MCQs – National On ______, PTI Chairman Imran Khan ordered his supporters to launch a Civil Disobedience Movement against the government. August 16 B. August 17 August 18 D. August 19 The incumbent Director General of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) is ______. Saira Afzal B. Salman Iqbal Pervez Rashid D. Samina Pervez On Aug 18, India called off the upcoming …

National & International News & MCQs National Aug 16: “Inqilab” and “Azadi” marches settled down in Islamabad, flexing their muscles in more ways than one. Aug 16: A sessions judge ordered Lahore police to register a murder case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, several other PML-N leaders and some police officials over the June 17 …

National & International News & MCQs   National July 16: Security forces and the Bajaur political administration agreed to postpone a planned military operation in border areas of Mamond tehsil in Bajaur after tribal elders announced formation of a grand quami lashkar (militia) to combat militants. July 16: The Jamaat-i-Islami challenged the newly-passed Protection of Pakistan Act (PPA) 2014 as …

National & International News & MCQs National June 17: Eight people, two women among them, were killed and over 100 injured when police clashed with activists of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) over removal of barriers from near Dr Tahirul Qadri’s Minhajul Quran headquarters in Model Town. June 17: A federal anticorruption court granted pre-arrest bail to former Prime Minister, …

Two Distinct but Interlinked Phenomena. Population, poverty and economic development are the three phenomena which are closely inter-linked and highly inter-related. Economics suggests that the rapid population growth brings a steep fall in per capita income which results in a continuously faltering state of human well-being. This, in turn, leads to increased level of poverty. Thus, this vicious circle keeps …

National & International News & MCQs National May 16: Saira Afzal Tarar, the Minister of State for National Health Services, told the Senate that the provinces shared fabricated figures of incomplete polio campaigns with the federal government, ultimately leading to travel restriction on Pakistanis. May 16: The government decided to extend Rs 2 billion subsidy package for supply of essential …

National & International News & MCQs National Apr 16: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari agreed to review the controversial Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO) along with other anti-terrorism laws. Apr 16: The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan announced that it was not extending its ‘ceasefire’. Apr 16: The Punjab Governor re-appointed Maulana Muhammad Raghab Hussain Naeemi as …

The relationship between politics and economy still remains a favourite subject of economists. Pakistan’s history reveals a strong correlation between the two. Although with the changing pattern of politics and governments, the relationship never remained on the same pace. It’s a known fact that political instability deeply causes the uneven economic growth. The causes and impact of the interplay of …

News From National & International Press National Mar 17: The Supreme Court declared illegal all 238 appointments made in the Employees Old-age Benefits Institution (EOBI) during the last PPP government. Mar 18: The Prime Minister approved the constitution of the National Intelligence Directorate (NID) and highly trained and properly equipped rapid response forces at the federal and provincial levels. Mar …

News From National & International Press National Feb 16: A militant outfit, Mohmand Agency Taliban, claimed to have killed 23 FC soldiers they had kidnapped from Shongari checkpost in the tribal region in 2010. Feb 16: Clean Water Trust, for providing clean and hygienic drinking water to people across the Punjab, was formed with Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar as …