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July 1, 2017
1. Pakistan still on radar of terror financing
watchdog
2. US-India ties not a threat to Pakistan: PM
3. Allegations of data tampering: FIA to conduct
forensic analysis of SECP record
SECP: Securities and Exchange Commission
of Pakistan
Current Chairman SECP: Zafar Hijazi
4. Islamic calligrapher and one of Pakistans most
prolific artists Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi has
been honoured by Google on his 87th birthday
with a doodle
Sadequain was born in June 30, 1923 in
British India and died on 10 February 1987
in Karachi at the age of 64
5. 4G licence formally handed over to Jazz Pakistan
6. ECP raises enrolled voters number to 97.02m
ECP: Election Commission of Pakistan
7. Registration of illegal Afghans to begin on July
15
8. Israeli plane targets Syrian army in latest Golan
exchange
9. Austria's SC upholds purchase of Hitler's home
10. China-US ties sour over North Korea, Taiwan
July 2, 2017
1. UN Secretary General strikes upbeat note as
Cyprus talks continue
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
2. Muslim leader urges Indonesians to boycott
Starbucks over LGBT stand
LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender
3. Veteran journalist Sharif Farooq passes away
4. ISIS terrorist group has lost five senior leaders in
an airstrike in northern province of Afghanistan
5. India contributes $500,000 to UN peace building
fund
India has been a member of the
Peacebuilding Commission since its
inception in December 2005
6. Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by
2030
7. Indian minister claims Champions Trophy final
was fixed
8. Germany down Spain in U21 Euro final
It is Germanys second title in the age group
following their triumph in 2009
9. NIH: The National Institute of Health
10. Record fine against Google to benefit EU citizens
The record 2.4-billion-euro fine slapped on
Google by the EU
July 3, 2017
1. McCain urges India, Pakistan to hold talks on
Kashmir issue
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29,
1936) is an American politician who
currently serves as the senior United States
Senator from Arizona. He was the
Republican nominee for the 2008 U.S.
2.
presidential election.
The 2nd unit of the total 1,320-MW coal-fired
Sahiwal power plant will be opened jointly by
Chinese and Pakistani officials today (July 3,
2017)
3. Pakistans M Sajjad crowned champion of the
ACBS 6 Red Snooker Championship 2017, after
hammering Hong Kongs Lee Chun Wai 7-0 in
the final played at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on July 2,
2017
4. Pakistan again rejects consular access to Jadhav

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5. US says Pakistan making efforts to eliminate
human trafficking
6. IDA`s $135m to help improve weather forecast
system
IDA: International Development Association
7. French, West African presidents launch Sahel
force
8. US warship in operation near disputed island in
S. China Sea
9. Israeli ex-PM Olmert freed from prison on
parole
The 71-year-old, premier between 2006 and
2009, was convicted of graft and entered
prison in February 2016
10. President Bashar al-Assad has appeared on the
Syrian currency for the first time
His portrait printed on a new 2,000-pound
banknote that went into circulation on July
2, 2017 (Sunday)
July 4, 2017
1. Sindh Assembly repeals NAB law amid
opposition protest
The National Accountability Ordinance 1999
Sindh Repeal Bill, 2017 was tabled by Law
Minister Ziaul Hasan Lanjar and Sindh
Advocate General Barrister Zamir Ghumro.
2. Punjab gets 15 days for posting permanent IGP
3. China says India violates 1890 agreement in
border stand-off
4. Two PAF officers made air marshals
The government has promoted Air Vice
Marshal Shahid Akhtar Alvi and Air Vice
Marshal Ahmer Shehzad to the rank of air
marshal, and Air Commodore Abrar Ahmed,
Air Commodore Irfan Zaka, Air Commodore
Irfan Ahmad and Air Commodore Asad
Ikram to the rank of air vice marshal.
