: Farhat Saleemi  Formed : March 23, 1956
8. Pacific Ocean was named by: Ferdinand  National voters day: 7 December
Magellan  Headquarters: Islamabad
9. Capital of Syria: Damascus  Motto: to render the trusts (such as the
10. Headquarters of United Nations University: affairs of the state) to their owners (those
Tokyo, Japan who are competent to it), Quran 4:58
 Chief Election Commissioner: Justice Sardar
August 24, 2017 Muhammad Raza

10. Vice Chancellor Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Medical University (SZABMU): Dr. Javaid Akram
1. Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa has
said that Pakistan is fighting terrorism in its own
interest and not for US money or equipment
August 25, 2017
2. Saudi crown prince acknowledged Pakistan`s
efforts and sacrifices in its resolute fight against 1. Pakistan sets terms for help in anti-terror fight
terrorism  Top security meeting rejects Trump's
3. Auditor General of Pakistan Javaid Jehangir on allegations of duplicity
August 23, 2017 appointed Khurram Humayun  Warns against scapegoating Pakistan for
as Accountant General of Pakistan Revenues failures in Afghan war
 Khurram Humayun, a BS-21 Officer of  Takes exception to role assigned to India in
Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service was new regional policy
posted as Deputy Auditor General (Special 2. China defends Islamabad`s key role in
Sector Audit/RRA), in AGP Office, Islamabad Afghanistan
4. South Africa`s first online auction of rhino horn  Beijing's top diplomat tells Tillerson in a
opened on August 23, 2017. phone call that Pakistan's sovereignty and
5. Jordanian Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff: Lt. Gen. legitimate security concerns be respected
Mahmoud Freihat 3. Qatar restored full diplomatic relations with Iran
6. After nearly four decades Angolans voted on on August 24, 2017 and promised to send its
August 23, 2017 in an election marking the end ambassador back to Tehran
of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos`s 38-year 4. Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB):
reign Najam Sethi

5. The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is going 3. The University of Agriculture Peshawar and
to commence three weekly flights from Karachi Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) signed a
to Najaf, Iraq from September 14, 2017 Memorandum of Understanding August 25,
6. Minister of State for Ministry of Industries & 2017 in pursuance of strategically important
Production: Sardar Muhammad Arshad Khan theme of climate change adaptation
Laghari 4. Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP): Tariq
7. India's Supreme Court ruled August 25, 2017 Bajwa
that citizens have a constitutional right to 5. Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly: Raheela
privacy, a landmark decision that could Hamid Khan Durrani
jeopardise a government programme holding 6. France, Poland clash over EU cheap labour rule
biometric data on over a billion people 7. Cristiano Ronaldo was named UEFA`s Player of
8. Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Jordanian Armed the Year on August 25, 2017
Forces: Lieutenant General Mahmoud A Frihat  Beating Lionel Messi and Gianluigi Buffon to
9. The Mughal Empire was founded by Babur: 1526 the prize after a campaign which saw the
10. In 1st battle of Panipat Babur defeated: Ibrahim Portuguese superstar help Real Madrid to
Lodi the La Liga and Champions League double
8. India has suspended Dosti Bus service on the
August 26, 2017 request of authorities worried over protests of a

Hindu militant outfit in Haryana on August 25,
2017
1. Country`s population surges to nearly 208m 9. Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would
 The Council of Common Interests (CCI) on use biometric verification machines on
August 25, 2017 approved provisional experimental basis in bye-election of NA-120
results of the sixth census that put the Lahore scheduled to be held on September 17
country`s population at 207.77 million with 10. Capital of Zimbabwe: Harare
August 27, 2017

an annual growth rate of 2.4 per cent
 In implications for NFC award and
elimination, provisional census results show
highest growth rate in Balochistan, lowest
in Punjab 1. Deputy Inspector General of Balochistan
 Number of females lower at 101.3m than Police: Abdul Razzaq Cheema
males at 106.449m 2. A memorandum of understanding (MoU)
 Sindh most urbanised province, with was signed between Nadra and Pakistan
50.02pc of people in cities Railways (PR) in Lahore on August 26, 2017,
 Census shows over 10,000 transgender under which Nadra will issue smart cards to
population the employees of Pakistan Railways
2. At least 32 people were killed on August 25, 3. North Korea fired three short-range ballistic
2017 when clashes broke out in northern India missiles August 26, 2017
after a court convicted a controversial religious 4. President Donald Trump on August 26, 2017
leader of raping two of his followers signed a memo effectively barring

transgender people from joining the US was held in Dushanbe, the capital of
military Tajikistan on August 27, 2017
5. Iraqi forces announced August 26, 2017 the 2. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
ouster of Islamic State group militants from inaugurated Engro LNG Import Terminal at the
central Tal Afar and its historic citadel, Port Qasim on August 27, 2017.
leaving them poised to fully recapture one 3. Khalid Ahmad Kharal, the former federal
of the last IS urban strongholds in the information minister and an ex Civil Servant
country passed away at in Lahore on August 27, 2017.
6. The Sri Lankan parliament has passed a new He was 78.
local bodies election law under which 4. Pakistan declines to host top US diplomat
women will get 25 per cent reservation in  Foreign Office says Assistant Secretary of
seats State Alice Wells’ visit postponed until
7. Gaza gets its first proper cinema on August mutually convenient time
26, 2017 for the first time in more than 30 5. Lebanon`s army on August 27, 2017 announced
years a pause in its offensive against the militant
8. Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice: Syed Islamic State group along the border with Syria
Mansoor Ali Shah 6. Palestinian officials are embarking on a project
9. Sana Mir, captain of the Pakistan women`s to transform a presidential palace into a
cricket team, is among 30 remarkable national library near the city of Ramallah in the
professionals recently named Àsia 21 occupied West Bank
Young Leaders` by Asia Society, a non-profit 7. The Iranian authorities, after one month closure
organization that focuses on educating the has reopened Zero Point on Pak-Iran border on
world about Asia. August 27, 2017 and resumed trade activities
10. Floyd Mayweather scored a 10th round  The gate had been shut down by the Iranian
technical knockout over mixed martial arts officials for undisclosed reasons.
champion Conor McGregor on August 26, 8. Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) expand its
2017, cementing his legacy as one of educational network abroad has registered
boxing’s all-time greats around thirty students, resident of New York,
USA for seeking education in ‘Daras-e-Nazami’, a
August 28, 2017 four-year degree programme on August 28,

2017
9. Bangladesh has detained and forcibly returned
1. Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa 90 Rohingya migrants to Myanmar
on August 27, 2017 suggests strategy to defeat 10. Lahore High Court Chief Justice: Mansoor Ali
terrorism Shah
 Military leaders of China, Pakistan,
Afghanistan and Tajikistan agree on
Cooperative mechanism; Bajwa holds talks
August 29, 2017
with Afghan CGS
 Quadrilateral Counter Terrorism 1. For the first time Pakistan Railway introduces
Coordination Mechanism (QCCM) Meeting duplicate ticketing on August 28, 2017

 Chief Executive Officer Pakistan Railway: condemning the US President Donald Trump`s
Javed Anwar allegations against Pakistan
2. Pakistan and China on August 28, 2017 pledged  Speaker GBLA: Fida Mohammad Nashad
closer coordination on Afghanistan 2. Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic
3. Ex. Bureaucrat, and MNA Gulzar Khan died of missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean on
cardiac arrest on August 28, 2017 August 29, 2017 in a major escalation by
 He served as home secretary, deputy Pyongyang amid tensions over its weapons
commissioner Peshawar, political agent ambitions.
South Waziristan and chief commissioner  Japanese Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe
for Afghan refugees 3. National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta)
 After retirement he was appointed has compiled and started verifying data of
chairman Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Pakistan-based suspected militants, who have
Service Commission been allegedly involved in foreign conflicts,
4. HBL to close New York branch as regulator fearing blowback effects especially after the
speaks of $630m fine on August 28, 2017 defeat of Islamic State (IS) in some parts of Iraq
5. The National Database and Registration 4. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has
Authority (Nadra) has introduced a new approved promotions of 54 officers of different
registration policy wherein a ‘guru’ may serve as service groups to grade 20 and 21, and the
a head of the applicant for the verification Establishment Division has issued notifications
purpose in this regard
6. An Indian judge sentenced a selfstyled 5. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will chair
`godman`, whose followers went on a deadly an important meeting of National Security
rampage after he was convicted of rape last Committee (NSC) of the federal cabinet today
week, to 20 years` jail on August 28, 2017 (August 30, 2017)
7. India and China have agreed to pull back their  Certain aspects of US President Donald
troops from a face-off in the high Himalayas Trump’s new Afghan policy will be reviewed
where China, India and Bhutan meet during the meeting
8. France holds migration summit after  Federal Minister on Foreign Affairs Khawaja
backtracking on asylum hotspots Asif and Secretary Foreign Affairs Tehmina
9. Kenya imposes world’s toughest law against Janjua will brief the participants of the
plastic bags meeting about the consultations made with
10. Britain and the EU kick off a third round of Brexit friendly countries
talks August 28, 2017 still sharply divided over 6. For first time, Saudi women step into Haj
what comes first emergency role
7. Iran dismisses idea of mly site inspections
August 30, 2017 8. US bars Turkey from using Pak pilots for F-16s
training
9. Total area of Punjab: 205344sq.km
1. Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly on August 10. Total area of Thar desert: 77,000 sq miles
29, 2017 passed a unanimous resolution

August 31, 2017
8. According to Pentagon Joint Staff Director
Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie US has
11,000 troops in Afghanistan
9. The Ministry of Energy and Power Division on
1. Parliament rejects Trump`s tirade against
August 30, 2017 inked a memorandum of
Pakistan
understanding (MoU) with Japan International
 NA calls for suspending ground, airspace
Cooperation Agency (JICA) on energy
cooperation with US; Senate wants fact-
conservation
sheets on US aid, dossiers on Indian
10. China says it hopes India will ‘learn lessons’ from
interference sent to Brussels, UN
standoff
2. Batsman Sharjeel Khan was handed a five-year
ban on August 30, 2017 by the Anti Corruption
Tribunal of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
 His involvement in the spot-fixing scam
confirmed during the second edition of the
Pakistan Super League (PSL) early this year
3. The Rescue 1122 has purchased a mobile
emergency medical response unit which is
equipped with minor operation theatre,
intensive care unit and other facilities
4. The United States has said that it continues to
value its partnership with Pakistan and looks
forward to rescheduling stalled talks as a former
US ambassador warns that using `blunt
pressure` on Islamabad could backfire
5. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed
to assist Pakistan in formulation of a new energy
policy for the medium-term covering 2018-23
on August 30, 2017
6. Arab states ùnwilling to negotiate` with Qatar
 Qatar`s foreign minister said on August 30,
2017 that his country was willing to
negotiate an end to a Gulf diplomatic rift
but had seen no sign that Saudi Arabia and
other countries imposing sanctions on Doha
were open to mediation
7. Qatar has introduced the visa-on arrival facility
for Pakistani citizens
 Pakistanis can now obtain visa on arrival for
a maximum stay of 30 days under the new
rules. They can also apply to extend their
stay by another 30 days.

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world’s top killers. The treatment is made
by Novartis and is called Kymriah
(tisagenlecleucel)
10. Dutch researchers claimed on August 31, 2017
1. Pakistan on August 31, 2017 signalled its
to have discovered the maximum age “ceiling”
readiness to engage with the United States and
for human lifespan, despite growing life
cooperate for peace in Afghanistan despite
expectancy because of better nutrition, living
reservations over President DonaldTrump`s
conditions and medical care
policy statement regarding Afghanistan and
South Asia
2. US attaches new conditions to pledged military
aid
September 02, 2017
 Puts $255m into escrow account that
Pakistan can access only if it does more 1. China has reiterated that Pakistan as a forefront
3. Air Commodore Muhammad Ali has been state in war against terrorism, has rendered
appointed as the official spokesperson for great sacrifices in this regard
Pakistan Air Force on August 31, 2017 2. On September 01, 2017 Jim Mattis, US Defence
4. The Global Fund has approved a grant of $13.8 Secretary signed orders to send additional
million for the Malaria Control Programme troops to Afghanistan, the most concrete step
(MCP) the first instalment of which will be yet by President Donald Trump’s administration
received in January 2018 in tackling America’s longest war
5. The Parliament has given a befitting response to 3. Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani in his Eidul
US President Trump’s anti-Pakistan speech. The Azha message has reached out to Pakistan
world knows that America has never proved to offering “comprehensive negotiations” to bring
be a trustworthy friend and has always thrust peace to their troubled relationship
dagger into the back of its allies 4. UK will send a small contingent of expert troops
6. Britain and Japan will step up the pace of to Iraq to help coalition forces drive out the
sanctions against nuclear-armed North Korea militant Islamic State (IS) fighters
after its “outrageous” firing of a missile over  British Defence Minister: Michael Fallon
Japan 5. Chinese envoy rejects allegations of corruption
7. The United States on August 31, 2017 ordered in Multan Metro Bus project
Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco as 6. Kenya's Supreme Court on September 01, 2017
well as two annexes in Washington and New ordered a new presidential election after
York in two days annulling the results of last month's poll in a
8. Hosts Malaysia won 145 gold medals at the shock decision in favour of the opposition
Southeast Asian Games to emerge as overall 7. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on
champion for the first time in 16 years September 01, 2017 of a “major conflict”
9. US regulators approved the first gene therapy looming on the Korean Peninsula, calling for
against cancer talks to alleviate the crisis after Pyongyang fired
 A treatment that uses a patient’s own a missile over Japan
immune cells to fight leukemia - opening a 8. Sindh Home Minister: Sohail Anwar Khan Siyal
new era in the fight against one of the

9. National Accountability Bureau (NAB): Chairman complied with the order to get out within two
Qamar Zaman Chaudhry days
10. Pakistan summoned Indian Deputy High 6. Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth on
Commissioner J P Sing over ceasefire violations September 02, 2017, wrapping up a record-
by India along the Line of Control, resulting in breaking flight that catapulted her to first place
the death of 55-year old civilian Muhammad for US space endurance.
Rasheed.  Whitson's 665 days off the planet 288 days
on this mission alone exceeds that of any
other American and any other woman
worldwide. The Soyuz capsule landed in
September 04, 2017 Kazakhstan
7. The United States and South Korea agreed to
strengthen Seoul's defenses, with Washington
1. North Korea conducts 6th nuclear test giving a nod to billions in arms sales to the
 North Korea said it set off a hydrogen bomb country
on September 03, 2017 in its sixth nuclear 8. Sri Lanka faces humiliating 5-0 loss against India
test, which judging by the earthquake it set in ODI series
off appeared to be its most powerful  This was India's second 5-0 whitewash in an
explosion yet ODI series abroad, with Kohli's men having
 South Korea's weather agency estimated blanked Zimbabwe in 2013.
the nuclear blast yield of the presumed test 9. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
was between 50 and 60 kilotons, or five to September 03, 2017 reshuffled some of his key
six times stronger than North Korea's fifth minister's portfolios
test in September 2016  Modi dropped half a dozen ministers for
 US President Donald Trump declared that failing performance.
“appeasement with North Korea” will not 10. Trump names former Navy aviator to head
work, after Pyongyang claimed it had NASA
successfully tested a missile-ready hydrogen  James Bridenstine, a former navy pilot and
bomb. Republican congressman, to head the US
 International community condemns North space agency NASA
Korea nuclear test
2. Pakistan has urged Myanmar authorities to
investigate reports of massacre of Rohingya September 5, 2017
Muslims
3. Sindh Inspector General of Police: A.D. Khowaja 1. The Punjab Human Organs Transplantation
4. Iran has tested its home-grown air defence Authority (PHOTA) has issued permission for
system, designed to match the Russian S-300 bone marrow transplant to the Children`s
5. The United States seized control on September Hospital, the first such facility in the public
02, 2017 of three Russian diplomatic posts in sector in the Punjab
2. three-day conference of selected Pakistani
the US after confirming the Russians had
envoys begins today (September 5, 2017) for
brainstorming on important foreign policy issues

September 6, 2017
 The conference will discuss President
Trump’s Afghan and South Asia policy in
particular and suggest measures to deal
with the challenge
3. Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif will embark on a 1. Former bureaucrat Dr Musharraf Rasool Cyan
tour of regional countries – beginning with has joined the Pakistan International Airlines
China – after the three-day envoys’ conference Corporation Limited as its chief executive officer
that will start here on September 5 (today) to (CEO), the company said on September 5, 2017
discuss Pakistan’s foreign policy and future  Dr Cyan, who was appointed by former
strategy prime minister Nawaz Sharif in July, is the
4. Indian state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp plans first CEO of the airline after it was
to bid for Israeli off shore oil-and-gas converted into a public limited company in
exploration blocks December
5. Pulitzer-prize winning poet John Ashbery, a  Dr Cyan has been trained in aviation
post-modern American trailblazer, has died at management from Embry-Riddle
age 90 in Hudson, New York on September 4, Aeronautical University, Florida, United
2017 States
6. Egypt has finalised a deal to build first nuclear 2. A Pakistani undergraduate law student has
power plant with funding from Moscow after featured in top 5 future lawyers of the United
nearly two years of negotiations Kingdom
7. The leaders of the five emerging market BRICS  Raza Nazar, who is a student of London
powers have for the first time named militant School of Economics (LSE) Law School and
groups allegedly based in Pakistan as a regional hails from Karachi, has emerged in the top 5
security concern and called for their patrons to list of Bright Network Future Lawyers Top
be held to account 100 and shares the place with two law
 Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa students at University of Oxford, one from
make up the BRICS grouping. The group University of Cambridge and another from
called for an immediate end to violence in University of Bristol
Afghanistan 3. The University of Karachi (KU) on September 5,
8. Taiwan’s Premier Lin Chuan resigned on 2017 handed over security affairs to
September 4, 2017 in a move aimed at reviving paramilitary Rangers to deal with the situation
dwindling public support for the government of emerging after revelation that one of its former
President Tsai students is associated with Jamaat Ansarul
9. UN investigators on September 4, 2017 accused Shariah Pakistan
Burundi’s government of crimes against 4. US President Donald Trump allows more arms
humanity, including executions and torture, and sales to Japan, S. Korea
urged the International Criminal Court to open a 5. Taiwan`s President Tsai Ing-wen named a
case “as soon as possible” staunchly pro-independence city mayor as her
10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi named a female new premier on September 5, 2017
legislator as India's new defence minister 6. China wished to put its relationship with India
September 3, 2017 on the `right track`
 the first time a woman has been appointed  As the two countries sought to mend ties
to the key portfolio overseeing border damaged by a recent tense Himalayan
tensions with China and Pakistan border standoff
7. England will host Pakistan for two Tests in 2018
before India arrive for a five-match Test series,
the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)

8. The federal government has appointed retired 7. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, on
police officer Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera as September 6, 2017 decided to sack the
Federal Tax Ombudsman Managing Director (MD) of the Bank of Khyber
9. President Donald Trump on September 5, 2017 (BoK)
ended an amnesty protecting 800,000 people  The decision to remove the BoK MD
brought to the United States illegally Shamsul Qayyum, was approved by the
10. Nearly 125,000 Rohingya refugees have entered provincial cabinet at its meeting that was
Bangladesh since a fresh upsurge of violence in chaired by Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak
Myanmar on August 25 8. The latest Basel Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
 As fears grow of a humanitarian crisis in the Index figures Pakistan among the 50 worst
overstretched camps. The UN said 123,600 countries in terms of money laundering and
had crossed the border in the past 11 days ‘terrorist financing’
from Myanmar’s violence-wracked Rakhine  This study by a Swiss group, the Basel
state. Institute on Governance, listing the worst
September 7, 2017
countries with greater chances of money
laundering and terror financing, ranks
Pakistan at the 46th position among in the
list 146 countries
1. Pakistan ready to help US for peace in 9. UAE extends help to Rohingya Muslims
Afghanistan 10. Brazil´s top prosecutor charged former
 General Bajwa says Pakistan cannot fight presidents Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma
Afghanistan's war in Pakistan Rousseff with forming a criminal organisation,
2. No change in policy on Pakistan: China the latest accusations in Brazil´s sprawling
 Explanation comes ahead of Foreign corruption scandal
September 8, 2017
Minister Asif's upcoming visit to Beijing
3. Chairpeson Benazir Income Support Programme
Marvi Memon received The international
Speaker’s Democracy award from John Bercow,
The speaker of the British House of Commons 1. The chief of Britain`s main opposition party,
on September 6, 2017 in London Jeremy Corbyn, has come out in support of
 The international Speaker’s Democracy Pakistan and urged the world to respect the
award is a new initiative of the Speaker of country
the UK’s House of Commons, which aims to  Mr Corbyn said it was not the responsibility
recognise individuals all around the world of Pakistan alone to fight terrorism because
for their social contribution to democratic the world as a whole needed to beat off the
societies `collective challenge`
4. Industry and Trade Minister Punjab: Sheikh Alla- 2. The New York State Department of Financial
ud-din Services fined Pakistan’s Habib Bank and its New
5. The EU on September 6, 2017 won a legal battle York branch $225 million for failures to comply
against eastern European countries that with laws and regulations designed to combat
rejected a quota scheme to force member illicit money transactions
states to admit tens of thousands of asylum  The bank was also ordered to surrender its
seekers licence to operate in the state, effectively
6. US to cooperate with Pakistan in energy sector removing it from the US financial system
 US Counsellor for Economic Affairs at the 3. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has
US Embassy in Islamabad: William ‘Chip’ recognised two Pakistani banks among 20
Laitinen

others in its third annual Trade Finance tough line even af ter US President Donald
Programme (TFP) awards Trump offered to help resolve the crisis
4. China`s fifth-largest stateowned bank has had its 5. Enaam Ahmed, the 17-yearold British racing
credit rating downgraded to junk status by sensation of Pakistani origin, won the British F3
Moody`s, the latest sign of fragility in the Championship
country`s financial system. 6. Pakistan is set to present its case to the United
5. South Korea`s planned pivot away from coal and States counting the country’s expenditures and
nuclear toward liquefied natural gas (LNG) and sacrifices in the ongoing war against terror
renewables appears to be another blow to the 7. Russia claims killing of IS 'minister of war' in
narrative that coal`s best hope is growth in Asia Syria
6. Israel attacked a military site in Syria`s Hama 8. Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century
province on September 7, 2017, target could be killed at least 35 people
linked to chemical weapons production 9. Bangladesh: An unprecedented surge of 270,000
7. Vintage mobile phone museum opens in Rohingya has sought refuge in Bangladesh over
Slovakia the past two weeks
8. Russia tells Nato not to worry over war games 10. South Korea braced for a possible further missile
9. Aqaas Harmain Shareefain Azmat Shaikh passed test by North Korea when it marks its founding
away September 7, 2017. anniversary on September 9, 2017
 Azmat Shaikh was the photographer in the
September 10, 2017

Harmain Shareefain
10. Kate Millett, Sexual Politics author, dies at 82
 Kate Millett, author of the groundbreaking
bestseller Sexual Politics, was the feminist
who launched the second wave of the 1. In a first for any prime minister of Pakistan,
women’s liberation movement. Millett Shahid Khagan Abbasi on September 9, 2017
September 9, 2017 participated in an exercise training mission

aboard an F-16 aircraft as part of the elite No 9
multirole squadron
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi opens  It was during a visit to the newly established
country`s fifth nuclear power plant (C-4) Àirpower Centre of Excellence` at an
 The 340MW Chashma-IV reac-tor, located operational airbase of the Pakistan Air
some 250km southwest of Islamabad, is the Force (PAF)in Sargodha when the prime
fourth built as part of a collaboration minister took part in the mission
between the Pakistan Atomic Energy 2. Pakistan and Kazakhstan on September 9, 2017
Commission (PAEC) and China National
agreed to execute joint projects in the fields of
Nuclear Corporation
2. China defends Pakistan`s efforts against defence, energy and communication to widen
terrorism, following US President Donald bilateral cooperation
Trump`s accusation that militants carry out  President Mamnoon Hussain arrived in
attacks inside Afghanistan from Pakistani soil Astana to attend first summit of the
3. President Mamnoon Hussain administered oath Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
to Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera as Federal Tax
on science and technology
Ombudsman at a ceremony in Islamabad on
September 08, 2017 3. Sindh Police Inspector General (IG) Allah Dino
4. A Saudi-led bloc of Arab states hostile to Qatar Khowaja cancels transfers, postings of 67 police
took aim at Kuwaiti mediation and maintained a officers of upper grades who were transferred

