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FOR THE MONTH SEPTEMBER 2017
September 01, 2017
1. Pakistan on August 31, 2017 signalled its
readiness to engage with the United States and
cooperate for peace in Afghanistan despite
reservations over President DonaldTrump`s
policy statement regarding Afghanistan and
South Asia
2. US attaches new conditions to pledged military
aid
 Puts $255m into escrow account that
Pakistan can access only if it does more
3. Air Commodore Muhammad Ali has been
appointed as the official spokesperson for
Pakistan Air Force on August 31, 2017
4. The Global Fund has approved a grant of $13.8
million for the Malaria Control Programme
(MCP) the first instalment of which will be
received in January 2018
5. The Parliament has given a befitting response to
US President Trump’s anti-Pakistan speech. The
world knows that America has never proved to
be a trustworthy friend and has always thrust
dagger into the back of its allies
6. Britain and Japan will step up the pace of
sanctions against nuclear-armed North Korea
after its “outrageous” firing of a missile over
Japan
7. The United States on August 31, 2017 ordered
Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco as
well as two annexes in Washington and New
York in two days
8. Hosts Malaysia won 145 gold medals at the
Southeast Asian Games to emerge as overall
champion for the first time in 16 years
9. US regulators approved the first gene therapy
against cancer
 A treatment that uses a patient’s own
immune cells to fight leukemia - opening a
new era in the fight against one of the
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world’s top killers. The treatment is made
by Novartis and is called Kymriah
(tisagenlecleucel)
10. Dutch researchers claimed on August 31, 2017
to have discovered the maximum age “ceiling”
for human lifespan, despite growing life
expectancy because of better nutrition, living
conditions and medical care
September 02, 2017
1. China has reiterated that Pakistan as a forefront
state in war against terrorism, has rendered
great sacrifices in this regard
2. On September 01, 2017 Jim Mattis, US Defence
Secretary signed orders to send additional
troops to Afghanistan, the most concrete step
yet by President Donald Trump’s administration
in tackling America’s longest war
3. Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani in his Eidul
Azha message has reached out to Pakistan
offering “comprehensive negotiations” to bring
peace to their troubled relationship
4. UK will send a small contingent of expert troops
to Iraq to help coalition forces drive out the
militant Islamic State (IS) fighters
 British Defence Minister: Michael Fallon
5. Chinese envoy rejects allegations of corruption
in Multan Metro Bus project
6. Kenya's Supreme Court on September 01, 2017
ordered a new presidential election after
annulling the results of last month's poll in a
shock decision in favour of the opposition
7. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on
September 01, 2017 of a “major conflict”
looming on the Korean Peninsula, calling for
talks to alleviate the crisis after Pyongyang fired
a missile over Japan
8. Sindh Home Minister: Sohail Anwar Khan Siyal
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9. National Accountability Bureau (NAB): Chairman
Qamar Zaman Chaudhry
10. Pakistan summoned Indian Deputy High
Commissioner J P Sing over ceasefire violations
by India along the Line of Control, resulting in
the death of 55-year old civilian Muhammad
Rasheed.
September 04, 2017
1. North Korea conducts 6th nuclear test
 North Korea said it set off a hydrogen bomb
on September 03, 2017 in its sixth nuclear
test, which judging by the earthquake it set
off appeared to be its most powerful
explosion yet
 South Korea's weather agency estimated
the nuclear blast yield of the presumed test
was between 50 and 60 kilotons, or five to
six times stronger than North Korea's fifth
test in September 2016
 US President Donald Trump declared that
“appeasement with North Korea” will not
work, after Pyongyang claimed it had
successfully tested a missile-ready hydrogen
bomb.
 International community condemns North
Korea nuclear test
2. Pakistan has urged Myanmar authorities to
investigate reports of massacre of Rohingya
Muslims
3. Sindh Inspector General of Police: A.D. Khowaja
4. Iran has tested its home-grown air defence
system, designed to match the Russian S-300
5. The United States seized control on September
02, 2017 of three Russian diplomatic posts in
the US after confirming the Russians had
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complied with the order to get out within two
days
6. Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth on
September 02, 2017, wrapping up a record-
breaking flight that catapulted her to first place
for US space endurance.
 Whitson's 665 days off the planet 288 days
on this mission alone exceeds that of any
other American and any other woman
worldwide. The Soyuz capsule landed in
Kazakhstan
7. The United States and South Korea agreed to
strengthen Seoul's defenses, with Washington
giving a nod to billions in arms sales to the
country
8. Sri Lanka faces humiliating 5-0 loss against India
in ODI series
 This was India's second 5-0 whitewash in an
ODI series abroad, with Kohli's men having
blanked Zimbabwe in 2013.
9. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
September 03, 2017 reshuffled some of his key
minister's portfolios
 Modi dropped half a dozen ministers for
failing performance.
