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FOR THE MONTH AUGUST 2017
August 1, 2017
1. NAB set to file four references against Sharif
Family
 Three cases each against Nawaz, Hussain,
Hassan; two against Maryam; one each
against Capt Safdar and Ishaq Dar
2. The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz`s
(PML-N) nominee, Shahid Khagan Abbasi, will
coast to an easy win in today`s election for the
prime minister
3. After Trump meeting, Ukraine to import US
thermal coal for the first time
4. As North Korea intensifies missile programme,
US opens $11bn base in South Korea
5. Saudi-led bloc opens `emergency routes` to
Qatari planes
6. British Royal Marine jailed for making bombs for
Irish Republicans
 Ciaran Maxwell, a 31-year-old Northern
Irish Catholic, made and stockpiled pipe
bombs, anti-personnel mines, handguns
and enough chemicals to make more than
100 kg of explosives
7. Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prizewinning
playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, has died
on July 31 2017. He was 73
8. UK plans to end EU free movement in 2019
9. Punjab has decided to lease a total of 99,077
acres of land in 187 forest lots of various sizes in
four districts of South Punjab to the investors
for 15 years for commercial forestry
10. Venezuela increasingly isolated after deadly
vote
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August 02, 2017
1. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi elected PM with
thumping majority
 Secures 221 votes in 342-member house
 PPP's Naveed Qamar bags 47, PTI nominee
Sheikh Rasheed 33
2. Pakistan and India concluded the much-delayed
water talks in the US capital on Aug 01, 2017
3. Turkey and its main regional ally Qatar on Aug
01, 2017 launched military exercises
4. Meeting of pan-Islamic group held in Istanbul
over Jerusalem tensions
5. The Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) on Aug 01,
2017 got a new secretary as Sanaullah Awan a
grade 20 officer of the Capital Development
Authority (CDA)
6. PTF: president Salim Saifullah
7. The Narendra Modi government is planning on
introducing a new ministry for cows
 BJP-ruled Rajasthan is the first Indian state
to have a minister in charge for the welfare
of cows
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi rode to
power in 2014 on a slew of promises, which
include a national ban on cow slaughter
8. The Pakistani Taliban on Aug 01, 2017 released
the first edition of a magazine for women
 The first edition of "Sunnat E Khaula" -
which translates as 'The Way of Khaula',
referring to an early female follower of the
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) - published by
the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
features a picture of a women veiled from
head to toe on its front cover
9. China formally opened its first overseas military
base on Aug 01, 2017 with a flag raising
ceremony in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa
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10. Holy Qur‘aan, Bible removed from Indian 10. Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has scrapped
president’s memorial parliament’s power to sack top judges

August, 3 2017 August 4, 2017

1. Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa met Afghanistan`s
ambassador Dr Omar Zakhilwal on August 02,
2017 for continuing discussions on
normalisation of bilateral relations
2. Uzma Yousaf, First Pakistani woman has reached
the summit of the Spanitik Peak in the
Karakoram Range on August 02, 2017
 Uzma Yousaf reached the top of the 7,027
metre mountain in the Gilgit-Baltistan
region at 9:16 am
 The Spanitik Peak is also known as the
`Golden Peak` and was last climbed by a 12-
member Pakistan-China Friendship
expedition in July 2012
3. The National Crime Agency (NCA) of Britain will
train investigation of ficers of the National
Accountability Bureau (NAB)
 Chairman NAB: Qamar Zaman Chaudhry
4. The controversial Sri Lanka-China agreement on
the Hambantota deep water port in southern Sri
Lanka is likely to go through another revision by
Aug 8
5. Iraq to issue $1bn standalone bond after a
decade
6. China accused India of `concocting` excuses over
the illegal entry of the South Asian nation`s
military into Chinese territory on their disputed
border
7. Scientists in the United States have repaired a
disease-causing mutation in the DNA of early-
stage human embryos
8. US President Donald Trump has signed into law
new sanctions against Russia that were passed
overwhelmingly by Congress
9. Turkey changes chiefs of army, navy, air force
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1. Power consumers to pay security cost of CPEC
projects
 NEPRA rejects stakeholders' contention that
security is state's responsibility
 NEPRA: National Electric Power Regulatory
Authority
2. Nawaz cabinet makes a comeback
 Some new inductions, shift of portfolios
expected, Nisar keeps out
3. Saudi Arabia to open luxury beach resort for
women
 Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammad bin
Salman, has unveiled plans for a luxury Red
Sea resort where special laws will allow
women to wear bikinis instead of covering
up their skin
4. Pakistani and Indian officials decided to resume
intra-Kashmir trade from Aug 8
5. Foreign reserves decrease by $305m
 The total liquid foreign reserves held by the
country stood at $20,283.1 million on July
28, 2017
6. US President Donald Trump said relations with
Russia had hit an all-time and “very dangerous”
7. Iran said that new US sanctions were a violation
of its nuclear deal with world powers, piling
pressure on President Hassan Rouhani as he
starts his second term
8. US to build pressure on North Korea at Asean
talks
9. China`s Foreign Ministry said India has been
building up troops and repairing roads along its
side of the border amid an increasingly tense
stand-off in a remote frontier region beside the
Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan
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10. Al Qaeda frees South African hostage after six
years
 Stephen McGown, 42, was kidnapped from
the historic trading city of Timbuktu in Mali
August 05, 2017
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi on August
4, 2017 formed a 43-member cabinet with 27
federal ministers and 16 ministers of state.