September 11, 2017

and posted by the government of Sindh over the
last couple of months have been reverted to
their previous positions
4. China Electrical and Mechanical Machinery Expo
1. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
begins at Expo Center here on September 9, on September 10, 2017 censured the
2017 government of Myanmar over ongoing
 Over 10,000 people including Chinese and persecution of Rohingya Muslims
Pakistani top level machinery  OIC asks Naypyidaw to accept UN fact-
manufacturers, businessmen, finding mission to probe into violation of HR
entrepreneurs and investors participated in Laws
2. A resolution calling upon the government to
three-day China Electrical and Mechanical
take steps to promote and develop democratic
Machinery Expo 2017 culture in the country, which includes setting up
5. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the a National Democracy Commission, is set to be
itinerary for a full series against Sri Lanka that taken up by the Senate on the opening day of its
will be played mainly in neutral venues but new session on September 11, 2017 (today)
features a planned finale in Lahore on October 3. New Pakistan foreign policy will focus on
enhancing defence and trade ties with Russia,
29
while retaining the “all-weather friendship” with
6. The US State Department has approved arms China.
sales packages worth more than $3.8 billion to  Officials at the foreign ministry said that
Bahrain including F-16 jets, upgrades, missiles improving ties with the United States and
and patrolboats, removing misunderstandings with
7. Egypt on September 9, 2017 announced the Washington was also a key goal set for the
discovery in the southem city of Luxor of a diplomats.
4. China, the world's biggest car market, plans to
pharaonic tomb belonging to a royal goldsmith
ban the production and sale of diesel and petrol
who lived more than 3,500 years ago during the cars and vans
reign of the 18th dynasty 5. Russia urges dialogue to solve Gulf crisis
8. Saudi Arabia on September 9, 2017 suspended  Arab countries and Qatar should enter into
any dialogue with Qatar, accusing it of distorting direct talks to solve a diplomatic dispute,
facts soon after a phone call between the rulers Russia`s foreign minister said on a trip to
of both countries offered hope of a Saudi Arabia
6. Army Museum Lahore Garrison established
breakthrough in the three-month-old Gulf crisis
recently has been opened for the general public
9. Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua summoned on September 10, 2017
the ambassador of Myanmar, U. Win Myint, to 7. The Punjab government has agreed with the
the Foreign Office to lodge a strong protest over World Bank to withdraw its annual practice of
the ongoing violence against the Rohingya wheat procurement by 2021
Muslims in the Rakhine state 8. Modi, Abe to kick-start India's first bullet train
10. Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee project
9. Bangladesh’s foreign minister said that genocide
(CJCSC): General Zubair Mahmood Hayat
was being waged in Myanmar’s violence-hit
Rakhine state, triggering an exodus of nearly
300,000 Muslim Rohingya to his country

10. Germany would lend its weight to a diplomatic Kremlin, boasting wonders such as an ice
push to end North Korean nuclear weapons and labyrinth, despite criticism over its huge
missile development along the lines of a past pricetag.
deal with Iran 10. Singapore is likely to have its first female
September 12, 2017

president, with only one candidate qualifying on
September 11, 2017
1. Stage set as Pakistan take on world

 Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium is all set to
witness history when Pakistan take on the
World XI for a three-match T20 series
September 13, 2017
starting September 12, 2017 (Today)
2. Pakistan and Iran on Monday underscored the 1. Pakistan and Turkey on Tuesday vowed to work
need for a politically negotiated settlement of together for peace and stability in Afghanistan
the Afghan conflict 2. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi offered
 Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif meets Iranian “joint patrols" and "joint posts" with
President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Afghanistan
Minister Dr Javad Zarif on daylong trip to 3. The Parliamentary Committee on National
Tehran Security (PCNS) on September 12, 2017 called
3. Stakeholders fail to agree on Fata-KP merger for long term planning on foreign policy issues
 The National Assembly Standing Committee and addressing internal weaknesses to improve
on States and Frontier Regions revealed the country`s image at the international level
that none of the stakeholders were willing 4. The UN Security Council unanimously imposed
to take responsibility for the complete new sanctions on North Korea, slapping a ban
merger of Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on textile exports and restricting shipments of
4. Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed oil products to punish Pyongyang for its sixth
Bajwa on September 11, 2017 arrived in and largest nuclear test.
Canberra, the capital of Australia, on a two-day 5. British director Peter Hall, who founded the
official visit. The COAS was given a tri-service Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960, has died
Guard of Honour at the age of 86, on September 12, 2017
5. US military sales to India went from zero to $15 6. Saudi Arabia says IS plot to bomb defence
billion in the last 10 years ministry`s headquarters foiled
6. US softens North Korea resolution ahead of UN 7. Pakistan defeated Faf du Plessis' World XI by 20
vote runs in the inaugural Twenty20 of the
7. The UN rights chief warned September 11, 2017 Independence Cup at Gaddafi stadium in Lahore
of possible "crimes against humanity" in on September 12, 2017
Venezuela, prompting the crisis-wracked 8. Turkey has signed a deal with Russia to buy S-
country to accuse his office of wielding human 400 missile defence systems, its first major
rights as "a political weapon" weapons purchase from Moscow
8. Norwegians voted on September 11, 2017 in an 9. The Bangladesh government has appealed for
election nail-biter in "the world's happiest international support to move the Rohingya to
country" with the governing rightwing coalition the island as the impoverished country
facing a strong challenge from the centre-left confronts a growing crisis over where to house
opposition an influx that has mounted following a military
9. MOSCOW on September 11, 2017 opened a crackdown in Buddhist-dominated Myanmar’s
brand new park to the public just steps from the Rakhine state

10. Sindh Assembly set to allow NAB to act against overshadowed by criticism that her selection
provincial employees was undemocratic after she was handed the job
September 14, 2017

without a vote
10. World XI beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the
second Twenty20 international to level the
three-match series at 1-1 at Lahore’s Gaddafi
1. India and Pakistan resume talks on a stadium on September 13, 2017
longstanding water dispute amidst renewed
September 15, 2017

hopes for a peaceful resolution of this
potentially dangerous issue.
 The last round of these talks, held at the
World Bank headquarters in Washington,
concluded on Aug 1. 1. Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States at a
2. Gen Bajwa is currently in Australia on an official tripartite meeting on Septmber 14, 2017 vowed
visit and has held talks with the Senate`s to eliminate the militant Islamic State group also
committee for foreign and defence affairs known by its Arabic acronym Daesh from the
headed by Senator David Fawcett, Australian region
Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshall Mark 2. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi
Binskin and Air Chief Air Marshal Gavin Davies inaugurated the 300km Kachhi canal project in
3. Minister of State for Broadcasting and National the Sui area of Dera Bugd on September 14,
Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb on September 13, 2017
2017 inaugurated the first ever Asia Peace Film  The Kachhi canal project, built at a cost of
Festival in Islamabad, which is being Rs80 billion, is expected to irrigate around
participated by about 50 countries to screen 72,000 acres of barren land in the Sui tehsil
about 940 films. area of Balochistan
4. Bangladesh to sign a 15-year deal with Qatar`s 3. The Foreign Office warned India against any
RasGas Co to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) misadventure as ceasefire violations by Indian
starting in 2018 troops so far this year surpassed the figure of
5. Iraq`s Kurds have earned their right to 700 nearly double the violations reported last
independence year
 Consider the plight of an ethnic group 4. The inaugural flight of the Pakistan International
seeking self-determination in the Middle Airlines to the Iraqi city of Najaf left from the
East. metropolis on September 14, 2017
6. North Korea vowed to accelerate its weapons 5. Mohammad Azam Khan, an officer of the
programmes in response to èvil` sanctions Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS), was
imposed by the UN Security Council following its appointed chief secretary of Khyber
latest and most powerful nuclear test Pakhtunkhwa on September 14, 2017
7. Eight Afghans expelled from Germany arrived in  Azam Khan has served as additional chief
Kabul as Berlin resumed deportations of secretary Fata, secretary sports, tourism
rejected asylum seekers from the war-torn and youth affairs, secretary home and tribal
country months affairs and as commissioner Peshawar in
8. A New Zealand lawmaker received military and the past
intelligence training in China, but he denied 6. Iraq and Turkey stepped up the pressure on
allegations of being a Beijing spy, saying he was Iraqi Kurdistan over its planned independence
the victim of a racist smear campaign referendum
9. Singapore got its first female president 7. The Indian government on September 14, 2017
September 13, 2017, but the milestone was told the Supreme Court that Rohingya refugees

were à threat to national security`, pushing 7. North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan
back against condemnation of its plans to and into the Pacific on September 14, 2017
deport them 8. TAMPA-After 20 years in space, Nasa’s famed
8. A feather from one of the most elusive birds in Cassini spacecraft made its final death plunge
the world has been found in South Australia, the into Saturn on September 14, 2017
first proof in more than a century that it lives 9. Iraqi Kurdish parliament approves independence
there referendum
9. Japan`s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on 10. The ICC Chief Executive Dave Richardson has
September 14, 2017 inaugurated India`s first made it clear that the sport's governing body
bullet train project a $19 billion line. cannot force India to play a bilateral series
10. North Korea threatens to ‘sink’ Japan, reduce US against Pakistan
to ‘ashes’
September 16, 2017 September 17, 2017

1. Three people were killed and another one was 1. ICC director, chief executive congratulate
wounded when a US drone fired missiles at a Pakistan on the event; express hope that it will
compound in the Ghuzgarhi area near the pave way for bigger series
Afghan border in Kurram Agency on September
2. Bangladesh PM seeks help for Rohingya crisis at
14, 2017
2. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi UN as exodus tops 400,000
September 14, 2017 assigned the additional 3. Indian Actor Salman Khan receives Global
portfolio of Planning Development and Reforms Diversity Award at Britain’s House of Commons
to Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal  He was presented the award by Keith Vaz,
3. Pakistan clinch Independence Cup British Parliament’s longest-serving Asian
 Man-of-the-match Ahmed Shehzad and MP
bowlers helped Pakistan overwhelm World
4. Punjab bans treatment abroad, foreign visits at
XI by 33 runs in the third Twenty20
international to annex the Independence govt’s expense
Cup at the Gaddafi Stadium on September  Seven-member Austerity Committee to
14, 2017 consider unavoidable cases of foreign visits
4. China agreed to address major concerns of and recommend to CM for his approval.
Pakistan about the preference erosion of its 5. Pakistan and India were unsuccessful in reaching
exports and meaningful market access during
an agreement during the latest round of talks on
the latest round of negotiations over the China-
Indus Water Treaty
Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) held in
Beijing on Sept 14-15  The two-day discussion took place in
5. Qatar`s ruling emir met German Chancellor Washington at the World bank
Angela Merkel on Friday on his first trip abroad headquarters on September 14-15
since a diplomatic crisis erupted between the  The Pakistani delegation was led by
tiny Gulf nation and its neighbours Secretary Water Resources Division Arif
6. Iceland`s prime minister called a snap
Ahmed Khan
parliamentary election following the decision of
one of the three coalition parties to quit the  The Indus Water Treaty was signed in 1960
government formed less than nine months ago after nine years of negotiations between

India and Pakistan with the help of the  A second major defence deal signed by
World Bank. Doha during its lengthening diplomatic
6. Pakistan and China are united to foil dispute with its neighbours
conspiracies of the enemies against the China 5. Afghanistan is considering training and arming
20,000 civilians to defend territories where
Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
Islamic militants have been driven out
 Chinese ambassador to Pakistan: Sun 6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated
Weidong India`s biggest dam on Sunday
7. Balochistan Assembly Speaker and Chief  The controversial Sardar Sarovar Dam on
Commissioner Pakistan Boy Scouts Association the River Narmada in the country`s western
Rahila Hameed Khan Durrani administered oath state of Gujarat that will provide power and
water to three big states was dedicated to
to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President
the people of India by Narendra Modi
Sardar Masood Khan as the chief of the AJK Boy
 The project has been beset by controversies
Scouts Association since the laying of the foundation stone by
8. The Pakistan International Airlines’ first flight to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1961.
Bangkok left from Karachi on September 16, The construction of the project began in
2017 1987
9. N Korea seeks military ‘equilibrium’ with US 7. Hamas ready to hand over Gaza to Palestinian
unity govt
10. A Chinese state-owned investment firm has
 Fatah-led administration praises decision
provided a $10 billion credit line for Iranian
announced after Egyptian mediation
banks 8. United Nations Secretary General: Antonio
Guterres
September 18, 2017  Nationality (Antonio Guterres) : Portuguese

 Antonio Guterres serving as the ninth
Secretary-General of the United Nations
9. Adviser to Prime Minister on National Hertiage:
1. PML-N retains Nawaz`s NA-120 stronghold
Irfan Siddiqui
 Kulsoom Nawaz bags 61,254 votes, PTI's
10. Foreign Minister of Mexico: Luis Videgaray
Yasmin makes inroads into Sharif's bastion
with 47,066 votes
 Despite frenzied campaigns turnout stands
at 33 pc
September 19, 2017
2. President Mamnoon Hussain invited Tajikistan
to benefit from the China-Pakistan Economic 1. British Pakistan actor Riz Ahmed made history
Corridor (CPEC). on September 17, 2017 by becoming the first
 Tajik President: Emomali Rahmon male actor of Asian descent to win an Emmy for
3. The Trump administration is considering closing acting
down the recently reopened US Embassy in  Ahmed was nominated for his role in HBO`s
Havana following a string of unexplained The Night Of, an eight-episode crime drama
incidents harming the health of American 2. The Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi
diplomats in Cuba reached New York
4. Qatar on September 17, 2017 signed an  Prime Minister will highlight the Kashmir
agreement to buy 24 Typhoon fighter jets from and Rohingya issues in his address to the
Britain 72nd United Nations General Assembly

3. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World 2. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and
Bank expressed concern over the escalation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on
violence, internal displacement and suffering of September 19, 2017 agreed that there was no
the Muslim population in Rakhine state of military solution to the Afghanistan conflict
Myanmar 3. In his first address to the United Nations on
4. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on September 18, September 19, 2017, US President Donald
2017 installed a fighter trainer aircraft, FT-5, at a Trump threatened to totally destroy North
park in recognition of the services of Capt Korea and hinted at the possibility of rescinding
Asfandyar Bokhari for the nation and the PAF on nuclear deal with Iran
his second martyrdom anniversary in Taxila 4. More than 40 million people were trapped as
5. The Bank of China (BoC) has been allowed to slaves last year in forced labour and forced
commence banking business in Pakistan marriages, according to the first joint effort by
 This is the second Chinese bank which has key anti-slavery groups to estimate the number
been allowed to operate in Pakistan. of victims worldwide of the international crime
 Earlier, the Industrial and Commercial Bank 5. Israel`s military fired a Patriot missile on
of China (ICBC) opened two branches in September 19, 2017 to bring down what it said
Karachi and Islamabad on May 20, 2011 was an Iranian-made drone operated by
6. Works began on September 18, 2017 to boost Hezbollah
security at the Eiffel Tower as an anti-terrorism 6. Federal Minister for Commerce and Textile:
measure, with bulletproof glass walls set to go Mohammad Pervaiz Malik
up around the world’s most visited monument 7. Canadian High Commissioner to Pakistan: Perry
7. Israel on September 18, 2017 inaugurated the John Calderwood
first ever US ally a joint missile defence base on 8. The US Senate overwhelmingly authorized $700
Israeli soil billion in defence spending September 19, 2017,
8. Iraq's supreme court September 18, 2017 a substantial increase over 2017 funding and
ordered the suspension of a September 25 nearly five percent more than President Donald
referendum on the independence of Iraqi Trump had requested
Kurdistan 9. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met
9. A Nigerian lawyer who helped secure the Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu publicly for
release of more than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped the first time in New York to discuss Middle East
by Boko Haram was on September 18, 2017 peace
awarded one of the United Nations’ top prizes 10. Minister for Elementary and Secondary
 Zannah Mustapha was given the annual Education Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Muhammad
Nansen award for his “crucial mediating” Atif Khan
role as well as his work helping children
affected by the long-running conflict
10. Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan: Justice September 21, 2017
Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi met US

September 20, 2017 Vice President Mike Pence on the sidelines of
the United Nations General Assembly on
September 20, 2017
1. The Children’s Hospital Lahore has become the  As the first step, the UnitedStates
first public sector hospital in the country to expressed its desire to send a delegation to
carry out bone marrow transplantation Pakistan for talks on bilateral relations

while Pakistan vowed to stay engaged with leaders talked about the need to continue their
the US despite differences countries` partnership in the fight against terror
2. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department 2. Members of seven National Assembly Standing
has decided to extend the Sehat Sahulat Committees elected on September 21, 2017
insurance programme to the transgender new chairpersons of the committees
community of the province  MNA Mian Abdul Mannan was elected
3. Pakistani Cricketer Khalid Latif has been banned chairman of the Committee on Housing and
for five year and fined Rs one million for his role Works, Dr Shezra Mansab Ali Khan Kharral
in the spot fixing scandal, which rocked the chairperson of Committee on Parliamentary
Pakistan Super League (PSL) earlier this year in Affairs, Shagufta Jumani head of Committee
United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith
4. Pakistan fined $1.6b as Turkish firm wins Harmony, Mr Rana Muhammad Qasim
arbitration case Noon chairman of the Committee on Rules
 Turkish firm Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik of Procedure and Privileges, Dr Hafeezur
Uretim had registered a claim with the Rehman Khan Drishak head of Committee
ICSID against Pakistan in 2013 for violation on National Health Services, Malik
of their contract of as many as $564.6 Muhammad Uzair Khan head of Committee
million for a period of five years, for on Climate Change and Khalid Hussain
building rental power plants in Karachi Magsi head of the Committee on Water
 ICSID: The International Centre for Resources
Settlement of Investment Disputes 3. Google pay tribute to Malika-i-Tarannum Noor
5. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who Jehan by unveiling a doodle to mark the
rescheduled his meeting with Prime Minister legendary vocalist`s 92nd birthday
Shahid Khagan Abbasi, urged Pakistan on 4. Pakistan XI defeat UK Media XI in the army-
September 20, 2017 to hold a state to state organised Peace Cup T20 match in Miranshah
dialogue with Afghanistan 5. The Lahore High Court on September 21, 2017
6. UNITED Nations on September 20, 2017 began ordered the Punjab government to make public
signing the first treaty to ban nuclear weapons, report of a judicial inquiry into Model Town
a pact backed by over100 countries but spurned tragedy that left 14 dead
by those with nuclear arms 6. The Senate on September 21, 2017 suspended
7. Saudi Arabia and Britain signed a framework activities of Pakistan-Switzerland Friendship
deal for military cooperation, Saudi state media Group (PSFG) to protest the appearance of
said September 20, 2017 "Free Balochistan" posters in Geneva
8. 51 countries line up to sign UN treaty outlawing 7. Turkey, Iran and Iraq have agreed to consider
nuclear weapons counter-measures against Kurdish northern Iraq
9. Qatar announces free prompt entry visa for over a planned independence referendum
Pakistanis 8. LÒreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, the world`s
10. Afghanistan's Ambassador to Pakistan: Omar richest woman, has died at the age of 94 in Paris
Zakhilwal 9. US President Donald Trump ordered new
sanctions on September 21, 2017 that open the
September 22, 2017

door wider to blacklisting people and entities
doing business with North Korea
10. Pakistan seized a bronze in 6-Reds snooker
when the reigning national champion
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi held a Mohammad Sajjad was sent packing 3-5 by
brief meeting with US President Donald Trump Chinese Yan Bingtao in the semi-final of the
here on Tuesday evening during which the two

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games at 9. The winner of Turkey’s national beauty pageant
Ashgabat on September 21, 2017 was September 22, 2017 forced to hand back
her crown hours after winning, over a tweet
September 23, 2017

relating to the failed coup which was deemed
offensive
10. Police arrested former Balochistan home
minister Nawabzada Gazeen Marri upon his
1. Pakistan won`t be anyone`s scapegoat, PM tells arrival at Quetta airport on September 22, 2017,
UN after 18 years of self-exile which he mostly
 In his first address to the UN General spent in Dubai
Assembly on Thursday, Prime Minister
September 24, 2017

Shahid Khagan Abbasi highlighted Kashmir
as a key dispute, refused to be a
`scapegoat` for Afghanistan and reminded
the world that it was not Pakistan that
started a nuclear race in South Asia 1. Women allowed to attend national day
 Pakistan, lost 27,000 lives since the launch celebrations first time in Saudi Arabia
of the US war on terror and that`s why it  Women were allowed to enter the stadium,
was more interested in restoring peace and
a previously male-only venue used mostly
stability in Afghanistan than any other
for football matches, with their families and
nation, PM said
2. The World Bank has approved $114 million to seated separately from single men to watch
expand support for families affected by a musical show and a play in Saudi history
militancy-related violence in the Federally 2. Indian newspaper, Hindustan Times has written
Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is an
 Around 326,000 eligible temporarily 'active card' for India in Pakistan and
displaced families will benefit from the
Afghanistan
funding
3. Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) Director General: Maj  In a piece in the newspaper, TTP is also
Gen Azhar Naveed Hayat Khan being called as Indian ;counterpart for Hizb-
4. The United States wants Myanmar to take ul-Mujahideen, Lashkr-e-Taiba (LeT), and
urgent action to end violence in Rakhine state, Jesh-e-Mohammad (JeM)'
where a military offensive has created a crisis 3. Pakistan Navy (PN) on September 23, 2017
that could jeopardise its economic and political successfully test-fired anti-ship missile from air-
transition
to-sea level in north Arabian Sea
5. Turkish missile deal with Russia reflects stormy
relationship with Nato 4. Lahore General Hospital has become the first
6. British Prime Minister Theresa May called for a public sector hospital to perform successful
two-year transition after Brexit in which Britain Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy, removal of
would largely maintain its current ties with excessive fat from human body on September
Brussels, in a charm offensive intended to 23, 2017
unlock stalled negotiations with the European
5. Thousands of people on the Indonesian island of
Union
Bali flee from their homes due to concerns over
7. Current British High Commissioner to Pakistan:
Thomas Drew Mount Agung erupting. The alert status for the
8. Current Russian Foreign Minister: Sergei Lavrov volcano was increased to the highest level
possible

6. North Korea said on targeting the US mainland  Merkel, who after 12 years in power held a
with its rockets was inevitable after "Mr. Evil double-digit lead for most of the campaign,
President" Donald Trump called Pyongyang' scored around 33 per cent of the vote with
leader "rocket man", further escalating rhetoric her conservative Christian Union (CDU/CSU)
bloc
over the North's nuclear weapons and missile
5. Bangladesh has banned telecommunication
programs companies from selling mobile phone
7. Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj connections to Rohingya refugees
on September 23, 2017 said Pakistan as "the 6. An ISIS flag was spotted hoisting at a bridge by a
greatest exporter of havoc, death and commuter in the federal capital near the main
inhumanity" highway on September 24, 2017 morning
7. Kenya's Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge
8. The Turkish parliament on Saturday approved a
underlined his status as the world's best current
one-year extension of a mandate to use troops long-distance runner by winning the Berlin
abroad in Syria and Iraq Marathon on September 24, 2017
9. Iran successfully tested a new medium-range 8. PCB unveils logos for Pakistan-Sri Lanka series
missile in defiance of warnings from Washington on September 24, 2017
10. A girl child activist Majida Fehmi, from Gilgit- 9. US Defense Secretary James Mattis
Baltistan has been nominated for 2017 10. Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Umar Zakhilwal
International Children’s Peace Prize
September 26, 2017
September 25, 2017
1. Fatima Sughra, remembered as the young girl
who had hoisted up the Pakistani flag for the
1. Pakistan informed the international community
very first time, passed away on September 25,
on September 24, 2017 that Indian Minister for
2017. She was 84.
External Affairs Sushma Swaraj betrayed her
 Born in 1932, Sughra was only 14-year-old
government`s deep hostility towards its
when she became one of the youngest
neighbour when she attacked Islamabad in her
members of the Pakistan Movement that
address to the UN General Assembly
anyone had seen.
2. The Gwadar Port Authority and China
2. Iraqi Kurds voted in an independence
Communication Construcrion Company signed a
referendum on Monday as tensions rose with
memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the
Baghdad and neighbouring countries over the
construction of Eastbay Expressway at a
historic vote
ceremony held in Gwadar on September 24,
3. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov
2017
said that `two-faced policy` of the United States
 Minister of State for Ports and Shipping
was to blame for the death of Russian general in
Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal
Syria
3. Award-winning British actor and director Ralph
4. `World`s heaviest woman` dies in Abu Dhabi
Fiennes, who podrayed Lord Voldemon in the
 She had not left home in more than two
Harry Potter series, was given a Serbian passpon
decades and weighed around 500 kilograms
on September 24, 2017 for `promoting` the
(1,100 pounds)
Balkan country
5. The United Arab Emirates on September 25,
4. Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a fourth term
2017 announced plans to open a nuclear power
in Germany`s election on September 24, 2017

plant next year, in what would be a first for the  Abbreviation: ICPO
emirate and the Arab Gulf region  Formed: September 7, 1923
6. Australia on September 25, 2017 committed to  Headquarters: Lyon, France
creating a national space agency as it looks to 6. India has ruled out sending its troops to
cash in on the lucrative and fast-evolving Afghanistan but will continue to provide
astronautical sector assistance in other helds
7. A two week long joint exercise DRUZBA 2017  Indian Defence Minister: Nirmala
between special forces of Pakistan and Russia Sitharaman
Armies started in Minralney Vody, Russia 7. World’s biggest uncut diamond sells for $53m
8. Prime Minister of Palestine: Rami Hamdallah  British jeweller Graff has purchased the
9. A female Marine became the first woman on world’s largest uncut diamond — roughly
September 25, 2017 to complete the the size of a tennis ball — for $53 million
notoriously rigorous training course for US (44.5 million euros).
infantry officers 8. International Criclket Council has introduced
10. Trump’s travel ban expands to eight countries new rules and rule changes for the centuries old
11. Full bans were newly placed on nationals from game that will come into effect on September
North Korea and Chad, and extended for five 28, 2017.
countries on the original list: Iran, Libya,  One of them is to give umpires the power to
Somalia, Syria and Yemen, Limited restrictions send a player off for the rest of the match
meanwhile were placed on Venezuela. for serious misconduct.
9. The Federal Cabinet on September 26, 2017
September 27, 2017 approved five-year extension of the lease

contract of Saindak Copper Gold project to
Chinese firm
10. Trump ignores pleas to calm North Korea
1. Transgender persons will be able to use the tensions
name of their gurus as parents in their
computerised nationalidentity cards (CNICs), the
National Database and Registration Authority
(Nadra) told on September 26, 2017
September 28, 2017
2. My Pure Land, First Urdu-language Pakistani film
to represent UK in Oscar race 1. The World Bank would provide $200 million to
3. Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to improve
next June, that makes the Gulf kingdom the last revenue mobilisation of the cash-starved
country in the world to permit women behind province
the wheel 2. The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on
4. China has staged military exercises in Djibouti September 27, 2017 approved the “Criminal Law
after opening its first overseas military base Amendment Bill 2017” about suicide and
there last month allowed to repeal the Section 325 PCC Act XLV
5. Interpol opened its four-day general assembly, of 1860 from the law.
in Beijing on September 26, 2017 as China seeks 3. International police agency Interpol voted on
greater international help to repatriate alleged September 27, 2017 to include Palestine as a
criminals despite accusations it is using the member state, in a new boost to Palestinian
international police organisation for political efforts for international recognition and
gain influence amid long-stalled negotiations with
 Full name: International Police Organization Israel for full statehood
 Common name: Interpol

