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FOR THE MONTH OCTOBER 2017
October 1, 2017
1. Pakistani batsman Azhar Ali completed
5,000 runs in the test format during the first
Test against Sri Lanka on September 30,
2017
The 32-year-old became the eighth Pakistan
batsman to reach the milestone in his 61st
Test.
2. Iran has embargoed exports and imports of
fuel products to and from Iraqi Kurdistan in
response to the regions controversial
independence referendum,
3. Turkeys President Tayyip Erdogan said Iraqi
Kurdish authorities would pay the price for
an independence referendum which was
widely opposed by foreign powers.
4. Vice Chancellor Punjab University: Prof Dr
Zaffar Mueen Nasar
5. Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed
Bajwa will undertake a crucial visit to
Afghanistan on October 1, 2017
6. Bollywoods veteran theatre and film
personality Tom Alter died on September
27, 2017 after losing battle against skin
cancer in Mumbai
7. A former deputy minister of the Ethiopia
Ministry of Finance and Economic
Cooperation and 20 others were charged
with corruption offenses before the
Ethiopia Federal High Court in Addis Ababa
8. NACTA: National Counter Terrorism
Authority
9. United States (US) Secretary of State: Rex
Tillerson
10. The federal government has finally
managed to develop consensus on the
major points of reforms in the Federally
Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) as all
lawmakers from the tribal regions have
agreed to the merger with Khyber-
Pakhtunkhwa (K-P)
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October 02, 2017
1. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar
Javed Bajwa visited Kabul on October 01,
2017 to hold discussions with Afghan
authorities
During a meeting with Afghan President
Ashraf Ghani, matters of regional security
and counter-terrorism efforts were
discussed
2. The United Arab Emirates has begun
collecting new sin taxes on tobacco
products, energy drinks and soft drinks
October 01, 2017
3. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has
decided to offer $10,000 per match to each
foreign cricketer who would play Pakistan
Super League (PSL) matches in the country
4. Pakistani boxer Mohammad Waseem on
October 01, 2017 maintained his position as
World Boxing Council's (WBC) number one
and undefeated Silver Flyweight champion
by defeating Panama's Carlos Melo
5. A new national survey has found that
132,000 people in Pakistan suffer from HIV
The survey was conducted using a grant
from the Global Fund
6. US President Donald Trump has told his
secretary of state that he is wasting his time
trying to negotiate with North Korea over
its nuclear programme
7. Jagmeet Singh, an Ontario provincial
lawmaker and practicing Sikh, was elected
on October 01, 2017 as leader of Canadas
left-leaning New Democrats, becoming the
first non-white politician to head a major
Canadian political party
8. A law that forbids any kind of full-face
covering, including Islamic veils such as the
niqab or burqa, has come into force in
Austria
9. World-first thunderstorm asthma warning
system launched in Australia
10. 1st Governor-General of India: 1858
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October 3, 2017
1. President Mamnoon Hussain signed the
controversial Election Act 2017 (October 2,
2017)
The law was passed to allow the party to re-
elect the disqualified former prime minister
as party chief
2. A Senate committee on October 2, 2017
approve d a bill to provide a mechanism for
public interest disclosures by providing
protection to whistleblowers in corruption
cases
3. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zakaullah
has been conferred the highest military
award of Saudi Arabia, the King Abdul Aziz
Medal of Excellence
4. The first batch of the rolling stock for the
Orange Line Metro Train reached the
Lahore on October 2, 2017
5. At least 58 people were killed and over 500
injured when a gunman opened fire from a
32nd floor hotel room on a country music
concert in Las Vegas
6. Renowned artist Tasaddug Sohail passed
away on Monday. He was 87
His canvas would be replete with a variety
of eye-catching images bathed in delectable
colours
7. Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine on October 2, 2017
for their discoveries about the body`s
biological clock
Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and
Michael W. Young won the 9-million-kronor
($1.1 million) prize for their work on finding
genetic mechanisms behind circadian
rhythms
8. The rightwing Hindu government in Uttar
Pradesh has removed the Taj Mahal from its
of ficial list of tourist destinations for which
the state is famous
9. Myanmar ready to take back Rohingya
refugees
10. Iranian and Iraqi forces conducted joint
military exercises on October 2, 2017 near
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the border with Iraq's autonomous
Kurdistan region
October 4, 2017
1. A special corps commanders conference
that reportedly lasted around seven hours
was held at the military`s General
Headquarters (GHQ) on October 3, 2017
2. The civil works on the 1263MW Punjab
Power Plant has been started, near Trimmu
Barrage, about 23km away from the Jhang
district headquarters
3. The lobbying firm that campaigned to get F-
16 fighter jets for Pakistan in 2016 also
advocated for India to block the proposed
sale, claims a new book by a former US
senator, Larry Pressler
4. Pakistan among top 10 economies in terms
of its internet users
Nearly 16 million Pakistanis went online for
the first time between 2012 and 2015,
accounting for half the number of the
overall internet users in the country,
according to a UN Information Economy
Report 2017 released on October 3, 2017
The country was at the ninth position on
the list compared to India (1st), Iran (7th)
and Bangladesh (10th)
5. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on
October 3, 2017 ordered the second major
reshuffle of provincial bureaucracy, wherein
42 officers, including administrative
secretaries, commissioners and deputy
commissioners, were transferred
6. Global pact for indigenous land rights
launched
7. A group of 20 foreign diplomats who visited
Myanmar`s Rakhine state, have urged the
government to allow access by
humanitarian groups and by a United
Nations fact-finding mission to investigate
allegations of human rights violations
8. The United States ordere d the expulsion of
15 Cuban diplomats on October 3, 2017,
accusing Havana of failing to protect their
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US counterparts from harm in a series of
mystery `attacks` on their health
9. Three US-based scientists won the Nobel
Physics Prize on October for detecting faint
ripples flying through the universe the
gravitational waves predicted a century ago
by Albert Einstein that provide a new
understanding of the universe
Rainer Weiss of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and Barry Barish and Kip
Thorne of the California Institute of
Technology won the 2017 prize for a
combination of highly advanced theory and
ingenious equipment design
10. Ex-Iraqi president and Kurdish leader Jalal
Talabani died on Tuesday in Germany
Talabani, 83, was Iraq`s president from
2005 to 2014 and a key figure in Iraqi
Kurdistan
October 5, 2017
1. Govt agrees to restore Khatm-i-Nabuwwat
declaration amid uproar
2. Iranian forces fired at least 11 mortar shells
into Pakistani territory near the Panjgur
border in Balochistan on October 4, 2017
