NATIONAL 1. On Oct 16, representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the US met in ______, to rejuvenate the Quadrilateral Coordination Group. (a) Moscow        (b) Muscat (c) Beijing          (d) Islamabad 2. On Oct 16, ______ won a seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council for the Asia-Pacific group. (a) Qatar      …

NATIONAL Oct 16: Representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the US held their meeting in Muscat, Oman to rejuvenate the stalled Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) working to restore peace in Afghanistan. Oct 16: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended the membership of 261 legislators – 7 senators, 71 MNAs, 84 MPAs of Punjab, 50 MPAs of Sindh, 38 MPAs …

On 08 November 2016, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed his nation and unveiled what was billed as a new weapon in the anti-corruption arsenal: the demonetization of the currency notes of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 denominations. This sudden announcement sent ripples across the nation. In few days as people realized that the money and wealth in these denominations …

National 1. India-Pakistan secretary-level talks took place on Sep 14-15 in _____. (a) Geneva             (b) Washington (c) New Delhi        (d) Islamabad 2. On Sep 17, PML-N candidate Begum Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif won by-election in ______ constituency. (a) NA-117          (b) NA-120 (c) NA-124         (d) NA-125 3. …

NATIONAL Sep 16: Pakistan asked the World Bank to constitute a court of arbitration to settle its water dispute with India after India and Pakistan secretary-level talks, at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, failed. Sep 16: AJK President Sardar Masood Khan took oath as the chief of the AJK Boy Scouts Association. Sep 16: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi …

In recent years, there has been much talk about the crisis of liberalism. The liberal world order that has held sway over international affairs for the past seven decades has been fragmenting under the pressure of systemic economic stresses, growing tribalism and nationalism, and a general loss of confidence in established international and national institutions. The election of Donald Trump …

A man whose name was largely unknown outside of China just a few years ago has become the rising Asian giant’s most powerful leader in decades. Chinese President Xi Jinping, now officially recognized as the supreme leader and the ‘core’ of the Communist Party of China, controls more power and authority than almost all of his modern predecessors. Since he …

National 1. On Aug 16, Yaqoob Khan Nasar was nominated as the acting President of PML-N, the party which came into being in ______. (a) 1985            (b) 1990 (c) 1992            (d) 1993 2. On Aug 16, the US designated ______ a specially designated terrorist outfit. (a) Harkat-ul-Ansar (b) Hizbul Mujahideen …

NATIONAL Aug 16: PML-N nominated Senator Yaqoob Khan Nasar as the acting president of the party. The PML-N came into being in 1990, and since then, Shahbaz Sharif is the only person, other than Nawaz Sharif, to have held the office of party chief. Aug 16: The United States designated Hizbul Mujahideen as a specially designated terrorist organisation led by …

National 1. On July 16, the Pakistan Army launched Operation Khyber-IV in Khyber Agency’s ______ Valley (a) Kunar      (b) Rajgal (c) Shawal     (d) Shalman 2. On July 16, Usman Badini of ______ won the NA-260 by-election. (a) PML-N       (b) JUI-F (c) PkMAP       (d) BNP 3. The incumbent Chief Justice of …