 Current Palestinian Foreign Minister: Riad 3. Turkey threatened potentially crippling

Malki restrictions on oil trading with Iraqi Kurds after
4. Twitter is testing allowing tweets to be they backed independence from Baghdad in a
expanded to 280 characters double the existing referendum that has alarmed Ankara as it faces
limit in the latest effort to boost flagging growth a separatist insurgency from its own Kurdish
at the social network minority
 Chief Executive Twitter: Jack Dorsey 4. China orders North Korean business closed
 Twitter Founded: March 21, 2006 under UN sanctions
 Twitter Launched: July 15, 2006 5. Hugh Hefner, the silk pajama-wearing founder
5. A Saudi woman has been named to a senior of PLAYBOY who helped escort nudity into the
government post for the first time American mainstream, died on September 27,
 The government announced that a woman 2017. He was 91 years old
Eman Al-Ghamdi had been appointed as 6. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved
assistant mayor of Al Khubar governorate. parliament September 29, 2017, effectively
6. Iraq's Kurds announced a massive "yes" vote for kicking off a national election campaign where
independence on September 28, 2017 following he faces an unexpected and formidable
a referendum that has incensed Baghdad and challenge from the popular governor of Tokyo
sparked international concern 7. All foreign flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish
7. Masooma Muradi, Afghanistan's only female capital Arbil will be suspended from September
provincial governor has been replaced by a man 29, 2017, as Baghdad increases pressure on the
on September 27, 2017 Kurds over this week’s independence
8. Corruption charges: Ousted Thai PM Yingluck referendum
sentenced in absentia to five years 8. Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah became the joint
9. Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly: Asad second fastest bowler to claim 150 Test wickets
Qaiser on the opening day of the first Test against Sri
10. Current Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan: Mir Lanka in Abu Dhabi on September 28, 2017
Ghazanfar Ali Khan 9. H.E. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry is the current
ambassador to the United States
10. British Minister of State for Asia: Mark Field
September 29, 2017
September 30, 2017
1. Former director general of the Inter-Services
Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Asim Saleem
Bajwa got the first command post as a three- 1. Donald Trump will travel to Asia next month for
star general on September 28, 2017 the first time since becoming president,
 He replaces Lt Gen Aamer Riaz who has stopping in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam
been posted as Lahore Corps Commander and the Philippines on a trip expected to be
 Lt Gen Sadiq Ali, who was serving as Lahore dominated by the North Korea nuclear threat
Corps Commander, has been appointed
2. State Bank of Pakistan held its main policy
Inspector General Arms at the GHQ
interest rate unchanged at 5.75 per cent on
 All the three officers had been promoted to
the rank of three-star general together the September 29, 2017, citing steadily rising
same day Sept 22, 2015 economic growth and low inflation
2. Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar was on September 3. Pakistan and Tajikistan have emphasized
28, 2017 elected as Chairman National Assembly restoration of peace in Afghanistan for the
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs benefit of the region

 Tajik Defence Minister Sherali Mirzo

4. Chairman Shura Council of Bahrain: Ali Bin Saleh
Al-Saleh
5. Minister for Commerce Pervaiz Malik
representing Pakistan in World Trade
Organization Public Forum in Geneva.
6. An agreement has been signed with a Chinese
company in Lahore on September 29, 2017 to
set up a 1263 MW LNG-fueled power plant in
Jhang, reported by Radio Pakistan
7. Commander of the Kuwaiti Air Force, Major
General Abdullah Al-Foudari
8. North Korea's rapid weapons progress poses
new, global threat: IAEA
 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Director: Yukiya Amano
9. The 119th passing out parade of Combat
Support Force held at Pakistan Air Force (PAF)
Asghar Khan Academy Risalpur September 30,
2017
10. Two activists from the heavily militarised region
of Indian occupied Kashmir on September 28,
2017 won Norway’s Rafto Prize for human rights
for their long-term struggle against violence in
the disputed territory

CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQS | OCTOBER 2017
October 1, 2017 October 02, 2017

1. Pakistani batsman Azhar Ali completed 1. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar
5,000 runs in the test format during the first Javed Bajwa visited Kabul on October 01,
Test against Sri Lanka on September 30, 2017 to hold discussions with Afghan
2017 authorities
 The 32-year-old became the eighth Pakistan  During a meeting with Afghan President
batsman to reach the milestone in his 61st Ashraf Ghani, matters of regional security
Test. and counter-terrorism efforts were
2. Iran has embargoed exports and imports of discussed
fuel products to and from Iraqi Kurdistan in 2. The United Arab Emirates has begun
response to the region’s controversial collecting new “sin” taxes on tobacco
independence referendum, products, energy drinks and soft drinks
3. Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said Iraqi October 01, 2017
Kurdish authorities would pay the price for 3. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has
an independence referendum which was decided to offer $10,000 per match to each
widely opposed by foreign powers. foreign cricketer who would play Pakistan
4. Vice Chancellor Punjab University: Prof Dr Super League (PSL) matches in the country
Zaffar Mueen Nasar 4. Pakistani boxer Mohammad Waseem on
5. Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed October 01, 2017 maintained his position as
Bajwa will undertake a crucial visit to World Boxing Council's (WBC) number one
Afghanistan on October 1, 2017 and undefeated Silver Flyweight champion
6. Bollywood’s veteran theatre and film by defeating Panama's Carlos Melo
personality Tom Alter died on September 5. A new national survey has found that
27, 2017 after losing battle against skin 132,000 people in Pakistan suffer from HIV
cancer in Mumbai  The survey was conducted using a grant
7. A former deputy minister of the Ethiopia from the Global Fund
Ministry of Finance and Economic 6. US President Donald Trump has told his
Cooperation and 20 others were charged secretary of state that he is wasting his time
with corruption offenses before the trying to negotiate with North Korea over
Ethiopia Federal High Court in Addis Ababa its nuclear programme
8. NACTA: National Counter Terrorism 7. Jagmeet Singh, an Ontario provincial
Authority lawmaker and practicing Sikh, was elected
9. United States (US) Secretary of State: Rex on October 01, 2017 as leader of Canada’s
Tillerson left-leaning New Democrats, becoming the
10. The federal government has finally first non-white politician to head a major
managed to develop consensus on the Canadian political party
major points of reforms in the Federally 8. A law that forbids any kind of full-face
Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) as all covering, including Islamic veils such as the
lawmakers from the tribal regions have niqab or burqa, has come into force in
agreed to the merger with Khyber- Austria
Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) 9. World-first “thunderstorm asthma” warning
system launched in Australia
10. 1st Governor-General of India: 1858

October 3, 2017
the border with Iraq's autonomous
Kurdistan region
October 4, 2017
1. President Mamnoon Hussain signed the
controversial Election Act 2017 (October 2,
2017)
 The law was passed to allow the party to re- 1. A special corps commanders conference
elect the disqualified former prime minister that reportedly lasted around seven hours
as party chief was held at the military`s General
2. A Senate committee on October 2, 2017 Headquarters (GHQ) on October 3, 2017
approve d a bill to provide a mechanism for 2. The civil works on the 1263MW Punjab
public interest disclosures by providing Power Plant has been started, near Trimmu
protection to whistleblowers in corruption Barrage, about 23km away from the Jhang
cases district headquarters
3. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zakaullah 3. The lobbying firm that campaigned to get F-
has been conferred the highest military 16 fighter jets for Pakistan in 2016 also
award of Saudi Arabia, the King Abdul Aziz advocated for India to block the proposed
Medal of Excellence sale, claims a new book by a former US
4. The first batch of the rolling stock for the senator, Larry Pressler
Orange Line Metro Train reached the 4. Pakistan among top 10 economies in terms
Lahore on October 2, 2017 of its internet users
5. At least 58 people were killed and over 500  Nearly 16 million Pakistanis went online for
injured when a gunman opened fire from a the first time between 2012 and 2015,
32nd floor hotel room on a country music accounting for half the number of the
concert in Las Vegas overall internet users in the country,
6. Renowned artist Tasaddug Sohail passed according to a UN “Information Economy
away on Monday. He was 87 Report 2017” released on October 3, 2017
 His canvas would be replete with a variety  The country was at the ninth position on
of eye-catching images bathed in delectable the list compared to India (1st), Iran (7th)
colours and Bangladesh (10th)
7. Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in 5. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on
Physiology or Medicine on October 2, 2017 October 3, 2017 ordered the second major
for their discoveries about the body`s reshuffle of provincial bureaucracy, wherein
biological clock 42 officers, including administrative
 Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and secretaries, commissioners and deputy
Michael W. Young won the 9-million-kronor commissioners, were transferred
($1.1 million) prize for their work on finding 6. Global pact for indigenous land rights
genetic mechanisms behind circadian launched
rhythms 7. A group of 20 foreign diplomats who visited
8. The rightwing Hindu government in Uttar Myanmar`s Rakhine state, have urged the
Pradesh has removed the Taj Mahal from its government to allow access by
of ficial list of tourist destinations for which humanitarian groups and by a United
the state is famous Nations fact-finding mission to investigate
9. Myanmar ‘ready’ to take back Rohingya allegations of human rights violations
refugees 8. The United States ordere d the expulsion of
10. Iranian and Iraqi forces conducted joint 15 Cuban diplomats on October 3, 2017,
military exercises on October 2, 2017 near accusing Havana of failing to protect their

US counterparts from harm in a series of King Salman arrived in Moscow on October

mystery àttacks` on their health 4, 2017, the first official visit to Russia by a
9. Three US-based scientists won the Nobel ruler from Saudi Arabia
Physics Prize on October for detecting faint 7. DeepMind, the Google sibling focusing on
ripples flying through the universe the artificial intelligence, has announced the
gravitational waves predicted a century ago launch of an èthics and society` unit to
by Albert Einstein that provide a new study the impact of new technologies on
understanding of the universe society
 Rainer Weiss of the Massachusetts Institute 8. A trio of Swiss, American and British
of Technology and Barry Barish and Kip scientists (Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank
Thorne of the California Institute of and Richard Henderson) won the Nobel
Technology won the 2017 prize for a chemistry prize on October 4, 2017 for
combination of highly advanced theory and developing cryo-electron microscopy,
ingenious equipment design allowing researchers to see biological
10. Ex-Iraqi president and Kurdish leader Jalal molecules frozen in action
Talabani died on Tuesday in Germany 9. The United Nations has moved to put the
 Talabani, 83, was Iraq`s president from Saudi-led coalition on its annual blacklist of
2005 to 2014 and a key figure in Iraqi child rights’ violators for the killing and
Kurdistan maiming of children in Yemen, according to
a draft report obtained by AFP
10. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
October 5, 2017
1.
2.
Govt agrees to restore Khatm-i-Nabuwwat
declaration amid uproar
Iranian forces fired at least 11 mortar shells
October 6, 2017
into Pakistani territory near the Panjgur 1. Military spokesperson on October 5, 2017
border in Balochistan on October 4, 2017 stressed the need for all civilian and military
3. Pakistan Oil fields Limited (POL) has institutions to work together to defeat
discovered one of the largest oil and gas ènemy designs` aimed at dividing the
reserves from its Jhandial well (Punjab) in country
last five years, as per announcement at PSX  ISPR chief insists spy agencies played
 Jhandial well is located in Ikhlas Block in 'constitutional' role in JIT probe
Northern Potwar, about 83 kilometers  Acknowledges MML's right to participate in
Southwest of Islamabad in District Attock political process
4. Pakistan's first optical remote sensing  Argues 'silence is also an expression' with
satellite PRSS-1 would be launched in 2018 reference to corps commanders' huddle
 SUPARCO: Pakistan Space and Upper 2. The National Assembly October 5, 2017
Atmosphere Research Commission unanimously passed ‘The Elections
5. A Turkish court on October 4, 2017 found (Amendment) Bill 2017’, to amend ‘The
42 former soldiers guilty of trying to kill election act 2017’ by restoring the word
President Tayyip Erdogan during last year`s “Oath” instead of “Declaration” in the
failed coup, and handed most of them life nomination paper about the finality of
sentences in the highest profile case related Prophethood (Khatm-e-Nabuwat)
to the attempted putsch so far 3. Pakistan warns India against targeting its
Nuclear Installations
6.

 Current Foreign Minister Pakistan: Khawaja Awards held in New York on October 6,
Mohammad Asif 2017
4. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of 4. Pakistan is facing formidable challenges to
Pak-British bilateral relations, Pakistan Air improving food security because of poor
Force arranged a mesmerizing air show at governance, lack of economic growth and
Sea View, Karachi October 5, 2017 instability within the country as well as on
5. Karachi has been ranked on 7th position in its borders, Asian Development Bank has
terms of FDI Strategy in the list of Top 10 said in a report
Asia-Pacific cities of the future 2017-18, 5. The Trump administration has informed
which was released recently by FDI Congress that it too believes the China-
Intelligence Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) passes
 FDI: Foreign direct investment through a disputed territory originally an
6. Two fearless Asian women a Pakistani India claim aimed at thwarting the
(Gulalai Ismail) and a late Indian journalist development plan
(Gauri Lankesh) who risked their lives 6. Madrid rules out dialogue unless Catalonia
campaigning against extremism won a joint drops independence bid
award (Anna Politkovskaya Award) on 7. Nuclear disarmament campaign group ICAN
October 5, 2017 for their common cour age won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its
7. Kazuo Ishiguro, the British author of The efforts to consign the atomic bomb to
Remains of the Day, won the Nobel Prize for history
Literature on October 5, 2017 8. The United States will end some of its
8. Saudi Arabia`s King Salman, on a landmark toughest economic and trade sanctions
visit to Russia, and President Vladimir Putin imposed on the government of Sudan
on October 5, 2017 signed a slew of arms 9. China has issued a travel advisory to its
and energy deals as the key US ally seeks to nationals visiting India, the first such
deepen cooperation with Moscow warning after the Doklam standoff, warning
9. Iraqi forces retook one of the militant them about denial of visas to visit
Islamic State group`s last two enclaves in “restricted areas” like the Andaman and
the country on October 5, 2017 Nicobar Islands
10. Current Indian Chief of the Air Staff: Air 10. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
Chief Marshal B. S. Dhanoa has ordered the Energy Ministry to
negotiate a three-year deal with Pakistan
October 7, 2017
on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports
1. Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa assumed the

charge of Commander Southern Command
October 08, 2017
at a ceremony held on October 6, 2017 1. Vice Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi has
2. The Government of Pakistan has appointed been appointed as new Pakistan Navy chief
Air Marshal Farooq Habib as vice chief of and has been promoted to designation of
the air staff Admiral
 Air Marshal Habib was commissioned in the 2. Senior Afghan and American officials
GD(P) Branch of the PAF in June, 1982 welcomed the arrival of new US made
3. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has added another military helicopters on October 07, 2017
prestigious accolade to her name, winning 3. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has
the `Best Documentary` award at the 38th decided to discontinue their flights to the
Annual News and Documentary Emmy

October 9, 2017
United States from October 31 due to
annual losses of up to Rs1.25 billion
4. Norway to pay male and female
internationals equally 1. The government has appointed retired
 A new agreement between Norway’s Justice Javed Iqbal as the new chief of
football association and the country’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
international players will lead to men and  The new chairman was chosen from among
women receive the same financial 12 nominees submitted by the government
compensation for representing their and opposition parties
country 2. First train of Orange Line project unveiled in
5. European Parliament’s (EP) European Lahore on October 8, 2017
Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group  The Punjab government plans to bring it
has nominated Aasia Bibi for Sakharov Prize into operation in December
for Freedom of Thought 3. Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar, a three-star general,
 Aasia Bibi is a Christian woman who was who has served as chief of the Inter-
sentenced to death in 2010 under Services Intelligence (ISI), has announced
Pakistan’s blasphemy law. Currently she is his plans to seek early retirement from
on death row service
6. President Donald Trump will dispatch his  Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar, currently posted as
top diplomatic and military advisors to president of the National Defence
Pakistan in the coming weeks, turning up University (NDU) inIslamabad
the heat on a nuclear-armed ally accused of 4. The Provincial Disaster Management
harboring terror groups Authority (PDMA) and the Punjab
7. PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi announced a Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) observed
comprehensive development package the National Disaster Awareness Day on
worth above Rs 2.5 billion for the October 8, 2017 to remember the victims of
infrastructural uplift of Nowshero Feroz 2005 earthquake
district for the provision of gas, electricity 5. Awami Workers Party (AWP) senior leader
and the construction of roads Naeem Shakir Advocate died of cardiac
8. Pakistan dismisses US concerns on CPEC, arrest over the weekend in the US. He was
urges world to focus on India's atrocities in 73
Kashmir  As a Supreme Court lawyer, he fought for
 Earlier, the Trump administration had the rights of minorities and workers. He
informed Congress that it too believes the defended the hapless members of the
CPEC passes through a disputed territory — religious minorities in blasphemy cases such
originally an India claim aimed at thwarting as the Aasia Bibi case
the development plan 6. India has created a `messìn disputed
9. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is expected Kashmir over the past 15 months, India`s
to visit Pakistan in the near future on the former intelligence chief Amarjit Singh
invitation of Pakistani Army Chief General Dulat was quoted as saying in an article
Qamar Javed Bajwa published by The Hindu
10. A new surgical tool was recently developed, 7. The Chinese foreign ministry has dismissed
and it could possibly replace the need of United States (US) criticism that the China-
stitches and staples. Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) passes
 ‘Metro Glue’ is elastic surgical glue that can through disputed territory
seal a wound within 60 seconds! 8. The US has invited Gen Zubair Mahmood
Hayat, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff

Committee (JCSC), to attend a conference economic matters whether on savings or

of military chiefs from various friendly game shows like `Deal or No Deal` are not
countries always rational
9. US President Donald Trump said he will not 5. NATO launched a new multinational force
go ahead with his controversial pledge to in Romanian October 9, 2017 to counter
move the American embassy to Jerusalem Russia along its eastern flank and to check
until after pushing for an Israeli-Palestinian a growing Russian presence in the Black
peace deal Sea following the Kremlin`s 2014 seizure of
10. An epic 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) solar Crimea
car race across the desert heart of Australia 6. US, Turkey mutually suspend visa services
designed to showcase new technology that in escalating row
could one day help develop commercial 7. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
vehicles got underway October 8, 2017 chief confirms Iran complying with nuclear
deal
October 10, 2017

 IAEA chief: Yukiya Amano
8. Jean Rochefort, the French actor who
played a key role in one of the most cursed
1. South Asia is no longer the fastest-growing movie sagas in Hollywood history, has died
region in the world, the World Bank said in aged 87
a recent report 9. Fifteenth World Day against Death Penalty
2. Pakistan is set to launch the Pakistan will be observed today (October 10, 2017
Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1) early next 10. Vice Chancellor Pakistan Institute of
year Medical Sciences (PIMS): Dr Javed Akram
 The PRSS-1 is Pakistan’s first earth
observation satellite and will be launched
October 11, 2017

by the Space and Upper Atmosphere
Research Commission (Suparco)
3. Zurich-based Fédération Internationale des
Associations de Transitaires et Assimilés 1. Cabinet decides to revise quota system in
(FIATA) has elected Mr Babar Badat as its country
president at its World Congress, 2017 on  As the quota system devised over 40 years
Oct 8 ago to allocate jobs among all the
 FIATA International Federation of Freight provinces expired in 2013
Forwarders Associations is a global body, 2. The Establishment Division on October 10,
representing over 50,000 international 2017 notified newly promoted grade 22
logistics companies from 150 member additional secretaries and assigned them
countries. charge of different ministries, divisions and
 The total employee strength of FIATA subordinate entities
member companies is over 10 million 3. North Korean computer hackers have
 Mr Badat is the founder chairman of the stolen hundreds of classified military
Pakistan International Freight Forwarders documents from South Korea including
Association (PIFFA), and ran unopposed for detailed wartime operational plans
the position involving its US ally, a report said on
4. The Nobelprizein economics was awarded October 10, 2017
on October 9, 2017 to Richard Thaler of 4. Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont said he
the University of Chicago for research had accepted the `mandate of the people`
showing how people`s choices on for his region`s independence from Spain

but suspended the declaration to allow October 11, 2017 on account of undue
more time for talks with Madrid third-party interference in the federation’s
5. Nasa astronauts took another spacewalk affairs
outside the International Space Station on 6. Spain threatened on October 11, 2017 to
October 10, 2017, this time to grease the suspend Catalonia`s autonomy if it follows
robot arm`s new hand through on its threat to break away as an
6. Kabul has unilaterally put off a meeting of independent country in the biggest
the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade challenge to Spanish unity in a generation
Coordination Authority (APTTCA) 7. India’s top court says sex with child is rape
 A highlevel forum set up to deal with  Sex with a minor amounts to rape even if
problems hindering smooth the couple are married, India’s top court
implementation of a revised transit treaty. ruled on October 11, 2017, closing a legal
The last meeting of the authority was held loophole that had allowed some
last year perpetrators to escape punishment
7. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 68 runs in the 8. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed
second Test in Dubai on October 10, 2017 out at US counterpart Donald Trump,
and take the series 2-0. saying he was opposing "the whole world"
8. Iran warns US on designating Guards by trying to abandon a landmark nuclear
terrorist group agreement
9. Chief of The Intelligence Bureau`s (IB): 9. Parliament of Iran: Majles-e-Shoraye
Aftab Sultan Eslami / Majles
10. CEO Punjab Board of Investment and 10. Book Ethics of killing written by: Rabia
Trade (PBIT): Jahanzeb Burana Hassan
October 12, 2017 October 13, 2017

1. The Senate Standing Committee on 1. Security forces, with the support of US
Interior on October 11, 2017 rejected `The intelligence, freed an American woman,
Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill, her Canadian husband and their three
2017` and said it was unIslamic children from terrorists` captivity
2. The CPEC is future of Pakistani people and 2. Pakistani expert to head WHO panel
there will never be any compromise on it,  The United Nations health agency has
Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa announced the establishment of a high-
3. Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, former level global commission on non
Chief Justice of Pakistan appointed as ICJ communicable diseases (NCDs) which will
ad hoc judge in the Kulbhushan Jadhav be led by Dr Sania Nishtar of Pakistan
case  Director General World Health
4. Justice (r) Javed Iqbal officially assumed Organisation (WHO): Tedros Adhanom
charge as the National Accountability Ghebreyesus
Bureau chairman Octo said all major cases 3. French President Emmanuel Macron
before the NAB would be taken to logical launched round two of his ambitious
conclusion domestic reform programme on October
5. After several warnings, the Fédération 12, 2017
Internationale de Football Association 4. The United States has announced it will
(FIFA) ultimately suspended Pakistan withdraw from the United Nations
Football Federation’s (PFF) membership on

