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C. 4 August 2020
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4 August 2020 is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.
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A. 10th
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A. 1,200
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Special Assistant to the PM on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari on Sunday said the government had made special efforts to ensure the release and repatriation of 1,200 Pakistani prisoners from the UAE during the coronavirus pandemic.
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D. 6th
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This is the sixth time that Pakistan has been elected as the ECOSOC president and the second time that Ambassador Akram has been elected to this post, having served as its president in 2005. The only other envoy to have had this distinction was Juan Somavía of Chile, according to a statement issued by the Pakistani mission to the UN in New York.
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A. Punjab
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The Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board deeming “anti-national” and “blasphemous” content has banned a hundred school books in a single day. The Managing Director of the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board told a private TV channel, “We are currently examining over 10,000 books being taught in private schools, so the banned textbooks could be in thousands once we are done.” The MD said that he had taken the action under the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board Act, 2015, which was passed during the tenure of the previous provincial government. According to Section 10 of the Act, the author is required to seek approval from the Board prior to publishing his/her book. The Act further gives the Board power to ban a publication which contains “anything repugnant to the injunctions of Islam, or contrary to the integrity, defence or security of Pakistan or any part of Pakistan, public order or morality. Content related to Islam in an Islamiyat, History, Pakistan Studies, Urdu or Literature book will need a go-ahead from the religious Muttahida Ulema Board, as well as the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board, before it can be included in a private school’s curriculum.”
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A. Munir Akram
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Pakistan’s envoy to UN Munir Akram elected president of UN Economic and Social council. Pakistan has been elected as the president of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for 2020-2021 session
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B. Both A & B
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The National Assembly on Wednesday passed the Anti-terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and the United Nations Security Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020 with a majority vote amid sloganeering from the opposition benches.
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C. July 28, 2020
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A. 2.83%
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Pakistan population is equivalent to 2.83% of the total world population. Pakistan ranks number 5 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
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D. Rawal Lake
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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday ordered sealing of the Navy Sailing Club on the Rawal Lake, saying the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the naval official could not explain any plausible justification for the construction of such a lucrative structure at the bank of a water reservoir. The order was issued by IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah during the hearing of a petition filed against the construction of the navy club and blocking of the public access to Rawal Lake.