 Portfolios of federal, state ministers
 Mushahid Ullah Khan (Climate Change);
Muhammad Pervaiz Malik (Commerce and
Textile); Hafiz Abdul Kareem
(Communications); Engr. Khurram Dastgir
Khan (Defence); Rana Tanveer Hussain
(Defence Production); Muhammad Baligh
Ur Rehman (Federal Education and
Professional Training); Muhammad Ishaq
Dar (Finance, Revenue and Economic
Affairs); Khawaja Muhammad Asif (Foreign
Affairs); Akram Khan Durrani (Housing and
Works); Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi
(Industries and Production); Ahsan Iqbal
(Interior); Riaz Hussain Pirzada (Inter-
Provincial Coordination); Muhammad
Barjees Tahir (Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit
Baltistan); Zahid Hamid (Law and Justice);
Lt. Gen (R) Salahuddin Tirmizi (Narcotics
Control); Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan
(National Food Security and Research); Saira
Afzal Tarar (National Health Services,
Regulations and Coordination); Pir Syed
Sadruddin Shah Rashidi (Overseas
Pakistanis and Human Resource
Development); Sheikh Aftab Ahmed
(Parliamentary Affairs); Hasil Khan Bizenjo
(Ports and Shipping); Molana Ameer Zaman
(Postal Services); Kh Saad Rafique
(Railways); Muhammad Yousaf (Religious
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Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony); Lt. Gen (R)
Abdul Qadir Baloch (States and Frontier
Regions); Kamran Michael (Statistics) and
Syed Javed Ali Shah (Water Resources).
Likewise, the portfolios of 13 state
ministers along with their portfolios are as
follows.
 Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhary (Capital
Administration and Development Division);
Haji Muhammad Akram Ansari (Commerce
and Textile); Muhammad Junaid Anwaar
Chaudhry (Communications); Sardar
Muhammad Arshad Khan Laghari
(Industries and Production): Ms. Marriyum
Aurangzeb (Information and Broadcasting);
Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan (Information
Technology and Telecommunications); Dr
Darshan (Inter-Provincial Coordination);
Abdul Rehman Khan Kanju (Overseas
Pakistanis and Human Resource
Development); Jam Kamal Khan
(Petroleum); Ch. Jaffar Iqbal (Ports and
Shipping); Pir Muhammad Amin Ul Hasnat
Shah (Religious Affairs and Inter-Faith
Harmony), Ghalib Khan (States and Frontier
Regions) and Abid Sher Al (Power).
2. Border mechanism discussed with Afghan
military team
 A top military delegation of the Afghan
National Army (ANA) visited the Peshawar
Corps Headquarters on August 04, 2017
3. A controversial new Venezuelan assembly
packed with allies of unpopular President
Nicolas Maduro held its first session on August
04, 2017
4. A Chinese expert has admitted that the recent
political developments in Pakistan would affect
the $50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor
(CPEC) because some "variable factors" would
come into play
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5. S. Korea`s spy agency admits attempting to rig
election
6. Islamabad: Pakistan Post will issue special
postage stamp on 70th Independence Day on
August 14
7. Bashir Ahmed, a BS-21 officer of PSP made
Director General Federal Investigation Agency
8. The United Kingdom has announced an
additional $130 million to help end polio in
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria
9. US to make tougher visa vetting permanent
 The Trump administration moved to make
permanent a new questionnaire that asks
some US visa applicants to provide their
social media handles and detailed
biographical and travel history
10. The University of Hazara (UoH) in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa has issued a circular banning
gender mixing on the campus to ‘maintain
education standard’
August 06, 2017
1. India elects BJP-backed Naidu as vice-president
 Venkaiah Naidu, 68, secured 516
parliamentary votes to beat rival
Gopalkrishna Gandhi — the 72-year-old
grandson of Indian independence leader
Mahatma Gandhi — who received 244
votes
2. Khyber Agency will be free of terrorism after
Khyber-IV operation: Army Chief
 Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar
Javed Bajwa visited Rajgal valley, Khyber
Agency on August 05, 2017
3. EU criticism over missile tests 'is the wrong
path', says Iran
 Iranian Foreign Minister: Mohammad Javad
Zarif
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4. A team of doctors at Noida (India) gave a new
lease of life to a three-year-old Pakistani child
(Mohammad Bilal) who was suffering from a
rare heart disease called Uhl's anomaly that is
found in one among 200,000 children
5. Darshan Lal, has become first Hindu politician to
become federal cabinet member in last 20 years
 Darshan Lal was elected in 2013 general
elections as Member of National Assembly
(MNA) on PML-N ticket reserved for
minorities.
 Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Rana
Chander Singh was the last Hindu politician
who was elected on MNA seat for seven
times from 1977 to 1999 on minority seat.