Scientific and Cultural Organisation, acknowledged the Pakistan Army`s

accusing the body of ànti-Israel bias`. achievements in the fight against terrorism
5. Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah and continued efforts for peace and
signed a reconciliation deal on October 13, stability in the region
2017 after Hamas agreed to hand over 5. President Donald Trump struck a blow
administrative control of Gaza, including against the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement in
the key Rafah border crossing, a decade defiance of other world powers, choosing
after seizing the enclave in a civil war not to certify that Tehran is complying
6. China’s best known report on personal with the deal and warning that the United
riches says property tycoon Xu Jiayin has States might ultimately terminate it
become the country’s wealthiest person, 6. Somalia`s defence minister and army chief
knocking billionaire Wang Jianlin off the have both resigned, without explaining
top spot why, in a potential blow to the
7. Indian fast bowler Ashish Nehra on Oct 12, government`s fight against Shabaab
017 announced his retirement from militants
international cricket and the Indian 7. The Swiss government says voters will
Premier League (IPL) after an injury- decide whether to ban facecovering
plagued career garments like masks or Muslim burgas and
8. President of BCCI: Vinod Rai nigabs
9. 2022 Asian Games will be in: Hangzhou, 8. India is in advanced talks with Sri Lanka to
China operate an airport on the southern tip of
10. Highest point of Asia: Mt. Everest the island, where China has invested
heavily as part of its Belt and Road
October 14, 2017

initiative
9. Former French culture minister Audrey
Azoulay was selected to head the
1. Pakistan would once again tap embattled UN cultural agency Unesco
international capital market to issue Sukuk after defeating her Qatari rival by only two
bond within next couple of months to votes in a cliff-hanger on October 13, 2017
generate at least $1 billion to build the 10. The International Cricket Council (ICC)
country’s foreign exchange reserves unveiled a long-awaited, nine-nation Test
2. Postage stamp in honour of Mufti championship on October 13, 2017 in a bid
Mahmood launched to preserve the five-day format`s status
 The postage stamp has been launched in following the rapid growth of Twenty20
recognition of invaluable religious as well  The Test league will start in 2019 and see
as political services of Maulana Mufti nine teams play six series over two years
Mahmood three home and three away. It will
3. The federal government has appointed culminate in a final between the two top
Shahid Ashraf Tarar as Executive Director teams at Lord`s
at the World Bank for a period of three
October 15, 2017

years
 Shahid Ashraf Tarar, a BS-22 officer of
Pakistan Administrative Service, presently
posted as chairman of National Highway 1. The Pak-Iran officials discussed several
Authority under Communications Division matters, ranging from border management
4. Chief of General Staff (CGS) of the UK to security, from immigration to border
Army, Gen Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter, trade and from rahdari system to increase

October 16, 2017

trade volume at the 21st Joint Border
Commission meeting held in Balochistan’s
port city, Gwadar
2. Nusrat Ara The actress who played a 1. Representatives from Pakistan,
hugely popular character Bil Batori in a Afghanistan, China and the US will meet in
children`s television play, passed away on Muscat on October 16, 2017 (today) for
October 14, 2017. She was 65 the first time in over a year to restart the
3. China’s Communist Party announced stalled process aimed at bringing peace to
Saturday that it agreed to amend its Afghanistan
constitution  Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua, will lead
4. Kurds, Iraqi forces in standoff as Baghdad the Pakistani delegation, which includes
sets deadline senior military officials
5. North Korea is believed to be preparing to 2. Pakistan and Iran have vowed not to allow
launch a ballistic missile ahead of an use of their soil for terrorism and decided
upcoming joint naval drill by the US and to improve the security situation at the
South Korea border and take concrete steps for curbing
6. Saudi princess first woman to head sports smuggling and illegal border-crossing
federation 3. WB asked to rectify error about loan
 Princess Rima bint Bandar bin Sultan has payable by Pakistan
been named to head a Saudi multi-sports 4. Pakistan was nominated to the Executive
federation, in a first for women in the Council of the International Islamic News
conservative Muslim kingdom where men Agency (IINA)
dominate all sports  A media organ of the Organisation of
7. One of the world`s most remote places Islamic Cooperation (OIC), for the second
became a little less isolated on October 14, consecutive term at its 25th meeting,
2017 when the first commercial flight which concluded in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
arrived in St. Helena, a South Atlantic on Sunday
island that until recently was only 5. Separate wards to be set up for senior
accessible by boat and where Napoleon citizens at KP hospitals
Bonaparte spent his last years in exile  The health department is extending
8. A Cistercian monastery that’s existed for incentives to the patients aging 60 or
almost 900 years in what is now western above in the fulfillment of Khyber
Germany is closing down for good, due to Pakhtunkhwa Senior Citizens Act, 2014 at
a shortage of monks the government-run hospitals across the
9. France have qualified for the next edition province
of the men's Hockey World Cup in 2018 6. Only 38 parties out of 354 eligible to
after a gap of 28 years thanks to contest polls
favourable results at the Oceania Cup 7.
10. Muhammad Inayatullah made history for 8. India to close colonial-era military farms
Pakistan on October 13, 2017 as he  The 700-acre farm in the Allahabad, city of
claimed the 70kg title at the Beach World 1.1 million people, along with 38 other
Wrestling Championships by defeating an military farms set up by the country`s
Irani opponent in Dalyan, Turkey former British rulers, is to be closed in
coming weeks
9. Russia hosts Soviet-style youth festival as
Putin woos under-30s

10. Roger Federer brushed aside world killed on October 16, 2017 in the battle to
number one Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-3 to win reclaim a militant-held Philippines city
the Shanghai Masters on October 15, 2017 8. Einstein’s waves detected in star smash
and register his fourth victory of the year  Scientists have detected the warping of
over his Spanish rival space generated by the collision of two
dead stars, or neutron stars
October 17, 2017

9. The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has officially
confirmed its national team`s tour to
Pakistan for the last T20 match of the on-
1. Muscat moot breaks the ice on stalled going series, to be played at the Gaddafi
Afghan talks Stadium, Lahore on Oct 29
 Representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan, 10. Israel on October 16, 2017 approved
China and the US gathered in Muscat on permits for 31 settler homes in Hebron,
October 16, 2017 to rejuvenate the stalled the first such green light for the flashpoint
Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) West Bank city since 2002 and part of a
working to restore peace in Afghanistan major increase in settlement activity
2. Pakistan on October 16, 2017 won a seat
October 18, 2017

in the United Nations Human Rights
Council (HRC) when the General Assembly
elected 15 countries to serve on the 47-
member body 1. The government has imposed regulatory
 The election in the 193-member assembly duty on import of 36 new products and
was by secret ballot, with a simple raised its rates on the existing 240 items
majority required. Pakistan polled 151  Prices of wheat, sugar, vegetables, fruits,
votes, when 97 were needed. cosmetics, electronics and cars will go up
3. Justice Muhammad Ajmal Mian, a former 2. The fifth round of foreign secretaries-level
chief justice of Pakistan, died on October bilateral political consultations between
16, 2017. He was 83 Pakistan and Sri Lanka was held in
4. Malaysian teacher seen as new èmir` of Colombo on October 18, 2017
pro-IS militants  Pakistan delegation was headed by the
 Intelligence officials describe Malaysian Foreign Secretary, Tehmina Janjua, while
Mahmud Ahmad as a financier and the Sri Lankan delegation was led by the
recruiter, who helped put together the Foreign Secretary, Prasad Kariyawasam
coalition of pro-IS fighters that stormed 3. `Security challenges have continued to
Marawi City in May slow progress on access to justice and the
5. Austria`s shift to the right in a rule of law in Pakistan,`: the EU annual
parliamentary election has paved the way report on `human rights and democracy in
for young conservative star Sebastian Kurz the world in 2016`
to become the next leader and opened a 4. The United Nations High Commissioner for
path for the resurgent f ar right to return Refugees (UNHCR) in collaboration with
to power the Society of Collective Interest
6. Scientists witness huge cosmic crash, find Orientation (Socio-Pakistan) — the
origins of gold implementation partner — and the
7. The head of the militant Islamic State (IS) provincial government completed on
group in Southeast Asia, who figures on October 17, 2017 its 10-month project
the US `most wanted terrorists` list, was “Improving Health & Hygiene Status of
Refugees & Host Communities”.

5. Pakistan and the United Kingdom on The Pakistan Army on October 18, 2017
October 17, 2017 reiterated their announced promotion of four major
commitment to work together for the generals to lieutenant general
shared objective of peace in the region  `Those promoted include Major General
6. Nadia Bukhari, A British Pakistani Majid Ehsan, Major General Aamir Abbasi,
pharmacist has become the first Muslim Major General Abdullah Dogar, Major
female and first Pakistani female to be General Hamooduz Zaman`
elected on the National Pharmacy Board  There are 29 three-star generals in the
for England for the UK’s pharmacy army
professional body, The Royal 4. First Saudi commercial flight jets to
Pharmaceutical Society (RPS). Baghdad after 27 years
7. Mahmood Lodhi achieved excellence by  Flights between Iraq and Saudi Arabia
becoming the first Pakistani chess player were suspended some 27 years ago in
to secure the World Grand Master`s title in August 1990 after former Iraqi president
70 years when he won the 8th Asian Saddam Hussein ordered his troops into
Seniors Chess Championship in Auclkland, neighbouring Kuwait
New Zealand 5. Chief of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban
8. US author George Saunders won the Man Pakistan’s splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
Booker Prize on Tuesday for his first (JuA) and a mastermind of Army Public
fulllength novel, Lincoln in the Bardo School Peshawar massacre has been killed
 He became the second US author to win in a US drone attack in Afghanistan
the world`s most prestigious 6. The Swiss government on October 18,
Englishlanguage literary award following 2017 opposed letting men take subsidised
last year`s victory by Paul Beatty for his paternity leave from their jobs, saying it
novel, The Sellout would cost too much and hurt companies’
9. Pakistan's Ambassador to Chins: Masood competitiveness
Khalid 7. Seamer Hasan Ali became the quickest
10. Deputy UN Ambassador of North Korea: player to reach 50 one-day international
Kim In Ryong wickets for Pakistan in the third One-day
International at Abu Dhabi on October 18,
October 19, 2017

2017
8. Imam-ul-Haq becomes 2nd Pakistani to
score century on debut on October 18,
1. Pakistan and the United States agreed on 2017
October 18, 2017 to keep up the 9. PBIT: Punjab at Punjab Board of
momentum of improvement in bilateral Investment and Trade
relations through highlevel engagements  CEO PBIT: Jahanzeb Burana
and stronger counterterrorism 10. Punjab Minister for Industries, Commerce
cooperation & Investment: Sheikh Allauddin
 US Vice President: Mike Pence
2. US seeks India`s help to `keep an eye` on
Pakistan
 India can help the United States in keeping
an eye on Pakistan, as Washington cannot
tolerate any government that shelters
terrorists: US Ambassador to the UN Nikki
Haley
3.

Tegel is an international airport of:
October 20, 2017 Germany
1. An accountability court on October 19,

2019 indicted former prime minister October 21, 2017
Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law
1. WB rates Pakistan among top private
in the London properties reference
investment countries
 The same court will indict Mr Sharif in
 Pakistan has been grouped in top five
another reference, related to Flagship
highest private participation investment
Investments and other offshore companies
(PPI) countries owing to a few multi-
2. The banned Pakistani militant group,
billiondollar power projects, with two
Jamaatul Ahrar, has named a new chief to
hydropower plants worth $3.6 billion
lead the outfit, prompting speculation
during the first half of 2017.
about the fate of its founder-in-chief,
2. The Punjab government has decided to
Omar Khalid Khurasani
raise two more battalions of the Special
3. A Senate committee on October 19, 2017
Protection Unit (SPU) of the police to
approved a bill that will enable a member
further strengthen security around
of parliament to vote on a constitutional
foreigners, including Chinese experts
amendment bill according to their
working on different development projects
conscience, instead of party directions
in the province
4. Spain`s government on October 19, 2017
3. Punjab university professor wins UNESCO
set in motion plans to take away
prize
Catalonia`s local powers after its defiant
regional president refused to give up his  Prof Shahida Hasnain of Punjab University
demands for Catalan independence has been named laureate of the Unesco
5. NATO opened a counter-espionage hub in Carlos J. Finlay Prize 2017 for microbiology
Poland on October 19, 2017 aimed at together with Dr Samir Saha of Bangladesh
expanding the alliance’s intelligence- 4. US promises to stay neutral in India`s
gathering capabilities amid tensions with conflict with other states
Russia 5. G7 countries and tech giants including
6. Current Interior Minister Pakistan: Ahsan Google, Facebook and Twitter on October
Iqbal 20, 2017 agreed to work together to block
7. First visit in 2 decades: Chief of Staff of the the dissemination of Islamist extremism
Iraqi Army, Lieutenant-General Othman Al- over the internet
Ghanmi, arrived in Saudi Arabia October  The Group of 7 (G7) is a group consisting
19, 2017 of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
8. The Taliban have killed at least 58 Afghan the United Kingdom and the United States.
security forces in a wave of attacks across 6. Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on
the country, including an assault that October 20, 2017 announced a cabinet
wiped out an army camp in Kandahar reshuffle putting women in “the top three
9. The Punjab government has created a new spots” of government
post of grade22, additional chief secretary 7. US CIA Director Mike Pompeo has said the
for communication and works United States wants to draw the Taliban
 The Punjab government had retained into peace talks in Afghanistan, but for
services of C&W Secretary Mushtaq that to happen, Pakistan must first ensure
Ahmad after his promotion to grade 22 the militants cannot establish safe havens
within its borders
10.

8. Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) has The Israeli army attacked Syrian
nominated Sumera Sattar to attend government artillery on October 21, 201
international coaching enrichment after fire across the armistice line hit the
certificate programme (ICECP) being held Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and warned
from April 26, next year in Lausanne, it would step up such retaliation in the
Switzerland future
9. Pakistan’s Hasan Ali has emerged as a new 9. India thrash Pakistan 4-0 to enter men's
number one among top bowlers in the Asia Cup hockey tournament
latest ICC ODI ranking issued by the ICC on 10. PTDC: Pakistan Tourism Development
October 20, 2017 Corporation
10. Two American astronauts floated outside
the International Space Station October
20, 2017 for the third spacewalk this
month aimed at repairing the orbiting
October 23, 2017
outpost’s robotic arm and replacing old 1. Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
video cameras Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat arrives in the
US capital October 22, 2017 to attend an
international conference on
October 22, 2017 2.
counterterrorism.
The foreign ministry has proposed setting
1. Current Nigerian President Muhammadu up of a new force for manning the porous
Buhari Pak-Afghan border to check illegal crossing
2. Afghan traders have stopped exporting of people and goods, and introduction of
goods to Pakistan visa system for Afghan travelers
3. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi and  WBSF: The Western Border Security Force
his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim 3. The deepening Indo-US nexus is posing
agreed to bolster relations in diverse areas new challenges to Pakistan’s national
with a focus on trade and economy security and a threat to the multi-billion
4. The D-8 Organization for Economic dollars China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Cooperation, also known as Developing-8, (CPEC) project which Beijing and Islamabad
is an organisation for development co- consider as a game-changer
operation among the following countries: 4. Current Federal Minister for Climate
Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Change: Senator Mushahidullah Khan
Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey 5. The head of the World Health Organization
5. The Punjab Board of Investment & Trade on October 22, 2017 reversed his decision
and China Railway Construction to name Zimbabwe's President Robert
Corporation International (CRCCI) have Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador,
signed a memorandum of understanding following widespread uproar
(MoU) to make joint efforts for further 6. A note that Albert Einstein gave to a
improving bilateral economic ties and courier in Tokyo, briefly describing his
trade relations between Pakistan and theory on happy living, has surfaced after
China 95 years and is up for auction in Jerusalem
6. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe 7. A letter written by one of the Titanic’s
named as ‘goodwill ambassador’ by WHO passengers a day before the ship sank has
7. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived sold for 126,000 pounds ($166,000) at an
in Riyadh on October 21, 2017 at start of auction in England
Gulf, South Asia tour
8.

8. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe swept Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets in
to a resounding victory in a snap election 5th ODI to clean-sweep series (5-0)
October 22, 2017 and immediately vowed  Usman Khan finished with 5 wickets
to “deal firmly” with threats from North  This was Pakistan’s first ever clean-sweep
Korea that dominated the campaign in ODI series in UAE
9. Indonesia said Sunday its military chief 5. Punjab Minister for Industries, Commerce
General Gatot Nurmantyo had been and Investment: Shiekh Allauddin
refused entry to the United States and 6. Federal Minister of State for Religious
asked Washington for an explanation Affairs: Pir Aminul Hasnat
10. Voters in the northern Italian regions of 7. Federal Minister for Defence: Khurram
Lombardy and Veneto were voting Dastgir Khan
October 22, 2017 in referendums on 8. The CIA has launched a new `hunt and kill`
autonomy, against the backdrop of mission in Afghanistan, targeting Taliban
Catalonia’s push for independence from militants across the country
Spain 9. The Iraqi government dismissed a call from
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for
Iranian-backed paramilitary units that
October 24, 2017

helped Baghdad defeat Islamic State and
capture the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk to
end operations in Iraq
1. Senate bars disqualified person from 10. The Modi government rowed back on its
holding party post three-year-old pledge to never talk to the
 The controversy over re-election of Nawaz All Parties Hurriyat Conference, as Home
Sharif as PML-N chief has refused to die Minister Rajnath Singh named a new
down, with the opposition-dominated interlocutor with a brief to consult all
Senate on October 23, 2017 passing a bill stakeholders, including the separatists, in
to bring back the bar on those disqualified India-held Kashmir
to become a lawmaker from holding a
October 25, 2017

party office with a majority vote of 49
against 18
2. The Senate Standing Committee on
Interior cleared a bill seeking an increase 1. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged
in the marriageable age for women to 18 Pakistani leadership on October 24, 2017
with a majority vote to step up their fight against terrorist
 Moved by PPP Senator Sehar Kamran, The groups on their soil and facilitate the
Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill, Afghan reconciliation process
2017 suggests the minimum age women 2. Pakistan on October 24, 2017 rejected an
can be married be raised from 16 to 18 Indian government decision to appoint an
3. The Sindh government on October 23, interlocutor to initiate dialogue with all
2017 entered into a cooperation stakeholders in India-held Kashmir
agreement with St. Petersburg, the 3. The National Assembly Standing
second-largest city in Russia, which aims to Committee on Interior on October 24,
promote partnerships in trade, business, 2017 passed a bill increasing the
education, science and technology, punishment for involvement in child
respectively. molestation and pornography between 14
 Sindh Provincial Minister for Planning and and 20 years in prison
Development: Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani
4.

4. The Balochistan government has decided The proposed increase in the number of
to establish an elite force comprising 1,000 seats of the national and provincial
personnel to combat terrorism and curb assemblies would be decided in parliament
crimes in the province on October 24, 3. The Punjab Assembly on October 25, 2017
2017 passed eight bills
 Inspector General of Balochistan Police:  The Dera Ghazi Khan Development
Moazzam Jah Ansari Authority (Repeal) Bill of 2017, the Punjab
5. The provincial cabinet on October 24, 2017 Environment Protection (Amendment) Bill
approved the draft for establishing a of 2017, the Punjab Criminal Prosecution
medical university in Balochistan Service (Constitution functions and powers
amendment) Bill of 2017, the Punjab
 Bolan Medical College would be converted
Maintenance of Public Order
into a medical university
(Amendment) Bill of 2017, the Punjab
 Health minister Balochistan: Mir Rehmat
Ehtram-iRamazan (Amendment) Bill of
Saleh Baloch
2017, the Parks and Horticulture Authority
6. Xi Jinping was elevated to the pantheon of
(Amendment) Bill of
China`s most powerful leaders on October
2017,thePunjabLocalGovernment
24, 2017 as his name was enshrined in the
(Amendment) Bill of 2017 and the Punjab
Communist Party constitution alongside
Employees Efficiency, Discipline and
Chairman Mao
Accountability (Amendment) Bill of 2017
7. Qatar announced on October 25, 2017 it
4. The US State Department has said that
will fund a new headquarters for the
Pakistan`s refusal to acknowledge the
Palestinian Authority in Gaza
existence of terrorist safe havens on its soil
8. Renowned thumri singer Girija Devi died
would not automatically lead to sanctions
on October 24, 2017 in Kolkata at the age
against the country
of 88. Known as the `thumri queen`
5. China`s ruling Communist Party on October
9. Paul Weitz, a retired Nasa astronaut who
25, 2017 elevated five new officials to assist
commanded the first flight of the space
President Xi Jinping as he embarks on a
shuttle Challenger and also piloted the
second five-year term
Skylab in the early 1970s, has died. He was
6. World Cup 2022 host Qatar, under global
85
scrutiny over its alleged ill-treatment of
10. Secretary general of World
foreign workers, has agreed to a range of
BaseballSoftball Confederation (WBSC),
labour reforms including the introduction of
Dato Low Beng Choo
a minimum wage
11.
7. US scientists (David Liu, Feng Zhang ) on
October 25, 2017 unveiled two new
October 26, 2017 molecular editing tools designed to fix

mutations that cause the majority of human
1. No surrender to US demands: Pakistan genetic diseases, some of which have no
known treatment
 Ruling out any surrender before the US or
8. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said that
a compromise on the country`s
Kabul would block Pakistan`s access to
sovereignty
Central Asia if it was not given access to
 Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif told the
India through the CPEC project.
Senate on October 25, 2017
9. OGRA: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority
2. The federal cabinet on October 25, 2017
 OGRA was established in 2002
decided to conduct fresh delimitation of
constituencies


10. Ambassador of Pakistan to UAE: Moazzam Japan, Nigeria, Sudan, Turkey, Jorden,
Ahmad Khan Malaysia and Jammu & Kashmir are
participating in this mega event
8. Federal Minister for Defence: Engineer
Khurram Dastgir
October 27, 2017

9. Baku is the capital and largest city of:
Azerbaijan
10. Tangerang is a city in the province of
1. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf retained its Banten
National Assembly seat, NA-4, Peshawar IV,  It is located on the island of Java about 25
in by-elections as its candidate, Arbab Amir kilometres west of Jakarta
Ayub, defeated rivals by a big margin on
October 28, 2017

October 26, 2017
2. Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC)
and state-owned Saindak Metals Ltd (SML)
signed on October 26, 2017 an agreement 1. The Pakistan Army on October 27, 2017 had
under which the Chinese firm will continue shot down an Indian `spy drone` along the
operating the Saindak copper-gold project Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and
for another five years on existing terms Kashmir (AJK)
 The two companies signed in 2002 a 10- 2. Burundi on October 27, 2017 became the
year contract, which was extended for five first ever nation to leave the International
years in 2012 Criminal Court, set up some 15 years ago to
3. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will prosecute those behind the world`s worst
provide financing for setting up of a atrocities
benchmark model information technology  `Burundi`s withdrawal from the Rome
park in Karachi Statute will take ef fect on Friday, Oct 27,
4. Federal Minister for Energy Awais Ahmad 2017,
Khan Leghari represented Pakistan at the 3. Pakistan on October 27, 2017 said it
Royal cremation ceremony of the late King opposes $2 billion armed drones deal
Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand between the United States and India as it
5. An 85-year-old survivor of the atomic could endanger peace
bombing of Hiroshima will jointly accept the 4. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar left for Tajikistan
2017 Nobel Peace Prize together with this to attend the 16th Central Asia Regional
year’s laureate Economic Cooperation Ministerial
6. Qatar on October 26, 2017 had signed a Conference in Dushanbe
defence agreement with Russia, the latest 5. Spain dissolved Catalonia`s parliament on
in a series of such steps by the emirate October 27, 2017 and called new regional
since the Gulf diplomatic crisis erupted in elections after separatists voted for
June independence in a sharp escalation of a
7. International Conference on Agricultural constitutional crisis that has stoked alarm in
and Food Science and 7th International Europe
Conference on Biotechnology and 6. The second Sindh Literature Festival (SLF)
Bioengineering kicked off at Virtual started on October 27, 2017 in Karachi
University of Pakistan, M.A Jinnah Campus,  Sindh Culture Minister Syed Sardar Shah
Lahore on October 26, 2017 7. The Punjab government has replaced the IG
 A large number of national educationists Prisons Punjab Mian Farooq Nazir with
and delegates from USA, Canada, China,

Mirza Shahid Saleem Baig who assumed Sindh in place of incumbent Allah Dino
charge of IG Prison on October 27, 2017 Khawaja who is a grade B-21 officer
8. Australia's Deputy PM disqualified over dual 5. Pakistan’s lone international female tennis
citizenship star Ushna Suhail won the Subh-e-Nau
 Barnaby Joyce was among seven politicians National Clay Court Tennis Championship
embroiled in a crisis after falling afoul of a 2017 women singles final on October 28,
previously obscure constitutional rule that 2017
bars dual citizens from sitting in parliament 6. Current Interior Minister of Pakistan: Ahsan
9. The US government has released a Iqbal
mammoth, long-awaited trove of secret 7. Current Chairman Senate: Mian Raza
files on the killing of president John F. Rabbani
Kennedy, offering intriguing new insights 8. Author of Book “Focus Pakistan": Amjed
into events surrounding one of the most Pervez Malik
infamous assassinations in history 9. Mogadishu, known locally as Xamar or
10. SECP: Securities and Exchange Commission Hamar, is the capital city of: Somalia
of Pakistan 10. Current Chief of Pakistan Navy: Admiral
Zafar Mahmood Abbasi
October 29, 2017

