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1. The heads of nearly all parliamentary parties on October 31, 2017 agreed not to
increase the number of seats in the National Assembly before next year`s general
elections
2. In a major development in Pakistan-Iran relations, Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa
is set to visit Tehran later this week
3. Pir Kaleem Khurshid of the Independent group was elected president of the Supreme
Court Bar Association (SCBA) for 2017-18 on October 31, 2017
Qamar Zaman Qureshi of the winning group was elected vice president on a
Punjab seat
4. The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) is finalising arrangements to
introduce the barcode system to check the sale of spurious medicines in the country
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) DRAP: Dr Mohammad Aslam
5. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with
the Fata Secretariat inaugurated Rs1.6 billion Fata Economic Revitalisation
Programme here on October 31, 2017
6. The Pakistan Post is issuing a commemorative postage stamp of Rs10 denomination
and souvenir sheet of Rs50 denomination on Pakistan’s ICC Champions Trophy victory
in England
7. Pakistan Navy has placed an order for two 75m corvettes from an American
shipbuilding company
8. The World Bank on October 31, 2017 ranked Pakistan at 147th out of 190 countries in
its `Doing Business 2018`report
Pakistan is among the South Asian economies that carried out a record 20
business reforms in the past year, bringing to a total of 127 the number of
reforms enacted in the region over the past 15 years
South Asia is the only region not represented in the top 50 ranking for ease of
doing business
9. A `monster` planet, which should in theory not exist, has been discovered orbiting a
faint dwarf star far
The star has a radius and mass about half that of the sun.
10. Saudi Arabia plans to start issuing tourist visas “soon”
1. All parties reached a consensus decision at the 16th meeting of the parliamentary
committee on NAB laws on November 01, 2017 that generals and judges would not
come under the purview of accountability laws
2. The White House retains a list of 20 terrorist groups that the Trump administration
claims are operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan and is believed to have shared this
list with Pakistani officials
3. Current President National Bank of Pakistan: Saeed Ahmed
4. SUPARCO: The Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission
5. The customs officials on November 1, 2017 set nine new rules for clearing of goods at
Torkham
6. Pakistan Navy has placed an order for two 75m Swift Corvettes from a US-based
shipbuilding company, Swift Ships
7. Rear Admiral Moazzam Ilyas and Rear Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi have
assumed the command of PN Coastal Command and Pakistan Navy Fleet, respectively
on November 1, 2017
8. A Saudi-led coalition air strike killed 29 people at a crowded marketplace in the
heartland of the Iran-backed Shia Huthi rebels in northern Yemen on November 1,
2017
9. A landmark skyscraper owned by Hong Kong’s richest man Li Ka-shing has sold for a
record price of more than $5 billion
10. India will purchase more than 100 armed helicopters for its navy to replace its
outdated French-designed fleet in a military deal worth $3.2 billion
1. Dina Wadia, the estranged daughter of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed
away at her home in New York on November 02, 2017. She was 98
Ms Wadia visited Pakistan only twice, in 1948 when Jinnah died, and in 2004
2. The spiritual leader of the Ismaili community Aga Khan was given the Asia Society’s
Lifetime Achievement award at a ceremony held in New York recently on November
02, 2017
3. China said development work on 19 of 50 projects related to the China Pakistan
Economic Corridor (CPEC) was already under way.`It will not be affected by a change
in government in Islamabad,`
4. The Balochistan government is likely to switch 30,000 tube wells to solar power from
November 4, 2017
1. The militant Islamic State (IS) group on November 3, 2017 lost control of the last two
major towns under its grip in Syria and Iraq, as Syrian troops and Iraqi security forces
advanced in the Euphrates Valley border region
2. Pakistan and South Africa on November 3, 2017 agreed to enhance cooperation in the
field of defence including intelligence sharing
3. Some 30 months after it had first released a cache of books and articles found in
Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound in May 2011, the American CIA has now
released almost 470,000 additional files that were seized during the killing of the
much-dreaded Al-Qaeda founder