6. NAB, China sign MoU to ensure transparency in
CPEC projects
7. China is preparing to initiate a ‘limited war’ to
push the Indian soldiers out of the disputed
Doklam area
 An article published in China’s state
newspaper Global Times has claimed
8. Internet speed down by half in Pakistan, as
another submarine cable system collapses
9. British athletics legend Mo Farah won his 10th
successive global title on August 4, 2017 winning
the 10,000 metres world crown at the London
Stadium
10. A Nepali transgender woman and a man
registered their marriage, a first in the country
August 07, 2018
1. Pakistan always wanted to have good relations
with its neighbours, but India and Afghanistan
were not giving any positive response to
Pakistan`s initiatives for durable peace in the
region: FM Pakistan
 Minister for Foreign Affairs Pakistan :
Khawaja Muhammad Asif
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2. BJP keen to amend law on permanent residence
in held Kashmir
3. The demand for Super Mushshak aircraft, a
state-of-the-art military aircraft, being
manufactured Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
(PAC) Kamra, is increasing in the international
aviation market
4. Saudi Arabia still sees no role for Assad in Syrian
transition
5. China scored a diplomatic coup in its campaign
to weaken regional resistance against its
sweeping claims to the South China Sea
6. The UN Security Council adopted a resolution,
which imposed new sanctions on North Korea
7. Israel plans to shut down Al Jazeera operations
8. Member British Parliament, Andrew Gywnne,
stressed the need for early resolution of the
Kashmir conflict in accordance with the wishes
of the Kashmiri people
9. Saudi Arabia has pledged $33.7 million to help
the World Health Organization eradicate cholera
in war-wracked Yemen
10. Britain is prepared to pay up to 40 billion euros
to the European Union to settle its accounts
when it leaves the bloc
August 08, 2017
1. Up to 46 people were injured, four of them are
critical, when an explosion occurred in a truck at
a parking stand on Outfall Road, Lahore on
August 07, 2017
 DIG (Operations) Lahore : Dr Haider Ashraf
| Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore:
Amin Wains | Lord Mayor Lahore: Colonel
(R) Mubashir Javed
 Blast leaves four persons injured in Quetta
2. The Kuwait Water Association (KWA) has sought
cooperation of the Punjab Food Authority (PFA)
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for a plan to dispose of waste cooking oil for
producing biodiesel
3. The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen will lift
hurdles hampering deliveries of jet fuel for UN
planes bringing humanitarian aid to the rebel-
held capital Sanaa
4. The Balochistan government will launch a
project to improve the livelihood of underserved
communities in the province with the assistance
of World Bank (WB)
5. Hafiz Abdul Karim took charge as the federal
minister for communication and Muhammad
Junaid Anwaar Chaudhry as the minister of state
on August 07, 2017
6. The government on August 07, 2017 tabled in
the National Assembly the long-awaited
electoral reforms bill which aims to strengthen
the shape and structure of the Election
Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to ensure credible
polls
7. Iran signs biggest-ever car deal with France`s
Renault
8. Turkey’s Erdogan accuses Germany of aiding
terrorists
9. Jordan`s King Abdullah met Palestinian
President Mahmud Abbas in the Israeli-occupied
West Bank on August 07, 2017 for the first time
in five years
10. Indian troops martyr one more youth in IOK
August 09, 2017
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi on August
08, 2017 held his first meeting with Chief of the
Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa amid signs
of impending political chaos
2. First-ever bills on transgender rights tabled in
National Assembly
 Tabled by JUI-F`s Naeema Kishwar Khan
during private members` day
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3. Chief Minister KPK had decided to merge the
fire brigade into the Rescue 1122 for improving
the former`s performance
4. Pakistani filmmaker Jami bagged the Open
Doors TFL (TorinoFilmLab) award at the
international film festival on August 8, 2017
5. Turkey has begun construction of a wall along
the country`s frontier with Iran, mimicking the
Turkish barrier along the Syrian border
6. Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medallist
shooter M Shehzad Akhtar was handed four-
year ban for using banned substance
7. Pakistan’s first ever government-run autism
centre and braille printing press was
inaugurated at Special Education Complex,
Gulistan-e-Jauhar on August 8, 2017
8. Pakistan asked India to a stop firing along the
Line of Control (LoC) for the sake of peace
9. The federal government August 8, 2017
appointed Shaoib Dastgir, a grade-21 officer of
the Police Service of Pakistan, as Inspector
General Police of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
10. Haruo Nakajima, who originally played Godzilla,
dies at 88 on August 8, 2017
August 10, 2017
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has
decided to induct four more members into his
cabinet a federal minister and three ministers of
state
 The new ministers are MNAs Daniyal Aziz
from Narowal, Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar from
Mandi Bahauddin, Mir Dostain Khan Domki
from Balochistan and Syed Ayaz Ali Sherazi
from Thatta
2. Dr. Ruth Pfau, the ‘Mother Teresa’ of Pakistan
has passed away at age of 87 on August 09,
2017
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 She was born in Germany but shifted to
Pakistan in 1960 and was given Pakistani
citizenship in 1988
 Dr. Pfau, the founder of National Leprosy
Control Programme was in charge of the
Marie Adelaide Society of Pakistan (MASP)
3. Najam Sethi re-elected as PCB chairman on
August 09, 2017
4. The federal government has nominated 226
officers of different services groups for 24th mid
career management course
5. President Donald Trump on Wednesday
ratcheted up his war of words with North Korea,
declaring that America’s nuclear arsenal was
“more powerful than ever”
6. Yemen’s civil war turns country into cholera
breeding ground
7. China will offer Malaysia advanced rocket
launchers and a radar system to be based on the
southern tip of the Southeast Asian country
8. China, New Zealand urge Trump not to 'escalate'
a 'very tense' situation
9. New routes provided by UAE, BAHRAIN to Qatar
Airways after 2 months blockade
10. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appointed
two female vice presidents on August 09, 2017
August 11, 2017
1. The Senate decided on Aug 10, 2017 to initiate
an institutional dialogue between parliament,
the military establishment and the judiciary so
as to avert a collision between the institutions
 Call for either repealing or suitably
amending Articles 62 and 63 of the
Constitution
2. Pakistan set to review foreign policy
 Foreign Minister Pakistan: Khawaja
Mohammed Asif
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3. The Bank of China, along with other national
and international banks, plans to open a branch
in Gwadar
4. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC) top two producers agreed on
Thursday to strengthen their commitment to
production cuts
5. The Earth set a series of dire records in 2016,
including hottest year in modern times, highest
sea level and most heat-trapping gases ever
emitted, a global climate report said on Aug 10,
2017
6. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake
resigned on Aug 10, 2017 following corruption
allegations
7. Pakistan 2 comprising of M Asif and Babar Masih
won the IBSF World Team Snooker
Championship 2017 gold medal
 After defeating Pakistan 1 consisting of M
Sajjad and Asjad Iqbal 5-4 in the best-of-9
frames final played in Hurghada, Egypt on
Aug 10, 2017
8. President Mamnoon Hussain administered oath
of office to remaining four ministers, including
two federal ministers and two ministers of state
9. Pakistan Air Force (PAF) a veteran of 1965 and
1971 wars, Air Marshal Inam-ul-Haque Khan
passed away after prolonged illness on Aug 10,
2017. He was 90
10. US destroyer challenges China's claims in South
Sea
August 12, 2017
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi has
removed Finance Minister Ishaq Dar as head of
all key economic committees
2. Kacchi Canal project has been completed and
will be inaugurated during the current month
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which will irrigate 72,000 acres of land in Dera
Bugti
3. One of China’s top heavy machinery
manufacturer plans to invest US $1.5bn in
development of wind energy in Punjab
 The Sany Group is the fifth largest
construction machinery producer in the
world and number one in China
4. US Senator John McCain has unveiled his long-
promised strategy for Afghanistan, which
threatens `imposing graduated diplomatic,
military, and economic costs on Pakistan
 The strategy, issued on Thursday afternoon
as an amendment to next fiscal year`s
defence bill
5. India`s military has increased operational
readiness along the eastern border with China
 Indian and Chinese troops have been
embroiled in the seven-week confrontation
on the Doklam plateau, claimed by both
China and India`s tiny ally, Bhutan
6. The number of international visitors to the
United States has dropped for the Erst time
since 2009, as did their spending
 In 2016, 75.6 million international travellers
ventured stateside, a two per cent drop
from the previous year. Their spending also
fell by one per cent to $244.7 billion
7. India is in talks with Bangladesh and Myanmar
about its plan to deport around 40,000 Rohingya
Muslims
8. Trump says US military ‘locked and loaded’ on N
Korea
 N. Korea warns of N-war as Trump says US
is `locked and loaded`
9. CNN fired conservative commentator Jeffrey
Lord after he tweeted a Nazi salute at a critic
10. The Sindh government has prepared a draft law
to restrict the practice of giving dowries in the
province
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August 13, 2017
1. At least 64 children have died over six days at a
government hospital in northern India that
suffered oxygen shortages
2. Azadi train has begun its countrywide journey
from Margalla Station, Islamabad to highlight
Pakistan’s rich culture and historic struggle in
the Pakistan Movement on August 12, 2017
3. 15 martyred, 25 injured in bomb attack on army
truck in Quetta
 Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti
4. Independence Day ceremony to be held at
Parliament House after 17-year gap
 Chairman Senate: Raza Rabbani (PPPP)
5. Chinese vice premier to visit Pakistan for
Independence Day celebrations
6. A Muslim woman was compensated with
$85,000 after a police officer forcibly removed
her hijab, or headscarf, while she was in police
custody in Long Beach, California
7. Abbasi visits Karachi on maiden trip as prime
minister
 Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah and
Governor Mohammad Zubair welcomed the
premier on his arrival
8. Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged United States
President Donald Trump on August 12, 2017 to
avoid rhetoric that could inflame tensions with
North Korea as an escalating war of words
raised global alarm
9. India’s military has increased operational
readiness along the eastern border with China
10. US denies Afghan claim of civilian deaths in
Nangarhar
 Afghan officials claim 11 civilians were
killed while US says the strike killed
only militants
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August 14, 2017
1. Message to enemy: Our will to fight is
unbreakable, says COAS
 Gen Qamar says terrorists will run out of
bullets before we run out of soldiers
 Aug 14 to be celebrated in all its spirit for
the Quetta martyrs: COAS
 Aerobatic teams from Turkey and Saudi
Arabia will be performing in the biggest
show by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in the
country’s history to mark its 70th
anniversary
 COAS hoists 'largest' Pakistan flag at Wagah
Border on eve of Independence Day
2. The first Chinese passenger car is now being
produced in Pakistan, a market that is currently
dominated by three Japanese carmakers
3. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on August
13, 2017 approved the appointment of his five
advisers
 Five advisers are Sartaj Aziz, Amir Muqam,
Irfan Siddiqui, Sardar Mehtab and Jam
Mashuq
 The prime minister also appointed Lt Gen
(retd) Nasir Khan Janjua as National Security
Adviser.
4. NBP set to open two branches in China's major
cities next year under the multibillion-dollar
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
projects
5. Saudi Arabia’s security forces have sealed off a
Shia-majority town in the east of the Sunni-ruled
kingdom
6. Iran’s parliament voted on August 13, 2017 to
allocate US$520 million to develop its missile
programme to fight Washington’s ‘adventurism’
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7. Vice Premier of the State Council of China, Wang
Yang arrives in Islamabad ahead of 70th
Independence Day anniversary
8. The United States has spent more than $76
billions in the last 16 years on arming the Afghan
security forces: US Government Accountability
Office (GAO)
9. Israel’s government approved August 13, 2017
emergency measures to end a “disruptive”
months-long strike over pay by scientists
working at the country’s top secret nuclear
research centre
10. Saudi Arabia expects to receive 2 million
pilgrims in Hajj season this year
August 15, 2017
1. Fireworks, huge flag, air show mark
Independence Day
 President Mamnoon urges nation to unite
for country's development
 Pakistan close to success in anti-terror fight
 Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang says China
to keep supporting Pakistan
2. China has approved a plan from its two state
nuclear developers to promote a single
integrated nuclear reactor brand
3. India`s first LGBT radio show goes on air
 LGBT: Lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and
transgender
4. Tayyab Aslam and Maria Toor emerged
champions in the first SNGPL National Jashan-e-
Azadi Squash Championships in Lahore
5. India whip Sri Lanka to complete first overseas
sweep in Test Cricket
6. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have given consent to
visit Pakistan in September
 The team had been cleared to play three
Twenty20 Internationals including
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7. China warned that nobody would win in a "trade
war" with the United States as President Donald
Trump prepared to launch an investigation into
Chinese intellectual property practices
8. Influential Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has
visited the United Arab Emirates
9. Kashmiris observe Indian I-Day as Black Day
today
10. Indian hackers deface govt websites as country
marks independence
 “Happy Independence Day-August 15” was
the message left by hackers on the
Cabinet’s official portal, referring to India’
Independence Day the next day.