1. The deputy governor of Afghanistan`s Kunar
province, Qazi Mohammad Nabi Ahmadi,
October 30, 2017
was kidnapped from Peshawar`s Dabgari 1. Pakistan hammered Sri Lanka by 36 runs to
area on October 28, 2017 sweep the Twenty20 International series on
 Law enforcement agencies were not aware October 29, 2017
of Afghan official's visit; baduction maybe  The first time since 2009 that a top
linked to internal Hizb-i-Islami rivalry cricketing side had come to Pakistan
2. Gritty Sri Lankans Cricketers return to make  Sri Lanka, returning to play in Pakistan eight
history years after a terrorist attack on their team
 It will mark the first international cricket bus near the same venue condemned
match featuring a major Test-playing team Pakistan to sports isolation
on Pakistan soil since the 2009 ghastly 2. Six US Senators have urged Secretary of
terror attack State Rex Tillerson to designate Pakistan
 In 2015, minnows Zimbabwe visited Lahore and Myanmar as `countries of particular
for a short limited-overs international series concern` for their alleged violation of
 Earlier this year, the final of the domestic religious freedom
Pakistan Super League T20 tournament was 3. India on October 29, 2017 shipped its first
also staged in Lahore without any trouble consignment of wheat to Afghanistan by
 The visit by World XI, featuring a few star sea through Iran`s strategic Chabahar Port,
players of internadonal repute, for three launching a trade route bypassing Pakistan
T20s last month also went smoothly  India, Afghanistan and Iran last year
3. The last PIA flight from Lahore to New York decided to jointly establish a trade route for
takes off from Allama Iqbal International land-locked Central Asian countries
Airport Lahore on October 28, 2017 4. Qatar’s emir has warned against any
4. Sindh cabinet has decided to approach the military confrontation over the ongoing
federal government to post a Grade B-22 diplomatic dispute between his country and
officer as inspector general of police (IGP)

four other Arab nations, saying it would commendable performance and inspirable
only plunge the region into chaos devotion to duty.
 Qatar Emir: Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al 4. Member Provincial Assembly Punjab,
Thani Chaudhry Liaquat Ali Khan passed away on
5. Saudi Arabia on October 29, 2017 accused October 30, 2017
Iran of blocking peace efforts in Yemen 5. Federal Minister for Religious Affairs: Sardar
 Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia: Adel al- Muhammad Yousaf
Jubeir 6. The FBR raided the office of NTS Islamabad
6. A film on the life and work of renowned a private entity that has been operating its
social worker Perween Rahman, who was business under the title of a national
gunned down four years ago, has won the organisation and seized computers and
second prize for best documentary at the other records
11th Istanbul International Architecture and  The NTS was established by the Comsats
Urban Films Festival Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), a
7. Ambassador of Pakistan to the Unites public entity, which had employed most of
States: Aizaz Chaudhry its staff members as directors of the new
8. Chairman Evacuee Trust Property Board testing service
(ETPB): Siddiqul Farooq  Chief Executive officer of NTS: Dr Sherzada
9. Current Minister for Climate Change: Khan,
Senator Mushahidullah Khan 7. US Court on October 30, 2017 blocked
10. Current British Prime Minister: Theresa May President Donald Trump’s ban on
 She is Leader of the Conservative Party transgender personnel from serving in the
since 2016 US military
 She is the Member of Parliament for 8. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was on
Maidenhead since 1997 October 30, 2017 declared victor of the
country’s deeply divisive elections, taking
98 percent of the ballots cast
9. China on October 30, 2017 signalled it
October 31, 2017

would again block an Indian request at the
United Nations to blacklist Jaish-e-
Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar
1. The Pakistan Army on October 30, 2017 10. Hamilton claims 4th world title
rejected Indian allegations of targeting  Lewis Hamilton clinched his fourth drivers’
civilian population living on the other side world championship on October 30, 2017
of the Line of Control (LoC)
2. Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar
Javed Bajwa on October 30, 2017 installed
Rawalpindi Corps Commander Lt Gen
Nadeem Raza as the first Colonel
Commandant of the Mujahid Force (MF)
3. President Mamnoon Hussain October 30,
2017 conferred upon Chief of the Naval
Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi,
Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)
 The military award has been conferred
upon the Naval Chief in recognition of his
long meritorious services, exceptionally

CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQS NOVEMBER 2017
November 01, 2017  Pakistan is among the South Asian

economies that carried out a
record 20 business reforms in the
1. The heads of nearly all parliamentary past year, bringing to a total of 127
parties on October 31, 2017 agreed not to the number of reforms enacted in
increase the number of seats in the the region over the past 15 years
National Assembly before next year`s  South Asia is the only region not
general elections represented in the top 50 ranking
2. In a major development in Pakistan-Iran for ease of doing business
relations, Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed 9. A `monster` planet, which should in theory
Bajwa is set to visit Tehran later this week not exist, has been discovered orbiting a
3. Pir Kaleem Khurshid of the Independent faint dwarf star far
group was elected president of the  The star has a radius and mass
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for about half that of the sun.
2017-18 on October 31, 2017 10. Saudi Arabia plans to start issuing tourist
 Qamar Zaman Qureshi of the visas “soon”
winning group was elected vice  The ultra-conservative kingdom
president on a Punjab seat seeks to attract international
4. The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan visitors in a radical overhaul of its
(DRAP) is finalising arrangements to oil-dependent economy.
introduce the barcode system to check the
sale of spurious medicines in the country
 Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
November 02, 2017
DRAP: Dr Mohammad Aslam
5. The United States Agency for International 1. All parties reached a consensus decision at
Development (USAID) in partnership with the 16th meeting of the parliamentary
the Fata Secretariat inaugurated Rs1.6 committee on NAB laws on November 01,
billion Fata Economic Revitalisation 2017 that generals and judges would not
Programme here on October 31, 2017 come under the purview of accountability
6. The Pakistan Post is issuing a laws
commemorative postage stamp of Rs10 2. The White House retains a list of 20
denomination and souvenir sheet of Rs50 terrorist groups that the Trump
denomination on Pakistan's ICC Champions administration claims are operating in
Trophy victory in England Pakistan and Afghanistan and is believed to
7. Pakistan Navy has placed an order for two have shared this list with Pakistani officials
75m corvettes from an American 3. Current President National Bank of
shipbuilding company Pakistan: Saeed Ahmed
8. The World Bank on October 31, 2017 4. SUPARCO: The Space and Upper
ranked Pakistan at 147th out of 190 Atmosphere Research Commission
countries in its `Doing Business 2018`report

5. The customs officials on November 1, 2017 Economic Corridor (CPEC) was already
set nine new rules for clearing of goods at under way.Ìt will not be affected by a
Torkham change in government in Islamabad,`
6. Pakistan Navy has placed an order for two 4. The Balochistan government is likely to
75m Swift Corvettes from a US-based switch 30,000 tube wells to solar power
shipbuilding company, Swift Ships from conventional electricity to reduce
7. Rear Admiral Moazzam Ilyas and Rear operational costs
Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi have  Federal Minister for Power
assumed the command of PN Coastal Division: Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan
Command and Pakistan Navy Fleet, Laghari
respectively on November 1, 2017 5. Scientists have found a hidden chamber in
8. A Saudi-led coalition air strike killed 29 Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza
people at a crowded marketplace in the  The first such discovery in the
heartland of the Iran-backed Shia Huthi structure since the 19th century
rebels in northern Yemen on November 1, and one likely to spark a new surge
2017 of interest in the pharaohs
9. A landmark skyscraper owned by Hong 6. The 2017 World Press Freedom Index,
Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing has sold for a prepared by an international media
record price of more than $5 billion advocacy group Reporters Without Borders
10. India will purchase more than 100 armed ranked Pakistan 139th out of 180 countries
helicopters for its navy to replace its survey for the report
outdated French-designed fleet in a military  In 2016, Pakistan was 146th
deal worth $3.2 billion 7. Britain raises settlements with Israel on
Balfour centenary
November 03, 2017  Prime Minister Theresa May told

her Israeli counterpart Benjamin
Netanyahu on November 02, 2017
1. Dina Wadia, the estranged daughter of that illegal settlements were an
Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, obstacle to peace
passed away at her home in New York on 8. The United States government on
November 02, 2017. She was 98 Wednesday approved a $1.1 billion deal to
 Ms Wadia visited Pakistan only service Qatar’s F-15 fighter jets despite the
twice, in 1948 when Jinnah died, diplomatic stand-off between the Gulf
and in 2004 emirate and its neighbors
2. The spiritual leader of the Ismaili 9. Sahibzada Sultan Muhammad Ali retained
community Aga Khan was given the Asia his Prepared Class title in Gwadar OffRoad
Society’s Lifetime Achievement award at a Rally on November 2, 2017
ceremony held in New York recently on  The rally was held as part of
November 02, 2017 Pakistan Motor Rally
3. China said development work on 19 of 50 10. Director Archaeology and Museums Khyber
projects related to the China Pakistan Pakhtunkhwa: Dr Abdul Samad

November 4, 2017
7. The celebrations of 274 Urs of great mystic
saint and poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai will
begin at Bhit Shah today (November 4,
1. The militant Islamic State (IS) group on 2017)
November 3, 2017 lost control of the last 8. Vice Chancellor Punjab University: Prof Dr
two major towns under its grip in Syria and Zafar Moeen Nasir
Iraq, as Syrian troops and Iraqi security 9. Current Ambassador to the United States:
forces advanced in the Euphrates Valley H.E. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry
border region 10. Ambassador of Pakistan to China: Masood
Khalid
2. Pakistan and South Africa on November 3,
2017 agreed to enhance cooperation in the
field of defence including intelligence
sharing
November 5, 2017
3. Some 30 months after it had first released a
cache of books and articles found in Osama 1. Afghanistan orders suspension of
bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound in May WhatsApp, Telegram
2011, the American CIA has now released  Facebook-owned WhatsApp and
almost 470,000 additional files that were Telegram are popular messaging
seized during the killing of the much- apps among smartphone-using
dreaded Al-Qaeda founder Afghans - including Taliban and
4. The US Senate on November 3, Islamic State jihadists
2017 confirmed President Donald 2. Lebanese prime minister Saad al-Hariri
Trump`s nominee Kenneth Juster resigned on November 4, 2017
as the next US ambassador to India  He said in a televised broadcast he
 Mr Juster, 62, is an old India hand sensed a plot to target his life and
who played a key role in the criticizing Iran and its Lebanese ally
landmark Indo-US civil nuclear deal Hezbollah
 He would replace Richard Verma, 3. Chief Justice Lahore High CourtL Syed
the first US ambassador of Indian Mansoor Ali Shah
origin in India, who was appointed  Syed Mansoor Ali Shah is the 45th
by former President Barack Obama and Chief Justice of the Lahore
5. Qibla Ayaz appointed Council of Islamic High Court
Ideology (CII) chairman  He was elevated as a judge of the
 With the nomination of 11 new Lahore High Court in 2009, and
members, the Council reached its was appointed Chief Justice on 27
maximum strength, paving the way June 2016
for the appointment of its 4. Ministry of Interior has forwarded 29
chairperson terrorism-related cases to the military
6. UK envoy summoned over anti-Pak courts after a break of almost 10 months
campaign in London

5. China’s parliament formally extended a law three-day official visit, the first by a
banning disrespect of the national anthem Pakistani army chief in over two decades
on November 4, 2017 to cover Hong Kong 3. The Saudi government pursued a sweeping
6. China has unveiled a massive ship described purge of the country`s upper ranks, saying it
as a "magic island maker" that is Asia's would freeze the accounts of dozens of
largest dredging vessel princes, ministers and a tycoon arrested as
7. North Korea ruled out talks and threatened the crown prince cements his hold on
to increase its nuclear arsenal in a fresh power
warning to Donald Trump`s administration  Prominent billionaire Al Waleed
Saturday as the US President set off on a bin Talal was among the princes
tour of Asia arrested late on November 4, 2017
8. Saudi Arabia on November 4, 2017 4. Managing Director of the Pakistan Tourism
intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile Development Corporation (PTDC):
northeast of the capital Riyadh Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor Khan
9. Current Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan: 5. US President Donald Trump sent a strong
Mian Raza Rabbani since March 2015 message of support to the Saudi king and
10. British High Commissioner to Pakistan: his heir after the arrest of 11 princes on
Thomas Drew corruption charges
6. 27 worshippers shot dead, 20 injured at
November 6, 2017 7.
church in Texas
Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed a
ballistic missile near Riyadh`s international
1. The International Consortium of airport after it was launched from conflict-
Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released torn Yemen, in an escalation of the
another treasure trove of data late on kingdom`s war against Iran-backed Houthi
November 5, 2017 rebels
 Dubbed the Paradise Papers, the 8. Saudi Prince Mansour bin Mogren, the
leaks consist of 13.4 million files deputy governor of Asir province was killed
from à combination of off shore on November 5, 2017 when a helicopter
service providers and the company crashed near the kingdom`s southern
registries of some of the world`s border with war-torn Yemen
most secretive countries` 9. Director Punjab Institute of Language, Art
 The most prominent Pakistani and Culture (PILAC): Sughra Sadaf
name that emerged from the fresh 10. Father of social constructivism: Vygotsky
leaks was that of Shaukat Aziz, the
Musharraf-era finance minister
who also remained prime minister November 7, 2017
from 2004 to 2007
2. Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa 1. A Pakistani diplomatic official, Nayyar Iqbl
reached Tehran on November 5, 2017 on a Rana was shot and killed in Afghanistan on
November 6, 2017

 Pakistan Ambassador to 10. US president warns time for `patience` on

Afghanistan Zahid Nasrullah Khan N. Korea is over
2. Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa met Iranian
November 8, 2017
President Hassan Rouhani on November 6,
2017, the first by a Pakistani army chief in
over two decades
3. The Election Commission of Pakistan 1. Sharif disqualified over conduct
formed in: March 23, 1956 unbecoming: Supreme Court
4. Foreign Minister Khawaja Mohammed Asif  Detailed judgement rejection
representing Pakistan in the fourth Round review petitions says no new
of US-Pakistan Bilateral Dialogue titled: arguments presented
“Convergence amid divergence: Identifying
 Says ex-PM tried to fool
pathways to cooperation in a challenging
parliament, court and people by
environment” in Islamabad
being 'evasive, non-committal'
5. Fourteen-year-old Hira Akbar has become
 Mointoring judge cannot influence
the second student from Swat district of
trial court’s decision-making
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after Malala Yousafzai
process
to be nominated for the International
2. Pakistan and Iran agreed upon several
Children’s Peace Prize
measures to improve border control and
 She is among six students
security on November 7, 2017
shortlisted out of 200 across the
 Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier
world for the award
General Amir Hatami
6. Pakistan has launched a campaign to
3. Pakistan seeks China`s help to end smog-
counter India’s global anti-Pakistan
related power breakdowns
propaganda
4. Three mortar shells fired by Iranian border
 Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan
security guards landed in the border town
Abbasi and Foreign Minister
of Panjgur in Balochistan
Khawaja Asif had issued directives
5. Bank of China (BoC) formally began its
to launch a diplomatic offensive as
operations in Pakistan on November 7,
India was “crossing limits”
2017, with the official launch performed by
7. The Ministry of Interior November 6, 2017
President Mamnoon Hussain in Islamabad
extended the deployment of Rangers in the
6. Nato to send more troops to Afghanistan
Islamabad Capital Territory for another 90
after US shift
days
7. The EU on November 7, 2017 pushed for
8. Minister of State for Information,
Europe to draw up a blacklist of tax havens
Broadcasting and National Heritage:
after the "Paradise Papers" revealed
Marriyum Aurangzeb
loopholes used by Apple and Nike as well as
9. Saudi Arabia blames Iran for Houthi strike,
celebrities such as Formula One champion
calls it àct of war`
Lewis Hamilton
 Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al- 8. Morocco's King Mohammed VI has ruled
Jubeir
out any peace deal that allows for the

independence of the Western Sahara as the come up with proposals to develop early
United Nations renews efforts to resolve warning systems for `reducing religiously
the decades-old dispute motivated violence and discrimination` in
9. Syria told the UN climate talks in Bonn on India
November 7, 2017 that it would join the 6. Germany`s top court ordered parliament to
Paris Agreement recognise a `third gender` from birth,
 Leaving the United States as the potentially making it the first European
only nation in the world opting to country to offer intersex people the option
stay outside the landmark treaty of identifying as something other than male
10. Indonesia`s Constitutional Court on or female
November 7, 2017 affirmed the rights of 7. US President Donald Trump toured the
devotees of faiths outside the country`s Forbidden City with Chinese leader Xi
officially recognised religions Jinping on November 7 as he began the
crucial leg of an Asian tour intended to build
November 9, 2017
a global front against North Korea`s nuclear
threats
8. Scientists find sheep can recognise human
faces
1. Pakistan rejects suggestions for new UNSC
seats  Sheep have been trained to
recognise the faces of celebrities,
 Permanent seats are contrary to
by University of Cambridge
the universally agreed principles of
scientists who hope it may help
democracy, accountability and
with understanding
transparency: Pakistan`s
neurodegenerative diseases
Ambassador to the UN Maleeha
9. Andrew Barron Murray is famous player of:
Lodhi
Tennis
2. Twitter has announced it will double the
10. India beat New Zealand in a tense eight-
limit for tweets to 280 characters
over clash to take their first Twenty20
 Twitter founded in: March 21,
International series against the Kiwis
2006
 Twitter Headquarter: San
3.
Francisco, U.S
More than a decade in the making, the
November 10, 2017
Louvre Abu Dhabi opened its doors on
November 8, 2017 1. The World Bank projects that Pakistan`s
4. The UN`s labour agency on November 8, GDP growth rate will be 5.5 per cent and
2017 closed a probe into the alleged 5.8pc for 2017-18 and 201819, respectively,
mistreatment of foreign workers in World `despite an increase in macroeconomic
Cup 2022 host Qatar, praising a reform plan imbalances` in the last financial year
agreed by the emirate 2. DIG, two other policemen martyred in
5. has announced a grant of nearly $500,000 suicide attack in Quetta
for a nongovernmental organisation to

 Fourth suicide blast targeting Hyderabad on November 9, 2017 at the age

senior cops in six months; TTP of 102
claims responsibility 10. Famous Pakistani Sportsman Aqeel Khan
 Governor Balochistan: Muhammad belongs to: Tennis
Khan Achakzai
3. A soldier embraced martyrdom and have
suspected terrorists were killed in a gun November 11, 2017
battle in the Rajgal area of Tirah Valley on
November 9, 2017 1. In a surprise development, Pakistan on
4. According to the Global Climate Risk Index November 10, 2017 offered a meeting
2018 published on November 9, 2017, between convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan
Pakistan is among 10 countries that have Jadhav and his wife on
been affected the most by climate change `humanitariangrounds`
in the 20-year period from 1997 to 2016  FO says decision based on
and occupies the seventh place on the list 'humanitarian grounds'
5. stan Thursday asked the United States and 2. The American Congress has authorised up
Afghanistan to focus on massive to $700 million in Coalition Support Fund
ungoverned areas that were serving as safe (CSF) to reimburse Pakistan for activities
havens for terrorists carried out in support of US operations in
6. President Donald Trump sought to present Afghanistan
a united front with Chinese President Xi 3. Pakpattan has become the first district of
Jinping following two days of meetings on Punjab to launch digital birth registration
November 9, 2017, despite lingering programme under the district chapter of
differences over trade and North Korea the Local Government and Community
 Both countries signed more than Development Department (LG&CDD)
$250 billion in business deals 4. Islamabad to be Pakistan`s first `healthy
7. Qatar has appointed women to one of its city`
most important consultative bodies, the  The first healthy city programme
Shura Council, for the first time in the has stahed in Pakistan, with
country’s history technical support from the World
 Four woman will sit on the 45- Health Organisation (WHO), during
strong council which 17 health, economic and
8. NATO countries have still not agreed how social indicators will be targeted
many extra troops they will send to and monitored in the urban slums
Afghanistan to boost local forces in their of the federal capital
fight against the resurgent Taliban, the 5. French President Emmanuel Macron held
alliance`s chief admitted talks late with Saudi Arabia`s powerful
 NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation crown prince as tensions between Tehran
9. Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo, an iconic literary and Riyadh soar over crises in Yemen and
figure of Sindh who was known for his Lebanon
staunch idealism, passed away in

6. Turkey detains 82 foreigners planning to go back-to-back wins with a thrilling victory at

to Syria the Blue Bay LPGA on November 11, 2017
7. Fighters of the militant Islamic State group 5. North Korea said that U.S. President Donald
have retaken nearly half of Albu Kamal in Trump’s first trip to Asia showed he was a
eastern Syria in a counter-attack on what “destroyer” and he had begged for war on
had been the last significant town under the Korean peninsula.
their full control 6. The $52.4 million Balochistan Rural
8. UNESCO member states on November 10, Development and Community
2017 overwhelmingly approved the Empowerment Programme (BRDCEP) was
nomination of France's former culture launched on November 11, 2017
minister Audrey Azoulay to head the 7. The Trump administration is allowing
embattled cultural agency American troops in Afghanistan to
9. PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on November 10, participate in joint operations with official
2017 approved funds for establishing Afghan forces and to call in air strikes when
community protection bunkers for the needed
safety of civilian population living along the 8. Chief Justice of Sindh High Court (SHC)
Line of Control (LoC) Ahmed Ali Sheikh
10. 501 foreign and local cricketers will be 9. Minister Higher Education, Government of
available for Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) Punjab : Raza Ali Gillani
3rd edition 10. 1st International Youth Summit held in
 The Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) Lahore from 6th to 12th November 2017
players’ draft scheduled to take
place on November 12, 2017
November 13, 2017
November 12, 2017
1. The United States has asked Pakistan to
1. Turkey has agreed to establish two avoid getting “too close” to Iran as
technological parks in Pakistan for Washington and Islamabad struggle to build
development of industrial and agriculture the confidence level
sectors 2. The Higher Education Commission (HEC)
2. Lebanon 's president appealed to Saudi signed a Document of Understanding (DoU)
Arabia to explain why Saad Hariri had not with the Ministry of Education, Culture and
returned to Beirut since his surprise Higher Education, Somalia to promote
resignation as prime minister a week ago bilateral academic collaboration and
3. Countries in the Trans Pacific Partnership develop cooperation in higher education
(TPP) trade deal have agreed on the core and other fields of common interest
elements to move ahead without the  Chairman HEC: Dr. Mukhtar
United States Ahmed
4. Feng Shanshan is to be China 's first golfer 3. Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:
ranked world number one after she claimed Mohammad Azam Khan

November 14, 2017

4. Turkey dismissed as `ludicrous and
groundless` a report that Turkish officials
may have discussed kidnapping a US-based
Muslim cleric in exchange for millions of 1. The Council of Common Interests (CII) on
dollars November 13, 2017 succeeded in breaking
5. $15.1 Billion Deal: Long-haul carrier the deadlock over the issue of fresh
Emirates purchased 40 American made delimitation of constituencies, when Sindh
Boeing 787-10 Dream liners on November agreed to hold elections on the basis of
12, 2017 at the start of the biennial Dubai provisional census data, following
Air Show assurances from the federal government
6. The Arab League will hold an extraordinary that a third-party audit of certain
meeting at the request of Saudi Arabia to population blocks would be conducted
discuss "violations" committed by Iran in 2. The US Congress has removed a provision
the region from the National Defence Authorisation
7. The Communist leaders of China and Act 2018 that would have required the US
Vietnam reached a "consensus" on handling Secretary of Defence to certify that Pakistan
the contested South China Sea has taken steps to `significantly disrupt` the
8. Myanmar soldiers `systematically targeted` activities of both Lashkar-eTaiba (LeT) and
Rohingya women for gang-rape during the Haqqani network
violence against the minority Muslim 3. At least eight militants were shot dead and
community which triggered an exodus to two Pakistani soldiers martyred in a
Bangladesh, a UN special envoy said on skirmish along the restive border with
November 12, 2017 Afghanistan November 13, 2017
9. Mahoor Shahzad of Wapda created history 4. The Pakistan Army on November 13, 2017
by becoming ladies singles champion after asked Afghanistan and Nato`s Resolute
thrashing top seed Sri Lankan Hasini Support Mission (RSM) to `do more` to
Nausaka Ambalangodage 2-0 in the eliminate terrorist sanctuaries on the
Pakistan International Series Badminton Afghan side of the border
Tournament 2017 final at Liaqat 5. The United States has asked Pakistan to
Gymnasium Islamabad on November 12, repeal its blasphemy laws
2017 6. Mega quake kills over 400 near Iran-Iraq
10. Top national and international players are border
picked up for the third edition of the
 The 7.3-magnitude quake rocked a
Pakistan Super League (PSL) during the
border area 30 kilometres (20
players’ drafting held here at the National
miles) southwest of Halabja in Iraqi
Cricket Academy (NCA) on November 12,
Kurdistan at around 9:20pm (1820
2017
GMT) on November 13, 2017
7. Vietnam and China agreed on Monday to
avoid conflicts in the hotly contested South
China Sea,

