Current Affairs

GK MCQs Section

Page-39 of Topic: Pakistan

Govt to shrink sensitive list to make SAFTA work, improve Pak ties

To improve relations with Pakistan, India is likely to cut the peak tariff rate to 5 % within three years. The Union Cabinet might allow a diminution in...

August 23, 2012

Terrorist attack Pakistan’s Kamra air base

  Pakistan’s security structure was breached when terrorists belonging Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked Pakistan Air Force’s Minhas Base in Kamra (a two-hour drive from Islamabad). Although all the...

August 23, 2012

India to slash import duties on 234 Items from Pakistan

The Union Cabinet Okayed the Commerce Ministry’s proposal to reduce the list of sensitive items under South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) for Pakistan by 30%. India will...

August 20, 2012

Pak SC annuls New Law Protecting the Prime Minister

Supreme Court of Pakistan annulled the new Contempt of Court Act 2012(COCA 2012) which was brought in to protect the new prime minister from being charged with contempt...

August 8, 2012

India opens door for FDI from Pakistan

India allowed foreign direct investment (FDI) from Pakistan. But it will be only through government route and not through the automatic route. Earlier, no individual residing in Pakistan...

August 6, 2012

US, Pakistan sign NATO Supply Agreement

US, Pakistan signed NATO Supply Agreement on transporting supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan through Pakistan. As per the agreement, the US will give $ 1.1 billion aid...

August 3, 2012

U.S. slashes military aid to Pak by$650 m

In a latest jolt at Pakistan by the U.S., the House of Representatives has voted to slash American military aid to Islamabad by $650 million. The Republicans had...

July 22, 2012

Pakistan’s parliament passes bill to save top leaders from contempt of court

The upper house of Pakistan’s Parliament has passed a bill to protect top leaders from contempt of court and thwart the Supreme Court’s efforts to push the Prime...

July 12, 2012

Pakistan releases Surjeet Singh

Pakistan freed Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh who has served a life term following his arrest on charges of spying in the 1980s. Singh was freed from Kot Lakhpat...

July 2, 2012

Pakistan elects Raja Parvez Ashraf as its new PM

Raja Parvez Ashraf, candidate of ruling Pakistan People’s Party is the new Prime Minister of Pakistan. He was elected in a special session of the National assembly held...

June 25, 2012

Archives

E-Books

States PSC General Studies

Latest in Hindi