August 16, 2017
1. Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif challenges disqualification
ruling in Supreme Court
 Legal Team to seek hearing before full court
or larger bench
 Petition regrets court's assumption of NAB
powers, seeks fair trial for ousted PM and
family
 Assails appointment of supervisory judge,
protection granted to JIT members
2. The Ministry of Finance notified on August 15,
2017 the appointment of Javaid Jehangir, a
former grade-22 officer of the Pakistan Audit
and Accounts Services (PAAS), as Auditor
General of Pakistan (AGP)
3. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi inducts
five special assistants into cabinet
 The five new cabinet faces are Barrister
Zafarullah Khan, Mussadik Malik, Asif
Kirmani, Miftah Ismail and Khawaja Zaheer
Ahmed
4. Countrywide registration of undocumented
Afghan nationals will start on August 16, 2017
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 Around 600,000 Afghan nationals were
likely to be registered in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
5. Britain said that it would seek a `temporary
customs union` with the European Union after
BREXIT
6. Turkey has signed a $7 billion agreement with
Russia and Iran to drill for oil and natural gas in
Iran
7. Saudi Arabia has asked a New York federal judge
to dismiss 25 lawsuits filed against it in relation
to its alleged support of the Sept 11, 2001
attacks
8. Saudi Arabia and Iraq plan to open the Arar
border crossing for trade for the first time since
1990
9. Iran President Hassan Rouhani warned that Iran
could abandon its 2015 nuclear deal with world
powers within hours if the United States kept on
imposing new sanctions
10. Australian cyclist Stephen Wooldridge, a former
Olympic and world champion, has died at the
age of 39
August 17, 2017
1. Sohail Mahmood took charge as new Pakistan
High Commissioner to India replacing Abdul
Basit on August 16, 2017, at the Pakistan High
Commission New Delhi
 Mahmood is a career diplomat, who joined
the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1985. His
first posting abroad was in Pakistan
Embassy Ankara where he served as the
Second Secretary from 1991-1994.
 He served in various Pakistan missions
abroad including Washington and New
York. Mahmood served as the Ambassador
of Pakistan to Thailand from 2009-2013
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2. The Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered the National
Accountability Bureau (NAB) to continue its
inquiries against provincial assembly members
and bureaucrats
3. China plans petrochem complex near Karachi
4. Britain seeks Brexit without borders for
Northern Ireland
5. Indian and Chinese soldiers yelled and hurled
stones at one another high in the Himalayas in
India held Kashmir
6. The United States added the Kashmiri separatist
group Hizbul Mujahideen to its blacklist of
terrorist organisations on August 16, 2017
7. Iran’s Armed Forces chief of staff held rare talks
with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
8. China, Iran reject US religious freedom report
 Washington released its annual religious
freedom report on August 15, 2017, with
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson criticising
Bahrain, China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,
Sudan and Turkey
9. Punjab Provincial Minister for Finance: Dr
Ayesha Ghaus Pasha
10. The United States has praised Pakistan for
engaging in talks with Afghanistan amid the
tension between the Muslim-majority nations
August 18, 2017
1. An F7-PG aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force
crashed near Chak 29-SB, Bhagtanawala on
August 17, 2017
2. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi on August
17, 2017 reconstituted the CCI
 CCI: Council of Common Interests
3. At least 13 people were killed August 17, 2017
when a driver deliberately slammed a van into
crowds on Barcelona’s most popular street in an
attack claimed by the Islamic State group
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4. Peace with North Korea is a `possibility`,
America`s most senior uniformed officer said
 Chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff:
General Joe Dunford
5. Saudi Arabia ordered the reopening of its border
with Qatar to Muslim pilgrims
6. The Punjab government repatriated Additional
Secretary Industries Rafia Syed to Ministry of
Commerce
7. Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai has won
a place to study at the Oxford University
8. The French Navy handed over the Command of
Multinational Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-
150) to the Pakistan Navy at an impressive
change of command ceremony held at
Headquarters, US NAVCENT, Bahrain
9. Melbourne retains world’s most livable city
crown!
 The Australian city was ranked number one
out of 140 cities
10. US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister
Narendra Modi have agreed to enhance peace
and stability in the Indo-Pacific region by
establishing a new two-by-two ministerial
dialogue
August 19, 2017
1. The Pakistan Army reaffirmed its commitment
to cooperating with the US-led coalition forces
in Afghanistan and the Afghan security forces
for peace in the region
2. Twenty-six percent of Pakistani population is
suffering from diabetes
 According to National Survey 2016-17 on
diabetes, 35 million to 37.5 million people
above 20 are suffering from this disease in
the country
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 This survey is first of its kind in Pakistan or
any other developing country over the last
five years
3. Around 65,000 students, including 41,000 girls,
will sit the Punjab Medical & Dental Colleges
Admission Test (MDCAT) on August 20, 2017
 The test will consist of 220 multiple choice
questions (MCQs), divided into four
sections -- Biology (88 MCQs), Chemistry
(58 MCQs), Physics (44 MCQs) and English
(30 MCQs)
4. Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) recommended
names of Farhan Mehboob and Maria Toorpakai
Wazir for ‘Pride of Performance Award’
5. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has
decided to declare the Government College
Hyderabad a university as the college has
successfully completed 100 years of educational
services
6. Sri Lankan President Malthripala Sirisena on
August 18, 2017 appointed Rear Admiral Travis
Sinniah, a Sri Lankan Tamil, as the next
commander of the Sri Lakan Navy (SLN)
7. A group of Californians has submitted yet
another initiative to secede from the United
States as the country is gripped by one of its
worst political crisis in recent history
8. Nasa launched the last of its longtime tracking
and communication satellites on August 18,
2017, a vital link to astronauts in orbit as well as
the Hubble Space Telescope
9. Rwandan President Paul Kagame was sworn for
a third term in office after a crushing election
win
10. Israel’s Supreme Court has frozen
implementation of a law legalising dozens of
Jewish settlements built on private Palestinian
land, which the UN labelled a “thick red line”
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August 20, 2017
1. A state funeral with full national honours was
held in Karachi for Dr Ruth Pfau, a symbol of
selflessness and devotion who passed away at
the age of 87 earlier this month.