10. Trump names former Navy aviator to head
NASA
 James Bridenstine, a former navy pilot and
Republican congressman, to head the US
space agency NASA
September 5, 2017
1. The Punjab Human Organs Transplantation
Authority (PHOTA) has issued permission for
bone marrow transplant to the Children`s
Hospital, the first such facility in the public
sector in the Punjab
2. three-day conference of selected Pakistani
envoys begins today (September 5, 2017) for
brainstorming on important foreign policy issues
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 The conference will discuss President
Trump’s Afghan and South Asia policy in
particular and suggest measures to deal
with the challenge
3. Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif will embark on a
tour of regional countries – beginning with
China – after the three-day envoys’ conference
that will start here on September 5 (today) to
discuss Pakistan’s foreign policy and future
strategy
4. Indian state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp plans
to bid for Israeli off shore oil-and-gas
exploration blocks
5. Pulitzer-prize winning poet John Ashbery, a
post-modern American trailblazer, has died at
age 90 in Hudson, New York on September 4,
2017
6. Egypt has finalised a deal to build first nuclear
power plant with funding from Moscow after
nearly two years of negotiations
7. The leaders of the five emerging market BRICS
powers have for the first time named militant
groups allegedly based in Pakistan as a regional
security concern and called for their patrons to
be held to account
 Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
make up the BRICS grouping. The group
called for an immediate end to violence in
Afghanistan
8. Taiwan’s Premier Lin Chuan resigned on
September 4, 2017 in a move aimed at reviving
dwindling public support for the government of
President Tsai
9. UN investigators on September 4, 2017 accused
Burundi’s government of crimes against
humanity, including executions and torture, and
urged the International Criminal Court to open a
case “as soon as possible”
10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi named a female
legislator as India's new defence minister
September 3, 2017
 the first time a woman has been appointed
to the key portfolio overseeing border
tensions with China and Pakistan
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September 6, 2017
1. Former bureaucrat Dr Musharraf Rasool Cyan
has joined the Pakistan International Airlines
Corporation Limited as its chief executive officer
(CEO), the company said on September 5, 2017
 Dr Cyan, who was appointed by former
prime minister Nawaz Sharif in July, is the
first CEO of the airline after it was
converted into a public limited company in
December
 Dr Cyan has been trained in aviation
management from Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University, Florida, United
States
2. A Pakistani undergraduate law student has
featured in top 5 future lawyers of the United
Kingdom
 Raza Nazar, who is a student of London
School of Economics (LSE) Law School and
hails from Karachi, has emerged in the top 5
list of Bright Network Future Lawyers Top
100 and shares the place with two law
students at University of Oxford, one from
University of Cambridge and another from
University of Bristol
3. The University of Karachi (KU) on September 5,
2017 handed over security affairs to
paramilitary Rangers to deal with the situation
emerging after revelation that one of its former
students is associated with Jamaat Ansarul
Shariah Pakistan
4. US President Donald Trump allows more arms
sales to Japan, S. Korea
5. Taiwan`s President Tsai Ing-wen named a
staunchly pro-independence city mayor as her
new premier on September 5, 2017
6. China wished to put its relationship with India
on the `right track`
 As the two countries sought to mend ties
damaged by a recent tense Himalayan
border standoff
7. England will host Pakistan for two Tests in 2018
before India arrive for a five-match Test series,
the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)
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8. The federal government has appointed retired
police officer Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera as
Federal Tax Ombudsman
9. President Donald Trump on September 5, 2017
ended an amnesty protecting 800,000 people
brought to the United States illegally
10. Nearly 125,000 Rohingya refugees have entered
Bangladesh since a fresh upsurge of violence in
Myanmar on August 25
 As fears grow of a humanitarian crisis in the
overstretched camps. The UN said 123,600
had crossed the border in the past 11 days
from Myanmar’s violence-wracked Rakhine
state.
September 7, 2017
1. Pakistan ready to help US for peace in
Afghanistan
 General Bajwa says Pakistan cannot fight
Afghanistan's war in Pakistan
2. No change in policy on Pakistan: China
 Explanation comes ahead of Foreign
Minister Asif's upcoming visit to Beijing
3. Chairpeson Benazir Income Support Programme
Marvi Memon received The international
Speaker’s Democracy award from John Bercow,
The speaker of the British House of Commons
on September 6, 2017 in London
 The international Speaker’s Democracy
award is a new initiative of the Speaker of
the UK’s House of Commons, which aims to
recognise individuals all around the world
for their social contribution to democratic
societies
4. Industry and Trade Minister Punjab: Sheikh Alla-
ud-din
5. The EU on September 6, 2017 won a legal battle
against eastern European countries that
rejected a quota scheme to force member
states to admit tens of thousands of asylum
seekers
6. US to cooperate with Pakistan in energy sector
 US Counsellor for Economic Affairs at the
US Embassy in Islamabad: William ‘Chip’
Laitinen
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7. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, on
September 6, 2017 decided to sack the
Managing Director (MD) of the Bank of Khyber
(BoK)
 The decision to remove the BoK MD
Shamsul Qayyum, was approved by the
provincial cabinet at its meeting that was
chaired by Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak
8. The latest Basel Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
Index figures Pakistan among the 50 worst
countries in terms of money laundering and
‘terrorist financing’
 This study by a Swiss group, the Basel
Institute on Governance, listing the worst
countries with greater chances of money
laundering and terror financing, ranks
Pakistan at the 46th position among in the
list 146 countries
9. UAE extends help to Rohingya Muslims
10. Brazil´s top prosecutor charged former
presidents Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma
Rousseff with forming a criminal organisation,
the latest accusations in Brazil´s sprawling
corruption scandal
September 8, 2017
1. The chief of Britain`s main opposition party,
Jeremy Corbyn, has come out in support of
Pakistan and urged the world to respect the
country
 Mr Corbyn said it was not the responsibility
of Pakistan alone to fight terrorism because
the world as a whole needed to beat off the
`collective challenge`
2. The New York State Department of Financial
Services fined Pakistan’s Habib Bank and its New
York branch $225 million for failures to comply
with laws and regulations designed to combat
illicit money transactions
 The bank was also ordered to surrender its
licence to operate in the state, effectively
removing it from the US financial system
3. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has
recognised two Pakistani banks among 20
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others in its third annual Trade Finance
Programme (TFP) awards
4. China`s fifth-largest stateowned bank has had its
credit rating downgraded to junk status by
Moody`s, the latest sign of fragility in the
country`s financial system.
5. South Korea`s planned pivot away from coal and
nuclear toward liquefied natural gas (LNG) and
renewables appears to be another blow to the
narrative that coal`s best hope is growth in Asia
6. Israel attacked a military site in Syria`s Hama
province on September 7, 2017, target could be
linked to chemical weapons production
7. Vintage mobile phone museum opens in
Slovakia
8. Russia tells Nato not to worry over war games
9. Aqaas Harmain Shareefain Azmat Shaikh passed
away September 7, 2017.