5. ECP to test biometric machines in by-polls
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6. Pakistan to lead Asia in adopting 5G internet
technology
7. Tariq Pasha made FBR chairman
The post had fallen vacant after the
retirement of Dr Irshad on June 30
According to the notification, Tariq
Mehmood Pasha, a BS-22 officer of Inland
Revenue Service (IRS), presently posted as
Secretary, Economic Affairs Division is
transferred and posted as chairman
FBR/Secretary, Revenue Division, with
immediate effect and until further orders.
8. S. Arabia, allies give Qatar two more days to
accept demands
9. Syrian military declares temporary cease-fire
ahead of talks
10. Narendra Modi becomes the first Indian prime
rd
minister to visit Israel when he arrives on July 3
2017
July 5, 2017
1. Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa
seeks accountability of public office-holders
2. McCain calls for support of Pakistan to eliminate
militancy in Afghanistan
Afghanistan agrees to join Pakistan in anti-
terror operations
3. A parliamentary committee on Tuesday
amended and approved two bills to protect the
rights of 13,000 children begging in the streets
of the capital and engaged in child labour
4. Qatar raises gas capacity amid Gulf dispute
5. Philippine top court upholds martial law in south
6. Canada is set to apologize and award millions of
dollars of compensation to a former
Guantanamo detainee who was captured in
Afghanistan at the age of 15 and detained for 13
years
7. North Korea tests first intercontinental missile
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8. Sri Lanka ends 27-year occupation of Tamil port
9. Catalonia to declare immediate independence if
`yes` wins referendum
10. Prime Minister Sharif hosted grand reception in
honour of Champions Trophy winning Pakistan
cricket team
July 6, 2017
1. Pakistan and Tajikistan agreed on July 5, 2017 to
explore new avenues of cooperation by
increasing collaboration in economy, defence
and security, agriculture and education
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is in the
Tajik capital on a two-day official visit, with
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon signed the
joint declaration aimed at enhancing
connectivity between the two countries and
in the region at large.
The two leaders witnessed signing of a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) on
trade cooperation between Commerce
Minister Ghulam Dastgir Khan and Tajik
Minister of Economy Naimat Ullah
Hikmatullah Zada.
Another MoU on cooperation between the
University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi,
and the Agriculture University, Dushanbe,
was signed by the latter`s rector Naimat
Ullah Faizullah and Adviser to the PM on
Foreign Af f airs Sartaj Aziz
As agreed in 2014, the PM said, the two
countries needed to take measures to boost
bilateral trade to $500 million over the next
three years.
2. HEC grants 31 projects to PhD scholars
Chairman HEC: Dr Mukhtar Ahmed
on July 5, 2017 The Higher Education
Commission (HEC) awarded 31 projects to
PhD scholars under Technology Fund, who
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have returned from abroad after
completing their doctorates
3. Foreign firm to make customised number plates
for vehicles in Punjab
Each V-Plate is to follow certain
specifications for size that includes 520mm
X 114mm, 372mm X 133mm. The existing
number plate size for Punjab is 302mm X
152mm. The size for the two-wheelers is
(front) 202mm X 65mm and (rear) 152mm X
130mm. Rickshaws willget 202mm X
152mm plates.
4. Parliamentary panel declares Sindh PA bill
`unconstitutional`
The committee urged the Sindh
government to withdraw the bill and review
it. The bill has blocked purview and powers
of NAB in Sindh.
under Articles 142 and 143 of the
Constitution, the bill passed by the Sindh
government could not be implemented
The bill titled the `National Accountability
Ordinance 1999 Sindh Repeal Bill-2017`,
which barred NAB functions in Sindh, had
already been approved by the provincial
cabinet at a meeting held on June 30. The
bill would bar the anti-corruption watchdog
from investigating corruption cases in
departments working under the Sindh
government.
5. Pak Rupee falls sharply against dollar
The dollar had risen to Rs108.50 before
settling at Rs108.25 by close.
This is the largest single drop in the
currency in 9 years.