3. Pakistan Oil fields Limited (POL) has
discovered one of the largest oil and gas
reserves from its Jhandial well (Punjab) in
last five years, as per announcement at PSX
Jhandial well is located in Ikhlas Block in
Northern Potwar, about 83 kilometers
Southwest of Islamabad in District Attock
4. Pakistan's first optical remote sensing
satellite PRSS-1 would be launched in 2018
SUPARCO: Pakistan Space and Upper
Atmosphere Research Commission
5. A Turkish court on October 4, 2017 found
42 former soldiers guilty of trying to kill
President Tayyip Erdogan during last year`s
failed coup, and handed most of them life
sentences in the highest profile case related
to the attempted putsch so far
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6. King Salman arrived in Moscow on October
4, 2017, the first official visit to Russia by a
ruler from Saudi Arabia
7. DeepMind, the Google sibling focusing on
artificial intelligence, has announced the
launch of an `ethics and society` unit to
study the impact of new technologies on
society
8. A trio of Swiss, American and British
scientists (Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank
and Richard Henderson) won the Nobel
chemistry prize on October 4, 2017 for
developing cryo-electron microscopy,
allowing researchers to see biological
molecules frozen in action
9. The United Nations has moved to put the
Saudi-led coalition on its annual blacklist of
child rights violators for the killing and
maiming of children in Yemen, according to
a draft report obtained by AFP
10. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
October 6, 2017
1. Military spokesperson on October 5, 2017
stressed the need for all civilian and military
institutions to work together to defeat
`enemy designs` aimed at dividing the
country
ISPR chief insists spy agencies played
'constitutional' role in JIT probe
Acknowledges MML's right to participate in
political process
Argues 'silence is also an expression' with
reference to corps commanders' huddle
2. The National Assembly October 5, 2017
unanimously passed The Elections
(Amendment) Bill 2017, to amend The
election act 2017 by restoring the word
Oath instead of Declaration in the
nomination paper about the finality of
Prophethood (Khatm-e-Nabuwat)
3. Pakistan warns India against targeting its
Nuclear Installations
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Current Foreign Minister Pakistan: Khawaja
Mohammad Asif
4. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of
Pak-British bilateral relations, Pakistan Air
Force arranged a mesmerizing air show at
Sea View, Karachi October 5, 2017
5. Karachi has been ranked on 7th position in
terms of FDI Strategy in the list of Top 10
Asia-Pacific cities of the future 2017-18,
which was released recently by FDI
Intelligence
FDI: Foreign direct investment
6. Two fearless Asian women a Pakistani
(Gulalai Ismail) and a late Indian journalist
(Gauri Lankesh) who risked their lives
campaigning against extremism won a joint
award (Anna Politkovskaya Award) on
October 5, 2017 for their common cour age
7. Kazuo Ishiguro, the British author of The
Remains of the Day, won the Nobel Prize for
Literature on October 5, 2017
8. Saudi Arabia`s King Salman, on a landmark
visit to Russia, and President Vladimir Putin
on October 5, 2017 signed a slew of arms
and energy deals as the key US ally seeks to
deepen cooperation with Moscow
9. Iraqi forces retook one of the militant
Islamic State group`s last two enclaves in
the country on October 5, 2017
10. Current Indian Chief of the Air Staff: Air
Chief Marshal B. S. Dhanoa
OCTOBER 2017
Awards held in New York on October 6,
2017
4. Pakistan is facing formidable challenges to
improving food security because of poor
governance, lack of economic growth and
instability within the country as well as on
its borders, Asian Development Bank has
said in a report
5. The Trump administration has informed
Congress that it too believes the China-
Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) passes
through a disputed territory originally an
India claim aimed at thwarting the
development plan
6. Madrid rules out dialogue unless Catalonia
drops independence bid
7. Nuclear disarmament campaign group ICAN
won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its
efforts to consign the atomic bomb to
history
8. The United States will end some of its
toughest economic and trade sanctions
imposed on the government of Sudan
9. China has issued a travel advisory to its
nationals visiting India, the first such
warning after the Doklam standoff, warning
them about denial of visas to visit
restricted areas like the Andaman and
Nicobar Islands
10. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
has ordered the Energy Ministry to
negotiate a three-year deal with Pakistan

October 7, 2017
on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports

1. Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa assumed the

charge of Commander Southern Command
at a ceremony held on October 6, 2017
2. The Government of Pakistan has appointed
Air Marshal Farooq Habib as vice chief of
the air staff
Air Marshal Habib was commissioned in the
GD(P) Branch of the PAF in June, 1982
3. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy has added another
prestigious accolade to her name, winning
the `Best Documentary` award at the 38th
Annual News and Documentary Emmy
October 08, 2017
1. Vice Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi has
been appointed as new Pakistan Navy chief
and has been promoted to designation of
Admiral
2. Senior Afghan and American officials
welcomed the arrival of new US made
military helicopters on October 07, 2017
3. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has
decided to discontinue their flights to the

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United States from October 31 due to
annual losses of up to Rs1.25 billion
4. Norway to pay male and female
internationals equally
A new agreement between Norways
football association and the countrys
international players will lead to men and
women receive the same financial
compensation for representing their
country
5. European Parliaments (EP) European
Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group
has nominated Aasia Bibi for Sakharov Prize
for Freedom of Thought
Aasia Bibi is a Christian woman who was
sentenced to death in 2010 under
Pakistans blasphemy law. Currently she is
on death row
6. President Donald Trump will dispatch his
top diplomatic and military advisors to
Pakistan in the coming weeks, turning up
the heat on a nuclear-armed ally accused of
harboring terror groups
7. PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi announced a
comprehensive development package
worth above Rs 2.5 billion for the
infrastructural uplift of Nowshero Feroz
district for the provision of gas, electricity
and the construction of roads
8. Pakistan dismisses US concerns on CPEC,
urges world to focus on India's atrocities in
Kashmir
Earlier, the Trump administration had
informed Congress that it too believes the
CPEC passes through a disputed territory
originally an India claim aimed at thwarting
the development plan
9. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is expected
to visit Pakistan in the near future on the
invitation of Pakistani Army Chief General
Qamar Javed Bajwa
10. A new surgical tool was recently developed,
and it could possibly replace the need of
stitches and staples.