4. The US Senate on November 3, 2017 confirmed President Donald Trump`s nominee
Kenneth Juster as the next US ambassador to India
Mr Juster, 62, is an old India hand who played a key role in the landmark Indo-US
civil nuclear deal
He would replace Richard Verma, the first US ambassador of Indian origin in
India, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama
5. Qibla Ayaz appointed Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) chairman
With the nomination of 11 new members, the Council reached its maximum
strength, paving the way for the appointment of its chairperson
November 5, 2017
November 6, 2017
of Shaukat Aziz, the Musharraf-era finance minister who also remained prime
minister from 2004 to 2007
2. Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa reached Tehran on November 5, 2017 on a three-
day official visit, the first by a Pakistani army chief in over two decades
3. The Saudi government pursued a sweeping purge of the country`s upper ranks, saying
it would freeze the accounts of dozens of princes, ministers and a tycoon arrested as
the crown prince cements his hold on power
Prominent billionaire Al Waleed bin Talal was among the princes arrested late on
November 4, 2017
4. Managing Director of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC):
Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor Khan
5. US President Donald Trump sent a strong message of support to the Saudi king and
his heir after the arrest of 11 princes on corruption charges
6. 27 worshippers shot dead, 20 injured at church in Texas
7. Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile near Riyadh`s international
airport after it was launched from conflict-torn Yemen, in an escalation of the
kingdom`s war against Iran-backed Houthi rebels
8. Saudi Prince Mansour bin Mogren, the deputy governor of Asir province was killed on
November 5, 2017 when a helicopter crashed near the kingdom`s southern border
with war-torn Yemen
9. Director Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture (PILAC): Sughra Sadaf
10. Father of social constructivism: Vygotsky
November 7, 2017
1. A Pakistani diplomatic official, Nayyar Iqbl Rana was shot and killed in Afghanistan on
November 6, 2017
Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan Zahid Nasrullah Khan
2. Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on November 6,
2017, the first by a Pakistani army chief in over two decades
3. The Election Commission of Pakistan formed in: March 23, 1956
4. Foreign Minister Khawaja Mohammed Asif representing Pakistan in the fourth Round
of US-Pakistan Bilateral Dialogue titled: “Convergence amid divergence: Identifying
pathways to cooperation in a challenging environment” in Islamabad
5. Fourteen-year-old Hira Akbar has become the second student from Swat district of
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after Malala Yousafzai to be nominated for the International
Children’s Peace Prize
She is among six students shortlisted out of 200 across the world for the award
6. Pakistan has launched a campaign to counter India’s global anti-Pakistan propaganda
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif had
November 8, 2017
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November 9, 2017
1. The World Bank projects that Pakistan`s GDP growth rate will be 5.5 per cent and
5.8pc for 2017-18 and 201819, respectively, `despite an increase in macroeconomic
imbalances` in the last financial year
2. DIG, two other policemen martyred in suicide attack in Quetta
Fourth suicide blast targeting senior cops in six months; TTP claims
responsibility
Governor Balochistan: Muhammad Khan Achakzai
3. A soldier embraced martyrdom and have suspected terrorists were killed in a gun
battle in the Rajgal area of Tirah Valley on November 9, 2017
4. According to the Global Climate Risk Index 2018 published on November 9, 2017,
Pakistan is among 10 countries that have been affected the most by climate change in
the 20-year period from 1997 to 2016 and occupies the seventh place on the list
5. stan Thursday asked the United States and Afghanistan to focus on massive
ungoverned areas that were serving as safe havens for terrorists
6. President Donald Trump sought to present a united front with Chinese President Xi
Jinping following two days of meetings on November 9, 2017, despite lingering
differences over trade and North Korea
Both countries signed more than $250 billion in business deals
7. Qatar has appointed women to one of its most important consultative bodies, the
Shura Council, for the first time in the country’s history
Four woman will sit on the 45-strong council
8. NATO countries have still not agreed how many extra troops they will send to
Afghanistan to boost local forces in their fight against the resurgent Taliban, the