8. Iran remains in compliance with the plan for Pakistan for 2018-20 with indicative
landmark 2015 nuclear deal, a UN watchdog resources available amounting to $4.673
report showed on November 13, 2017 billion in loans in energy, transport,
 IAEA: International Atomic Energy agriculture, water, public sector
Agency management, finance and social sectors
9. Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof 5. Italy miss out World Cup first time in 60
returned his Freedom of the City of Dublin years
award on November 13, 2017 in protest  Italy last failed to qualify for the
over Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyl`s 1958 World Cup and have played
response to the repression of Rohingya every other edition apart from the
Muslims, calling her à handmaiden to inaugural tournament in 1930
genocide 6. US regulators have approved the first pill
10. Pakistan off spinner Saeed Ajmal November that contains a digital tracking sensor to
13, 2017 announced to retire from all forms alert doctors and caregivers as to whether a
of cricket at the end of the ongoing National patient is taking a medication as scheduled
Twenty20 Cup 7. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbas has
approved seven months extension in the
November 15, 2017

service tenure of Additional Secretary
Defence Production Major General Tariq
Ghafoor
1. PrimeMinister Shahid Khagan Abbasi has 8. For the sixth year in a row, Pakistan was
announced a 10-year development package termed `not free` by the Freedom House in
for Balochistan to bring cities and towns of its Freedom on the Net report released on
the province on a par with other developed November 14, 2017
areas of the country on November 14, 2017 9. Minister of State for Petroleum Division:
Jam Kamal Khan,
 Governor Balochistan: Mohammad
10. The Islamabad High Court on November 14,
Khan Achakzai
2017 suspended application of Election Act,
 Home Minister Balochistan:
2017, to the extent of the finality of
Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti
prophethood only
 Home Secretary Balochistan: Dr
Mohammad Akbar Harifal
2. Pakistan lodges protest with Afghanistan
over attacks on a checkpost near the Pak-
Afghan border in Bajaur Agency
 Border between Pakistan and
November 16, 2017
Afghanistan: Durand Line
3. The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Supreme 1. The National Assembly is finally set to pass
Court on Tuesday restored èducation a crucial constitutional amendment bill on
package` November 16, 2017 (today) seeking fresh
4. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has delimitation of constituencies ahead of the
unveiled a new country operations business

upcoming general elections on the basis of 8. Zimbabwe`s military was in control of the
provisional results of the population census country on Wednesday as President Robert
2. With a noticeable decline in terrorist Mugabe said he was under house arrest,
activities within its borders, Pakistan was although generals denied staging a coup
placed at fifth position in the Global 9. Scientists for the first time have tried
Terrorism Index 2017 released on Nov 15, editing a gene inside the body in a bold
2017 attempt to permanently change a person`s
 The report on the index, released DNA to cure a disease
by the Australia-based Institute for 10. There has been a 58% increase in hate
Economics and Peace crimes against South Asians and a 19%
 The 10 countries most affected by increase in hate-motivated attacks on
terrorism in 2016 were Iraq, Muslims, a South Asian advocacy group
Afghanistan, Nigeria, Syria, reported on November in United States
Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, India,
3.
Turkey and Libya
Four individuals of Pakistani origin have November 17, 2017
been featured on Forbes magazine`s annual
`30 under 30` list released on Nov 15, 2017 1. The National Assembly on November 16,
 The four people of Pakistani origin 2017 passed the 24th Constitution
(Sarah Ahmed, S. Zayd Enam, S. Amendment Bill 2017 by a 242-1 vote,
Zayd Enam and Khizer Hayat) paving the way for the Election Commission
featured in the 2018 edition have of Pakistan (ECP) to carry out fresh
been selected for their delimitation of constituencies ahead of the
achievements in the industries of next general elections on the basis of
retail and e-commerce, enterprise provisional census data
technology and education  Khatm-i-Nabuwwat declaration
4. A road and rail corridor connecting wartorn restored to original form
Afghanistan with Turkey and Europe was 2. Top Pakistani and US military commanders
signed off by officials from five countries on blamed each other on November 16, 2017
Nov 15, 2017 in Turkmenistan`s capital for not doing enough to stop cross-border
Ashgabat terrorism
5. The Russian Finance Ministry has signed a 3. A parliamentary committee on November
deal to restructure Venezuela`s debt 16, 2017 rejected the government`s bill on
6. The International Fund for Agricultural the safety of journalists
Development (IFAD) will make an 4. Though Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
investment of $82 million in Pakistan to (BMGF) has been providing financial
improve livelihoods, living conditions and assistance to Pakistan only for the polio
income generating capacity for 320,000 programme, it has now decided to assist
poor rural households in the country the country in other health programmes as
7. Mugabe under house arrest as military well
takes control

5. Aga Khan, chairman of the Global Centre for Occupational Safety and Health Bill after
Pluralism, presented the inaugural Global some minor amendments
Pluralism Award during a ceremony held in 3. The US Congress has passed the bill that
Ottawa on November 16, 2017 requires Pakistan to work with the Afghan
6. Iran and Britain are discussing the possible and American forces to destroy the Haqqani
release of some 400 million pounds held by network but leaves Lashkare-Taiba out (LeT)
London since 1979  The National Defence
7. President Robert Mugabe is insisting he Authorisation Act (NDAA) 2018
remains Zimbabwe`s only legitimate ruler approved by a voice vote by both
and is refusing to quit after a military coup, the House and the Senate provides
but pressure is mounting on the 93-year-old about $700 billion for US defence
former guerrilla to accept offers of a needs in 2018
graceful exit 4. The Iraqi army retook the last town in the
8. Israel`s military chief of staff said in an country still held by the Islamic State as the
interview on that his country was prepared jihadists' self-proclaimed "caliphate" faced
to cooperate with Saudi Arabia to face collapse
Iran`s plans `to control the Middle East 5. Moody`s on November 17, 2017 upgraded
9. A 500-year-old painting believed to be by India`s credit rating for the first time in
Leonardo da Vinci has sold for $450.3 more than a decade, citing economic
million in New York, blazing a new world reforms introduced under Prime Minister
record for the most expensive work of art 6. The US Department of Defence has advised
sold at auction American soldiers to ignore child sex abuse
10. The heads of three UN agencies urged the in Afghanistan as a culturally acceptable
Saudi-led military coalition on November phenomenon, says a Pentagon report
16, 2017 to lift its blockade on Yemen, 7. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe
warning that ùntold thousands` would die attended a university graduation ceremony
if it stayed in place November 17, 2017, making a first public
appearance since the military takeover that
November 18, 2017

appeared to signal the end of his 37-year
reign
8. The King of Saudi Arabia plans to step down
1. The Punjab government on Friday and announce his son as his successor next
promulgated an ordinance to give legal week
cover to a Chinese technical education 9. The Governments of the United States and
university being established in Lahore Pakistan announced on November 17, 2017
 The Punjab Tianjin University of the awarding of science and technology
Technology Lahore Ordinance2017 cooperative research grants to 14 joint
was promulgated after its teams of US and Pakistani researchers
authorisation by the governor 10. Britain’s state opening of parliament will be
2. The Sindh Assembly on November 17, 2017 managed by a woman for the first time in
unanimously adopted the Sindh 650 years, after the appointment on

November 17, 2017 of Sarah Clarke as the 9. Decorated hockey player Afzal Manna
first female "Black Rod" breathed his last on Saturday morning in
Lahore
November 19, 2017  Afzal Manna represented Pakistan

in the 1964 Olympics (silver medal)
and the Asian Games in 1958 (gold
1. The Lahore city police finally raised a new medal) and 1962 (gold medal)
designated force Special Security Unit (SSU)  He also served as an international
for the protection of VVIP personalities umpire and as coach of Pakistan's
2. North Korea ruled out negotiations with national team.
Washington as long as joint US-South Korea 10. An Indian medical student was crowned
military exercises continue Miss World in a Chinese resort on
3. Russia cast a second veto in as many days at November 18, 2017
the United Nations Security Council to block  Manushi Chhillar is the sixth Indian
the renewal of a probe to identify the winner of the long-running
perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks contest, following in the footsteps
in Syria of Bollywood actresses Priyanka
4. Sri Lanka deployed troops and ordered a Chopra and Aishwarya Rai
night-time curfew in a southern town to
end violent clashes between two ethnic
communities
November 20, 2017
5. Nasa on November 18, 2017 launched a
next-generation satellite into space 1. Nadir Magsi won the race in the second
designed to monitor weather around the Thal jeep rally that ended on November 19,
world and help improve forecasts 2017 in the desert tehsil of L ayyah.
6. Turkey's legendary triple Olympic gold-  Last year`s winner Sahibzada
medal winning weightlifter Naim Sultan Muhammad stood second
Suleymanoglu, the diminutive "pocket while Anas Khakwani secured third
Hercules," has died aged 50 position
7. Saudi Arabia has summoned its ambassador 2. Afghanistan junior cricketers created
in Germany home for consultations over history in the nnal of the Asia Cup U-19
comments by German Foreign Minister tournament on November 19, 2017 when
Sigmar Gabriel about the political crisis in they outclassed Pakistan by 185 runs at the
Lebanon Kinrara Academy Oval
8. Egypt opened its largely sealed border with 3. The two-day meeting of 7th Joint
Gaza on November 18, 2017 after a Coordination Committee (JCC) on China-
reconciliation agreement with Hamas gave Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) between
the Palestinian Authority control over the the two countries will kick off here on
crossing for the first time since 2007 November 20, 2017 (today)
4. Europe turns on Facebook, Google for
digital tax revamp

5. Israel's cabinet voted on November 19, Gas (LNG) terminal at Port Qasim on
2017 to close a migrant detention centre, as November 20, 2017
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 2. Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar
announced an agreement to deport 40,000 Mohammad Yousuf
Africans who entered the country illegally 3. 126th convocation of Punjab University was
6. Top diplomats from Iran, Russia and Turkey held on November 20, 2017 at Faisal
met November 19, 2017 in Antalya to Auditorium, Lahore
discuss the civil war in Syria ahead of a  Vice Chancellor Punjab University:
three-way summit in the Russian city of Prof Dr Zafar Mueen Nasir
Sochi 4. The National Assembly on November 20,
7. Nato has taken ‘disciplinary action’ against 2017 passed a crucial bill to scale down the
an individual over an incident in which independence of the power regulator in
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tariff setting and assigning it the
and the country’s modern founder Mustafa responsibility to proceed against electricity
Kemal Ataturk were portrayed as enemies officials for overbilling consumers
8. Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe’s 37-  Minister for Power Awais Ahmed
year rule appeared at an end November 19, Leghari
2017 as he had agreed to resign and was 5. UNDP Asia Pacific Regional Center (APRC)
preparing to address the nation and Institute for Inclusive Security, USA has
9. Saudi Arabia asked fellow Arab nations to given this years N-Peace Award Category
take a `serious and honest` stand against “Campaign For Action" to Pakistani woman
Iran, saying that showing leniency towards born in Kashmir, Farhat Asif Founder,
Tehran would only encourage it to press on President of Institute of Peace and
with its àggression` and `meddling` in the Diplomatic Studies
internal af f airs of Arab countries. 6. China has agreed to finance the western
 Saudi Foreign Minister: Adel Al- route of the China Pakistan Economic
Jubeir Corridor (CPEC), currently being funded by
10. The general in command of US nuclear Pakistan from its own Public Sector
forces said that he would resist any "illegal" Development Plan (PSDP)
presidential order for a strike and work to 7. US and Afghan forces have launched joint
find an alternative attacks on Taliban opium factories to try to
 General in command of US nuclear curb the insurgent group`s economic
forces: General John Hyten lifeline, of ficials from both countries said
on November 20, 2017
8. Kenya`s Supreme Court on November 20,
November 21, 2017

2017 dismissed two petitions to overturn
the country`s October presidential election
re-run, validating the victory of President
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khakan Abbasi Uhuru Kenyatta
inaugurates the second Liquefied Natural 9. President Donald Trump on November 20,
2017 declared North Korea a state sponsor

of terrorism, returning Kim Jong Un`s for introducing bonds will start in United
government to a short blacklist of targeted Arab of Emirates (UAE), Europe and United
US foes States.
10. Charles Manson, the psychopathic guru 6. Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s
who masterminded a savage killing spree in president on November 21, 2017
the United States in the late 1960s that  Emmerson Mnangagwa, elected as
shocked the world, has died aged 83 the new leader of Zimbabwe`s
ruling political party and now
November 22, 2017

poised to take over as the
country`s president
7. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared
1. The Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) of the end of the militant Islamic State (IS)
the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor group on November 21, 2017
(CPEC) approved on November 21, 2017 the 8. FIFA`s ethics watchdogs have banned for
Long-Term Plan (LTP 201730) envisaging life three former former officials who
broad parameters for future cooperation, pleaded guilty in American courts to
but could not conclude agreements on accepting bribes as part of efforts to
development projects and special address widespread corruption in the sport
economic/industrial zones 9. OICCI: Overseas Investors Chamber of
 Chinese team complains about Commerce & Industry
political instability in Pakistan that 10. Ireland cricket bosses have chosen
may affect pace of project's Malahide near Dublin to host the country's
progress inaugural Test match against Pakistan next
2. China has reiterated supportfor Pakistan in year
the execution of the China-Pakistan
Economic Corridor (CPEC) and expressed
the hope that acceptance of multibillion
November 23, 2017
dollar communications, transport and
infrastructure project by regional countries 1. Pakistan 7th worst country in access to
would grow sanitation
3. ETPB: Evacuee Trust Property Board  In Pakistan 42 per cent of the
4. Pakistan has called for a negotiated end to population remains without access
the Afghan war, claiming that neither side to basic sanitation
could ìmpose a military solution` on the  A report by WaterAid says 79
other million people lack a decent toilet,
 Pakistan`s Permanent while 37pc have no system for
Representative to the United wastewater disposal
Nations: Maleeha Lodhi 2. Pakistan has welcomed an American offer
5. Pakistan is all set to generate up to $3 to take action against militants involved in
billion by issuing euro and sukuk Bonds in cross-border raids from the Afghan soil
international debt market, as road shows

3. The Japanese government and the United  Skype is no longer available for
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) download from the Chinese Apple
will under a project help strengthen the Store or popular Android sites
Election Commission of Pakistan`s capacity
to hold elections in the country in an ef
November 24, 2017

fective manner
 Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan:
Takashi Kurai
 UNDP Country Director: Ignacio 1. The Punjab government appointed on
Artaza Thursday Prof Ayub Sultan Meo as vice-
4. A Senate subcommittee has unanimously chancellor (VC) of the King Edward Medical
approved amendments to the National University (KEMU) for a four-year term on
Disaster Management Act 2010, with November 23, 2017
special attention to the rehabilitation of 2. The federal cabinet, which met under Prime
widows and orphans in the af termath of Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi here on
natural disasters November 23, 2017, approv appointments
5. Ambassador Farukh Amil, permanent on different posts and the signing of
representative of Pakistan to the United memorandums of understanding (MoUs)
Nations in Geneva has been elected as with dif ferent countries
president of the Commission on 3. The Foreign Office warned of Indian
Investment, Enterprise and Development of intelligence agency RAW`s nexus with
the United Nations Conference on Trade terrorist groups in Afghanistan and asked
and Development in Geneva, Switzerland Kabul and Nato`s Resolute Support Mission
6. Rear Admiral Abdul Aleem and two other to prevent Afghan soil from being used
officers, Commodore Naveed Ashraf and against Pakistan
Commodore Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami have 4. Bangladesh and Myanmar will start
been promoted to Vice Admiral and Rear repatriating refugees in two months, as
Admiral, respectively global pressure mounts over a crisis that
7. KPK provincial government has launched has forced more than half a million
Khapal Kor Model Housing Scheme through Rohingya to flee across the border
bank home finance to settle the 5. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is
accommodation problems of government wanted by the International Criminal Court
employees and general public for genocide and war crimes, asked Russia’s
8. A Lahore High Court review on November Vladimir Putin to protect his country from
22, 2017 rejected appeal of the Punjab the United States
government seeking extension in detention 6. India has informed Pakistan that it wants
of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad one of its of ficials to accompany the wife of
Saeed and ordered his release espionage convict Kulbhushan Jadhav when
9. Russia, Iran, Turkey to work for political she meets him in Pakistan
settlement in Syria 7. Army launches ‘Prosperous Balochistan’
10. Skype joins list of apps on China blacklist initiative

8. The Punjab government is considering generated from the Gwadar port as part of
establishment of four new tehsils in the the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
province, three in South Punjab and one in (CPEC) would go to China
the North Punjab  While the Gwadar Port Authority
 The provincial government has would get 9pc share in the income
power to create new tehsils and for the next 40 years
districts under Punjab Land  Federal Minister for Ports and
Revenue Act 1967. Shipping: Mir Hasil Bizenjo
9. Portugal ready to provide technology,  Senate Chairperson: Raza Rabbani
machinery to Pakistan 4. Pakistan and Turkey agreed to enhance
 Portugal has offered a Golden Visa bilateral cooperation in defence field after
Program to attract investment in ministers from both the countries were
real estate sector and Pakistani given a comprehensive review of
investors cooperation between the two states,
 Ambassador of Portugal: H.E. Joao particularly the ongoing defence industry
Paulo Marques Sabido Costa projects
10. Australia warned against American  Federal Minister for Defence
disengagement from Asia at a time of rising Production: Rana Tanveer Hussain
Chinese power as traditional US allies grow  Minister for National Defence of
nervous about President Donald Trump’s Turkey: Nurettin Canikli
isolationist tilt 5. Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as
president of Zimbabwe on November 24,
2017 at Harare`s national stadium, bringing
November 25, 2017 the final curtain down on the 37-year rule
of Robert Mugabe
6. The United States urged Pakistan on Friday
1. Armed attackers killed 235 worshippers in a to re-arrest Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leader
bomb-and-gun assault on a mosque in Hafiz Saeed and charge him with the crimes
Egypt`s restive North Sinai province on he is accused of committing.
November 24, 2017 7. Kyrgyzstan's new president Sooronbai
 Egypt`s presidency declared three Jeenbekov was inaugurated November 24,
days of mourning 2017, marking the first peaceful transfer of
2. The second-in-command in the Khyber power between elected leaders in the
Pakhtunkhwa police (Additional Inspector Central Asian country
General (AIG) Muhammad Ashraf Noor) was 8. Federal Energy Minister: Sardar Awais
martyred and six police personnel suffered Ahmed Laghari
injuries in a suicide attack in Hayatabad 9. Federal Defence Minister: Khurram Dastgir
neighbourhood of the city on November 24, Khan
2017 10. US Defence Secretary: James Mattis
3. The Senate was told on November 24, 2017
that91 per cent of the revenues to be

commercial ties with the Gulf state which is
November 27, 2017

under blockade by its Arab neighbours
9. Report rules out Pakistan-India N-war
 South Asian experts reject the
1. Saudi Arabia gathered officials from 40 nuclear pessimism in Western
Muslim countries on November 26, 2017 in capitals about their region, noting
the first meeting of a counterterrorism that the West`s nuclear `sky is
alliance falling` in South Asia argument
does not hold when seen in proper
 The summit was the first meeting
of defence ministers and other context
senior officials from the Islamic 10. Russia`s ban from international track and
Military Counter Terrorism field was extended November 26, 2017 by
Coalition (IMCTC), which of ficially the world governing body of athletics
counts 41 members  IAAF: International Association of
2. The army was called in to protect important Athletics Federation
installations in the capital, as Rangers
personnel took up posidons around the site
November 28, 2017
of the sit-in on November 26, 2017
3. The South Asian countries joined hands 1. Protesters from various religious groups on
here on November 26, 2017 to launch “Run November 27, 2017 cleared Faizabad
for Healthy Life” campaign in each country interchange and called off their
4. Pakistan and Iran have agreed to enhance countrywide protest after over 20 days
cooperation in the public health sector, when the government accepted most of
including medical education and drug their major demands under an
manufacturing armybrokered agreement
 Minister for National Health  Law minister Zahid Hanmid resigns
Services: Saira Afzal Tarar  ISI official signs agreement as
5. The government is ready to launch the 'guarantor'
Rs515 billion Neelum Jhelum hydropower  Interior minister seeks proposals to
project in February 2018 prevent future sit-ins
6. Ireland`s EU commissioner said Dublin 2. Prime Minister Shahid Khakan Abbasi on
would `continue to play tough` over its November 27, 2017 endorsed Saudi
threat to veto talks about trade after Brexit Arabia`s policies in the region and assured it
unless Britain provided guarantees over the of Pakistan`s support in its efforts for
border between Northern Ireland and the maintaining peace and stability
Republic  Crown Price Muhammad tells
7. Faeces appears to be as unique as Abbasi coalition looks forward to
fingerprints, according to New Zealand learning from Pakistan's
research released on November 26, 2017 experience in fighting terror
8. Iran and Turkey signed a deal on November
26, 2017 with Qatar aimed at boosting

3. Pak Rangers have shot down Indian spy  Some 400 guests attended the
drone ‘Quadcopter’ near Head Sulemanki ceremony in central London in
Border on November 27, 2017 which the sculpture of the Quaid
4. The British government unveiled an was revealed for the first time
industrial strategy focused on research and 2. The 11th meeting of the director generals
innovation on November 27, 2017, in an of civil aviation from developing countries
effort to boost poor productivity and to which are part of the D-8 organisation
shield the economy from Brexit concluded on November 28, 2017
5. The European Union is èntirely confused` 3. Governor Balochistan: Muhammad Khan
since Britain voted to leave the bloc and it Achakzai
needs to revisit its vision for enlargement 4. The government allowed on Tuesday the
and Turkey`s place in that export of 1.5 million tonnes of sugar with a
 Turkish Prime Minister Binali subsidy of Rs10.70 per kilogram.The
Yildirim decision was taken by the Economic
6. Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, who represented Coordination Committee (ECC)
South Africa, won the Miss Universe crown 5. North Korea fired a missile that landed
on November close to Japan late on November 28, 2017
7. Russian election influence, the ever- night, the first test by Pyongyang since a
widening sexual harassment scandal, mass missile fired over its neighbour in mid-
shootings and the opioid epidemic helped September
elevate the word “complicit” as 6. Irish Deputy Prime Minister Frances
Dictionary.com’s word of the year for 2017 Fitzgerald resigned on November 28, 2017
8. A two-day meeting of aviation chiefs and in a bid to ease a political crisis that was
the expert working group of Developing- threatening to bring down the government
Eight (D-8) countries began here on 7. Syrian govt agrees to join peace talks, with
November 27, 2017 to discuss challenges conditions
and prospects of the future cooperation  Talks aimed at ending the war in
9. Syria came under pressure November 27, Syria restarted on November 28,
2017 to fill in gaps in its declaration to the 2017 with the government
world's chemical weapons watchdog amid enforcing its will, warning the
reports of toxic arms use during its six-year United Nations it would not
civil war, triggering angry Syrian denials tolerate any discussion of
10. Zimbabwe has made former president President Bashar al-Assad`s ouster
Robert Mugabe’s birthday a public holiday from power
8. Senior Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, a
November 29, 2017

former National Guard head once seen as a
contender to the throne, has been freed
after more than three weeks in detention
1. A bust of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali 9. Pope Francis called for respect for rights
Jinnah has been unveiled at the British and justice in a keenly-watched address in
Museum. Myanmar on November 28, 2017, but

refrained from any mention of the Rohingya 5. The government paid Rs445.4 billion on
Muslims or the alleged ethnic cleansing that interest payment in only three months due
has driven huge numbers of the Muslim to the massive borrowing made by the
minority from the country country in last few years
10. A new bilingual (English and Urdu) 6. The government has appointed National
academic and research journal Tehseel Assembly Secretary Jawwad Rafique Malik,
published by the Islamic Research Academy a BS-21 officer of Pakistan Administrative
Karachi has been launched. Service, new chairman of the National
 The first volume (JulyDec 2017) Highway Authority (NHA)
contains research articles by 7. Current Federal Minister for Science and
different scholars Technology: Rana Tanveer Hussain
8. Assistant Minister of State of Palestine for
Asia, Africa and Australia Dr Mazen MA
November 30, 2017

Shamiya visited Islamabad this week for
talks
9. Slobodan Praljak, 72, Bosnian Croat war
criminal died on November 29, 2017 after
1. The Foreign Office on November 29, 2019
apparently drinking poison in dramatic
expressed `deep concern` over the reported
courtroom scenes after UN judges upheld
missile test by North Korea
his 20-year jail term
2. Pakistan has asked the United States not to
10. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said his
“dictate terms” on the war on terror as it
country had achieved full nuclear statehood
violated the country’s sovereignty
on November 29, 2017 after a
3. A meeting presided over by Chief Minister
groundbreaking missile test, in a challenge
Nawab Sanaullah Zehri on Wednesday
to US President Donald Trump who
reviewed the progress made in
responded with promises of "major
implementing the National Action Plan
sanctions"
(NAP) in Balochistan, and decided to adopt
an aggressive policy for dealing with
terrorists and extremists
4. Pakistan’s one of top off-spinners Saeed
Ajmal retired from all cricket formats
November 29, 2017 after playing his final
domestic game in the National Twenty20
Cup
 In 35 Tests played for Pakistan,
Ajmal claimed 178 wickets at an
average of 28.10
 Ajmal took 184 wickets in 113 one-
day international and 85 wickets in
63 Twenty20 international for the
country

CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQS DECEMBER 2017
December 01, 2017 10. Lahore Blues rout Whites to clinch

National T20 Cup title
 Lahore Blues produced a disciplined
1. The government has promoted Air show to outplay Lahore Whites in
Commodore Muhammad Zahoor Faisal, all departments as Mohammad
Air Commodore Soban Nazir Syed and Air Hafeez`s charges were crowned
Commodore Rizwan Riaz to the rank of champions of the National T20 Cup
Air Vice Marshal with a comprehensive seven wicket
2. The Sindh High Court appointed its Nazir, triumph in Rawalpindi on
a court official, for inspection of movable November 30, 2017
and immovable properties of former
3.
prime minister Benazir Bhutto
A US drone struck a suspected compound
December 2, 2017
in the Ghuzgarhi area near the Afghan
border in Kurram Agency on November 1. Saudi Arabia’s $300-billion privatization
30, 2017, killing three people program was billed as the sale of the
4. Former foreign secretary Akram Zaki century when Crown Prince Mohammed
passed away on Saturday. He was 86 bin Salman unveiled his plan to great
 He performed his duties as fanfare
Pakistan’s ambassador to China, 2. Pakistan's Ambassador to the United
Nigeria, the Philippines and the States Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry has met
United States Senator Jeff Merkley in Washington.
5. PM Shahid Khagan Abbasi arrived SOCHI  Senator Merkley is the member of
(Russia) to participate in the 16th meeting the US Senate Foreign Relations
of the Council of the Heads of and Appropriations Committees,
Government (CHG) of the Shanghai reported Radio Pakistan.
Cooperation Organisation (SCO) 3. Former US President Barack Obama has
6. Pakistan has regular engagement with confessed that Pakistan had no
Tehran alongside its cooperation with knowledge of the presence of Osma Bin
Riyadh Laden in Abbottabad
7. Google launched Datally, an android app 4. Trump might declare Jerusalem the Israeli
that helps smartphone users understand, capital
control and save mobile data  A highly charged declaration that
8. Pope Francis called on November 30, risks inflaming tensions across the
2017 for `decisive` international action on Middle East but would be a way to
the Rohingya refugee crisis as he began a offset a likely decision delaying his
visit to Bangladesh campaign promise to move the U.S.
9. The United States has called upon the Embassy
international community to cut 5. Pakistan says its membership in Shanghai
diplomatic and trade ties with North Cooperation Organization (SCO) will help
Korea after the country`s latest ballistic provide opportunity to enhance trade
missile test relations with Russia

6. Pakistan has expressed grave concern at 5. In a year where the Trump administration
reports of the second ballistic missile is pulling out of UN accords, from climate
attack on the brotherly Kingdom of Saudi change to UNESCO on Israeli pressure,
Arabia the United States notified the world body
7. US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis that it would no longer take part in the
December 1, 2017 embarked on a five- Global Compact on Migration, saying it
day trip to Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan and undermines the nation`s sovereignty
Kuwait 6. Qatar`s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-
 Mattis is scheduled to meet with Thani will attend a crucial summit of the
leaders in each nation “to re-affirm Gulf Cooperation Council this week
the enduring US commitment to 7. CIA Director Mike Pompeo has warned
partnerships in the Middle East , Pakistan that if it does not eliminate the
West Africa and South Asia ,” alleged safe havens inside its territory,
8. NASA successfully fires Voyager 1 the United States will do èverything we
thrusters after 37 years can` to destroy them
9. US world’s biggest supplier of heavy oil 8. A Pakistani contingent, comprising 68
refining by product officers and soldiers of Special Services
10. Saudi Arabia and Iran have exported their Group (SSG), is participating in Pak-Saudi
bitter regional tussle to Rome, accusing Special Forces joint counter terrorism
each other of villainous meddling in the exercise ‘Al-Shehab-2’
Middle East during diplomacy talks in the  The exercise is underway at Prince
Italian capital Naif Security City, Riyadh
9. Chairman Evacuee Trust Property Board
December 4, 2017 10.