Metro Glue is elastic surgical glue that can
seal a wound within 60 seconds!
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October 9, 2017
1. The government has appointed retired
Justice Javed Iqbal as the new chief of
National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
The new chairman was chosen from among
12 nominees submitted by the government
and opposition parties
2. First train of Orange Line project unveiled in
Lahore on October 8, 2017
The Punjab government plans to bring it
into operation in December
3. Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar, a three-star general,
who has served as chief of the Inter-
Services Intelligence (ISI), has announced
his plans to seek early retirement from
service
Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar, currently posted as
president of the National Defence
University (NDU) inIslamabad
4. The Provincial Disaster Management
Authority (PDMA) and the Punjab
Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) observed
the National Disaster Awareness Day on
October 8, 2017 to remember the victims of
2005 earthquake
5. Awami Workers Party (AWP) senior leader
Naeem Shakir Advocate died of cardiac
arrest over the weekend in the US. He was
73
As a Supreme Court lawyer, he fought for
the rights of minorities and workers. He
defended the hapless members of the
religious minorities in blasphemy cases such
as the Aasia Bibi case
6. India has created a `mess`in disputed
Kashmir over the past 15 months, India`s
former intelligence chief Amarjit Singh
Dulat was quoted as saying in an article
published by The Hindu
7. The Chinese foreign ministry has dismissed
United States (US) criticism that the China-
Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) passes
through disputed territory
8. The US has invited Gen Zubair Mahmood
Hayat, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Committee (JCSC), to attend a conference
of military chiefs from various friendly
countries
9. US President Donald Trump said he will not
go ahead with his controversial pledge to
move the American embassy to Jerusalem
until after pushing for an Israeli-Palestinian
peace deal
10. An epic 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) solar
car race across the desert heart of Australia
designed to showcase new technology that
could one day help develop commercial
vehicles got underway October 8, 2017
October 10, 2017
1. South Asia is no longer the fastest-growing
region in the world, the World Bank said in
a recent report
2. Pakistan is set to launch the Pakistan
Remote Sensing Satellite (PRSS-1) early next
year
The PRSS-1 is Pakistans first earth
observation satellite and will be launched
by the Space and Upper Atmosphere
Research Commission (Suparco)
3. Zurich-based Fdration Internationale des
Associations de Transitaires et Assimils
(FIATA) has elected Mr Babar Badat as its
president at its World Congress, 2017 on
Oct 8
FIATA International Federation of Freight
Forwarders Associations is a global body,
representing over 50,000 international
logistics companies from 150 member
countries.
The total employee strength of FIATA
member companies is over 10 million
Mr Badat is the founder chairman of the
Pakistan International Freight Forwarders
Association (PIFFA), and ran unopposed for
the position
4. The Nobelprizein economics was awarded
on October 9, 2017 to Richard Thaler of
the University of Chicago for research
showing how people`s choices on
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economic matters whether on savings or
game shows like `Deal or No Deal` are not
always rational
5. NATO launched a new multinational force
in Romanian October 9, 2017 to counter
Russia along its eastern flank and to check
a growing Russian presence in the Black
Sea following the Kremlin`s 2014 seizure of
Crimea
6. US, Turkey mutually suspend visa services
in escalating row
7. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
chief confirms Iran complying with nuclear
deal
IAEA chief: Yukiya Amano
8. Jean Rochefort, the French actor who
played a key role in one of the most cursed
movie sagas in Hollywood history, has died
aged 87
9. Fifteenth World Day against Death Penalty
will be observed today (October 10, 2017
10. Vice Chancellor Pakistan Institute of
Medical Sciences (PIMS): Dr Javed Akram
October 11, 2017
1. Cabinet decides to revise quota system in
country
As the quota system devised over 40 years
ago to allocate jobs among all the
provinces expired in 2013
2. The Establishment Division on October 10,
2017 notified newly promoted grade 22
additional secretaries and assigned them
charge of different ministries, divisions and
subordinate entities
3. North Korean computer hackers have
stolen hundreds of classified military
documents from South Korea including
detailed wartime operational plans
involving its US ally, a report said on
October 10, 2017
4. Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont said he
had accepted the `mandate of the people`
for his region`s independence from Spain
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but suspended the declaration to allow
more time for talks with Madrid
5. Nasa astronauts took another spacewalk
outside the International Space Station on
October 10, 2017, this time to grease the
robot arm`s new hand
6. Kabul has unilaterally put off a meeting of
the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade
Coordination Authority (APTTCA)
A highlevel forum set up to deal with
problems hindering smooth
implementation of a revised transit treaty.
The last meeting of the authority was held
last year
7. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 68 runs in the
second Test in Dubai on October 10, 2017
and take the series 2-0.
8. Iran warns US on designating Guards
terrorist group
9. Chief of The Intelligence Bureau`s (IB):
Aftab Sultan
10. CEO Punjab Board of Investment and
Trade (PBIT): Jahanzeb Burana
October 12, 2017
1. The Senate Standing Committee on
Interior on October 11, 2017 rejected `The
Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill,
2017` and said it was unIslamic
2. The CPEC is future of Pakistani people and
there will never be any compromise on it,
Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa
3. Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, former
Chief Justice of Pakistan appointed as ICJ
ad hoc judge in the Kulbhushan Jadhav
case
4. Justice (r) Javed Iqbal officially assumed
charge as the National Accountability
Bureau chairman Octo said all major cases
before the NAB would be taken to logical
conclusion
5. After several warnings, the Fdration
Internationale de Football Association
(FIFA) ultimately suspended Pakistan
Football Federations (PFF) membership on
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October 11, 2017 on account of undue
third-party interference in the federations
affairs
6. Spain threatened on October 11, 2017 to
suspend Catalonia`s autonomy if it follows
through on its threat to break away as an
independent country in the biggest
challenge to Spanish unity in a generation
7. Indias top court says sex with child is rape
Sex with a minor amounts to rape even if
the couple are married, Indias top court
ruled on October 11, 2017, closing a legal
loophole that had allowed some
perpetrators to escape punishment
8. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lashed
out at US counterpart Donald Trump,
saying he was opposing "the whole world"
by trying to abandon a landmark nuclear
agreement
9. Parliament of Iran: Majles-e-Shoraye
Eslami / Majles
10. Book Ethics of killing written by: Rabia
Hassan
October 13, 2017
1. Security forces, with the support of US
intelligence, freed an American woman,
her Canadian husband and their three
children from terrorists` captivity
2. Pakistani expert to head WHO panel
The United Nations health agency has
announced the establishment of a high-
level global commission on non
communicable diseases (NCDs) which will
be led by Dr Sania Nishtar of Pakistan
Director General World Health
Organisation (WHO): Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus
3. French President Emmanuel Macron
launched round two of his ambitious
domestic reform programme on October
12, 2017
4. The United States has announced it will
withdraw from the United Nations
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Scientific and Cultural Organisation,
accusing the body of `anti-Israel bias`.
5. Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah
signed a reconciliation deal on October 13,
2017 after Hamas agreed to hand over
administrative control of Gaza, including
the key Rafah border crossing, a decade
after seizing the enclave in a civil war
6. Chinas best known report on personal
riches says property tycoon Xu Jiayin has
become the countrys wealthiest person,
knocking billionaire Wang Jianlin off the
top spot
7. Indian fast bowler Ashish Nehra on Oct 12,
017 announced his retirement from
international cricket and the Indian
Premier League (IPL) after an injury-
plagued career
8. President of BCCI: Vinod Rai
9. 2022 Asian Games will be in: Hangzhou,
China
10. Highest point of Asia: Mt. Everest
October 14, 2017
1. Pakistan would once again tap
international capital market to issue Sukuk
bond within next couple of months to
generate at least $1 billion to build the
countrys foreign exchange reserves
2. Postage stamp in honour of Mufti
Mahmood launched
The postage stamp has been launched in
recognition of invaluable religious as well
as political services of Maulana Mufti
Mahmood
3. The federal government has appointed
Shahid Ashraf Tarar as Executive Director
at the World Bank for a period of three
years
Shahid Ashraf Tarar, a BS-22 officer of
Pakistan Administrative Service, presently
posted as chairman of National Highway
Authority under Communications Division
4. Chief of General Staff (CGS) of the UK
Army, Gen Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter,
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acknowledged the Pakistan Army`s
achievements in the fight against terrorism
and continued efforts for peace and
stability in the region
5. President Donald Trump struck a blow
against the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement in
defiance of other world powers, choosing
not to certify that Tehran is complying
with the deal and warning that the United
States might ultimately terminate it
6. Somalia`s defence minister and army chief
have both resigned, without explaining
why, in a potential blow to the
government`s fight against Shabaab
militants
7. The Swiss government says voters will
decide whether to ban facecovering
garments like masks or Muslim burgas and
nigabs
8. India is in advanced talks with Sri Lanka to
operate an airport on the southern tip of
the island, where China has invested
heavily as part of its Belt and Road
initiative
9. Former French culture minister Audrey
Azoulay was selected to head the
embattled UN cultural agency Unesco
after defeating her Qatari rival by only two
votes in a cliff-hanger on October 13, 2017
10. The International Cricket Council (ICC)
unveiled a long-awaited, nine-nation Test
championship on October 13, 2017 in a bid
to preserve the five-day format`s status
following the rapid growth of Twenty20
The Test league will start in 2019 and see
nine teams play six series over two years
three home and three away. It will
culminate in a final between the two top
teams at Lord`s
October 15, 2017
1. The Pak-Iran officials discussed several
matters, ranging from border management
to security, from immigration to border
trade and from rahdari system to increase
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trade volume at the 21st Joint Border
Commission meeting held in Balochistans
port city, Gwadar
2. Nusrat Ara The actress who played a
hugely popular character Bil Batori in a
children`s television play, passed away on
October 14, 2017. She was 65
3. Chinas Communist Party announced
Saturday that it agreed to amend its
constitution
4. Kurds, Iraqi forces in standoff as Baghdad
sets deadline
5. North Korea is believed to be preparing to
launch a ballistic missile ahead of an
upcoming joint naval drill by the US and
South Korea
6. Saudi princess first woman to head sports
federation
Princess Rima bint Bandar bin Sultan has
been named to head a Saudi multi-sports
federation, in a first for women in the
conservative Muslim kingdom where men
dominate all sports
7. One of the world`s most remote places
became a little less isolated on October 14,
2017 when the first commercial flight
arrived in St. Helena, a South Atlantic
island that until recently was only
accessible by boat and where Napoleon
Bonaparte spent his last years in exile
8. A Cistercian monastery thats existed for
almost 900 years in what is now western
Germany is closing down for good, due to
a shortage of monks
9. France have qualified for the next edition
of the men's Hockey World Cup in 2018
after a gap of 28 years thanks to
favourable results at the Oceania Cup
10. Muhammad Inayatullah made history for
Pakistan on October 13, 2017 as he
claimed the 70kg title at the Beach World
Wrestling Championships by defeating an
Irani opponent in Dalyan, Turkey
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October 16, 2017
1. Representatives from Pakistan,
Afghanistan, China and the US will meet in
Muscat on October 16, 2017 (today) for
the first time in over a year to restart the
stalled process aimed at bringing peace to
Afghanistan
Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua, will lead
the Pakistani delegation, which includes
senior military officials
2. Pakistan and Iran have vowed not to allow
use of their soil for terrorism and decided
to improve the security situation at the
border and take concrete steps for curbing
smuggling and illegal border-crossing
3. WB asked to rectify error about loan
payable by Pakistan
4. Pakistan was nominated to the Executive
Council of the International Islamic News
Agency (IINA)
A media organ of the Organisation of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC), for the second
consecutive term at its 25th meeting,
which concluded in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
on Sunday
5. Separate wards to be set up for senior
citizens at KP hospitals
The health department is extending
incentives to the patients aging 60 or
above in the fulfillment of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Senior Citizens Act, 2014 at
the government-run hospitals across the
province
6. Only 38 parties out of 354 eligible to
contest polls
7.