 Azmat Shaikh was the photographer in the
Harmain Shareefain
10. Kate Millett, Sexual Politics author, dies at 82
 Kate Millett, author of the groundbreaking
bestseller Sexual Politics, was the feminist
who launched the second wave of the
women’s liberation movement. Millett
September 9, 2017
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi opens
country`s fifth nuclear power plant (C-4)
 The 340MW Chashma-IV reac-tor, located
some 250km southwest of Islamabad, is the
fourth built as part of a collaboration
between the Pakistan Atomic Energy
Commission (PAEC) and China National
Nuclear Corporation
2. China defends Pakistan`s efforts against
terrorism, following US President Donald
Trump`s accusation that militants carry out
attacks inside Afghanistan from Pakistani soil
3. President Mamnoon Hussain administered oath
to Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera as Federal Tax
Ombudsman at a ceremony in Islamabad on
September 08, 2017
4. A Saudi-led bloc of Arab states hostile to Qatar
took aim at Kuwaiti mediation and maintained a
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tough line even af ter US President Donald
Trump offered to help resolve the crisis
5. Enaam Ahmed, the 17-yearold British racing
sensation of Pakistani origin, won the British F3
Championship
6. Pakistan is set to present its case to the United
States counting the country’s expenditures and
sacrifices in the ongoing war against terror
7. Russia claims killing of IS 'minister of war' in
Syria
8. Mexico’s most powerful earthquake in a century
killed at least 35 people
9. Bangladesh: An unprecedented surge of 270,000
Rohingya has sought refuge in Bangladesh over
the past two weeks
10. South Korea braced for a possible further missile
test by North Korea when it marks its founding
anniversary on September 9, 2017
September 10, 2017
1. In a first for any prime minister of Pakistan,
Shahid Khagan Abbasi on September 9, 2017
participated in an exercise training mission
aboard an F-16 aircraft as part of the elite No 9
multirole squadron
 It was during a visit to the newly established
`Airpower Centre of Excellence` at an
operational airbase of the Pakistan Air
Force (PAF)in Sargodha when the prime
minister took part in the mission
2. Pakistan and Kazakhstan on September 9, 2017
agreed to execute joint projects in the fields of
defence, energy and communication to widen
bilateral cooperation
 President Mamnoon Hussain arrived in
Astana to attend first summit of the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
on science and technology
3. Sindh Police Inspector General (IG) Allah Dino
Khowaja cancels transfers, postings of 67 police
officers of upper grades who were transferred
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and posted by the government of Sindh over the
last couple of months have been reverted to
their previous positions
4. China Electrical and Mechanical Machinery Expo
begins at Expo Center here on September 9,
2017
 Over 10,000 people including Chinese and
Pakistani top level machinery
manufacturers, businessmen,
entrepreneurs and investors participated in
three-day China Electrical and Mechanical
Machinery Expo 2017
5. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the
itinerary for a full series against Sri Lanka that
will be played mainly in neutral venues but
features a planned finale in Lahore on October
29
6. The US State Department has approved arms
sales packages worth more than $3.8 billion to
Bahrain including F-16 jets, upgrades, missiles
and patrolboats,
7. Egypt on September 9, 2017 announced the
discovery in the southem city of Luxor of a
pharaonic tomb belonging to a royal goldsmith
who lived more than 3,500 years ago during the
reign of the 18th dynasty
8. Saudi Arabia on September 9, 2017 suspended
any dialogue with Qatar, accusing it of distorting
facts soon after a phone call between the rulers
of both countries offered hope of a
breakthrough in the three-month-old Gulf crisis
9. Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua summoned
the ambassador of Myanmar, U. Win Myint, to
the Foreign Office to lodge a strong protest over
the ongoing violence against the Rohingya
Muslims in the Rakhine state
10. Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
(CJCSC): General Zubair Mahmood Hayat
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September 11, 2017
1. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
on September 10, 2017 censured the
government of Myanmar over ongoing
persecution of Rohingya Muslims
 OIC asks Naypyidaw to accept UN fact-
finding mission to probe into violation of HR
Laws
2. A resolution calling upon the government to
take steps to promote and develop democratic
culture in the country, which includes setting up
a National Democracy Commission, is set to be
taken up by the Senate on the opening day of its
new session on September 11, 2017 (today)
3. New Pakistan foreign policy will focus on
enhancing defence and trade ties with Russia,
while retaining the “all-weather friendship” with
China.
 Officials at the foreign ministry said that
improving ties with the United States and
removing misunderstandings with
Washington was also a key goal set for the
diplomats.
4. China, the world's biggest car market, plans to
ban the production and sale of diesel and petrol
cars and vans
5. Russia urges dialogue to solve Gulf crisis
 Arab countries and Qatar should enter into
direct talks to solve a diplomatic dispute,
Russia`s foreign minister said on a trip to
Saudi Arabia
6. Army Museum Lahore Garrison established
recently has been opened for the general public
on September 10, 2017
7. The Punjab government has agreed with the
World Bank to withdraw its annual practice of
wheat procurement by 2021
8. Modi, Abe to kick-start India's first bullet train
project
9. Bangladesh’s foreign minister said that genocide
was being waged in Myanmar’s violence-hit
Rakhine state, triggering an exodus of nearly
300,000 Muslim Rohingya to his country
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10. Germany would lend its weight to a diplomatic
push to end North Korean nuclear weapons and
missile development along the lines of a past
deal with Iran
September 12, 2017
1. Stage set as Pakistan take on world
 Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium is all set to
witness history when Pakistan take on the
World XI for a three-match T20 series
starting September 12, 2017 (Today)
2. Pakistan and Iran on Monday underscored the
need for a politically negotiated settlement of
the Afghan conflict
 Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif meets Iranian
President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign
Minister Dr Javad Zarif on daylong trip to
Tehran
3. Stakeholders fail to agree on Fata-KP merger
 The National Assembly Standing Committee
on States and Frontier Regions revealed
that none of the stakeholders were willing
to take responsibility for the complete
merger of Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
4. Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed
Bajwa on September 11, 2017 arrived in
Canberra, the capital of Australia, on a two-day
official visit. The COAS was given a tri-service
Guard of Honour
5. US military sales to India went from zero to $15
billion in the last 10 years
6. US softens North Korea resolution ahead of UN
vote
7. The UN rights chief warned September 11, 2017
of possible "crimes against humanity" in
Venezuela, prompting the crisis-wracked
country to accuse his office of wielding human
rights as "a political weapon"
8. Norwegians voted on September 11, 2017 in an
election nail-biter in "the world's happiest
country" with the governing rightwing coalition
facing a strong challenge from the centre-left
opposition
9. MOSCOW on September 11, 2017 opened a
brand new park to the public just steps from the
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Kremlin, boasting wonders such as an ice
labyrinth, despite criticism over its huge
pricetag.