2. Tow mortar shells were fired from the Iranian
side into the Pakistani territory on August 19,
2017
3. US President Donald Trump said that “many
decisions” had been made in a meeting with his
top military advisers, including on the 16-year-
old war in Afghanistan
4. The Lebanese army declared on August 19, 2017
that it had launched an offensive against an
Islamic State enclave straddling the northeast
border with Syria
5. Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh declared
that the government would, by 2022, find a
solution to the Kashmir problem
 Rajnath Ram Badan Singh is an Indian
politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata
Party who currently serves as the Home
Minister. He previously served as the Chief
Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as a Cabinet
Minister in the Vajpayee Government
6. US greatly appreciates efforts undertaken by
Pakistan in fighting terrorism: General Joseph L
Votel
 General Joseph L Votel is a four-star general
in the United States Army who has been
commander of United States Central
Command since March 2016. Before that,
he served as commander of the United
States Special Operations Command
7. Current Mayor Islamabad: Sheikh Ansar Aziz
8. US Ambassador to the UN: Nikki Haley
9. US Vice-President: Mike Pence
10. Foreign Minister of Pakistan: Khawaja Asif
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August 21, 2017
1. A standing committee of the provincial assembly
Punjab has recommended vital changes to the
Punjab Destitute and Neglected Children Bill
 Penalties proposed; anybody
accommodating such kids will get itself
registered with CPWB
 CPWB: Child Protection and Welfare Bureau
2. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has fixed
Rs2,000 per marla rate for the acquisition of 400
acres of land for the oil refinery, to be
established by the FWO, at Karak
3. After sharp decrease in water flows in River
Indus and its tributaries during past few days,
IRSA has reduced water share of Punjab and
Sindh by 55,000 cusecs
 IRSA: Indus River System Authority
4. Iraq launches offensive to retake Tal Afar from
IS
5. Qatar`s 2022 World Cup preparations have been
inconvenienced but not delayed by the political
and economic boycott by its neighbours
6. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will
travel to Russia on August 23, 2017 for talks
with Russian President Vladimir Putin, mainly
focussing on the war in Syria
7. A mine blast killed three Lebanese soldiers as
they were heading to take part in an offensive
against the Islamic State group along the border
with Syria
8. India has drawn up a shopping list for tens of
billions of dollars of foreign fighter jets,
armoured vehicles, submarines and helicopters
but it will only sign the cheques if they are made
in India
9. Saudi Arabia said Qatar had refused to allow its
planes to land in Doha to transport Qatari
Muslims to Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage
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10. US comedian and civil rights activist Dick
Gregory, died August 20, 2017. He was 84
August 22, 2017
1. ISPR announces completion of Khyber IV
operation, Says RAW, NDS backing terrorists, No
terror outfit in country has organised
infrastructure anymore
 DG ISPR: Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor
2. Change in India`s nuclear doctrine could lead to
security concerns for Pakistan
3. NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry
representing Pakistan as a guest of honour in
“Anti-Corruption Conference” in Vienna
(Austria)
4. For CPEC projects, Chinese companies are
procuring major part of machinery, equipment
and material, which is being imported from
China at concessional rates
 According to the Ministry of Planning,
Development and Reform data, material for
civil work - sand, cement, steel - and
consumable items like diesel, paints, major
chunk of chemicals, gas required for power
plants are procured locally
5. India says China stand-off will end ‘soon’
6. China renewed its call for the United States and
South Korea to suspend joint military drills as
the two nations began annual war games that
have infuriated nuclear-armed Pyongyang
7. Jordan`s King Abdullah II and Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for new `serious
and effective` peace talks between Israel and
the Palestinians
8. First total eclipse in 99 years enthrals US
9. The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
announced the result of BA, BSc, and Bcom
Annual Examinations 2017 showing that all the
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top positions except two Bcom positions were
grabbed by girl students
 A total of 10,948 students appeared in the
BA Examinations out of which 5,290 remain
successful while the pass percentage
remained 48.32
10. The head of U.S. and international forces in
Afghanistan said the United States' future
presence in Afghanistan would be based on
"conditions and not arbitrary timelines"
August 23, 2017
1. Trump pillories Pakistan over sheltering ‘agents
of chaos’
 Warn Islamabad to pay for this strategy as
Washington won't stay silent now
 Seeks India's help in Afghanistan
 Open to eventual political deal with Taliban
 Pakistan asked the United States to stop
relying on the ‘false narrative’ of ‘safe
havens’ and work with Islamabad to
eradicate terrorism
2. The Senate unanimously passed on August 22,
2017 the much demanded access to information
bill, which grants citizens complete access to the
record of public authorities
3. 3 AJK districts declared top quality education
providers
 Sheikhupura in Punjab is in fourth place;
Killa Abdullah in Balochistan, Sujawal in
Sindh and Orakzai Agency are at the bottom
of ranking by SDPI
 SDPI: Sustainable Development Policy
Institute
4. Iraqi forces on August 22, 2017 recaptured from
the Islamic State group the first three districts of
militant bastion Tal Afar
5. India's top court on August 22, 2017 banned an
Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their
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wives instantly, ending a long tradition that
many Muslim women had fiercely opposed
6. Asjad Iqbal clinches ranking snooker title for
fourth time on August 22, 2017
7. The Punjab government’s E-Employment Centre
has started working at Govt College for Women
University (GCWU) Sialkot on August 22, 2017
 Director General Punjab Information
Technology Board (PITB): Sajid Latif
 Vice Chancellor Govt College for Women
University (GCWU) Sialkot: Farhat Saleemi
8. Pacific Ocean was named by: Ferdinand
Magellan
9. Capital of Syria: Damascus
10. Headquarters of United Nations University:
Tokyo, Japan
August 24, 2017
1. Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa has
said that Pakistan is fighting terrorism in its own
interest and not for US money or equipment
2. Saudi crown prince acknowledged Pakistan`s
efforts and sacrifices in its resolute fight against
terrorism
3. Auditor General of Pakistan Javaid Jehangir on
August 23, 2017 appointed Khurram Humayun
as Accountant General of Pakistan Revenues
 Khurram Humayun, a BS-21 Officer of
Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service was
posted as Deputy Auditor General (Special
Sector Audit/RRA), in AGP Office, Islamabad
4. South Africa`s first online auction of rhino horn
opened on August 23, 2017.