alliance`s chief admitted
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
9. Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo, an iconic literary figure of Sindh who was known for his
staunch idealism, passed away in Hyderabad on November 9, 2017 at the age of 102
10. Famous Pakistani Sportsman Aqeel Khan belongs to: Tennis
Lebanon
6. Turkey detains 82 foreigners planning to go to Syria
7. Fighters of the militant Islamic State group have retaken nearly half of Albu Kamal in
eastern Syria in a counter-attack on what had been the last significant town under
their full control
8. UNESCO member states on November 10, 2017 overwhelmingly approved the
nomination of France’s former culture minister Audrey Azoulay to head the embattled
cultural agency
9. PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on November 10, 2017 approved funds for establishing
community protection bunkers for the safety of civilian population living along the Line
of Control (LoC)
10. 501 foreign and local cricketers will be available for Pakistan Super League’s (PSL)
3rd edition
The Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) players’ draft scheduled to take place on
November 12, 2017
1. Turkey has agreed to establish two technological parks in Pakistan for development of
industrial and agriculture sectors
2. Lebanon ‘s president appealed to Saudi Arabia to explain why Saad Hariri had not
returned to Beirut since his surprise resignation as prime minister a week ago
3. Countries in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal have agreed on the core
elements to move ahead without the United States
4. Feng Shanshan is to be China ‘s first golfer ranked world number one after she
claimed back-to-back wins with a thrilling victory at the Blue Bay LPGA on November
11, 2017
5. North Korea said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s first trip to Asia showed he was a
“destroyer” and he had begged for war on the Korean peninsula.
6. The $52.4 million Balochistan Rural Development and Community Empowerment
Programme (BRDCEP) was launched on November 11, 2017
7. The Trump administration is allowing American troops in Afghanistan to participate in
joint operations with official Afghan forces and to call in air strikes when needed
8. Chief Justice of Sindh High Court (SHC) Ahmed Ali Sheikh
9. Minister Higher Education, Government of Punjab : Raza Ali Gillani
10. 1st International Youth Summit held in Lahore from 6th to 12th November 2017
1. The United States has asked Pakistan to avoid getting “too close” to Iran as
Washington and Islamabad struggle to build the confidence level
1. The Council of Common Interests (CII) on November 13, 2017 succeeded in breaking
the deadlock over the issue of fresh delimitation of constituencies, when Sindh agreed
to hold elections on the basis of provisional census data, following assurances from the
federal government that a third-party audit of certain population blocks would be
conducted
2. The US Congress has removed a provision from the National Defence Authorisation
Act 2018 that would have required the US Secretary of Defence to certify that Pakistan
has taken steps to `significantly disrupt` the activities of both Lashkar-eTaiba (LeT)
and the Haqqani network
3. At least eight militants were shot dead and two Pakistani soldiers martyred in a
skirmish along the restive border with Afghanistan November 13, 2017
4. The Pakistan Army on November 13, 2017 asked Afghanistan and Nato`s Resolute
Support Mission (RSM) to `do more` to eliminate terrorist sanctuaries on the Afghan
side of the border
5. The United States has asked Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy laws
6. Mega quake kills over 400 near Iran-Iraq border
The 7.3-magnitude quake rocked a border area 30 kilometres (20 miles)
southwest of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan at around 9:20pm (1820 GMT) on
November 13, 2017
7. Vietnam and China agreed on Monday to avoid conflicts in the hotly contested South
China Sea,
8. Iran remains in compliance with the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, a UN watchdog
report showed on November 13, 2017
IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
9. Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof returned his Freedom of the City of Dublin
award on November 13, 2017 in protest over Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyl`s
response to the repression of Rohingya Muslims, calling her `a handmaiden to
genocide
10. Pakistan off spinner Saeed Ajmal November 13, 2017 announced to retire from all
forms of cricket at the end of the ongoing National Twenty20 Cup
1. The National Assembly is finally set to pass a crucial constitutional amendment bill on