10. Singapore is likely to have its first female
president, with only one candidate qualifying on
September 11, 2017
September 13, 2017
1. Pakistan and Turkey on Tuesday vowed to work
together for peace and stability in Afghanistan
2. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi offered
“joint patrols" and "joint posts" with
Afghanistan
3. The Parliamentary Committee on National
Security (PCNS) on September 12, 2017 called
for long term planning on foreign policy issues
and addressing internal weaknesses to improve
the country`s image at the international level
4. The UN Security Council unanimously imposed
new sanctions on North Korea, slapping a ban
on textile exports and restricting shipments of
oil products to punish Pyongyang for its sixth
and largest nuclear test.
5. British director Peter Hall, who founded the
Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960, has died
at the age of 86, on September 12, 2017
6. Saudi Arabia says IS plot to bomb defence
ministry`s headquarters foiled
7. Pakistan defeated Faf du Plessis' World XI by 20
runs in the inaugural Twenty20 of the
Independence Cup at Gaddafi stadium in Lahore
on September 12, 2017
8. Turkey has signed a deal with Russia to buy S-
400 missile defence systems, its first major
weapons purchase from Moscow
9. The Bangladesh government has appealed for
international support to move the Rohingya to
the island as the impoverished country
confronts a growing crisis over where to house
an influx that has mounted following a military
crackdown in Buddhist-dominated Myanmar’s
Rakhine state
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10. Sindh Assembly set to allow NAB to act against
provincial employees
September 14, 2017
1. India and Pakistan resume talks on a
longstanding water dispute amidst renewed
hopes for a peaceful resolution of this
potentially dangerous issue.
 The last round of these talks, held at the
World Bank headquarters in Washington,
concluded on Aug 1.
2. Gen Bajwa is currently in Australia on an official
visit and has held talks with the Senate`s
committee for foreign and defence affairs
headed by Senator David Fawcett, Australian
Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshall Mark
Binskin and Air Chief Air Marshal Gavin Davies
3. Minister of State for Broadcasting and National
Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb on September 13,
2017 inaugurated the first ever Asia Peace Film
Festival in Islamabad, which is being
participated by about 50 countries to screen
about 940 films.
4. Bangladesh to sign a 15-year deal with Qatar`s
RasGas Co to import liquefied natural gas (LNG)
starting in 2018
5. Iraq`s Kurds have earned their right to
independence
 Consider the plight of an ethnic group
seeking self-determination in the Middle
East.
6. North Korea vowed to accelerate its weapons
programmes in response to `evil` sanctions
imposed by the UN Security Council following its
latest and most powerful nuclear test
7. Eight Afghans expelled from Germany arrived in
Kabul as Berlin resumed deportations of
rejected asylum seekers from the war-torn
country months
8. A New Zealand lawmaker received military and
intelligence training in China, but he denied
allegations of being a Beijing spy, saying he was
the victim of a racist smear campaign
9. Singapore got its first female president
September 13, 2017, but the milestone was
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overshadowed by criticism that her selection
was undemocratic after she was handed the job
without a vote
10. World XI beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the
second Twenty20 international to level the
three-match series at 1-1 at Lahore’s Gaddafi
stadium on September 13, 2017
September 15, 2017
1. Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States at a
tripartite meeting on Septmber 14, 2017 vowed
to eliminate the militant Islamic State group also
known by its Arabic acronym Daesh from the
region
2. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi
inaugurated the 300km Kachhi canal project in
the Sui area of Dera Bugd on September 14,
2017
 The Kachhi canal project, built at a cost of
Rs80 billion, is expected to irrigate around
72,000 acres of barren land in the Sui tehsil
area of Balochistan
3. The Foreign Office warned India against any
misadventure as ceasefire violations by Indian
troops so far this year surpassed the figure of
700 nearly double the violations reported last
year
4. The inaugural flight of the Pakistan International
Airlines to the Iraqi city of Najaf left from the
metropolis on September 14, 2017
5. Mohammad Azam Khan, an officer of the
Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS), was
appointed chief secretary of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa on September 14, 2017
 Azam Khan has served as additional chief
secretary Fata, secretary sports, tourism
and youth affairs, secretary home and tribal
affairs and as commissioner Peshawar in
the past
6. Iraq and Turkey stepped up the pressure on
Iraqi Kurdistan over its planned independence
referendum
7. The Indian government on September 14, 2017
told the Supreme Court that Rohingya refugees
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were `a threat to national security`, pushing
back against condemnation of its plans to
deport them
8. A feather from one of the most elusive birds in
the world has been found in South Australia, the
first proof in more than a century that it lives
there
9. Japan`s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on
September 14, 2017 inaugurated India`s first
bullet train project a $19 billion line.