8. India to close colonial-era military farms
The 700-acre farm in the Allahabad, city of
1.1 million people, along with 38 other
military farms set up by the country`s
former British rulers, is to be closed in
coming weeks
9. Russia hosts Soviet-style youth festival as
Putin woos under-30s
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10. Roger Federer brushed aside world
number one Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-3 to win
the Shanghai Masters on October 15, 2017
and register his fourth victory of the year
over his Spanish rival
October 17, 2017
1. Muscat moot breaks the ice on stalled
Afghan talks
Representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan,
China and the US gathered in Muscat on
October 16, 2017 to rejuvenate the stalled
Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG)
working to restore peace in Afghanistan
2. Pakistan on October 16, 2017 won a seat
in the United Nations Human Rights
Council (HRC) when the General Assembly
elected 15 countries to serve on the 47-
member body
The election in the 193-member assembly
was by secret ballot, with a simple
majority required. Pakistan polled 151
votes, when 97 were needed.
3. Justice Muhammad Ajmal Mian, a former
chief justice of Pakistan, died on October
16, 2017. He was 83
4. Malaysian teacher seen as new `emir` of
pro-IS militants
Intelligence officials describe Malaysian
Mahmud Ahmad as a financier and
recruiter, who helped put together the
coalition of pro-IS fighters that stormed
Marawi City in May
5. Austria`s shift to the right in a
parliamentary election has paved the way
for young conservative star Sebastian Kurz
to become the next leader and opened a
path for the resurgent f ar right to return
to power
6. Scientists witness huge cosmic crash, find
origins of gold
7. The head of the militant Islamic State (IS)
group in Southeast Asia, who figures on
the US `most wanted terrorists` list, was
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killed on October 16, 2017 in the battle to
reclaim a militant-held Philippines city
8. Einsteins waves detected in star smash
Scientists have detected the warping of
space generated by the collision of two
dead stars, or neutron stars
9. The Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has officially
confirmed its national team`s tour to
Pakistan for the last T20 match of the on-
going series, to be played at the Gaddafi
Stadium, Lahore on Oct 29
10. Israel on October 16, 2017 approved
permits for 31 settler homes in Hebron,
the first such green light for the flashpoint
West Bank city since 2002 and part of a
major increase in settlement activity
October 18, 2017
1. The government has imposed regulatory
duty on import of 36 new products and
raised its rates on the existing 240 items
Prices of wheat, sugar, vegetables, fruits,
cosmetics, electronics and cars will go up
2. The fifth round of foreign secretaries-level
bilateral political consultations between
Pakistan and Sri Lanka was held in
Colombo on October 18, 2017
Pakistan delegation was headed by the
Foreign Secretary, Tehmina Janjua, while
the Sri Lankan delegation was led by the
Foreign Secretary, Prasad Kariyawasam
3. `Security challenges have continued to
slow progress on access to justice and the
rule of law in Pakistan,`: the EU annual
report on `human rights and democracy in
the world in 2016`
4. The United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) in collaboration with
the Society of Collective Interest
Orientation (Socio-Pakistan) the
implementation partner and the
provincial government completed on
October 17, 2017 its 10-month project
Improving Health & Hygiene Status of
Refugees & Host Communities.
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5. Pakistan and the United Kingdom on
October 17, 2017 reiterated their
commitment to work together for the
shared objective of peace in the region
6. Nadia Bukhari, A British Pakistani
pharmacist has become the first Muslim
female and first Pakistani female to be
elected on the National Pharmacy Board
for England for the UKs pharmacy
professional body, The Royal
Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).
7. Mahmood Lodhi achieved excellence by
becoming the first Pakistani chess player
to secure the World Grand Master`s title in
70 years when he won the 8th Asian
Seniors Chess Championship in Auclkland,
New Zealand
8. US author George Saunders won the Man
Booker Prize on Tuesday for his first
fulllength novel, Lincoln in the Bardo
He became the second US author to win
the world`s most prestigious
Englishlanguage literary award following
last year`s victory by Paul Beatty for his
novel, The Sellout
9. Pakistan's Ambassador to Chins: Masood
Khalid
10. Deputy UN Ambassador of North Korea:
Kim In Ryong
October 19, 2017
1. Pakistan and the United States agreed on
October 18, 2017 to keep up the
momentum of improvement in bilateral
relations through highlevel engagements
and stronger counterterrorism
cooperation
US Vice President: Mike Pence
2. US seeks India`s help to `keep an eye` on
Pakistan
India can help the United States in keeping
an eye on Pakistan, as Washington cannot
tolerate any government that shelters
terrorists: US Ambassador to the UN Nikki
Haley
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3. The Pakistan Army on October 18, 2017
announced promotion of four major
generals to lieutenant general
`Those promoted include Major General
Majid Ehsan, Major General Aamir Abbasi,
Major General Abdullah Dogar, Major
General Hamooduz Zaman`
There are 29 three-star generals in the
army
4. First Saudi commercial flight jets to
Baghdad after 27 years
Flights between Iraq and Saudi Arabia
were suspended some 27 years ago in
August 1990 after former Iraqi president
Saddam Hussein ordered his troops into
neighbouring Kuwait
5. Chief of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistans splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
(JuA) and a mastermind of Army Public
School Peshawar massacre has been killed
in a US drone attack in Afghanistan
6. The Swiss government on October 18,
2017 opposed letting men take subsidised
paternity leave from their jobs, saying it
would cost too much and hurt companies
competitiveness
7. Seamer Hasan Ali became the quickest
player to reach 50 one-day international
wickets for Pakistan in the third One-day
International at Abu Dhabi on October 18,
2017
8. Imam-ul-Haq becomes 2nd Pakistani to
score century on debut on October 18,
2017
9. PBIT: Punjab at Punjab Board of
Investment and Trade
CEO PBIT: Jahanzeb Burana
10. Punjab Minister for Industries, Commerce
& Investment: Sheikh Allauddin
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October 20, 2017
1. An accountability court on October 19,
2019 indicted former prime minister
Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law
in the London properties reference
The same court will indict Mr Sharif in
another reference, related to Flagship
Investments and other offshore companies
2. The banned Pakistani militant group,
Jamaatul Ahrar, has named a new chief to
lead the outfit, prompting speculation
about the fate of its founder-in-chief,
Omar Khalid Khurasani
3. A Senate committee on October 19, 2017
approved a bill that will enable a member
of parliament to vote on a constitutional
amendment bill according to their
conscience, instead of party directions
4. Spain`s government on October 19, 2017
set in motion plans to take away
Catalonia`s local powers after its defiant
regional president refused to give up his
demands for Catalan independence
5. NATO opened a counter-espionage hub in
Poland on October 19, 2017 aimed at
expanding the alliances intelligence-
gathering capabilities amid tensions with
Russia
6. Current Interior Minister Pakistan: Ahsan
Iqbal
7. First visit in 2 decades: Chief of Staff of the
Iraqi Army, Lieutenant-General Othman Al-
Ghanmi, arrived in Saudi Arabia October
19, 2017
8. The Taliban have killed at least 58 Afghan
security forces in a wave of attacks across
the country, including an assault that
wiped out an army camp in Kandahar
9. The Punjab government has created a new
post of grade22, additional chief secretary
for communication and works
The Punjab government had retained
services of C&W Secretary Mushtaq
Ahmad after his promotion to grade 22
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10. Tegel is an international airport of:
Germany
October 21, 2017
1. WB rates Pakistan among top private
investment countries
Pakistan has been grouped in top five
highest private participation investment
(PPI) countries owing to a few multi-
billiondollar power projects, with two
hydropower plants worth $3.6 billion
during the first half of 2017.