November 16, 2017 (today) seeking fresh delimitation of constituencies ahead of the
upcoming general elections on the basis of provisional results of the population census
2. With a noticeable decline in terrorist activities within its borders, Pakistan was placed
at fifth position in the Global Terrorism Index 2017 released on Nov 15, 2017
The report on the index, released by the Australia-based Institute for Economics
and Peace
The 10 countries most affected by terrorism in 2016 were Iraq, Afghanistan,
Nigeria, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, India, Turkey and Libya
3. Four individuals of Pakistani origin have been featured on Forbes magazine`s annual
`30 under 30` list released on Nov 15, 2017
The four people of Pakistani origin (Sarah Ahmed, S. Zayd Enam, S. Zayd Enam
and Khizer Hayat) featured in the 2018 edition have been selected for their
achievements in the industries of retail and e-commerce, enterprise technology
and education
4. A road and rail corridor connecting wartorn Afghanistan with Turkey and Europe was
signed off by officials from five countries on Nov 15, 2017 in Turkmenistan`s capital
Ashgabat
5. The Russian Finance Ministry has signed a deal to restructure Venezuela`s debt
6. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will make an investment
of $82 million in Pakistan to improve livelihoods, living conditions and income
generating capacity for 320,000 poor rural households in the country
7. Mugabe under house arrest as military takes control
8. Zimbabwe`s military was in control of the country on Wednesday as President Robert
Mugabe said he was under house arrest, although generals denied staging a coup
9. Scientists for the first time have tried editing a gene inside the body in a bold attempt
to permanently change a person`s DNA to cure a disease
10. There has been a 58% increase in hate crimes against South Asians and a 19%
increase in hate-motivated attacks on Muslims, a South Asian advocacy group reported
on November in United States
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1. The National Assembly on November 16, 2017 passed the 24th Constitution
Amendment Bill 2017 by a 242-1 vote, paving the way for the Election Commission of
Pakistan (ECP) to carry out fresh delimitation of constituencies ahead of the next
general elections on the basis of provisional census data
Khatm-i-Nabuwwat declaration restored to original form
2. Top Pakistani and US military commanders blamed each other on November 16, 2017
for not doing enough to stop cross-border terrorism
3. A parliamentary committee on November 16, 2017 rejected the government`s bill on
the safety of journalists
4. Though Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) has been providing financial
assistance to Pakistan only for the polio programme, it has now decided to assist the
country in other health programmes as well
5. Aga Khan, chairman of the Global Centre for Pluralism, presented the inaugural Global
Pluralism Award during a ceremony held in Ottawa on November 16, 2017
6. Iran and Britain are discussing the possible release of some 400 million pounds held by
London since 1979
7. President Robert Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe`s only legitimate ruler and
is refusing to quit after a military coup, but pressure is mounting on the 93-year-old
former guerrilla to accept offers of a graceful exit
8. Israel`s military chief of staff said in an interview on that his country was prepared to
cooperate with Saudi Arabia to face Iran`s plans `to control the Middle East
9. A 500-year-old painting believed to be by Leonardo da Vinci has sold for $450.3 million
in New York, blazing a new world record for the most expensive work of art sold at
auction
10. The heads of three UN agencies urged the Saudi-led military coalition on November
16, 2017 to lift its blockade on Yemen, warning that `untold thousands` would die if it
stayed in place
1. The Lahore city police finally raised a new designated force Special Security Unit
(SSU) for the protection of VVIP personalities
2. North Korea ruled out negotiations with Washington as long as joint US-South Korea
military exercises continue
3. Russia cast a second veto in as many days at the United Nations Security Council to
block the renewal of a probe to identify the perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks
in Syria
4. Sri Lanka deployed troops and ordered a night-time curfew in a southern town to end
violent clashes between two ethnic communities
5. Nasa on November 18, 2017 launched a next-generation satellite into space designed
1. Nadir Magsi won the race in the second Thal jeep rally that ended on November 19,
2017 in the desert tehsil of L ayyah.
