NATIONAL 1. On Nov 16, Pakistan’s 1st Austro Turf cricket stadium was inaugurated in Balochistan’s ______ city. (a) Quetta                  (b) Chaman (c) Kalat                     (d) Zhob 2. Rizwan Munir Bhutta, who passed away on Nov 16, was a former Olympian and a renowned ______. (a) …

NATIONAL Nov 16: Pakistan’s first Austro Turf cricket stadium was inaugurated in Balochistan’s Chaman city. Nov 16: CPEC media forum, organised by the China Economic Net and Pakistan-China Institute, was held in Beijing. During the forum, lawmakers and opinion-makers from China and Pakistan called for joint efforts to highlight cooperation between the two countries and counter propaganda against the CPEC …

Précis Sample Paragraph There are various ways of getting a knowledge of character—by looks, words, actions. The first of these, which seems the most superficial, is perhaps the safest, and least liable to deceive; nay, it is that which mankind, in spite of their pretending to the contrary, most generally go by. Professions pass for nothing and actions may be …

NATIONAL 1. The current Finance Minister of Punjab is ______.  (a) Anwarul Haq                      (b) Dr Shahbaz Gil (c) Dr Murad Ras                    (d) Hashim Jawan Bakht 2. On World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index 2018, Pakistan has been ranked ______. (a) 98  …

NATIONAL Oct 16: The Punjab Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht unveiled Rs238 billion Annual Development Programme (ADP) for 2018-19, which is 62.51% down from Rs635bn set by the previous government for preceding fiscal year. Oct 17: Pakistan slipped by one position in the Global Competitiveness Index 2018 released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as compared to last year, ranking …

Conserve water for sustainable future In October, the Supreme Court of Pakistan organized a two-day international symposium on ‘Creating a Water Secure Pakistan’ in Islamabad. Themes pertaining to legal aspects of Indus Basin, construction and financing of dams and reservoirs and management of water resources were discussed in the moot. It is important to note here that the symposium was …

NATIONAL 1. On Sep 16, British Pakistani boxer______ became the first boxer with type-one diabetes to win a professional fight. (a) Mahmood Khan       (b) Atif Khan (c) Jamal Khattak          (d) Muhammad Ali 2. The topic of the short story that won Zahra Hussain the first prize in an essay competition organized by the British …

NATIONAL  Sep 16: British Pakistani boxer Muhammad Ali made history when he became the first boxer with type-one diabetes to win a professional fight. He defeated Andrej Cepur. Sep 16: Competing with 12,000 other contestants, a Pakistani student Zahra Hussain won an essay competition organized by the British Royal Commonwealth Society. She wrote on the topic ‘Hues of Red’. It …

Précis Sample Paragraph A stamp is, to many people, just a slip of paper that takes a letter from one town or country to another. They are unable to understand why we stamp-collectors find so much pleasure in collecting them and how we find the time in which to indulge in our hobby. To them, it seems a waste of …

NATIONAL 1. On Aug 16, PPP’s Syed Murad Ali Shah and PTI’s ____were elected as the chief ministers of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, respectively. (a) Mahmood Khan         (b) Atif Khan (c) Jamal Khattak                  (d) Shahram Tarakai 2. The current National Assembly is ______ in the country’s history. (a) 14th  …