{"id":4689,"date":"2016-05-17T11:29:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T06:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=4689"},"modified":"2019-11-16T12:47:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T07:47:37","slug":"world-in-focus-march-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/mcqs\/world-in-focus-march-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"World in Focus (March-April 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"World<\/a><\/h2>\n

NATIONAL <\/span><\/h2>\n

Mar 16:<\/strong> <\/span>Supreme Court allowed Pervez Musharraf to go abroad by upholding SHC order that called for removing his name from the ECL.<\/p>\n

Mar 16:<\/strong><\/span> Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Oscar-winning documentary, \u201cA Girl in the River\u201d was screened at the UN.<\/p>\n

Mar 16-17:<\/strong><\/span> Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammadov undertook a two-day visit to Pakistan. Eight accords on cooperation including an MoU on financial intelligence to curb money laundering and terrorism financing were signed.<\/p>\n

Mar 16:<\/strong><\/span> Pakistanis are happier than Indians, according to findings of World Happiness Report 2016 which ranked Pakistan 92nd among 157 countries that were evaluated while India was placed at 118.<\/p>\n

Mar 22:<\/strong><\/span> To mark the World Water Day,\u00a0 Rs. 8 commemorative postage stamp about water conservation was issued.<\/p>\n

Mar 24:<\/strong><\/span> Law-enforcement agencies arrested Kulbhushan Yadav, an officer of the Indian Navy, who was deputed on assignment to its spy agency, RAW, in an intelligence-based raid in Chaman, Balochistan.<\/p>\n

Mar 25:<\/strong> <\/span>Iranian President Hassan Rouhani paid his first-ever visit to Pakistan. During his two-day visit, Pakistan and Iran pledged to boost their trade ties and energy cooperation.<\/p>\n

Mar 25:<\/strong> <\/span>The Council of Common Interests (CCI) postponed the long overdue population census for an indefinite period.<\/p>\n

Mar 27:<\/strong><\/span> A suicide bomber blew himself up in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park, Lahore, killing at least 70 people and injuring more than 300 others.<\/p>\n

Mar 29:<\/strong> <\/span>President Mamnoon Hussain approved enforcement of the Publication of Laws of Pakistan Act, 2016.<\/p>\n

Mar 30:<\/strong> <\/span>The ownership of Peshawar’s famous Gurdwara Bhai Biba Singh was officially handed over to the Sikhs.<\/p>\n

Mar 31:<\/strong><\/span> Pakistan formally asked the Iranian government for proactive support in dismantling the Indian intelligence network operating from Chabahar.<\/p>\n

Mar 31:<\/strong><\/span> The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) revised the results of Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) 2015 and declared 11 more candidates successful.<\/p>\n

Apr 01:<\/strong><\/span> Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) launched its annual report whereby it said that suicide attacks and sectarian killings dropped significantly in 2015 compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n

Apr 01:<\/strong><\/span> Pakistan Navy handed over Command of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151), Counter-Piracy Force, to Singapore Navy at change of command ceremony held at Combined Maritime Forces HQs, Bahrain.<\/p>\n

Apr 04:<\/strong> <\/span>Revelations from the Panama Papers dropped like a bombshell in Pakistan after media reports claimed that several politicians, businessmen and other influential figures were named as owners or shareholders in offshore firms incorporated through the Mossack Fonseca law firm.<\/p>\n

In addition to the companies owned by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s children, the leaks also allege that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, her nephew Hassan Ali Jaffery and former interior minister Rehman Malik were the owners of Petrofine FZC a company that was implicated in the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal, unearthed by a UN committee in 2005.<\/p>\n

\"World<\/a>Apr 05:<\/span><\/strong> Pakistan launched its first domestic payment scheme, branded as PayPak, becoming 28th country to have such system.<\/p>\n

Apr 09:<\/strong><\/span> Pakistan Navy conducted a successful test launch of a shore-based anti-ship missile, Zarb, in the Arabian Sea.<\/p>\n

Apr 11:<\/strong><\/span> The National Assembly adopted an amended Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (Conversion) Bill 2016 which envisages the conversion of the PIA from a corporation to a limited company.<\/p>\n

Apr 11:<\/strong> <\/span>Saarc Council of Ministers extended South Asian Free Media Association’s (Safma) certification as Saarc’s Recognized Body for three more years \u2014 till March 2019.<\/p>\n

Apr 13:<\/strong> <\/span>The Prevention of Electronic Crime Bill was passed by the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

Highlights of the Bill<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n