6. Qatar boycott to continue, no new sanctions
7. Transfer, posting orders of 19 PAAS officers
issued
8. Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf to lead Pakistani
team in Jadhav case, world court told
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9. Israel, India look past defence to broaden
commercial ties
10. 6th MOX nuclear shipment leaves France for
Japan
July 7, 2017
1. India using chemical munitions in Kashmir
If use of chemicals in the ammunition is
confirmed, then it would constitute a
serious violation of international norms and
India`s international obligations under
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
2. Pakistan on Thursday condemned targeting of
civilians in Azerbaijan by the Armenian forces
3. Palestinians, Israelis square off on Unesco vote
on Hebron
4. European Union parliament calls for suspending
Turkey accession talks
5. Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on
July 6, 2017 approved 17 development projects
worth Rs 178.3 billion
The CDWP approved projects in transport &
communications, energy, water resources,
information technology, higher education,
physical planning & housing, health and
governance sectors
6. ICC declines to refer SA to UN for not arresting
Bashir
South Africa violated its obligations to the
International Criminal Court by failing to
arrest Sudans President Hassan al-Bashir
when he visited in 2015
7. Pakistan Weightlifting Federation (PWF) has re-
elected Mian Aamir Mahmood as the chairman
for the next four-year term (2017-2021)
8. Pakistan badminton duo Irfan Saeed and Azeem
Sarwar won the Nepal Annapurna International
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Badminton Championship in Kathmandu beating
Indian pair.
9. Spacecraft unveiled for Europe's first mission to
Mercury
10. Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has established an
Aviation City at Aeronautical Complex which
was inaugurated on July 6, 2017
July 8, 2017
1. Qatari Prince Prince Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim
asks JIT to quiz him at Qatar palace
2. The Facebook management has assured
Pakistan that it will remove fake accounts and
explicit, hateful and provocative material that
incites violence and terrorism
3. Major diplomatic success | Pakistan on July 6,
2017 got Jamaat-ulAhrar (JuA) listed as a
terrorist group by a United Nations committee.
The Pakistani move was co-sponsored by
the US, France, the United Kingdom and
China and supported by Russia, which was
an extraordinary line-up
As an implication, the UN action
acknowledges that Pakistan is a victim of
cross-border terrorism
4. Federal Government Appoints Tariq Bajwa As
The New Governor Of State Bank Of Pakistan
5. Founding Women`s Action Forum (WAF)
member and famous artist Prof Lala Rukh, and a
popular teacher of Fine Arts students, passed
away in Lahore on July 7, 2017. She was 69
6. The Punjab government has hired team of
Turkish experts to train traffic police in Lahore
TEPA: Traffic Engineering and Transport
Planning Agency
Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore:
Amin Wains
7. First in Peshawar: Woman SHO assumes charge
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For the first time in its history, the
Peshawar city police on July 7, 2017 July 10, 2017
appointed a woman police officer (Rizwana
Hameed) as the SHO of a police station (PS)
1. JIT submits Panama probe report to SC today
SHO: Station House Officer
JIT: Joint Investigation Team
8. Trump, Putin hold first meeting at protest-
2. Pakistan on July 9, 2017 lodged the second
marred G20 summit
protest in two days over casualties along the
9. Civil servants of all groups asked to submit
Line of Control (LOC) in Kashmir due to ceasefire
assets details by Aug 15
violations by Indian forces
10. Pakistan re-elected vice chair of UNEP CPR
3. Afghan students to get special cards for Pakistan
Bureau
entry
The Permanent Representative (PR) of
4. Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed elected ICAPP
Pakistan to the United Nations Environment
vice chairman
Programme Raza Bashir Tarar, was
ICAPP: International Conference of Asian
unanimously re-elected as Vice Chair of the
Political Parties
CPR Bureau from the Asia Pacific Group for
ICAPP represents over 300 political parties
the period 2017-2019.