5. Jordanian Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff: Lt. Gen.
Mahmoud Freihat
6. After nearly four decades Angolans voted on
August 23, 2017 in an election marking the end
of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos`s 38-year
reign
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7. 3 female mountaineers from Pakistan
accomplished the first national women
expedition by climbing 5,500-metre Kuksil peak
in Khunjrab region on August 23, 2017
 The three mountaineers are Samana Rahim,
Sultana Amiruddin and Dubai-based Komal
Uzair
8. World Scrabble Championship begins in
Nottingham on August 23, 2017
9. Election Commission of Pakistan
 Formed : March 23, 1956
 National voters day: 7 December
 Headquarters: Islamabad
 Motto: to render the trusts (such as the
affairs of the state) to their owners (those
who are competent to it), Quran 4:58
 Chief Election Commissioner: Justice Sardar
Muhammad Raza
10. Vice Chancellor Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Medical University (SZABMU): Dr. Javaid Akram
August 25, 2017
1. Pakistan sets terms for help in anti-terror fight
 Top security meeting rejects Trump's
allegations of duplicity
 Warns against scapegoating Pakistan for
failures in Afghan war
 Takes exception to role assigned to India in
new regional policy
2. China defends Islamabad`s key role in
Afghanistan
 Beijing's top diplomat tells Tillerson in a
phone call that Pakistan's sovereignty and
legitimate security concerns be respected
3. Qatar restored full diplomatic relations with Iran
on August 24, 2017 and promised to send its
ambassador back to Tehran
4. Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB):
Najam Sethi
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5. The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is going
to commence three weekly flights from Karachi
to Najaf, Iraq from September 14, 2017
6. Minister of State for Ministry of Industries &
Production: Sardar Muhammad Arshad Khan
Laghari
7. India's Supreme Court ruled August 25, 2017
that citizens have a constitutional right to
privacy, a landmark decision that could
jeopardise a government programme holding
biometric data on over a billion people
8. Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Jordanian Armed
Forces: Lieutenant General Mahmoud A Frihat
9. The Mughal Empire was founded by Babur: 1526
10. In 1st battle of Panipat Babur defeated: Ibrahim
Lodi
August 26, 2017
1. Country`s population surges to nearly 208m
 The Council of Common Interests (CCI) on
August 25, 2017 approved provisional
results of the sixth census that put the
country`s population at 207.77 million with
an annual growth rate of 2.4 per cent
 In implications for NFC award and
elimination, provisional census results show
highest growth rate in Balochistan, lowest
in Punjab
 Number of females lower at 101.3m than
males at 106.449m
 Sindh most urbanised province, with
50.02pc of people in cities
 Census shows over 10,000 transgender
population
2. At least 32 people were killed on August 25,
2017 when clashes broke out in northern India
after a court convicted a controversial religious
leader of raping two of his followers
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3. The University of Agriculture Peshawar and
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) signed a
Memorandum of Understanding August 25,
2017 in pursuance of strategically important
theme of climate change adaptation
4. Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP): Tariq
Bajwa
5. Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly: Raheela
Hamid Khan Durrani
6. France, Poland clash over EU cheap labour rule
7. Cristiano Ronaldo was named UEFA`s Player of
the Year on August 25, 2017
 Beating Lionel Messi and Gianluigi Buffon to
the prize after a campaign which saw the
Portuguese superstar help Real Madrid to
the La Liga and Champions League double
8. India has suspended Dosti Bus service on the
request of authorities worried over protests of a
Hindu militant outfit in Haryana on August 25,
2017
9. Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would
use biometric verification machines on
experimental basis in bye-election of NA-120
Lahore scheduled to be held on September 17
10. Capital of Zimbabwe: Harare
August 27, 2017
1. Deputy Inspector General of Balochistan
Police: Abdul Razzaq Cheema
2. A memorandum of understanding (MoU)
was signed between Nadra and Pakistan
Railways (PR) in Lahore on August 26, 2017,
under which Nadra will issue smart cards to
the employees of Pakistan Railways
3. North Korea fired three short-range ballistic
missiles August 26, 2017
4. President Donald Trump on August 26, 2017
signed a memo effectively barring
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transgender people from joining the US
military
5. Iraqi forces announced August 26, 2017 the
ouster of Islamic State group militants from
central Tal Afar and its historic citadel,
leaving them poised to fully recapture one
of the last IS urban strongholds in the
country
6. The Sri Lankan parliament has passed a new
local bodies election law under which
women will get 25 per cent reservation in
seats
7. Gaza gets its first proper cinema on August
26, 2017 for the first time in more than 30
years
8. Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice: Syed
Mansoor Ali Shah
9. Sana Mir, captain of the Pakistan women`s
cricket team, is among 30 remarkable
professionals recently named `Asia 21
Young Leaders` by Asia Society, a non-profit
organization that focuses on educating the
world about Asia.
10. Floyd Mayweather scored a 10th round
technical knockout over mixed martial arts
champion Conor McGregor on August 26,
2017, cementing his legacy as one of
boxing’s all-time greats
August 28, 2017
1. Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa
on August 27, 2017 suggests strategy to defeat
terrorism
 Military leaders of China, Pakistan,
Afghanistan and Tajikistan agree on
Cooperative mechanism; Bajwa holds talks
with Afghan CGS
 Quadrilateral Counter Terrorism
Coordination Mechanism (QCCM) Meeting
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was held in Dushanbe, the capital of
Tajikistan on August 27, 2017
2. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
inaugurated Engro LNG Import Terminal at the
Port Qasim on August 27, 2017.
