National, International News & MCQs National Apr 16: The Supreme Court suspended the death sentences handed down to six militants by the military courts. Apr 16: Pakista’s Nobel laureate, education activist, Malala Yousafzai once again made it to the list of the Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people. The list includes people like US President Barack Obama and India’s Prime …

 National, International News & MCQs National Mar 16: A day after the suicide attacks on two churches in Lahore, the Punjab government called in Rangers to control the law and order situation in the city. Mar 16: The ECP announced appointment of 50 returning officers (ROs) and 100 assistant returning officers for holding local government elections for 43 cantonment boards. …

National, International News & MCQs National Feb 16: Pakistanis purchased properties in Dubai worth over 16 billion UAE dirhams during 2013 and 2014; becoming the second largest community in the list of expatriate property buyers in Dubai during 2014. Feb 16: Shazia Hanjra, a special public prosecutor, announced to step down due to the non-cooperation of police in the Baldia …

The time-tested, iconic friendship between Pakistan and Turkey is beyond time and borders. This cordial relationship is the true embodiment of the motto “Two Countries, One Nation”. The strong bond between the peoples of Pakistan and Turkey predates even the creation of the former. Pakistan too attaches great significance to its fraternal and multifaceted ties with Turkey and desires to …

The Coming Big Challenge “Rapid urbanisation is neither a crisis nor a tragedy. It is a challenge for the future.” Dr Mahbubul Haq in Human Development Report 1990 Pakistan, long a nation defined by its large rural populations and dominant agricultural industries, is undergoing a dramatic urban shift. A recent report by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs …

National, International News & MCQs National Dec 16: More than 130 schoolchildren and 10 other people were killed when heavily armed militants stormed Army Public School in Peshawar. Dec 16: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) shelved its plans for countrywide demonstrations against the government. Dec 16: The Supreme Court restrained the Sindh government from executing a land deal of 350 acres of …

Times come in life when the barbarity we witness is so heart-wrenching and horrific that we are dreaded. We feel grief to such an extent that we do not have any words to describe our feelings. The appalling as well as horrendous, to say the least, Peshawar Carnage has left everyone of us weeping and mourning the brutal killing of …

National & International News & MCQs National Nov 16: Defender, a short film about the Pak Army that features various sections of the military, won the best documentary award in its category at Rome Film Festival 2014. Nov 17: Pakistan successfully revalidated the design and technical parameters of Shaheen-1A (Hatf-IV), a nuclear-capable intermediate range ballistic missile. Nov 17: The United …

National & International  National Oct 16: Amir Dogar, a PTI-supported independent candidate, defeated Javed Hashmi to win the NA-149 by-election. Oct 16: The WHO held that Pakistan is responsible for nearly 80 per cent of polio cases reported globally. Oct 17: Germany and the UNDP pledged 1 million euros for return and rehabilitation of IDPs of North Waziristan. Oct 17: …

National & International News & MCQs National Sep 16: Angry passengers of a PIA aircraft forced two late-arriving politicians — Senator Rehman Malik and MNA Dr Ramesh Vankwani — to get off the plane because they had caused a flight delay of an hour and 45 minutes. Sep 16: The Islamabad police registered a criminal case against Prime Minister Nawaz …