The people of Pakistan and Turkey enjoy brotherly relations that are not only deep rooted  in history but also are based  on shared values and common national interests. The history of this rewarding relationship can be traced back to even before the formation of   Republic of Turkey in 1923 and Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 1947. Since the establishment of …

National 1. On Nov 16, the government appointed ______ as the new chairman of FBR. (a) Fawad Hasan    (b) Sohail Masood (c) Tariq Parvez    (d) Nisar Khan 2. On Nov 17, a PML-N MNA Zahid Hamid took oath as the Federal Minister for ______. (a) Defence Production (b) Human Rights (c) Climate Change (d) Human Resource 3. The current US …

NATIONAL Nov 16: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif performed the ground-breaking of 62-km long Gojra-Shorkot section of M-4. Nov 18: New US ambassador to Pakistan David Hale assumed office. Nov 19: Amjad Khan Afridi, the adviser to chief minister KP on sports, tourism, culture, archaeology, museums and culture, was ousted from the cabinet. Nov 21: An enraged mob torched a place …

National 1. On Oct 16, Pakistan and ______ signed a government-to-government deal for laying a $2.5 billion pipeline to carry imported LNG from Karachi to Lahore. (a) China        (b) Turkey (c) Japan        (d) Russia 2. On Oct 20, Pakistan ratified WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), becoming the ______ WTO member, first from South Asia. (a) 42nd        …

National, International News NATIONAL Oct 16: Following an agreement between MQM and the government, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif set up a Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC). Oct 16: The Supreme Court declared that the present composition of the Federal Services Tribunal (FST) was illegal, and ordered the federal government to de-notify the appointment of its Chairman Sheikh Ahmad Farooq and all …

       National, International News & MCQs National Aug 16: Punjab Home Minister Col (R) Shuja Khanzada and 18 others lost their lives in an attack on his dera in his ancestral village Shadi Khan. Aug 16: HeForShe, UN Women’s solidarity campaign for gender equality, reached Pakistan with a goal “to bring together one half of humanity in support of the …

  National, International News & MCQs NATIONAL July 16: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah dissolved the board of directors of the Fishermen Cooperative Society and appointed Livestock & Fisheries Secretary Noor Mohammad Leghari its administrator for a period of six months. July 16: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) ordered grounding of four aircraft of Shaheen Air. July 17: …

Will It Reshape Global Financial System? On July 21, the five BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — formally launched the New Development Bank (NDB) at its new Shanghai headquarters. The NDB is the second development bank, after the 57-member Asian Infrastructure Development Bank, backed by Beijing that seeks to create alternatives to the existing US-dominated …

National, International News & MCQs NATIONAL June 16: PPP Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari lashed out against what he called “the character assassination of his party” and warned the military leadership that if they did not stop, he would expose the misdeeds of many generals. June 16: The heads of higher education commissions from eight member countries of the South Asian …

National, International News & MCQs  NATIONAL May 16: All cellular companies operating in the country completed biometric verification of Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs). May 16: According to the Human Capital Report 2015 issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Pakistan ranks at 113 out of 124 countries in the ‘Human Capital Index’ because of its poor performance on educational outcomes. …