(ETPB): Siddiqul Farooq
French President Emmanuel Macron
called for a rapid opening of dialogue
1. Iran inaugurated a long-awaited $1 billion between Iraq’s central government and
project to expand its southeastern Iraqi Kurdish leaders and for “all militias”
Chabahar port which Tehran hopes would to be dismantled to ease tensions
help the country become a key transit
route to Afghanistan and Central Asia,
competing with Gwadar port
December 5, 2017
2. The government announced on
December 3, 2017 that it had managed to 1. The United States on December 4, 2017
ensure `zero loadshedding` in some parts urged Pakistan to cooperate with it and
of the country òthers` as it renewed its call for
 Minister for Power Sardar Awais intensification of Pakistani operation in
Ahmed Leghari fight against terrorist groups allegedly
3. Balochistan Health Minister: Rehmat operating from here
Saleh Baloch  US Defence Secretary: James Mattis
4. The Punjab government will establish a 2. Some two dozen 20 universities in Punjab
climate change extension cell in the have prepared an action plan to promote
Department of Agriculture by June 2018
peace and tolerance at campuses to
counter extremism December 6, 2017
3. Asian Development Bank has allocated $5
billion for the implementation of Strategy 1. The contents of the Justice Ali Baqir Najafi
2030 under the Central Asia Regional report were made public on orders of the
Economic Cooperation (CAREC)
Lahore High Court
4. A century after gaining independence
 Recalling the gruesome events of
from its powerful neighbour Russia,
June 17, 2014 in Model Town,
Finland continues to consolidate its ties to
Lahore, the one-man judicial
the West, as tensions flare between
tribunal, constituted to ascertain
Moscow and the West
the facts and fix responsibility on
5. Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor
the perpetrators, observed that the
died in Mumbai on December 4, 2017
Punjab police had done exactly
6. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
what ìt went for`
on December 4, 2017 called for a summit
2. The US forces seem to be setting up a
of Muslim nations if the United States
new military camp in Afghanistan
takes the controversial decision to
3. Justice Mohammad Ayub Khan took oath
recognise Jerusalem as Israel`s capital
as a permanent judge of the Peshawar
 The 57-member OIC sought to High Court on December 5, 2017
amplify concern over the possible 4. Northern Ireland is no longer riven by
move in an emergency meeting in sectarian violence, but its deeply divided
the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah politics have thrown Britain`s Brexit plans
7. Britain and the EU failed to strike a Brexit
into disarray
divorce deal during talks in Brussels on 5. Uzbekistan and Afghanistan signed an
December 4, 2017.
agreement on December 5, 2017 to
8. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
extend a railroad connecting the two
and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang signed countries in a move which may eventually
three trade agreements on as Ottawa
give Uzbekistan a direct link to sea ports
tries to diversify commercial ties amid
6. Canada has high hopes for a trade
tough NAFTA negotiations with agreement with China but won`t rush into
Washington negotiations that could affect their
9. Chinese authorities have shut down a economies for generations to come
“female morality class” that provoked
7. The US Supreme Court said on December
anger by lecturing women to shut up, 5, 2017 that the government could fully
accept a second-rate role in society and enforce a revised ban on travellers from
focus on housework six mainly Muslim countries pending
10. US, South Korea begin largest-ever joint appeal, backing President Donald Trump
air drill
in the year-long battle over the
controversial measure
8. A senior United Nations official arrived in
North Korea on December 5, 2017 for a
rare visit aimed at defusing soaring
tensions over Pyongyang`s nuclear 6. The Time magazine has described the
weapons programme persons behind the #MeToo movement
9. Kuwait`s emir on December 5, 2017 as this year`s most influential people and
quiclcly called an end to a planned two- named them the `Person of the Year`
day meeting of the Gulf Cooperation 7. North Korea missile test raises safety
Council (GCC) within hours of its start concerns
amid the ongoing diplomatic dispute  A North Korean ballistic missile was
surrounding Qatar seen by the crew of several airliners
10. Romania`s last king Michael I, who was last week, aviation authorities said
forced to abdicate by the communists in 8. National Health Services (NHS) Minister:
the aftermath of World War 11, died on Saira Fazal Tarar
December 5, 2017. He was 96 9. Current Prime Minister of Australia:
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull
December 7, 2017 10. Current President of Syria: Bashar al-

Assad
1. US President Donald Trump issued a

proclamation on December 6, 2017
December 8, 2017
recognising Jerusalem as Israel`s capital
70 years after the United States formally 1. The National Assembly on Thursday
recognised Israel as a state unanimously passed a resolution that
2. Pakistan joined the international `strongly condemned` the US decision of
community in expressing its strong shifting its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv
opposition and condemnation of the US to Jerusalem
decision to recognise the occupied city of 2. Pakistan has told the United States that
Al Quds Al Sharif / Jerusalem as the so- the controversial recognition of Jerusalem
called capital of Israel as Israel’s capital by Washington could
3. The Japanese government plans to spoil its relations with the whole Muslim
cooperate with China on its One Belt, One world
Road (OBOR) initiative by financially 3. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has
supporting private-sector partnerships decided to host three Pakistan Super
4. 193 nations adopt plan for à pollution- League (PSL-3) games in the country,
free planet` which include two eliminators in Lahore
 The world`s nations vowed to curb and the final in Karachi, to be held in the
plastic and chemical contamination end of March next year
of the air, soil, rivers and oceans, 4. Pakistan Air Force to shoot down US
calling for a steep change in how drones breaching airspace
goods are produced and consumed  Air Chief Marshal: Sohail Aman
5. Dubai’s ruler on December 6, 2017 5. Greece and Turkey on December 7, 2017
launched the United Arab Emirates’ first agreed to world on confidence-boosting
space programme aimed at sending four measures after a rocky start to a
Emirati astronauts to the International landmark two-day state visit to Athens by
Space Station within five years Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

6. Qatar announced December 7, 2017 a debate over its decades-long pacifist

deal to buy 12 French-built Rafale fighter policy
jets, as it faces a boycott by neighbouring 5. Britain and the European Union reached a
Gulf states in the region's worst political historic deal on Brexit divorce terms on
crisis in years December 8, 2017
7. The Pentagon warned of possible 6. Spaniards Rafael Nadal and Garbine
weapons delays and other military Muguruza were named as the
ramifications if the government shuts International Tennis Federation (ITF)
down over a budget deal impasse or world champions on December 8, 2017
passes a stop-gap spending bill to avert it 7. Leave Lebanon alone, world powers tell
8. Russia’s defence ministry said its mission KSA, Iran
to oust Islamic State militants from Syria  French President Emmanuel
had been “accomplished” with the Macron led calls December 8, 2017
country “completely liberated” from the for countries to stop meddling in
extremist group Lebanon at an international
9. China lodged an official protest with India meeting aimed at preventing the
on December 7, 2017 after charging that fragile nation becoming a pawn in
an Indian drone had "invaded" its the power struggle between Saudi
airspace before crashing, months after Arabia and Iran
the two sides ended a tense border 8. Inspector General of Punjab Police: Arif
standoff Nawaz Khan
10. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab: 9. Ambassador of Nigeria in Pakistan: Maj
Captain (retd) Arif Nawaz Khan Gen (r) Ashimiyu Adebayo Olaniyi
December 9, 2017 10. Current Chairman Technical Education

and Vocational Training Authority
(TEVTA): Irfan Qaiser Sheikh
1. Tanzeem al Ikhwan party chief Maulana
Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan, who
belonged to the Naqshbandia Owaisia
December 10, 2017
Order of Islam, passed away on December
8, 2017 evening after a protracted illness. 1. The government has failed to sign any
He was 83 free trade agreement (FTA) with any
2. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal country since June 2013
Zafar Jhagra on December 8, 2017 2. Pakistan, China hold joint navy exercise
administered oath to provincial ministers  Pakistan Navy Ship SAIF (FFG-253)
Ishtiaq Urmar and Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani participated in 5th PN-PLA(N)
at the Governor House here Bilateral Exercise held at Shanghai,
3. The European Union and Japan concluded China
negotiations on a free trade dealtocreate 3. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor neither
the world`s largest open economic area carries any hidden agenda nor has it
4. Japan plans to purchase offensive air-to- anything to hide
surface missiles to counter North Korea`s
rising military threat, a move likely to stir

 Top Chinese diplomat in Islamabad

Yao Jing said December 11, 2017
4. Pakistan's High Commissioner to Kenya
and Permanent Representative to the 1. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elementary and
United Nations office at Nairobi Raza secondary education department has
Bashir Tarrar was unanimously elected as closed down around 1,000 government
Rapporteur of the Bureau of United primary schools across the province
Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) owing to low enrolment
5. The World Bank late Friday signed a $1.15
 KP Minister for Education:
billion loan with the Egyptian government
Mohammad Atif Khan
6. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on
2. Communist parties win majority in Nepal
December 09, 2017 declared victory in a
vote
three-year war by Iraqi forces to expel the
 An alliance of Nepal`s former
Islamic State militant group that at its
Maoist rebels and the main
height endangered Iraq's very existence
Communist party have won a
7. Current Commissioner Lahore Division:
majority of seats in parliamentary
Abdullah Khan Sumbal
elections on December 11, 2017
8. Current Director General Punjab Food
3. Qatar to buy 24 fighters worth $8bn from
Authority: Noor-ul-Amin Mengal
UK
9. Aqeel Khan partnering Shahzad Khan
 The $8-billion (6.8-billion-euro) deal
created new history, as he won the ITF
was signed in Doha by Qatar`s
Futures Tennis Tournament, 2017 men’s
Defence Minister Khalid bin
doubles title defeating Luka Pavlovic/Pere
Mohammed al-Attiyah and his
Riba in the finals played at Senator
British counterpart, Gavin
Dilawar Abbas PTF Complex Islamabad on
Williamson
December 09, 2017
4. OIC emergency summit on Jerusalem on
10. Pakistani female powerlifters Saniha
13th December
Ghafoor and Twinkle Sohail cleaned
 The Organisation of the Islamic
sweeped their respective categories
Cooperation (OIC) will hold an
during the Oceania Pacific Powerlifting
extraordinary summit in Istanbul,
Championship
Turkey, to discuss the repercussions
 Twinkle Sohail secured four gold
of the US recognition of Al-Quds as
medals in the 72kg category
a capital of Israel
 Saniha won four medals in the 57kg
5. Indian trooper opens fire, kills four
category for squat, bench press,
comrades
deadlift, and total weight.
 The trooper turned his gun on his
 The event is being held in Park
fellow soldiers at around 5:00 pm
Avenue Convention Centre in
local time Saturday in Bijapur
Singapore
district of Chhattisgarh state
6. President Donald Trump's decision to
recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital

might hinder the US drive for an Israeli-  Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan
Palestinian peace accord Abbasi will present Pakistan’s
 UN Secretary-General Antonio stance in the Extraordinary
Guterres said Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
7. ‘Ready’ to restore relations with KSA: Iran Summit on Al-Quds Al-Sharif being
 Irani President Hassan Rouhani said held tomorrow (December 13th) in
that Iran is ready to restore ties Istanbul
with Saudi Arabia if it stops 4. US Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale
bombing Yemen and cuts its alleged meets with Army Chief General Qamar
ties with Israel Javed Bajwa at General Head Quarters on
8. Peshawar and Abbottabad clinched the December 11, 2017
12th Men’s Inter District Judo and 5th 5. The High Powered Selection Board
Women’s Inter Distract Judo headed by Prime Minister Shahid Khagan
Championships titles Abbasi on December 11, 2017 promoted
 The KP Judo Association-organised several bureaucrats, including secretary
event was participated by 14 to PM Fawad Hasan Fawad, to grade 22
districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 6. PCB hands one-year ban to Nasir Jamshed
and 135 athletes  Opening Batsman Nasir Jamshed
9. Current Britain's foreign minister: Boris was allegedly the middle man
Johnson between players and an alleged
10. Punjab Minister for Primary and bookie but he has denied all the
Secondary Health: Khawaja Imran Nazir charges leveled against him.
December 12, 2017 Pakistan Cricket Board legal adviser

Taffazul Rizvi announced the verdict
7. China: Oldest Nanjing massacre survivor
dies at 100
1. FO rejects Modi`s allegations of
interference in Indian polls  Guan Guangjing died at age 100
three days before the National
 The Foreign Office rejected Indian
Memorial Day for Nanjing massacre
Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s
Victims
allegations of interference in
8. Cairo, Moscow sign contract for Egypt's
Gujarat state assembly elections,
first nuclear plant
asking him to stop relying on
conspiracies  The contract to build the plant in
2. Senate rejects Trump`s decision on Dabaa on the Mediterranean coast
Jerusalem was signed and attended by the
Russian President Vladimir Putin
 The house adopted a resolution
and Egyptian President Abdel
unanimously after a dedicated Senate
Fattah al-Sisi.
session discussed the issue for almost five
9. Saudi Arabia lifts ban on cinemas
hours
3. Prime Minister to present Pak stance on  Saudi Arabia on December 11, 2017
Jerusalem at OIC summit lifted a decades-long ban on
cinemas, part of a series of social
reforms by the powerful crown

prince that are shaking up the ultra- 6. Russia suspends diplomatic presence in
conservative kingdom Yemen
10. Minister for Commerce and Textile:  Russia has halted its diplomatic
Muhammad Pervaiz Malik presence in Yemen and its embassy
December 13, 2017 staff has left the country amid the
deepening conflict between the
government and Houthi rebels
1. CPEC long-term plan to be made public on 7. Stoltenberg reappointed as Nato chief
Dec 18  Jens Stoltenberg, the former
 Minister for Planning and Norwegian prime minister, who
Development Ahsan Iqbal has took the helm in October 2014, will
announced that the long-term plan lead the alliance into its next
(LTP) for the China-Pakistan summit in Brussels in July
Economic Corridor (CPEC) that was 8. World leaders in Paris seek cash for
signed on Nov 21 will be made climate crunch
public on Dec 18.  World leaders met in Paris
2. Indian diplomat arrives in Lahore December 12, 2017 seeking to
 Indian High Commissioner unlock more money to drive the
designate for Pakistan Ajay Bisaria global economy’s shift to green
arrived in Lahore through Wagah energy
border on December 12, 2017 9. Trump tells NASA to send Americans to
3. Pakistani civil liberties body awarded Moon
French human rights prize  US President Donald Trump
 Network, a Pakistani civil liberties directed NASA to send Americans to
organisation working on the issues the Moon for the first time since
of freedom of expression, media 1972, in order to prepare for future
freedoms and safety of journalists trips to Mars
4. Two soldiers martyred in North Wazirstan 10. Justice Khawar new NAB special
Agency prosecutor
 The terrorists attacked an army  The National Accountability Bureau
vehicle from surrounding on December 12, 2017 appointed
mountains in North Waziristan former Justice Shah Khawar as
Agency as a result of which Second special prosecutor of the bureau
Lieutenant Abdul Moeed and Sepoy
Basharat were killed
December 14, 2017
5. Government proposes ‘strategic pact’
with Riyadh 1. OIC wants East Jerusalem to be
 Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Palestine`s capital
has proposed “an all-encompassing  OIC declares Jerusalem as Palestine
strategic cooperation agreement” capital
to deepen defence ties between
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia

 Summit falls short of agreeing  The tree is 72.1 metres tall, and has
concrete sanction agasint Israel or been made by Arjuna Ranatunga in
US December last year
 No sign of Saudi king or crown 8. US President Donald Trump has signed
prince as Riyadh sends foreign into law a $700 billion defence bill that
ministry official includes up to $700 million to reimburse
2. Vienna Convention doesn`t apply to spy Pakistan for supporting US military
operations operations in Afghanistan
 Pakistan has told the International 9. NEPRA: National Electric Power
Court of Justice (ICJ) in a counter Regulatory Authority
memorial to the Indian claim that 10. FIA Formed in: 13 January 1975
the Vienna Convention on Consular
Relations, 1963, applies only to the December 15, 2017
legitimate visitors and does not
cover clandestine operations 1. 2017 the most peaceful year for KP in
3. Attaul Haq Qasmi quits PTV decade
 Attaul Haq Qasmi on December 13,  The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police on
2017 resigned from the post of PTV Thursday said 2017 remained the
chairman after serving at the post most peaceful year in a decade with
for almost two years incidence of terrorism coming down
4. No renaming of buildings, roads named by 51 per cent compared with the
after eminent persons last year
 The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2. Veteran journalist Afzal Khan died in
government has decided to ban the Arlington, US, on December 14, 2017. He
renaming of the buildings, roads was 80
and other facilities named after the  He was APP’s correspondent in
personalities of national and Washington for 10 years — from
provincial stature in order to 1995 to 2005
prevent controversies and litigation 3. China, S. Korea look to defuse tensions,
5. WTO struggles to hone global vision after improve ties
US turnabout  The presidents of China and South
 Trade ministers looked set to wrap Korea sought on December 14,
up their biennial World Trade 2017 to repair ties strained over a
Organisation (WTO) meeting US antimissile defence system.
without having reached a single 4. Grand jirga opposes Fata-KP merger
agreement on December 13, 2017  A grand jirga of tribal elders was
6. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab held in Jamrud Bazaar on December
Emirates put forward $130 million on 14, 2017 which was attended by
Wednesday towards fighting violent dozens of elites from the seven
extremists in West Africa`s Sahel region tribal agencies and six Frontier
7. Sri Lanka has entered the Guinness World Regions across the tribal belt
Records for constructing the world’s 5. Philippines president tours Pak warship
tallest artificial Christmas tree in 2016

 Philippines President Rodrigo based on pre-1967 borders, with

Duterte toured a Pakistan Navy ship East Jerusalem as its capital
docked at the Manila Bay, as the 3. National Disaster Management Authority,
Philippine and Pakistani (NDMA) has formally launched the
governments and militaries sought Guidelines for Minimum Standards of
to boost relations Relief in Camps
6. Naval chief awarded Legion of Turkish  Chairman NDMA: Lt. Gen Omar
Armed Forces Mahmood Hayat
 Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar 4. A solar system with as many planets as
Mahmood Abbasi has been our own has been discovered with the
bestowed with military award of help of NASA's Kepler space telescope
Turkish armed forces, 'the Legion of and artificial intelligence
the Turkish Armed Forces’ 5. The leader of India's main opposition
7. US military to send cyber soldiers to the Congress party, Sonia Gandhi, has retired
battlefield from her post
 The US Army will soon send teams  Her son, Rahul Gandhi, has been
of cyber warriors to the battlefield, elected unopposed as the new
as the military increasingly looks to president and will officially take
take the offensive against enemy charge
computer networks 6. Russia`s central bank reduced on
8. EU launches defence pact, calls it `bad December 15, 2017 its key interest rate to
news for enemies` 7.75 per cent, the sixth reduction this
9. My Music, My Life is an autobiography year as inflation hits a record low
of:Ravi Shankar 7. Trump redefines US military targets in
10. President of Brazil:Michel Temer Afghanistan

December 16, 2017 US President Donald Trump has
informed Congress that American
forces in Afghanistan will continue
to fight those who threaten the
1. ECP denotifies Jahangir Tareen from NA
seat viability of the Afghan government
8. US jets intercept Russian warplanes in
 The Election Commission of
Syria
Pakistan hereby denotify Jahangir
Tareen as Member National  A pair of US warplanes intercepted
two Russian jets over a part of Syria
Assembly on Pakistan from
they were not supposed to be
Constituency No NA-154 Lahore
operating in, the Pentagon said on
with immediate effect
December 15, 2017
2. China calls for independent Palestinian
9. UK seeks cooperation with China on Belt
state
and Road initiative
 China has officially stated that it
10. President of Philippines: Rodrigo Rao
supports the establishment of an
Duterte
independent state of Palestine


December 17, 2017 The nearly intact skeleton of a
woolly mammoth that lived at least
10,000 years ago was sold at
1. Pakistani, Afghan parliamentarians call for auction for more than a half million
stronger bilateral ties euros on December 16, 2017 in the
 Parliamentarians from Pakistan and southeastern French city of Lyon.
Afghanistan have stressed the need 7. Russia warns against conditions for N
for stronger ties between the two Korea talks
countries to ensure regional  Russian deputy foreign minister
security Sergei Ryabkov
8. South Korea retain East Asian
 The speaker of Wolesi Jirga or the
Championship
lower house of Afghan parliament:
AbdulRauf Ibrahimi  South Korea handed Japan an
2. Punjab gets $300m World Bank loan to historic 4-1 thrashing on December
modernise agriculture 16, 2017 to retain the East Asian
 The World Bank has approved $300 Championship title at Ajinomoto
million loan to modernise Stadium
9. UN gives green light on Russia arms to C
agriculture in Punjab, create better
Africa
prospects for farmers and ensure
better quality and safer food at  Russia has been authorized to
lower prices to consumers provide the Central African
Republic’s armed forces with light
3. Elections to be held on July 15, 2018
arms
 Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan
Abbasi has said that the general 10. Jadeja hits six sixes in an over
elections will be held in the country  India’s Swashbuckling all-rounder
on July 15 next year Ravindra Jadeja smashed six sixes in
4. New Austrian govt pledges pro-EU an over in a local cricket match
approach
 The new Austrian government led
December 18, 2017
by a conservative and a nationalist
party is pledging to tighten the 1. Allama Iqbal literary awards distributed
country`s asylum and immigration  The awards and certificates were
regulations distributed by provincial Minister
5. Saudi women will also be allowed to drive for Culture and Tourism Mir
motorcycles Mujeebur Rehman Mohammad
 Saudi Arabian women will be able Hasni
to drive trucks and motorcycles, 2. Two rookie astronauts, cosmonaut blast
three months after the kingdom off to ISS
announced a historic decision to  A three-man space crew featuring
end a ban on women driving American and Japanese rookie
6. Mammoth skeleton sells for $645,000 at astronauts as well as an
French auction experienced Russian cosmonaut

blasted off on December 16, 2017 9. Spokeswoman for UNHCR: Liz Throssel
for a six-month mission at the 10. Chief Justice of Pakistan: Justice Mian
International Space Station Saqib Nisar
3. Erdogan hopes for opening embassy in E.  Justice Mian Saqib Nisar (born in 18
Jerusalem soon January 1954), is a Pakistani jurist
 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who is currently tenuring as the
expressed the hope that Turkey 25th Chief Justice of Pakistan,
would soon be able to open an appointed in this capacity since 31
embassy to a Palestinian state in December 2016. Justice Nisar also
East Jerusalem remains a visiting professor of law
4. Ronaldo goal gives Real another Club at the Punjab University where he
World Cup title provides instructions on
 Real Madrid picked up a fifth trophy constitutional law.
of 2017 by beating the South
American champions 1-0 to retain December 19, 2017
the Club World Cup
5. End of an era: Boeing 747 takes last US 1. Civil-military heads agree NAP needs
commercial flight more work
 The Boeing 747, the original jumbo  The country`s top national security
jet that was the favourite of body conceded that progress on
American presidents and key to key elements of the National Action
affordable mass market air travel in Plan (NAP) to counter terrorism was
the United States, will pass into still found wanting, and ordered the
aviation history this week finalisation of the long-delayed
6. Nergis first recipient of Lahore National Security Policy
Technology Award 2. Trump administration's first foreign policy
 Professor Nergis Mavalvala from announced
the Massachusetts Institute of  The Trump administration`s first
Technology (MIT) was able to solve foreign policy announced on
centuries-old mystery about December 18, 2017 urges Pakistan
gravitational waves to demonstrate that it`s a
 Dr Nergis Mavalvala is Professor of `responsible steward` of its nuclear
Astrophysics and Head of assets and warns that the fear of a
Department of Physics at the MIT. nuclear conflict with India remains a
She is a Parsi celebrity scientist key concern in Washington
7. Pakistan beaten by India, get silver in 3. PEMRA chief steps down after LHC order
Asian Netball  Journalist Absar Alam relinquished
 Pakistan netball team finished his position as chairman of the
runners-up in the Asian Men's Pakistan Electronic Media
Netball Championship 2017 at Regulatory Authority (Pemra)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on shortly after the Lahore High Court
December 16, 2017
8. US Secretary of State: Rex Tillerson