2. The Punjab government has decided to
raise two more battalions of the Special
Protection Unit (SPU) of the police to
further strengthen security around
foreigners, including Chinese experts
working on different development projects
in the province
3. Punjab university professor wins UNESCO
prize
Prof Shahida Hasnain of Punjab University
has been named laureate of the Unesco
Carlos J. Finlay Prize 2017 for microbiology
together with Dr Samir Saha of Bangladesh
4. US promises to stay neutral in India`s
conflict with other states
5. G7 countries and tech giants including
Google, Facebook and Twitter on October
20, 2017 agreed to work together to block
the dissemination of Islamist extremism
over the internet
The Group of 7 (G7) is a group consisting
of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
the United Kingdom and the United States.
6. Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on
October 20, 2017 announced a cabinet
reshuffle putting women in the top three
spots of government
7. US CIA Director Mike Pompeo has said the
United States wants to draw the Taliban
into peace talks in Afghanistan, but for
that to happen, Pakistan must first ensure
the militants cannot establish safe havens
within its borders
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8. Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) has
nominated Sumera Sattar to attend
international coaching enrichment
certificate programme (ICECP) being held
from April 26, next year in Lausanne,
Switzerland
9. Pakistans Hasan Ali has emerged as a new
number one among top bowlers in the
latest ICC ODI ranking issued by the ICC on
October 20, 2017
10. Two American astronauts floated outside
the International Space Station October
20, 2017 for the third spacewalk this
month aimed at repairing the orbiting
outposts robotic arm and replacing old
video cameras
October 22, 2017
1. Current Nigerian President Muhammadu
Buhari
2. Afghan traders have stopped exporting
goods to Pakistan
3. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi and
his Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim
agreed to bolster relations in diverse areas
with a focus on trade and economy
4. The D-8 Organization for Economic
Cooperation, also known as Developing-8,
is an organisation for development co-
operation among the following countries:
Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran,
Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey
5. The Punjab Board of Investment & Trade
and China Railway Construction
Corporation International (CRCCI) have
signed a memorandum of understanding
(MoU) to make joint efforts for further
improving bilateral economic ties and
trade relations between Pakistan and
China
6. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe
named as goodwill ambassador by WHO
7. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived
in Riyadh on October 21, 2017 at start of
Gulf, South Asia tour
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8. The Israeli army attacked Syrian
government artillery on October 21, 201
after fire across the armistice line hit the
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and warned
it would step up such retaliation in the
future
9. India thrash Pakistan 4-0 to enter men's
Asia Cup hockey tournament
10. PTDC: Pakistan Tourism Development
Corporation
October 23, 2017
1. Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat arrives in the
US capital October 22, 2017 to attend an
international conference on
counterterrorism.
2. The foreign ministry has proposed setting
up of a new force for manning the porous
Pak-Afghan border to check illegal crossing
of people and goods, and introduction of
visa system for Afghan travelers
WBSF: The Western Border Security Force
3. The deepening Indo-US nexus is posing
new challenges to Pakistans national
security and a threat to the multi-billion
dollars China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
(CPEC) project which Beijing and Islamabad
consider as a game-changer
4. Current Federal Minister for Climate
Change: Senator Mushahidullah Khan
5. The head of the World Health Organization
on October 22, 2017 reversed his decision
to name Zimbabwe's President Robert
Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador,
following widespread uproar
6. A note that Albert Einstein gave to a
courier in Tokyo, briefly describing his
theory on happy living, has surfaced after
95 years and is up for auction in Jerusalem
7. A letter written by one of the Titanics
passengers a day before the ship sank has
sold for 126,000 pounds ($166,000) at an
auction in England
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8. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe swept
to a resounding victory in a snap election
October 22, 2017 and immediately vowed
to deal firmly with threats from North
Korea that dominated the campaign
9. Indonesia said Sunday its military chief
General Gatot Nurmantyo had been
refused entry to the United States and
asked Washington for an explanation
10. Voters in the northern Italian regions of
Lombardy and Veneto were voting
October 22, 2017 in referendums on
autonomy, against the backdrop of
Catalonias push for independence from
Spain
October 24, 2017
1. Senate bars disqualified person from
holding party post
The controversy over re-election of Nawaz
Sharif as PML-N chief has refused to die
down, with the opposition-dominated
Senate on October 23, 2017 passing a bill
to bring back the bar on those disqualified
to become a lawmaker from holding a
party office with a majority vote of 49
against 18
2. The Senate Standing Committee on
Interior cleared a bill seeking an increase
in the marriageable age for women to 18
with a majority vote
Moved by PPP Senator Sehar Kamran, The
Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill,
2017 suggests the minimum age women
can be married be raised from 16 to 18
3. The Sindh government on October 23,
2017 entered into a cooperation
agreement with St. Petersburg, the
second-largest city in Russia, which aims to
promote partnerships in trade, business,
education, science and technology,
respectively.
