{"id":5415,"date":"2016-09-22T17:27:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T12:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=5415"},"modified":"2016-09-22T17:57:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T12:57:38","slug":"21-september-2016-national-international-current-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/currentaffairs\/21-september-2016-national-international-current-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"21 September 2016, National & International Current Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sep 21: <\/strong>Addressing the 71st<\/sup> UNGA session, PM Nawaz Sharif urged India to engage with Pakistan in a serious and sustained dialogue for resolving the Kashmir dispute. He also pledged to maintain a credible deterrence against India\u2019s unprecedented arms build-up.

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Sep 21: <\/strong>Humpback whales, scientifically known as Megaptera novaeangliae, were spotted off the coast of Karachi, which is a rare phenomenon, according to the WWF-P.

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Sep 21: <\/strong>The HEC) closed down 31 PhD and 26 MPhil programmes in various public and private universities during the last 18 months.

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Sep 21: <\/strong>President Mamnoon Hussain conferred Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) on Turkish Land Forces Commander Gen Salih Zeki Colak.

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Sep 21: <\/strong>The Lahore High Court also annulled a federal government ban on the screening of film Maalik.

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Sep 21: <\/strong>Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan\u2019s most successful Test captain with 22 wins in 46 Test matches, was handed the ICC\u2019s Test championship mace.

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Sep 21:<\/strong> The International Day of Peace was observed across the world.

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Sep 21: <\/strong>India cleared the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets from Dassault Aviation, France. Under the deal, India will get 36 Rafale jets in fly-away condition.

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Sep 21: <\/strong>Microsoft Corp raised its quarterly dividend by 8 percent and announced to buy back up to $40 billion as part of a new share repurchase program.

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Sep 21:<\/strong> The 193 countries of the United Nations signed a landmark declaration to rid the world of drug-resistant infections or Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) or superbugs.

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Sep 21:<\/strong> Delhi\u2019s Race Course Road, Indian Prime Minister\u2019s official residence, was renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg, ending a row between the BJP and the AAP.

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