(LHC) declared his appointment

illegal December 20, 2017
4. Yuan may replace dollar in Pakistan-China
trade
1. After 2011, First time an Army Chief
 The government was examining a appeared before a Senate committee on
proposal to replace the US dollar December 19, 2017
with the Chinese yuan for trade
 In a first, COAS briefs Senate
between China and Pakistan Committee of the Whole
 China desired that bilateral trade  Asks parliament to take the lead in
should take place in its currency framing foreign, security policies
known as Renminbi (RMB) or yuan
 Military ready to back political
5. US vetoes UN resolution on Jerusalem
leadership on normalisation of ties
 The United States on December 18, with India
2017 vetoed a United Nations
 The last time an army chief came to
Security Council`s (UNSC) draft
parliament for a briefing was in
resolution rejecting the recent
2011 after the US raid on Al Qaeda
recognition by US President Donald
chief Osama bin Laden`s hideout in
Trump of Jerusalem as Israel`s
Abbottabad
capital
2. Influenza A virus subtype H1N1
6. Brazil great Kaka announces retirement
 Influenza A (H1N1) virus is the
 The devout 35-year-old Brazilian
subtype of influenza A virus that
midfielder, who was part of Brazil`s
was the most common cause of
2002 World Cup-winning team Kaka
human influenza (flu) in 2009, and
announced that he is retiring from
is associated with the 1918
football
outbreak known as the Spanish Flu
7. Elshorbagy, Welily crowned world squash
 Three suspected patients of H1N1
champions
(seasonal influenza A) died in
 Mohamed Elshorbagy win the world
Multan during the last couple of
title by beating his brother Marwan
days
in the first ever final between
3. Pakistan rejects US security strategy
brothers
 The US National Security Strategy
8. P&D Dept launches Punjab Economic
2017, released on Dec 18, makes
Report 2017
unsubstantiated allegations
 The report reveals the development of
towards Pakistan
energy, health, education and
4. China rejects US-India opposition to CPEC
infrastructure sectors in Punjab
 China has rejected US and Indian
9. Current Chief Jusice of Lahore High Court:
apprehension against China-
Syed Mansoor Ali Shah
Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
10. Current Chief Jusice of Peshawra High
stating that it is new style of
Court: Yahya Afridi
cooperative partnership that will
continue in the best interest of the
region

5. Pak-Japan counter-terror talks held Poland over its highly controversial

 The third round of Pakistan-Japan judicial reforms
counter-terrorism consultations 3. India unveils ‘anti-smog gun’
was held on December 19, 2017  India on December 20, 2017
 The Pakistan delegation was led by unveiled a new weapon against air
Tasnim Aslam, Special Secretary pollution - an “anti-smog gun”
(UN and European Commission), which will clear the skies above
Ministry of Foreign Affairs New Delhi
6. Belgium becomes first country to name 4. The World Bank has approved a loan of
woman as envoy to S. Arabia $825 million
 Saudi Arabia will get its first woman  To improve the national power
ambassador in Riyadh with the transmission system in Pakistan and
appointment of a female envoy enhance health and education
from Belgium service delivery by strengthening
7. China and Russia decried President financing management and
Donald Trump's first National Security procurement systems
Strategy - which pilloried both nations as 5. Pakistan intensifies diplomatic contacts
challengers to US power - as a "Cold War with Russia
mentality" with an "imperialist character"  Amid a volley of hostile statements
8. UN General Assembly to hold special from Washington as Islamabad aims
session on Jerusalem on December 21, to look diplomatically stronger with
2017 Moscow and Beijing by its side in
9. Japan to beef up missile defence system the year 2018
against N Korea 6. Outstanding professionals get Pride of
10. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Peshawar awards
Revenue: Haroon Akhtar Khan  The awards were given to 75
December 21, 2017

personalities in three categories
including legends, champions and
youth
7. Agreements worth $250m signed at Build
1. Pakistan issues visas to spy Jadhav`s
Asia’ Exhibition
mother, wife
 The three-day mega event of 13th
 The Pakistan High Commission in
Build Asia Exhibition, successfully
New Delhi on December 20, 2017
concluded in Karachi, as it
issued visas to convicted Indian spy
facilitated the signing of
Kulbhushan Jadhav`s wife and
agreements worth 250 million
mother so that they could meet him
dollars between numerous local
in Pakistan
and foreign companies participating
2. Poland faces tough EU censure in judicial
in this mega event
reform row
8. US House approves sweeping tax bill in a
 The European Commission
win for Trump
launched unprecedented
disciplinary proceedings against

 Representatives gave final approval Spectrum Deterrence (FSD) to meet

to the biggest overhaul of the US growing challenges to its security
tax code in 30 years and for maintaining strategic
 Sending a sweeping $1.5 trillion bill stability in the region
to President Donald Trump for his 3. Pakistan`s view on terror list accepted in
signature new Heart of Asia declaration
9. Swiss govt opposes push for national  A list of proscribed groups attached
burqa ban with the Amritsar Declaration of the
 The government opposed an Heart of Asia ministerial conference
initiative aimed at creating a in Dec 2016 has been dropped from
nationwide burqa ban, saying it was the recent Baku Declaration, thanks
up to the regions to determine if to Pakistan`s successful diplomacy
such a ban was appropriate 4. China-Pak-Afghan FMs to meet in Beijing
10. Saudi king reassures Palestinians on east  The first round of China-
Jerusalem Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral
 The monarch stressed “the Foreign Ministers' dialogue will be
legitimate right of the Palestinian held in Beijing on December 26
people in establishing their 5. Catalans vote in bid to solve
independent state with east independence crisis
Jerusalem as its capital”  Catalans flooded to the polls
December 21, 2017 in a crucial
December 22, 2017

election that could mark a turning
point for their region
6. US drone strike kills Qaeda propaganda
chief in Yemen
1. UN assembly rejects US Jerusalem move
 The propaganda chief of Al-Qaeda
 Cosponsored by Pakistan,
in the Arabian Peninsula was among
resolution rejecting decision to
six militants killed in two separate
recognise holy city as Israel's capital
US drone strikes in Yemen
adopted by a vote of 128-9
7. US hits Myanmar general in new global
 Pakistan told the UNGA that the US
rights sanctions
decision was a clear violation of
 The United States blacklisted a
internationallaw, and contrary to
rogues gallery of alleged rights
the provision of the Security Council
abusers and corrupt officials on
and General Assembly resolutions
December 21, 2017
on this issue
8. Swiss open humanitarian office in
2. Pakistan to retain full spectrum
Damascus
deterrence policy
 The Swiss government had opened
 The National Command Authority
a “humanitarian office” in
(NCA) on December 21, 2017
Damascus aimed at improving aid
emphasised that Pakistan was a
distribution and at monitoring and
responsible nuclear state and would
coordinating assistance
continue with its policy of Full
programmes on the ground

9. Russia finalises S-400 missile system deal December 22, 2017 lifted the ban
with Turkey on foreign investors to trade in the
 Russia had completed negotiations PSX stock
with Turkey for the sale of an S-400 5. Spain`s crisis re-ignited as Catalan
air defence missile system, with separatists win vote
delivery scheduled for late 2019  Separatists looked set to regain
December 23, 2017 power in Catalonia after voters

rejected Spanish Prime Minister
Mariano Rajoy`s attempt to neuter
its independence movement
1. Rs24.40 billion southern loop of the
6. UK passports changing back to blue after
Lahore Ring Road inaugurated on
Brexit
December 22, 2017
 `to restore their national identity`,
 The biggest project in privatepublic
Britain will return to blue passports
partnership model that would
after leaving the European Union in
benefit over 100,000 commuters a
2019
day
7. Mahmud Abbas rejects US peace plan
 Construction of this 22.4km long
after Jerusalem vote
road had connected the southern
and northern parts ofLahore  Palestinian President would `no
2. Rana Afzal picked as Finance Minister longer accept` any peace plan
proposed by the United States,
 RanaAfzal,the parliamentary
dealing a pre-emptive blow to a
secretary for finance, is set to fill
new initiative expected by
the vacant slot of finance minister
Washington next year
as Prime Minister Shahid Khagan
8. Annie annexes CAS Int’l Women Squash
Abbasi approved his appointment
trophy
as minister of state on December
22, 2017  Awesome Annie Au of Hong Kong
thrashed Malaysian Sivasangari
3. Prime Minister launches SME financing
Subramaniam in straight games to
scheme
become crowned champion of the
 PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi launched
Chief of Air Staff (CAS) International
the financing policy for the
Women Squash Championship 2017
promotion of small and medium
on December 22, 2017
enterprises (SME) at the State Bank
9. Rohit equals fastest T-20 century record
of Pakistan (SBP) on December 22,
 Indian opener Rohit Sharma on
2017
December 22, 2017 equalled the
 He also launched a separate
fastest century in Twenty20
scheme for the promotion of home
International cricket from only 35
remittances through mobile
balls against Sri Lanka
wallets, also known as m-wallets
10. Australia ends air strike campaign in Iraq,
4. Foreigners can now trade in PSX stock
Syria
 The Securities and Exchange
 Australian warplanes will cease
Commission of Pakistan on
their air strike campaign in Iraq and

Syria, with the country's six hornet 5. Chinese ready to set up auto
jets heading home after a three- manufacturing plants
year mission  A delegation of Chinese
December 24, 2017 manufacturers and assemblers of

automobiles, visited Islamabad
Chamber of Commerce and
1. Pakistan, Iran agree on joint aerial border Industry and showed interest to set
monitoring up auto manufacturing plants in
 The two countries met at the Pakistan
Pakistani border town of Taftan 6. US decides to arm Ukraine, angering
Russia
 It was also decided that Pakistan
would monitor the border belt from  Moscow warned that Washington
pole No 72 to 131 was encouraging `new bloodshed`
2. Pak-China-Afghanistan cooperation talks in eastern Ukraine by its decision to
on 26th provide the ex-Soviet nation with
lethal weapons
 The first round of Pakistan-China-
7. UN slaps new sanctions on North Korea
Afghanistan trilateral foreign
over missile test
ministers’ talks will be held in
Beijing on December 26, 2017  With China`s backing, the UN
Security Council slapped new
 At the invitation of Chinese Foreign
sanctions on North Korea that will
Minister Wang Yi, Pakistan’s
restrict oil supplies vital for
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif and
Pyongyang`s missile and nuclear
Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin
programmes
Rabbani will head delegations
8. Turkey plans to change embassy street
3. Afghan peace only through talks, Pakistan
name in row with UAE
tells UNSC
 The mayor of the Turkish capital
 Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi,
Ankara ordered preparations to
Pakistan's permanent
change the name of the street
representative to the UN, told the
where the UAE mission is located to
UN Security Council in an open
that of the former commander and
debate on the situation in
one-time governor of Medina
Afghanistan
9. 2017 was Mexico's most violent year in
4. Pakistan launches factsheet on
two decades, with 23,101 murders carried
counterterrorism
out between January and November
 The factsheet re-emphasises
10. Nasa astronaut Bruce McCandless, the
Pakistan`s stance that the death of
first person to fly freely and untethered in
122 children at a Peshawar school
space, has died. He was 80
on Dec 16, 2014 has galvanised the
entire nation against terrorism and
the operations launched since then
have targeted all terrorists without
exception

December 25, 2017 couples, social activists and

healthcare experts say
6. Sajjad wins 7th Indus Water Cross Jeep
Race
1. National Assembly of Pakistan hosted
“The First Speakers’ Conference” of six  Sajjad Hussain Qureshi of Lahore
regional countries clinched the overall first position as
he covered the nine-kilometer track
 The heads of the parliaments from six
regional countries at the First Speakers’ in just 12.32 minutes in the 7th
Conference on December 24, 2017 called Indus Water Cross Jeep Race 2017
at Swabi Point
for establishing a joint mechanism to
cope with the challenges of terrorism and 7. 3 FC men martyred in NWA IED blast
security besides promoting the inter-  Three Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers
region connectivity embraced martyrdom when an
2. World's largest amphibious aircraft takes improvised explosive device (IED)
off in China went off during a search and
clearance operation
 China's home-grown AG600, the
world's largest amphibious aircraft 8. Abbasi first PM to board a submarine
in production, took to the skies on  Shahid Khaqan Abbasi became the
December 24, 2017 for its maiden first prime minister of the country
flight to board a submarine in the open
3. Four-day Test to be played under sea
experimental playing rules 9. North Korea slams new UN sanctions as
an ‘act of war’
 The on-off day-night test between
South Africa and Zimbabwe, will be  Tension has been high on the
staged under experimental playing flashpoint peninsula as the isolated
conditions but nuclear-armed regime has
4. Ex-CIA officials helping UAE build spy staged a series of atomic and
force: report intercontinental ballistic missile
 According to the report, the details (ICBM) tests
of the training are contained in an 10. China's Ambassador to Pakistan: Yao Jing
official course schedule reviewed by
Foreign Policy and were described
by former US intelligence officials
December 26, 2017
who have been involved in the
effort 1. Indian spy on death row allowed to meet
5. ‘Poverty, traditions and social norms family
major causes behind child marriages’  The Foreign Office hosted a
 Traditions, poverty and social meeting of convicted Indian spy
norms are the major causes behind Kulbhushan Jadhav with his mother
child marriages, which can cause a and wife on `humanitarian grounds`
number of issues to the young and urged New Delhi to show a
similar spirit

2. Historic decision on Fata-KP merger taken 7. SNGPL clinch Quaid-i-Azam Trophy

 Meeting attended by PM, Army National Cricket Championship title
Chief on Dec 18 decides to let tribal  SNGPL December 25, 2017 won
regions elect 23 members to KP their fourth Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
Assembly in next polls title with an epic 103-run victory
 The high-powered National over defending champions Wapda
Implementation Committee (NIC) in the final
on Fata Reforms has endorsed the 8. Iran says has nothing to do with Jadhav
merger of tribal regions with  Iranian parliament Speaker Dr Ali
northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Larijani said that his country had
and agreed that Islamabad would nothing to do with convicted Indian
make a policy statement in this spy Kulbushan Jadhav as Tehran
regard was committed not to allow
3. Peshawar High Court rules DNA tests anybody to use its soil against
mandatory in assault cases Pakistan
 A single-member Peshawar High 9. Government got record $40b loans
Court bench has ruled that af ter  The current government has broken
the enforcement of a law last year all previous records of taking
to check the incidents of sexual foreign loans, as it borrowed $40
abuse, it was mandatory to conduct billion from external sources during
DNA tests on both the suspected its four and half years tenure
rapist and his alleged victim 10. China island expansion moves ahead in
4. Actress Menzies-Urich dies South Sea
 Actress Heather Menzies-Urich,  China's large-scale land reclamation
who played one of the singing von around disputed reefs and shoals in
Trapp children in the 1965 hit film, the South China Sea is "moving
The Sound of Music, died on ahead steadily"
5.
December 25, 2017. She was 68
India’s new ‘driverless’ metro train keeps December 27, 2017
driver for now
 India’s capital launched a metro 1. Pakistan gives shut-up call to India on
train with driverless technology on Jadhav meeting
December 25, 2017, it would  FP rejects baseless allegations of
operate with a driver for at least a harassing spy's family
year or two  Chetenkul's shoes changed after
6. Guatemala to move embassy to metal detected
Jerusalem 2. Islamabad hopeful talks with Kabul to
 Guatemala is to move its embassy repair ties soon
in Israel to Jerusalem, President  Pakistan is optimistic that its
Jimmy Morales has announced comprehensive bilateral dialogue
 Guatemala, a Central American with Afghanistan for normalising
country south of Mexico ties will commence shortly

3. US drone kills two on Pak-Afghan border Federally-Administrated Tribal

 American drones continued Areas Reforms.”
violation of Pakistan`s airspace and 8. Khushab to have university
fired missiles at a moving vehicle in  The Higher Education Commission
Kurram Agency on December 26, will establish a university in
2017, killing two suspected Khushab to cater to the needs of
militants the district and adjoining areas.
4. New finance team enters with heavy 9. Embassy move: Israel in touch with 10
agenda countries
 Rana Mohammad Afzal took oath as  Israel is in touch with "at least ten
State Minister for Revenue, Finance countries" over the possible
and Economic Affairs transfer of their embassies to
 Dr Miftah Ismail has been Jerusalem after the United States
appointed adviser to prime minister recognised the city as Israel's
on finance, revenue and economic capital
affairs 10. Canada kicks out Venezuela ambassador
5. Australia, Timor to sign fresh treaty after in tit-for-tat row
row over sea limits  Canada has ordered Venezuela’s
 Australia and East Timor will sign a ambassador and charge d’affaires
new treaty next year setting to leave, escalating a row two days
maritime boundaries in an effort to after its top diplomat at the
settle lingering disputes over Canadian embassy in Venezuela
lucrative oil and gas fields in the was kicked out by President Nicolas
East Timor Sea Maduro’s regime
6. Trump reinforcing religion`s role in US
politics December 28, 2017
 Religion has always had an essential
but subtle influence on US politics 1. Army chief for technology upgradation
 The New York Times pointed out  Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed
how Mr Trump used religion to get Bajwa December 27, 2017 visited
congressional approval for his $1.5 the Pakistan Ordnance Factories,
trillion tax package, by attaching to Wah and emphasised the need for
it a provision to repeal a 1954 law technological up-gradation and
7. Cabinet approves early Fata merger into maximum indigenisation to attain
KP total self-reliance in the field of
 The federal cabinet on December defence production
27, 2017 gave a green signal to 2. Amended rules may make high quality
expedite the Federally- medical devices more accessible
Administrated Tribal Areas’ merger  The Medical Devices Rules (MDR)
into the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have been amended after the
 Approval was granted “to the intervention of the Supreme Court
formation of National and the Prime Minister`s Office,
Implementation Committee on the

which may make it possible for 8. China Communist Party takes control of
patients to obtain high quality paramilitary police
devices in the near future  China’s paramilitary police force will
3. First electronic Murabaha transaction soon be commanded by the
conducted Chinese Communist Party’s armed
 The country`s first electronic forces, the latest sign of the
commodity Murabaha transaction leadership’s resolve to centralise
facilitated by Pakistan Mercantile power
Exchange Ltd (PMEX) was 9. Japanese FM to visit Pakistan on Jan 3
conducted between Meezan Bank  Taro Kono, Minister for Foreign
Ltd (MBL) and Dubai Islamic Bank Affairs of Japan, will visit Pakistan
Pakistan Ltd (DIBPL) on December form January 3 to January 4, 2018.
26, 2017 This is the first visit of a Japanese
4. US air strike kills 13 Shabaab militants foreign minister to Pakistan since
 The United States carried out an air 2009
strike on Christmas Eve against the 10. Over 170,000 to perform Haj next year
militants Shabaab group that left 13  Federal Minister for Religious
dead Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony
5. Pakistan to share Jadhav wife’s shoes Sardar Mohammad Yousaf has
details with India announced Haj Policy 2018
 Pakistan will share the details of according to which 120,000 pilgrims
Chetankul Jadhav’s shoes’ would perform Haj under the
investigations with India when the government scheme, while some
report of forensic examination 59,210 will avail the private Haj
arrives Scheme
 Pakistani authorities had sent
Chetankul Jadhav’s shoes for December 29, 2017
forensic examination after finding
some “metal” object 1. Army warns US against ùnilateral action`
6. Vin Diesel is the highest grossing actor of in Pakistan
2017
 `The armed forces are working with
 The actor earned $1.6 billion in friends and want to continue doing
global ticketing receipts owing to so, but there can be no compromise
the highly successful eighth on our national honour. We do not
installment of Fast And The Furious want a conflict with our friends, but
7. Saudi king, Turkey PM discuss Jerusalem will ensure the security of Pakistan,`
status
 Major General Asif Ghafoor says
 Saudi King Salman and Turkey’s unfounded American-Afgnan
premier discussed boosting ties and narrative acquiring 'threatening
the status of Jerusalem, in a first tone'
high-level meeting since the US
2. NA panel rejects bill for land reforms
controversially recognised the city
as Israel’s capital

 The bill presented in September this 7. India`s lower house approves bill banning
year called for land reforms in the instant divorce
country by limiting family  The bill came months after India`s
agricultural landholding to 36 acres Supreme Court ruled that the
of irrigated land or 54 acres of Muslim practice that allows men to
unirrigated (barani) land instantly divorce their wives was
3. Senate body approves amendment to unconstitutional
anti-terror act 8. US city elects first-ever Sikh woman
 The Senate Standing Committee on mayor
Interior on December 28, 2017  Preet Didbal, A woman of the Sikh
unanimously approved an community has become the first-
amendment to the Anti-Terrorism ever mayor of Northern California`s
Act seeking protection for judges Yuba city
and witnesses 9. Taiwan passports recalled over picture
 `The Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) mix-up
Bill 2017` was moved by senators  Taiwan has had to scrap 200,000
Mukhtiar Dhamra and Barrister new passports after an
Murtaza Wahab embarrassing design blunder
4. China says cooperation with Pakistan, mistakenly swapped an image of an
Afghanistan no threat to any third airport in Washington for the
country island`s main airport
 China has said that its plan to 10. Licences of all prohibited bore weapons
include Afghanistan in the China- suspended The Ministry of Interior in the
Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) light of
and a recent meeting featuring the
three countries does not target a December 30, 2017
`third party` and that the project
will be beneficial for `the whole 1. Pakistan struggles to thwart US advances
region` • Pakistan is struggling to thwart US
5. US, Turkey put end to visa spat advances amid speculations that
 The United States and Turkey Washington could unilaterally
turned the page on a visa crisis decide to take direct action against
triggered nearly three months ago the alleged militants’ hideouts on
by the arrest of a staff member at the Pakistani side of the Afghan
the American mission in Ankara border
6. Chinese military tells India to control 2. Afghan intelligence facilitator arrested:
border guards ISPR
 Chinese Defence Spokesman Col • The Frontier Corps Balochistan
Ren Guoqiang said the highlights of along with intelligence agencies
his country`s international military conducted IBOs in Musa colony and
cooperation in 2017 included Sangan areas and arrested a
handling `hotspot issues`like
Doklam

suspected facilitator of Afghan spy • South Korea briefly seized and

agency NDS inspected a Hong Kong-registered
3. Pakistan, EU sign grant financing ship in November for transferring
agreement oil products to a North Korean
• Pakistan and European Union have vessel and breaching UN sanctions
signed grant financing agreement 10. Israel strikes Gaza as Palestinians mark
on promotion of human rights in ‘day of rage’
Pakistan amounting to 9.6 million • Israeli tanks and aircraft hit the
euros Gaza Strip on Friday after rocket fire
4. Obama second former president to win from the Palestinian enclave
most popular title targeted a southern community
• Former US president Barack Obama
and former secretary of state Hillary
Clinton remain the most admired
man and woman in the United
States, according to a survey by
Gallup Poll released
5. Ex-football star elected Liberia`s president
• Liberians on December 29, 2017
feted former football star George
Weah`s presidential victory in the
country`s first democratic transfer
of power in seven decades
6. Turkey ignores NATO concern, will buy
Russia`s anti-missile system
• Turkey has finalised a deal with
Moscow for the purchase of
Russia`s S-400 antimissile system,
despite concerns voiced by some of
the NATO member`s allies
7. KSA releases two princes after graft probe
• Saudi Arabia has released two sons of late
king Abdullah two months after they were
detained in a sweeping anti-corruption
purge
8. Russian space experts regain control of
Angola’s satellite
• Russian space experts have
managed to regain control of
Angola’s first satellite, which was
launched earlier this week
9. South Korea seizes HK ship for oil transfer
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June 19, 2017 1. 10 hurt as van rams into Muslims near

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June 21, 2017 by Pakistan according to UN

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June 23, 2017

June 22, 2017 1. Convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav

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9. ICC introduces major changes in DRS, run

1. Saudi security forces foiled a terror attack in

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 It was decided in important meeting of ICC

June 26, 2017 June 27, 2017

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 Megan Couto, a Canadian soldier made feudal monarchy to a federal

June 29, 2017