Sindh Provincial Minister for Planning and
Development: Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani
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4. Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets in
5th ODI to clean-sweep series (5-0)
Usman Khan finished with 5 wickets
This was Pakistans first ever clean-sweep
in ODI series in UAE
5. Punjab Minister for Industries, Commerce
and Investment: Shiekh Allauddin
6. Federal Minister of State for Religious
Affairs: Pir Aminul Hasnat
7. Federal Minister for Defence: Khurram
Dastgir Khan
8. The CIA has launched a new `hunt and kill`
mission in Afghanistan, targeting Taliban
militants across the country
9. The Iraqi government dismissed a call from
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for
Iranian-backed paramilitary units that
helped Baghdad defeat Islamic State and
capture the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk to
end operations in Iraq
10. The Modi government rowed back on its
three-year-old pledge to never talk to the
All Parties Hurriyat Conference, as Home
Minister Rajnath Singh named a new
interlocutor with a brief to consult all
stakeholders, including the separatists, in
India-held Kashmir
October 25, 2017
1. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged
Pakistani leadership on October 24, 2017
to step up their fight against terrorist
groups on their soil and facilitate the
Afghan reconciliation process
2. Pakistan on October 24, 2017 rejected an
Indian government decision to appoint an
interlocutor to initiate dialogue with all
stakeholders in India-held Kashmir
3. The National Assembly Standing
Committee on Interior on October 24,
2017 passed a bill increasing the
punishment for involvement in child
molestation and pornography between 14
and 20 years in prison
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4. The Balochistan government has decided
to establish an elite force comprising 1,000
personnel to combat terrorism and curb
crimes in the province on October 24,
2017
Inspector General of Balochistan Police:
Moazzam Jah Ansari
5. The provincial cabinet on October 24, 2017
approved the draft for establishing a
medical university in Balochistan
Bolan Medical College would be converted
into a medical university
Health minister Balochistan: Mir Rehmat
Saleh Baloch
6. Xi Jinping was elevated to the pantheon of
China`s most powerful leaders on October
24, 2017 as his name was enshrined in the
Communist Party constitution alongside
Chairman Mao
7. Qatar announced on October 25, 2017 it
will fund a new headquarters for the
Palestinian Authority in Gaza
8. Renowned thumri singer Girija Devi died
on October 24, 2017 in Kolkata at the age
of 88. Known as the `thumri queen`
9. Paul Weitz, a retired Nasa astronaut who
commanded the first flight of the space
shuttle Challenger and also piloted the
Skylab in the early 1970s, has died. He was
85
10. Secretary general of World
BaseballSoftball Confederation (WBSC),
Dato Low Beng Choo
11.
October 26, 2017
1. No surrender to US demands: Pakistan
Ruling out any surrender before the US or
a compromise on the country`s
sovereignty
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif told the
Senate on October 25, 2017
2. The federal cabinet on October 25, 2017
decided to conduct fresh delimitation of
constituencies
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The proposed increase in the number of
seats of the national and provincial
assemblies would be decided in parliament
3. The Punjab Assembly on October 25, 2017
passed eight bills
The Dera Ghazi Khan Development
Authority (Repeal) Bill of 2017, the Punjab
Environment Protection (Amendment) Bill
of 2017, the Punjab Criminal Prosecution
Service (Constitution functions and powers
amendment) Bill of 2017, the Punjab
Maintenance of Public Order
(Amendment) Bill of 2017, the Punjab
Ehtram-iRamazan (Amendment) Bill of
2017, the Parks and Horticulture Authority
(Amendment) Bill of
2017,thePunjabLocalGovernment
(Amendment) Bill of 2017 and the Punjab
Employees Efficiency, Discipline and
Accountability (Amendment) Bill of 2017
4. The US State Department has said that
Pakistan`s refusal to acknowledge the
existence of terrorist safe havens on its soil
would not automatically lead to sanctions
against the country
5. China`s ruling Communist Party on October
25, 2017 elevated five new officials to assist
President Xi Jinping as he embarks on a
second five-year term
6. World Cup 2022 host Qatar, under global
scrutiny over its alleged ill-treatment of
foreign workers, has agreed to a range of
labour reforms including the introduction of
a minimum wage
7. US scientists (David Liu, Feng Zhang ) on
October 25, 2017 unveiled two new
molecular editing tools designed to fix
mutations that cause the majority of human
genetic diseases, some of which have no
known treatment
8. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said that
Kabul would block Pakistan`s access to
Central Asia if it was not given access to
India through the CPEC project.
9. OGRA: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority
OGRA was established in 2002
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10. Ambassador of Pakistan to UAE: Moazzam
Ahmad Khan
October 27, 2017
1. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf retained its
National Assembly seat, NA-4, Peshawar IV,
in by-elections as its candidate, Arbab Amir
Ayub, defeated rivals by a big margin on
October 26, 2017
2. Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC)
and state-owned Saindak Metals Ltd (SML)
signed on October 26, 2017 an agreement
under which the Chinese firm will continue
operating the Saindak copper-gold project
for another five years on existing terms
The two companies signed in 2002 a 10-
year contract, which was extended for five
years in 2012
3. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will
provide financing for setting up of a
benchmark model information technology
park in Karachi
4. Federal Minister for Energy Awais Ahmad
Khan Leghari represented Pakistan at the
Royal cremation ceremony of the late King
Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
5. An 85-year-old survivor of the atomic
bombing of Hiroshima will jointly accept the
2017 Nobel Peace Prize together with this
years laureate
6. Qatar on October 26, 2017 had signed a
defence agreement with Russia, the latest
in a series of such steps by the emirate
since the Gulf diplomatic crisis erupted in
June
7. International Conference on Agricultural
and Food Science and 7th International
Conference on Biotechnology and
Bioengineering kicked off at Virtual
University of Pakistan, M.A Jinnah Campus,
Lahore on October 26, 2017
A large number of national educationists
and delegates from USA, Canada, China,
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Japan, Nigeria, Sudan, Turkey, Jorden,
Malaysia and Jammu & Kashmir are
participating in this mega event
8. Federal Minister for Defence: Engineer
Khurram Dastgir
9. Baku is the capital and largest city of:
Azerbaijan
10. Tangerang is a city in the province of
Banten
It is located on the island of Java about 25
kilometres west of Jakarta
October 28, 2017
1. The Pakistan Army on October 27, 2017 had
shot down an Indian `spy drone` along the
Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and
Kashmir (AJK)
2. Burundi on October 27, 2017 became the
first ever nation to leave the International
Criminal Court, set up some 15 years ago to
prosecute those behind the world`s worst
atrocities
`Burundi`s withdrawal from the Rome
Statute will take ef fect on Friday, Oct 27,
2017,
3. Pakistan on October 27, 2017 said it
opposes $2 billion armed drones deal
between the United States and India as it
could endanger peace
4. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar left for Tajikistan
to attend the 16th Central Asia Regional
Economic Cooperation Ministerial
Conference in Dushanbe
5. Spain dissolved Catalonia`s parliament on
October 27, 2017 and called new regional
elections after separatists voted for
independence in a sharp escalation of a
constitutional crisis that has stoked alarm in
Europe
6. The second Sindh Literature Festival (SLF)
started on October 27, 2017 in Karachi
Sindh Culture Minister Syed Sardar Shah
7. The Punjab government has replaced the IG
Prisons Punjab Mian Farooq Nazir with
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Mirza Shahid Saleem Baig who assumed
charge of IG Prison on October 27, 2017
8. Australia's Deputy PM disqualified over dual
citizenship
Barnaby Joyce was among seven politicians
embroiled in a crisis after falling afoul of a
previously obscure constitutional rule that
bars dual citizens from sitting in parliament
9. The US government has released a
mammoth, long-awaited trove of secret
files on the killing of president John F.