Last year`s winner Sahibzada Sultan Muhammad stood second while Anas
Khakwani secured third position
2. Afghanistan junior cricketers created history in the nnal of the Asia Cup U-19
tournament on November 19, 2017 when they outclassed Pakistan by 185 runs at the
Kinrara Academy Oval
3. The two-day meeting of 7th Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) on China-Pakistan
Economic Corridor (CPEC) between the two countries will kick off here on November
20, 2017 (today)
4. Europe turns on Facebook, Google for digital tax revamp
5. Israel’s cabinet voted on November 19, 2017 to close a migrant detention centre, as
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced an agreement to deport 40,000
Africans who entered the country illegally
6. Top diplomats from Iran, Russia and Turkey met November 19, 2017 in Antalya to
discuss the civil war in Syria ahead of a three-way summit in the Russian city of Sochi
7. Nato has taken ‘disciplinary action’ against an individual over an incident in which
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the country’s modern founder Mustafa
Kemal Ataturk were portrayed as enemies
1. Prime Minister Shahid Khakan Abbasi inaugurates the second Liquefied Natural Gas
(LNG) terminal at Port Qasim on November 20, 2017
2. Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Mohammad Yousuf
3. 126th convocation of Punjab University was held on November 20, 2017 at Faisal
Auditorium, Lahore
Vice Chancellor Punjab University: Prof Dr Zafar Mueen Nasir
4. The National Assembly on November 20, 2017 passed a crucial bill to scale down the
independence of the power regulator in tariff setting and assigning it the responsibility
to proceed against electricity officials for overbilling consumers
Minister for Power Awais Ahmed Leghari
5. UNDP Asia Pacific Regional Center (APRC) and Institute for Inclusive Security, USA
has given this years N-Peace Award Category “Campaign For Action” to Pakistani
woman born in Kashmir, Farhat Asif Founder, President of Institute of Peace and
Diplomatic Studies
6. China has agreed to finance the western route of the China Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC), currently being funded by Pakistan from its own Public Sector
Development Plan (PSDP)
7. US and Afghan forces have launched joint attacks on Taliban opium factories to try to
curb the insurgent group`s economic lifeline, of ficials from both countries said on
November 20, 2017
8. Kenya`s Supreme Court on November 20, 2017 dismissed two petitions to overturn the
country`s October presidential election re-run, validating the victory of President
Uhuru Kenyatta
9. President Donald Trump on November 20, 2017 declared North Korea a state sponsor
of terrorism, returning Kim Jong Un`s government to a short blacklist of targeted US
foes
10. Charles Manson, the psychopathic guru who masterminded a savage killing spree in
the United States in the late 1960s that shocked the world, has died aged 83
3. The Japanese government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
will under a project help strengthen the Election Commission of Pakistan`s capacity to
hold elections in the country in an ef fective manner
Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan: Takashi Kurai
UNDP Country Director: Ignacio Artaza
4. A Senate subcommittee has unanimously approved amendments to the National
Disaster Management Act 2010, with special attention to the rehabilitation of widows
and orphans in the af termath of natural disasters
5. Ambassador Farukh Amil, permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
in Geneva has been elected as president of the Commission on Investment, Enterprise
and Development of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in
Geneva, Switzerland
6. Rear Admiral Abdul Aleem and two other officers, Commodore Naveed Ashraf and
Commodore Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami have been promoted to Vice Admiral and Rear
Admiral, respectively
7. KPK provincial government has launched Khapal Kor Model Housing Scheme through
bank home finance to settle the accommodation problems of government employees
and general public
8. A Lahore High Court review on November 22, 2017 rejected appeal of the Punjab
government seeking extension in detention of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad
Saeed and ordered his release
9. Russia, Iran, Turkey to work for political settlement in Syria
10. Skype joins list of apps on China blacklist
Skype is no longer available for download from the Chinese Apple Store or
popular Android sites
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1. The Punjab government appointed on Thursday Prof Ayub Sultan Meo as vice-
chancellor (VC) of the King Edward Medical University (KEMU) for a four-year term on
November 23, 2017
2. The federal cabinet, which met under Prime Minister Shahid Khagan Abbasi here on
November 23, 2017, approv appointments on different posts and the signing of
memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with dif ferent countries
3. The Foreign Office warned of Indian intelligence agency RAW`s nexus with terrorist
groups in Afghanistan and asked Kabul and Nato`s Resolute Support Mission to
prevent Afghan soil from being used against Pakistan
4. Bangladesh and Myanmar will start repatriating refugees in two months, as global
pressure mounts over a crisis that has forced more than half a million Rohingya to flee
across the border
5. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court
for genocide and war crimes, asked Russia’s Vladimir Putin to protect his country from
the United States
6. India has informed Pakistan that it wants one of its of ficials to accompany the wife of
espionage convict Kulbhushan Jadhav when she meets him in Pakistan
7. Army launches ‘Prosperous Balochistan’ initiative
8. The Punjab government is considering establishment of four new tehsils in the
province, three in South Punjab and one in the North Punjab
The provincial government has power to create new tehsils and districts under
Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967.