10. North Korea threatens to ‘sink’ Japan, reduce US
to ‘ashes’
September 16, 2017
1. Three people were killed and another one was
wounded when a US drone fired missiles at a
compound in the Ghuzgarhi area near the
Afghan border in Kurram Agency on September
14, 2017
2. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
September 14, 2017 assigned the additional
portfolio of Planning Development and Reforms
to Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal
3. Pakistan clinch Independence Cup
 Man-of-the-match Ahmed Shehzad and
bowlers helped Pakistan overwhelm World
XI by 33 runs in the third Twenty20
international to annex the Independence
Cup at the Gaddafi Stadium on September
14, 2017
4. China agreed to address major concerns of
Pakistan about the preference erosion of its
exports and meaningful market access during
the latest round of negotiations over the China-
Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) held in
Beijing on Sept 14-15
5. Qatar`s ruling emir met German Chancellor
Angela Merkel on Friday on his first trip abroad
since a diplomatic crisis erupted between the
tiny Gulf nation and its neighbours
6. Iceland`s prime minister called a snap
parliamentary election following the decision of
one of the three coalition parties to quit the
government formed less than nine months ago
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7. North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan
and into the Pacific on September 14, 2017
8. TAMPA-After 20 years in space, Nasa’s famed
Cassini spacecraft made its final death plunge
into Saturn on September 14, 2017
9. Iraqi Kurdish parliament approves independence
referendum
10. The ICC Chief Executive Dave Richardson has
made it clear that the sport's governing body
cannot force India to play a bilateral series
against Pakistan
September 17, 2017
1. ICC director, chief executive congratulate
Pakistan on the event; express hope that it will
pave way for bigger series
2. Bangladesh PM seeks help for Rohingya crisis at
UN as exodus tops 400,000
3. Indian Actor Salman Khan receives Global
Diversity Award at Britain’s House of Commons
 He was presented the award by Keith Vaz,
British Parliament’s longest-serving Asian
MP
4. Punjab bans treatment abroad, foreign visits at
govt’s expense
 Seven-member Austerity Committee to
consider unavoidable cases of foreign visits
and recommend to CM for his approval.
5. Pakistan and India were unsuccessful in reaching
an agreement during the latest round of talks on
Indus Water Treaty
 The two-day discussion took place in
Washington at the World bank
headquarters on September 14-15
 The Pakistani delegation was led by
Secretary Water Resources Division Arif
Ahmed Khan
 The Indus Water Treaty was signed in 1960
after nine years of negotiations between
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India and Pakistan with the help of the
World Bank.
6. Pakistan and China are united to foil
conspiracies of the enemies against the China
Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
 Chinese ambassador to Pakistan: Sun
Weidong
7. Balochistan Assembly Speaker and Chief
Commissioner Pakistan Boy Scouts Association
Rahila Hameed Khan Durrani administered oath
to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President
Sardar Masood Khan as the chief of the AJK Boy
Scouts Association
8. The Pakistan International Airlines’ first flight to
Bangkok left from Karachi on September 16,
2017
9. N Korea seeks military ‘equilibrium’ with US
10. A Chinese state-owned investment firm has
provided a $10 billion credit line for Iranian
banks
September 18, 2017
1. PML-N retains Nawaz`s NA-120 stronghold
 Kulsoom Nawaz bags 61,254 votes, PTI's
Yasmin makes inroads into Sharif's bastion
with 47,066 votes
 Despite frenzied campaigns turnout stands
at 33 pc
2. President Mamnoon Hussain invited Tajikistan
to benefit from the China-Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC).
 Tajik President: Emomali Rahmon
3. The Trump administration is considering closing
down the recently reopened US Embassy in
Havana following a string of unexplained
incidents harming the health of American
diplomats in Cuba
4. Qatar on September 17, 2017 signed an
agreement to buy 24 Typhoon fighter jets from
Britain
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 A second major defence deal signed by
Doha during its lengthening diplomatic
dispute with its neighbours
5. Afghanistan is considering training and arming
20,000 civilians to defend territories where
Islamic militants have been driven out
6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated
India`s biggest dam on Sunday
 The controversial Sardar Sarovar Dam on
the River Narmada in the country`s western
state of Gujarat that will provide power and
water to three big states was dedicated to
the people of India by Narendra Modi
 The project has been beset by controversies
since the laying of the foundation stone by
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1961.
The construction of the project began in
1987
7. Hamas ready to hand over Gaza to Palestinian
unity govt
 Fatah-led administration praises decision
announced after Egyptian mediation
8. United Nations Secretary General: Antonio
Guterres
 Nationality (Antonio Guterres) : Portuguese
 Antonio Guterres serving as the ninth
Secretary-General of the United Nations
9. Adviser to Prime Minister on National Hertiage:
Irfan Siddiqui
10. Foreign Minister of Mexico: Luis Videgaray
September 19, 2017
1. British Pakistan actor Riz Ahmed made history
on September 17, 2017 by becoming the first
male actor of Asian descent to win an Emmy for
acting
 Ahmed was nominated for his role in HBO`s
The Night Of, an eight-episode crime drama
2. The Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi
reached New York
 Prime Minister will highlight the Kashmir
and Rohingya issues in his address to the
72nd United Nations General Assembly
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3. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World
Bank expressed concern over the escalation of
violence, internal displacement and suffering of
the Muslim population in Rakhine state of
Myanmar
4. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on September 18,
2017 installed a fighter trainer aircraft, FT-5, at a
park in recognition of the services of Capt
Asfandyar Bokhari for the nation and the PAF on
his second martyrdom anniversary in Taxila
5. The Bank of China (BoC) has been allowed to
commence banking business in Pakistan
 This is the second Chinese bank which has
been allowed to operate in Pakistan.
