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NATIONAL AFFAIRS Gas agreement signed with Turkmenistan: Pakistan and Turkmenistan signed five agreements and memoranda of understanding to boost cooperation in the fields of trade, energy, media and culture. One of the agreements relates to the $7.6 billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project under which Pakistan will get 1.3 billion cubic feet per day of gas. Eunuchs get on voters’ …

Introduction and Selection by Baidar Bakht Translation from Urdu by Baidar Bakht and Marie-Anne Erki Publisher: Packages Ltd, Lahore, 2010. Pages 604. Price: Rs 750/US $ 25/GB P 20. Reviewed by Toheed Ahmad Poets, it is said, produce national literature, while translators produce world literature. This beautiful book is a brilliant illustration of this adage. Urdu literature has yet to …

NATIONAL AFFAIRS Gilani renews talks offer to ‘angry Baloch leaders’: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani renewed his offer of dialogue to ‘angry’ Baloch leaders and said he was even ready to go to their doorstep to listen to their grievances. 6,000 Baloch recruits join Pakistan Army: The Pakistan Army inducted, after training, 6000 Baloch recruits in a passing out ceremony. …

NATIONAL AFFAIRS Basic food prices rose by 74 pc in 3 years: The cost of basic food items increased by 74 per cent in three years (from June 2008 to 2011), leading to increased hunger and malnutrition, according to official findings. Pakistan, Iran to expedite gas, power projects: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has agreed with Iranian President Mehmoud Ahmadinejad …

NATIONAL AFFAIRS Fata people get political rights: President Asif Ali Zardari signed on August 12 amendments made to the century-old Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) which will give the people of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) for the first time the right of appeal against decisions of the political agent. The president also signed the Extension of the Political Parties Order, …

Along with instilling this sense of responsibility, our youth needs to be educated on citizenship (which is not part of our regular curriculum), so they can develop within them a sense of following laws, doing good and having good intentions. Every morning, about 30 million Pakistanis make their way to school, college or university, aiming to get an education. Our …

Quaid-e-Azam had a wish to see Pakistan as a progressed nation. He wanted to overcome the backwardness and poor economic conditions of the Muslim nation. During the days of struggle, when Quaid-e-Azam was so pre-occupied with the political problem on numerous occasions he advised the Muslims to take to commerce, industry, technical education if they had a wish to prosper. …

NATIONAL AFFAIRS Corruption touching Rs 3 trillion in Pakistan: While Pakistan has greatly compromised its independence for the sake of a few billion dollars of foreign aid and corruption is rising at an alarming rate, the Transparency International has revealed that during the three years of PPP rule the menace has cost the nation more than Rs 3,000 billion only …

1. The University of Al-Karaouine is the oldest university of the world located in (a) Iran        (b)*Morocco (c) Egypt    (d) France 2. Which is the current capital city of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar? (a) Colombo    (b)* Naypyitaw (c)Thampo    (d) Rangoon 3. Which is the biggest district of Pakistan? (a) Bahawalpur    (b)* Chaghi (c) Karachi    (d) Khuzdar …

Pakistan is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of natural resources Outline 1-    Introduction 2-    Natural Resources and their management 3-    Richness / abundance of natural resources in Pakistan 4-    Pakistan’s natural resources and their mismanagement a)    Energy resources i-    Nonrenewable energy resources a.    Oil and Gas reserves b.    Coal reserves ii-    Renewable energy resources a.   …