9. Portugal ready to provide technology, machinery to Pakistan
Portugal has offered a Golden Visa Program to attract investment in real estate
sector and Pakistani investors
Ambassador of Portugal: H.E. Joao Paulo Marques Sabido Costa
10. Australia warned against American disengagement from Asia at a time of rising
Chinese power as traditional US allies grow nervous about President Donald Trump’s
isolationist tilt
1. Saudi Arabia gathered officials from 40 Muslim countries on November 26, 2017 in the
first meeting of a counterterrorism alliance
The summit was the first meeting of defence ministers and other senior officials
from the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC), which of ficially
counts 41 members
2. The army was called in to protect important installations in the capital, as Rangers
personnel took up posidons around the site of the sit-in on November 26, 2017
3. The South Asian countries joined hands here on November 26, 2017 to launch “Run for
Healthy Life” campaign in each country
4. Pakistan and Iran have agreed to enhance cooperation in the public health sector,
including medical education and drug manufacturing
Minister for National Health Services: Saira Afzal Tarar
5. The government is ready to launch the Rs515 billion Neelum Jhelum hydropower
project in February 2018
6. Ireland`s EU commissioner said Dublin would `continue to play tough` over its threat
to veto talks about trade after Brexit unless Britain provided guarantees over the
border between Northern Ireland and the Republic
7. Faeces appears to be as unique as fingerprints, according to New Zealand research
released on November 26, 2017
8. Iran and Turkey signed a deal on November 26, 2017 with Qatar aimed at boosting
commercial ties with the Gulf state which is under blockade by its Arab neighbours
9. Report rules out Pakistan-India N-war
South Asian experts reject the nuclear pessimism in Western capitals about their
region, noting that the West`s nuclear `sky is falling` in South Asia argument
does not hold when seen in proper context
10. Russia`s ban from international track and field was extended November 26, 2017 by
the world governing body of athletics
IAAF: International Association of Athletics Federation
1. Protesters from various religious groups on November 27, 2017 cleared Faizabad
interchange and called off their countrywide protest after over 20 days when the
government accepted most of their major demands under an armybrokered agreement
Law minister Zahid Hanmid resigns
ISI official signs agreement as ‘guarantor’
Interior minister seeks proposals to prevent future sit-ins
2. Prime Minister Shahid Khakan Abbasi on November 27, 2017 endorsed Saudi Arabia`s
policies in the region and assured it of Pakistan`s support in its efforts for maintaining
peace and stability
Crown Price Muhammad tells Abbasi coalition looks forward to learning from
Pakistan’s experience in fighting terror
3. Pak Rangers have shot down Indian spy drone ‘Quadcopter’ near Head Sulemanki
Border on November 27, 2017
4. The British government unveiled an industrial strategy focused on research and
innovation on November 27, 2017, in an effort to boost poor productivity and to shield
the economy from Brexit
5. The European Union is `entirely confused` since Britain voted to leave the bloc and it
needs to revisit its vision for enlargement and Turkey`s place in that
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim
6. Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, who represented South Africa, won the Miss Universe crown
on November
7. Russian election influence, the ever-widening sexual harassment scandal, mass
shootings and the opioid epidemic helped elevate the word “complicit” as
Dictionary.com’s word of the year for 2017
8. A two-day meeting of aviation chiefs and the expert working group of Developing-Eight
(D-8) countries began here on November 27, 2017 to discuss challenges and prospects
of the future cooperation
9. Syria came under pressure November 27, 2017 to fill in gaps in its declaration to the
world’s chemical weapons watchdog amid reports of toxic arms use during its six-year
civil war, triggering angry Syrian denials
10. Zimbabwe has made former president Robert Mugabe’s birthday a public holiday
1. A bust of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah has been unveiled at the British
Museum.