3. Khalid Ahmad Kharal, the former federal
information minister and an ex Civil Servant
passed away at in Lahore on August 27, 2017.
He was 78.
4. Pakistan declines to host top US diplomat
 Foreign Office says Assistant Secretary of
State Alice Wells’ visit postponed until
mutually convenient time
5. Lebanon`s army on August 27, 2017 announced
a pause in its offensive against the militant
Islamic State group along the border with Syria
6. Palestinian officials are embarking on a project
to transform a presidential palace into a
national library near the city of Ramallah in the
occupied West Bank
7. The Iranian authorities, after one month closure
has reopened Zero Point on Pak-Iran border on
August 27, 2017 and resumed trade activities
 The gate had been shut down by the Iranian
officials for undisclosed reasons.
8. Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) expand its
educational network abroad has registered
around thirty students, resident of New York,
USA for seeking education in ‘Daras-e-Nazami’, a
four-year degree programme on August 28,
2017
9. Bangladesh has detained and forcibly returned
90 Rohingya migrants to Myanmar
10. Lahore High Court Chief Justice: Mansoor Ali
Shah
August 29, 2017
1. For the first time Pakistan Railway introduces
duplicate ticketing on August 28, 2017
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 Chief Executive Officer Pakistan Railway:
Javed Anwar
2. Pakistan and China on August 28, 2017 pledged
closer coordination on Afghanistan
3. Ex. Bureaucrat, and MNA Gulzar Khan died of
cardiac arrest on August 28, 2017
 He served as home secretary, deputy
commissioner Peshawar, political agent
South Waziristan and chief commissioner
for Afghan refugees
 After retirement he was appointed
chairman Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public
Service Commission
4. HBL to close New York branch as regulator
speaks of $630m fine on August 28, 2017
5. The National Database and Registration
Authority (Nadra) has introduced a new
registration policy wherein a ‘guru’ may serve as
a head of the applicant for the verification
purpose
6. An Indian judge sentenced a selfstyled
`godman`, whose followers went on a deadly
rampage after he was convicted of rape last
week, to 20 years` jail on August 28, 2017
7. India and China have agreed to pull back their
troops from a face-off in the high Himalayas
where China, India and Bhutan meet
8. France holds migration summit after
backtracking on asylum hotspots
9. Kenya imposes world’s toughest law against
plastic bags
10. Britain and the EU kick off a third round of Brexit
talks August 28, 2017 still sharply divided over
what comes first
August 30, 2017
1. Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly on August
29, 2017 passed a unanimous resolution
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condemning the US President Donald Trump`s
allegations against Pakistan
 Speaker GBLA: Fida Mohammad Nashad
2. Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic
missile over Japan and into the Pacific Ocean on
August 29, 2017 in a major escalation by
Pyongyang amid tensions over its weapons
ambitions.
 Japanese Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe
3. National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta)
has compiled and started verifying data of
Pakistan-based suspected militants, who have
been allegedly involved in foreign conflicts,
fearing blowback effects especially after the
defeat of Islamic State (IS) in some parts of Iraq
4. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has
approved promotions of 54 officers of different
service groups to grade 20 and 21, and the
Establishment Division has issued notifications
in this regard
5. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will chair
an important meeting of National Security
Committee (NSC) of the federal cabinet today
(August 30, 2017)
 Certain aspects of US President Donald
Trump’s new Afghan policy will be reviewed
during the meeting
 Federal Minister on Foreign Affairs Khawaja
Asif and Secretary Foreign Affairs Tehmina
Janjua will brief the participants of the
meeting about the consultations made with
friendly countries
6. For first time, Saudi women step into Haj
emergency role
7. Iran dismisses idea of mly site inspections
8. US bars Turkey from using Pak pilots for F-16s
training
9. Total area of Punjab: 205344sq.km
10. Total area of Thar desert: 77,000 sq miles
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8. According to Pentagon Joint Staff Director
August 31, 2017 Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie US has
11,000 troops in Afghanistan
9. The Ministry of Energy and Power Division on
1. Parliament rejects Trump`s tirade against
August 30, 2017 inked a memorandum of
Pakistan
understanding (MoU) with Japan International
 NA calls for suspending ground, airspace
Cooperation Agency (JICA) on energy
cooperation with US; Senate wants fact-
conservation
sheets on US aid, dossiers on Indian
10. China says it hopes India will ‘learn lessons’ from
interference sent to Brussels, UN
standoff
2. Batsman Sharjeel Khan was handed a five-year
ban on August 30, 2017 by the Anti Corruption
Tribunal of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
 His involvement in the spot-fixing scam
confirmed during the second edition of the
Pakistan Super League (PSL) early this year
3. The Rescue 1122 has purchased a mobile
emergency medical response unit which is
equipped with minor operation theatre,
intensive care unit and other facilities
4. The United States has said that it continues to
value its partnership with Pakistan and looks
forward to rescheduling stalled talks as a former
US ambassador warns that using `blunt
pressure` on Islamabad could backfire
5. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed
to assist Pakistan in formulation of a new energy
policy for the medium-term covering 2018-23
on August 30, 2017
6. Arab states `unwilling to negotiate` with Qatar
 Qatar`s foreign minister said on August 30,
2017 that his country was willing to
negotiate an end to a Gulf diplomatic rift
but had seen no sign that Saudi Arabia and
other countries imposing sanctions on Doha
were open to mediation
7. Qatar has introduced the visa-on arrival facility
for Pakistani citizens
 Pakistanis can now obtain visa on arrival for
a maximum stay of 30 days under the new
rules. They can also apply to extend their
stay by another 30 days.
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