Kennedy, offering intriguing new insights
into events surrounding one of the most
infamous assassinations in history
10. SECP: Securities and Exchange Commission
of Pakistan
October 29, 2017
1. The deputy governor of Afghanistan`s Kunar
province, Qazi Mohammad Nabi Ahmadi,
was kidnapped from Peshawar`s Dabgari
area on October 28, 2017
Law enforcement agencies were not aware
of Afghan official's visit; baduction maybe
linked to internal Hizb-i-Islami rivalry
2. Gritty Sri Lankans Cricketers return to make
history
It will mark the first international cricket
match featuring a major Test-playing team
on Pakistan soil since the 2009 ghastly
terror attack
In 2015, minnows Zimbabwe visited Lahore
for a short limited-overs international series
Earlier this year, the final of the domestic
Pakistan Super League T20 tournament was
also staged in Lahore without any trouble
The visit by World XI, featuring a few star
players of internadonal repute, for three
T20s last month also went smoothly
3. The last PIA flight from Lahore to New York
takes off from Allama Iqbal International
Airport Lahore on October 28, 2017
4. Sindh cabinet has decided to approach the
federal government to post a Grade B-22
officer as inspector general of police (IGP)
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Sindh in place of incumbent Allah Dino
Khawaja who is a grade B-21 officer
5. Pakistans lone international female tennis
star Ushna Suhail won the Subh-e-Nau
National Clay Court Tennis Championship
2017 women singles final on October 28,
2017
6. Current Interior Minister of Pakistan: Ahsan
Iqbal
7. Current Chairman Senate: Mian Raza
Rabbani
8. Author of Book Focus Pakistan": Amjed
Pervez Malik
9. Mogadishu, known locally as Xamar or
Hamar, is the capital city of: Somalia
10. Current Chief of Pakistan Navy: Admiral
Zafar Mahmood Abbasi
October 30, 2017
1. Pakistan hammered Sri Lanka by 36 runs to
sweep the Twenty20 International series on
October 29, 2017
The first time since 2009 that a top
cricketing side had come to Pakistan
Sri Lanka, returning to play in Pakistan eight
years after a terrorist attack on their team
bus near the same venue condemned
Pakistan to sports isolation
2. Six US Senators have urged Secretary of
State Rex Tillerson to designate Pakistan
and Myanmar as `countries of particular
concern` for their alleged violation of
religious freedom
3. India on October 29, 2017 shipped its first
consignment of wheat to Afghanistan by
sea through Iran`s strategic Chabahar Port,
launching a trade route bypassing Pakistan
India, Afghanistan and Iran last year
decided to jointly establish a trade route for
land-locked Central Asian countries
4. Qatars emir has warned against any
military confrontation over the ongoing
diplomatic dispute between his country and
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four other Arab nations, saying it would
only plunge the region into chaos
Qatar Emir: Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al
Thani
5. Saudi Arabia on October 29, 2017 accused
Iran of blocking peace efforts in Yemen
Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia: Adel al-
Jubeir
6. A film on the life and work of renowned
social worker Perween Rahman, who was
gunned down four years ago, has won the
second prize for best documentary at the
11th Istanbul International Architecture and
Urban Films Festival
7. Ambassador of Pakistan to the Unites
States: Aizaz Chaudhry
8. Chairman Evacuee Trust Property Board
(ETPB): Siddiqul Farooq
9. Current Minister for Climate Change:
Senator Mushahidullah Khan
10. Current British Prime Minister: Theresa May
She is Leader of the Conservative Party
since 2016
She is the Member of Parliament for
Maidenhead since 1997
October 31, 2017
1. The Pakistan Army on October 30, 2017
rejected Indian allegations of targeting
civilian population living on the other side
of the Line of Control (LoC)
2. Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar
Javed Bajwa on October 30, 2017 installed
Rawalpindi Corps Commander Lt Gen
Nadeem Raza as the first Colonel
Commandant of the Mujahid Force (MF)
3. President Mamnoon Hussain October 30,
2017 conferred upon Chief of the Naval
Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi,
Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)
The military award has been conferred
upon the Naval Chief in recognition of his
long meritorious services, exceptionally
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FOR THE MONTH OCTOBER 2017
commendable performance and inspirable
devotion to duty.
4. Member Provincial Assembly Punjab,
Chaudhry Liaquat Ali Khan passed away on
October 30, 2017
5. Federal Minister for Religious Affairs: Sardar
Muhammad Yousaf
6. The FBR raided the office of NTS Islamabad
a private entity that has been operating its
business under the title of a national
organisation and seized computers and
other records
The NTS was established by the Comsats
Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), a
public entity, which had employed most of
its staff members as directors of the new
testing service
Chief Executive officer of NTS: Dr Sherzada
Khan,
7. US Court on October 30, 2017 blocked
President Donald Trumps ban on
transgender personnel from serving in the
US military
8. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was on
October 30, 2017 declared victor of the
countrys deeply divisive elections, taking
98 percent of the ballots cast
9. China on October 30, 2017 signalled it
would again block an Indian request at the
United Nations to blacklist Jaish-e-
Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar
10. Hamilton claims 4th world title
Lewis Hamilton clinched his fourth drivers
world championship on October 30, 2017