Some 400 guests attended the ceremony in central London in which the
sculpture of the Quaid was revealed for the first time
2. The 11th meeting of the director generals of civil aviation from developing countries
which are part of the D-8 organisation concluded on November 28, 2017
3. Governor Balochistan: Muhammad Khan Achakzai
4. The government allowed on Tuesday the export of 1.5 million tonnes of sugar with a
subsidy of Rs10.70 per kilogram.The decision was taken by the Economic Coordination
Committee (ECC)
5. North Korea fired a missile that landed close to Japan late on November 28, 2017
night, the first test by Pyongyang since a missile fired over its neighbour in mid-
September
6. Irish Deputy Prime Minister Frances Fitzgerald resigned on November 28, 2017 in a
bid to ease a political crisis that was threatening to bring down the government
7. Syrian govt agrees to join peace talks, with conditions
Talks aimed at ending the war in Syria restarted on November 28, 2017 with the
government enforcing its will, warning the United Nations it would not tolerate
any discussion of President Bashar al-Assad`s ouster from power
8. Senior Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, a former National Guard head once seen as a
contender to the throne, has been freed after more than three weeks in detention
9. Pope Francis called for respect for rights and justice in a keenly-watched address in
Myanmar on November 28, 2017, but refrained from any mention of the Rohingya
Muslims or the alleged ethnic cleansing that has driven huge numbers of the Muslim
minority from the country
10. A new bilingual (English and Urdu) academic and research journal Tehseel published
by the Islamic Research Academy Karachi has been launched.
The first volume (JulyDec 2017) contains research articles by different scholars
1. The Foreign Office on November 29, 2019 expressed `deep concern` over the reported
missile test by North Korea
2. Pakistan has asked the United States not to “dictate terms” on the war on terror as it
violated the country’s sovereignty
3. A meeting presided over by Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri on Wednesday
reviewed the progress made in implementing the National Action Plan (NAP) in
Balochistan, and decided to adopt an aggressive policy for dealing with terrorists and
extremists
4. Pakistan’s one of top off-spinners Saeed Ajmal retired from all cricket formats
November 29, 2017 after playing his final domestic game in the National Twenty20
Cup
In 35 Tests played for Pakistan, Ajmal claimed 178 wickets at an average of 28.10
Ajmal took 184 wickets in 113 one-day international and 85 wickets in 63
Twenty20 international for the country
5. The government paid Rs445.4 billion on interest payment in only three months due to
the massive borrowing made by the country in last few years
6. The government has appointed National Assembly Secretary Jawwad Rafique Malik, a
BS-21 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, new chairman of the National
Highway Authority (NHA)
7. Current Federal Minister for Science and Technology: Rana Tanveer Hussain
8. Assistant Minister of State of Palestine for Asia, Africa and Australia Dr Mazen MA
Shamiya visited Islamabad this week for talks
9. Slobodan Praljak, 72, Bosnian Croat war criminal died on November 29, 2017 after
apparently drinking poison in dramatic courtroom scenes after UN judges upheld his
20-year jail term
10. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said his country had achieved full nuclear statehood
on November 29, 2017 after a groundbreaking missile test, in a challenge to US
President Donald Trump who responded with promises of “major sanctions”