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Pakistan launches ______________ Framework on International Women’s Day on 8 March?
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D. National Gender Policy Framework
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The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, on Tuesday launched the National Gender Policy Framework aimed at providing a structured mechanism with defined objectives for improving the lives of women and providing them with equal opportunities to excel in a professional sphere.
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A. 172
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B. March 8, 2022
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Opposition leaders submitting the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan in the National Assembly Secretariat in Islamabad, on March 8, 2022. Opposition claims to have support of 202 NA lawmakers.
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D. 7
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Seven terrorists were killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Turbat’s Gorchop area in Balochistan, the military’s media affairs wing said on Tuesday. In a statement, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that security forces conducted an operation to apprehend “externally sponsored enemies of peace in Balochistan” after receiving information about a terrorists’ hideout in “general area Gorchop”. “Once the troops started [the]clearance operation in the area, terrorists tried to escape from their camp and opened indiscriminate fire onto security forces,” the statement said.
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D. 33rd
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Imran Ismail is a Pakistani businessman and politician who serves as the current and 33rd Governor of Sindh, in office since 27 August 2018. Before being appointed Governor of Sindh, he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh for a brief period in August 2018.
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D. 2018
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The Aurat March (Women’s March) which first took place in Karachi in 2018 to observe International Women’s Day (8 March) exemplifies this development. The march gradually evolved into a movement with women across Pakistan coming together to demand legal and cultural reforms.
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B. 7 March 2022
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Rafiq Tarar, a former Pakistani judge who served as the country’s President from 1997 to 2001, died on Monday in the eastern city of Lahore after a prolonged illness at the age of 92.
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A. March 4, 2022
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On Friday, 57 people, including a policeman, lost their lives and 194 others were injured when a suicide attacker detonated himself inside the mosque located in Peshawar’s old city neighbourhood.
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A. Mehr Ali Shah
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The meeting was held in Islamabad from March 1-3, according to an official statement issued on Tuesday. Under the relevant provisions of the IWT 1960, the meeting takes place alternatively in Pakistan and India annually. The Indian delegation comprising 10 members was headed by the Indian Commissioner for Indus Waters PK Saxena, while Pakistan’s delegation was led by Pakistan Commissioner for Indus Waters Syed Muhammad Mehar Ali Shah.
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D. 28.8%
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The Punjab cabinet on Monday gave its nod to reserving 28.8 per cent job quota for the population of three divisions of south Punjab through an amendment in the Punjab Civil Servants Act 1974. The Punjab government had earlier allocated around 35pc job quota for the candidates having domicile of any south Punjab district, but it was challenged in the Lahore High Court. Eventually, a cabinet committee on functionality of south Punjab, headed by finance minister, was empowered to finalise job quota for the candidates from the region on the basis of population. The committee decided to allocate 28.8pc job quota for south Punjab candidates and it was approved by the cabinet.