{"id":5472,"date":"2016-09-28T16:22:35","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T11:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=5472"},"modified":"2016-09-28T16:22:35","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T11:22:35","slug":"27-september-2016-national-international-current-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/currentaffairs\/27-september-2016-national-international-current-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"27 September 2016, National & International Current Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"world-economic-forum\"<\/a>National<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Sep 27:<\/span> <\/strong>India announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not attend Saarc summit scheduled in Islamabad in November.

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Sep 27:<\/span> <\/strong>The CJP Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali declared \u201cill-founded\u201d the Supreme Court registrar\u2019s objections to petitions moved against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and members of his family over the Panamagate scandal.

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Sep 27:<\/span> <\/strong>Four Iranian Naval Ships \u2014 Lavan, Konarak, Falakhen and Khanjar \u2014 reached Karachi port to participate in Passage Exercise (PASSEX)<\/span>.

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Sep 27:<\/span> <\/strong>Pakistan was ranked 122nd on the latest Global Competitiveness Report (2016-17) of the World Economic Forum (WEF).<\/p>\n

Highlights of GSP 2016-17<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The report is an annual assessment of the factors driving productivity and prosperity in 138 countries<\/p>\n

It identifies corruption as the most problematic factor for doing business in Pakistan, followed by crime and theft, tax rates, access to finance, government instability and coups.<\/p>\n

For the eighth consecutive year, Switzerland ranks as the most competitive economy in the world.<\/p>\n

Of the 114 global competitiveness indicators, Pakistan showed improvements on 54 key indices, whereas it lost its previous position on 50 indices. <\/p>\n

Top 5 Countries:<\/strong> <\/span>Switzerland (1st), Singapore (2nd), United States (3rd), Netherlands (4th) and Germany (5th).

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Sep 27:<\/span> <\/strong>Pakistan crushed world champions West Indies to complete a historic clean sweep of the Twenty20 International series.

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Sep 27: <\/strong><\/span>The lone MNA of PML-N from Sindh province, Hakeem Baloch, resigned from his seat and joined the PPP. <\/p>\n

Background<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The World Tourism Day marks adaptation of Statutes of the UNWTO on September 27, 1970.<\/p>\n

The adoption of these Statutes is considered a milestone in global tourism.<\/p>\n

The purpose of this day is to raise awareness on the role of tourism within the international community.<\/p>\n

It also seeks to demonstrate the impact of tourism sector on social, cultural, political and economic values worldwide.

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Sep 27:<\/span> <\/strong>Pakistan overpowered India to win their first ever Kabaddi gold in the 5th Asian Beach Games under way at Danang (Vietnam).

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International<\/span><\/h1>\n

Sep 27: <\/strong><\/span>World Tourism Day was observed around the world.<\/p>\n

Theme foe WTD 2016: <\/strong><\/span>\u201cTourism for All Promoting Universal Accessibility\u201d.

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Sep 27:<\/strong> <\/span>The world\u2019s first baby has been born thanks to a controversial new technique employed by US scientists to include DNA from three parents in the embryo, said a report in New Scientist magazine.

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The baby boy was born five months ago in Mexico to Jordanian parents.<\/p>\n

Sep 27:<\/strong><\/span> A snap CNN poll revealed that Hillary Clinton won the debate against Donald Trump.

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