 Earlier, the Industrial and Commercial Bank
of China (ICBC) opened two branches in
Karachi and Islamabad on May 20, 2011
6. Works began on September 18, 2017 to boost
security at the Eiffel Tower as an anti-terrorism
measure, with bulletproof glass walls set to go
up around the world’s most visited monument
7. Israel on September 18, 2017 inaugurated the
first ever US ally a joint missile defence base on
Israeli soil
8. Iraq's supreme court September 18, 2017
ordered the suspension of a September 25
referendum on the independence of Iraqi
Kurdistan
9. A Nigerian lawyer who helped secure the
release of more than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped
by Boko Haram was on September 18, 2017
awarded one of the United Nations’ top prizes
 Zannah Mustapha was given the annual
Nansen award for his “crucial mediating”
role as well as his work helping children
affected by the long-running conflict
10. Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan: Justice
Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan
September 20, 2017
1. The Children’s Hospital Lahore has become the
first public sector hospital in the country to
carry out bone marrow transplantation
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2. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on
September 19, 2017 agreed that there was no
military solution to the Afghanistan conflict
3. In his first address to the United Nations on
September 19, 2017, US President Donald
Trump threatened to totally destroy North
Korea and hinted at the possibility of rescinding
nuclear deal with Iran
4. More than 40 million people were trapped as
slaves last year in forced labour and forced
marriages, according to the first joint effort by
key anti-slavery groups to estimate the number
of victims worldwide of the international crime
5. Israel`s military fired a Patriot missile on
September 19, 2017 to bring down what it said
was an Iranian-made drone operated by
Hezbollah
6. Federal Minister for Commerce and Textile:
Mohammad Pervaiz Malik
7. Canadian High Commissioner to Pakistan: Perry
John Calderwood
8. The US Senate overwhelmingly authorized $700
billion in defence spending September 19, 2017,
a substantial increase over 2017 funding and
nearly five percent more than President Donald
Trump had requested
9. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu publicly for
the first time in New York to discuss Middle East
peace
10. Minister for Elementary and Secondary
Education Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Muhammad
Atif Khan
September 21, 2017
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi met US
Vice President Mike Pence on the sidelines of
the United Nations General Assembly on
September 20, 2017
 As the first step, the UnitedStates
expressed its desire to send a delegation to
Pakistan for talks on bilateral relations
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while Pakistan vowed to stay engaged with
the US despite differences
2. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department
has decided to extend the Sehat Sahulat
insurance programme to the transgender
community of the province
3. Pakistani Cricketer Khalid Latif has been banned
for five year and fined Rs one million for his role
in the spot fixing scandal, which rocked the
Pakistan Super League (PSL) earlier this year in
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
4. Pakistan fined $1.6b as Turkish firm wins
arbitration case
 Turkish firm Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik
Uretim had registered a claim with the
ICSID against Pakistan in 2013 for violation
of their contract of as many as $564.6
million for a period of five years, for
building rental power plants in Karachi
 ICSID: The International Centre for
Settlement of Investment Disputes
5. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who
rescheduled his meeting with Prime Minister
Shahid Khagan Abbasi, urged Pakistan on
September 20, 2017 to hold a state to state
dialogue with Afghanistan
6. UNITED Nations on September 20, 2017 began
signing the first treaty to ban nuclear weapons,
a pact backed by over100 countries but spurned
by those with nuclear arms
7. Saudi Arabia and Britain signed a framework
deal for military cooperation, Saudi state media
said September 20, 2017
8. 51 countries line up to sign UN treaty outlawing
nuclear weapons
9. Qatar announces free prompt entry visa for
Pakistanis
10. Afghanistan's Ambassador to Pakistan: Omar
Zakhilwal
September 22, 2017
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi held a
brief meeting with US President Donald Trump
here on Tuesday evening during which the two
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leaders talked about the need to continue their
countries` partnership in the fight against terror
2. Members of seven National Assembly Standing
Committees elected on September 21, 2017
new chairpersons of the committees
 MNA Mian Abdul Mannan was elected
chairman of the Committee on Housing and
Works, Dr Shezra Mansab Ali Khan Kharral
chairperson of Committee on Parliamentary
Affairs, Shagufta Jumani head of Committee
on Religious Affairs and Inter-faith
Harmony, Mr Rana Muhammad Qasim
Noon chairman of the Committee on Rules
of Procedure and Privileges, Dr Hafeezur
Rehman Khan Drishak head of Committee
on National Health Services, Malik
Muhammad Uzair Khan head of Committee
on Climate Change and Khalid Hussain
Magsi head of the Committee on Water
Resources
3. Google pay tribute to Malika-i-Tarannum Noor
Jehan by unveiling a doodle to mark the
legendary vocalist`s 92nd birthday
4. Pakistan XI defeat UK Media XI in the army-
organised Peace Cup T20 match in Miranshah
5. The Lahore High Court on September 21, 2017
ordered the Punjab government to make public
report of a judicial inquiry into Model Town
tragedy that left 14 dead
6. The Senate on September 21, 2017 suspended
activities of Pakistan-Switzerland Friendship
Group (PSFG) to protest the appearance of
"Free Balochistan" posters in Geneva
7. Turkey, Iran and Iraq have agreed to consider
counter-measures against Kurdish northern Iraq
over a planned independence referendum
8. L`Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, the world`s
richest woman, has died at the age of 94 in Paris
9. US President Donald Trump ordered new
sanctions on September 21, 2017 that open the
door wider to blacklisting people and entities
doing business with North Korea
10. Pakistan seized a bronze in 6-Reds snooker
when the reigning national champion
Mohammad Sajjad was sent packing 3-5 by
Chinese Yan Bingtao in the semi-final of the
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Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games at
Ashgabat on September 21, 2017
September 23, 2017
1. Pakistan won`t be anyone`s scapegoat, PM tells
UN
 In his first address to the UN General
Assembly on Thursday, Prime Minister
Shahid Khagan Abbasi highlighted Kashmir
as a key dispute, refused to be a
`scapegoat` for Afghanistan and reminded
the world that it was not Pakistan that
started a nuclear race in South Asia
 Pakistan, lost 27,000 lives since the launch
of the US war on terror and that`s why it
was more interested in restoring peace and
stability in Afghanistan than any other
nation, PM said
2. The World Bank has approved $114 million to
expand support for families affected by
militancy-related violence in the Federally
Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)
 Around 326,000 eligible temporarily
displaced families will benefit from the
funding
3. Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) Director General: Maj
Gen Azhar Naveed Hayat Khan
4. The United States wants Myanmar to take
urgent action to end violence in Rakhine state,
where a military offensive has created a crisis
that could jeopardise its economic and political
transition
5. Turkish missile deal with Russia reflects stormy
relationship with Nato
6. British Prime Minister Theresa May called for a
two-year transition after Brexit in which Britain
would largely maintain its current ties with
Brussels, in a charm offensive intended to
unlock stalled negotiations with the European
Union
7. Current British High Commissioner to Pakistan:
Thomas Drew
8. Current Russian Foreign Minister: Sergei Lavrov
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9. The winner of Turkey’s national beauty pageant
was September 22, 2017 forced to hand back
her crown hours after winning, over a tweet
relating to the failed coup which was deemed
offensive
10. Police arrested former Balochistan home
minister Nawabzada Gazeen Marri upon his
arrival at Quetta airport on September 22, 2017,
after 18 years of self-exile which he mostly
spent in Dubai
September 24, 2017
1. Women allowed to attend national day
celebrations first time in Saudi Arabia
 Women were allowed to enter the stadium,
a previously male-only venue used mostly
for football matches, with their families and
seated separately from single men to watch
a musical show and a play in Saudi history
2. Indian newspaper, Hindustan Times has written
that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is an
'active card' for India in Pakistan and
Afghanistan
 In a piece in the newspaper, TTP is also
being called as Indian ;counterpart for Hizb-
ul-Mujahideen, Lashkr-e-Taiba (LeT), and
Jesh-e-Mohammad (JeM)'
3. Pakistan Navy (PN) on September 23, 2017
successfully test-fired anti-ship missile from air-
to-sea level in north Arabian Sea
4. Lahore General Hospital has become the first
public sector hospital to perform successful
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy, removal of
excessive fat from human body on September
23, 2017
5. Thousands of people on the Indonesian island of
Bali flee from their homes due to concerns over
Mount Agung erupting. The alert status for the
volcano was increased to the highest level
possible
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6. North Korea said on targeting the US mainland
with its rockets was inevitable after "Mr. Evil
President" Donald Trump called Pyongyang'
leader "rocket man", further escalating rhetoric
over the North's nuclear weapons and missile
programs
7. Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
on September 23, 2017 said Pakistan as "the
greatest exporter of havoc, death and
inhumanity"
8. The Turkish parliament on Saturday approved a
one-year extension of a mandate to use troops
abroad in Syria and Iraq
9. Iran successfully tested a new medium-range
missile in defiance of warnings from Washington
10. A girl child activist Majida Fehmi, from Gilgit-
Baltistan has been nominated for 2017
International Children’s Peace Prize
September 25, 2017
1. Pakistan informed the international community
on September 24, 2017 that Indian Minister for
External Affairs Sushma Swaraj betrayed her
government`s deep hostility towards its
neighbour when she attacked Islamabad in her
address to the UN General Assembly
2. The Gwadar Port Authority and China
Communication Construcrion Company signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the
construction of Eastbay Expressway at a
ceremony held in Gwadar on September 24,
2017
 Minister of State for Ports and Shipping
Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal
3. Award-winning British actor and director Ralph
Fiennes, who podrayed Lord Voldemon in the
Harry Potter series, was given a Serbian passpon
on September 24, 2017 for `promoting` the
Balkan country
4. Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a fourth term
in Germany`s election on September 24, 2017
SEPTEMBER 2017
 Merkel, who after 12 years in power held a
double-digit lead for most of the campaign,
scored around 33 per cent of the vote with
her conservative Christian Union (CDU/CSU)
bloc
5. Bangladesh has banned telecommunication
companies from selling mobile phone
connections to Rohingya refugees
6. An ISIS flag was spotted hoisting at a bridge by a
commuter in the federal capital near the main
highway on September 24, 2017 morning
7. Kenya's Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge
underlined his status as the world's best current
long-distance runner by winning the Berlin
Marathon on September 24, 2017
8. PCB unveils logos for Pakistan-Sri Lanka series
on September 24, 2017
9. US Defense Secretary James Mattis
10. Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Umar Zakhilwal
September 26, 2017
1. Fatima Sughra, remembered as the young girl
who had hoisted up the Pakistani flag for the
very first time, passed away on September 25,
2017. She was 84.
 Born in 1932, Sughra was only 14-year-old
when she became one of the youngest
members of the Pakistan Movement that
anyone had seen.
2. Iraqi Kurds voted in an independence
referendum on Monday as tensions rose with
Baghdad and neighbouring countries over the
historic vote
3. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov
said that `two-faced policy` of the United States
was to blame for the death of Russian general in
Syria
4. `World`s heaviest woman` dies in Abu Dhabi
 She had not left home in more than two
decades and weighed around 500 kilograms
(1,100 pounds)
5. The United Arab Emirates on September 25,
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plant next year, in what would be a first for the
emirate and the Arab Gulf region
6. Australia on September 25, 2017 committed to
creating a national space agency as it looks to
cash in on the lucrative and fast-evolving
astronautical sector
7. A two week long joint exercise DRUZBA 2017
between special forces of Pakistan and Russia
Armies started in Minralney Vody, Russia
8. Prime Minister of Palestine: Rami Hamdallah
9. A female Marine became the first woman on
September 25, 2017 to complete the
notoriously rigorous training course for US
infantry officers
10. Trump’s travel ban expands to eight countries
11. Full bans were newly placed on nationals from
North Korea and Chad, and extended for five
countries on the original list: Iran, Libya,
Somalia, Syria and Yemen, Limited restrictions
meanwhile were placed on Venezuela.
September 27, 2017
1. Transgender persons will be able to use the
name of their gurus as parents in their
computerised nationalidentity cards (CNICs), the
National Database and Registration Authority
(Nadra) told on September 26, 2017
2. My Pure Land, First Urdu-language Pakistani film
to represent UK in Oscar race
3. Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive from
next June, that makes the Gulf kingdom the last
country in the world to permit women behind
the wheel
4. China has staged military exercises in Djibouti
after opening its first overseas military base
there last month
5. Interpol opened its four-day general assembly,
in Beijing on September 26, 2017 as China seeks
greater international help to repatriate alleged
criminals despite accusations it is using the
international police organisation for political
gain
 Full name: International Police Organization
 Common name: Interpol
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 Abbreviation: ICPO
 Formed: September 7, 1923
 Headquarters: Lyon, France
6. India has ruled out sending its troops to
Afghanistan but will continue to provide
assistance in other helds
 Indian Defence Minister: Nirmala
Sitharaman
7. World’s biggest uncut diamond sells for $53m
 British jeweller Graff has purchased the
world’s largest uncut diamond — roughly
the size of a tennis ball — for $53 million
(44.5 million euros).
8. International Criclket Council has introduced
new rules and rule changes for the centuries old
game that will come into effect on September
28, 2017.
 One of them is to give umpires the power to
send a player off for the rest of the match
for serious misconduct.
9. The Federal Cabinet on September 26, 2017
approved five-year extension of the lease
contract of Saindak Copper Gold project to
Chinese firm
10. Trump ignores pleas to calm North Korea
tensions
September 28, 2017
1. The World Bank would provide $200 million to
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to improve
revenue mobilisation of the cash-starved
province
2. The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on
September 27, 2017 approved the “Criminal Law
Amendment Bill 2017” about suicide and
allowed to repeal the Section 325 PCC Act XLV
of 1860 from the law.
3. International police agency Interpol voted on
September 27, 2017 to include Palestine as a
member state, in a new boost to Palestinian
efforts for international recognition and
influence amid long-stalled negotiations with
Israel for full statehood
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 Current Palestinian Foreign Minister: Riad
Malki
4. Twitter is testing allowing tweets to be
expanded to 280 characters double the existing
limit in the latest effort to boost flagging growth
at the social network
 Chief Executive Twitter: Jack Dorsey
 Twitter Founded: March 21, 2006
 Twitter Launched: July 15, 2006
5. A Saudi woman has been named to a senior
government post for the first time
 The government announced that a woman
Eman Al-Ghamdi had been appointed as
assistant mayor of Al Khubar governorate.
6. Iraq's Kurds announced a massive "yes" vote for
independence on September 28, 2017 following
a referendum that has incensed Baghdad and
sparked international concern
7. Masooma Muradi, Afghanistan's only female
provincial governor has been replaced by a man
on September 27, 2017
8. Corruption charges: Ousted Thai PM Yingluck
sentenced in absentia to five years
9. Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly: Asad
Qaiser
10. Current Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan: Mir
Ghazanfar Ali Khan
September 29, 2017
1. Former director general of the Inter-Services
Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Asim Saleem
Bajwa got the first command post as a three-
star general on September 28, 2017
 He replaces Lt Gen Aamer Riaz who has
been posted as Lahore Corps Commander
 Lt Gen Sadiq Ali, who was serving as Lahore
Corps Commander, has been appointed
Inspector General Arms at the GHQ
 All the three officers had been promoted to
the rank of three-star general together the
same day Sept 22, 2015
2. Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar was on September
28, 2017 elected as Chairman National Assembly
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
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3. Turkey threatened potentially crippling
restrictions on oil trading with Iraqi Kurds after
they backed independence from Baghdad in a
referendum that has alarmed Ankara as it faces
a separatist insurgency from its own Kurdish
minority
4. China orders North Korean business closed
under UN sanctions
5. Hugh Hefner, the silk pajama-wearing founder
of PLAYBOY who helped escort nudity into the
American mainstream, died on September 27,
2017. He was 91 years old
6. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved
parliament September 29, 2017, effectively
kicking off a national election campaign where
he faces an unexpected and formidable
challenge from the popular governor of Tokyo
7. All foreign flights to and from the Iraqi Kurdish
capital Arbil will be suspended from September
29, 2017, as Baghdad increases pressure on the
Kurds over this week’s independence
referendum
8. Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah became the joint
second fastest bowler to claim 150 Test wickets
on the opening day of the first Test against Sri
Lanka in Abu Dhabi on September 28, 2017
9. H.E. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry is the current
ambassador to the United States
10. British Minister of State for Asia: Mark Field
September 30, 2017
1. Donald Trump will travel to Asia next month for
the first time since becoming president,
stopping in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam
and the Philippines on a trip expected to be
dominated by the North Korea nuclear threat
2. State Bank of Pakistan held its main policy
interest rate unchanged at 5.75 per cent on
September 29, 2017, citing steadily rising
economic growth and low inflation
3. Pakistan and Tajikistan have emphasized
restoration of peace in Afghanistan for the
benefit of the region
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 Tajik Defence Minister Sherali Mirzo
4. Chairman Shura Council of Bahrain: Ali Bin Saleh
Al-Saleh
5. Minister for Commerce Pervaiz Malik
representing Pakistan in World Trade
Organization Public Forum in Geneva.
6. An agreement has been signed with a Chinese
company in Lahore on September 29, 2017 to
set up a 1263 MW LNG-fueled power plant in
Jhang, reported by Radio Pakistan
7. Commander of the Kuwaiti Air Force, Major
General Abdullah Al-Foudari
8. North Korea's rapid weapons progress poses
new, global threat: IAEA
 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Director: Yukiya Amano
9. The 119th passing out parade of Combat
Support Force held at Pakistan Air Force (PAF)
Asghar Khan Academy Risalpur September 30,
2017
10. Two activists from the heavily militarised region
of Indian occupied Kashmir on September 28,
2017 won Norway’s Rafto Prize for human rights
for their long-term struggle against violence in
the disputed territory

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