from 52 Asian countries
ICAPP Launched in Manila in September
July 09, 2017 2000
Chairman of ICAPP: former speaker of the
Philippines Jose de Venecia
1. Veteran Journalist Asif Ali Pota passes away on
5. By-election 2017 (Gilgit-Baltistan / Karachi)
July 8, 2017 night
Gilgit-Baltistan: PPP candidate Javed
2. World Bank on July 8, 2017 launched the loan
Hussain won the election for the GBLA-5
programme for women entrepreneurs
constituency Nagar by securing 6,888
3. UN, Jordan and Israel welcome Sout Syria Truce
Karachi: PPP`s Saeed Ghani wins PS-114 by-
4. Iranian border forces have fired 3 rockets on
election. He secured 23,840 votes against
July 8, 2017 into Panjgoor, Balochistan
his closest rival Kamran Tessori of MQM
5. Sindh Inspector-General (IG): Allah Dino
pakistan
Khawaja
6. Nepalese Ambassador to Pakistan: Sewa Lamsal
6. UNESC endroses Punjab govt's stance voer
Adhikari
passing of Orange Metro near heritage buildings
7. Indonesian Ambassador to Pakistan: Iwan
7. Kanya's interior minister: Retired General
Suyudie Amri
Jospeh Nkaissery has died in hospital
8. N. Korea warns of nuclear `tipping point` over
8. US plans to test THAAD missile defence as N
US-South drill
Korea tension mout
9. US urges Russia to 'de-escalate' Ukraine conflict
9. Eight popular International footballers including
10. Russian internet pioneer Anton Nosik has died
Brazilian legend Ronaldinho along with other
at 51
international players landed at Benazir Bhutto
Nosik in 1999 was one of the founders of
International Airport on July 8, 2017
Russias first Internet news publication,
10. US Vice-President: Mike Pence
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called Gazeta.ru, and went on to launch
other hugely popular news sites including
Lenta.ru and Newsru.com, working as a
start-up manager and editor, and later
becoming one of the countrys most-read
bloggers.
July 11, 2017
1. Panama Leaks: JIT submits final report to SC, JIT
report carries seeds of upheaval
Maintains that PM's family has assets
beyond known sources of income |
Recommends NAB reference against PM,
his children | Says Sharif-owned enterprises
mostly 'loss-making', don't justify family's
wealth | Qatri letters declared a 'myth' |
Unearths new offshore company chaired by
Sharif | Ministers reject JIT report as 'trash'
| SC hearings on JIT report from 17th
2. CSB reviews 1,200 cases of promotion for civil
officers
CSB: Central Selection Board
3. Pakistan sets rules for banks wanting to be fully
sharia compliant
4. NATO agree to support Ukraine against
insurgency by Pro-Russia separatists
5. India holds naval exercises with US, Japan
6. 'True Blood' actor Nelsan Ellis dead at 39
7. Trump son admits meeting Russian for dirt on
Clinton
8. Cricket: Zimbabwe clinches historic 1st ODI
series win over Sri Lanka
9. Arab states seek to step up pressure on Qatar
over 2013 accord
10. U.S. military plane crashes in Mississippi, at least
five reported dead
11. Pakistan nominated Khalid Mehboob for the
chairperson of FAO
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation
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12. Mahira wins Intl Recognition Award at 8th
Beirut International Awards Festival
13. No girls allowed: Japan's men-only island gets
UNESCO nod
14. Four Saudis sentenced to death in Yemen for
2014 beheadings
July 12, 2017
1. ISIS chief Baghdadi killed: Syrian Observatory
2. PML-N to challenge JIT report in SC
3. Amendments to Punjab police recruitment,
retirement rules approved
Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP)
Usman Khatak on July 11, 2017 approved
amendments
The age of recruitment was fixed as 18 to
22 years while retirement age for constable
is 50, head constable 52, assistant sub-
inspector 54 and sub-inspector 65 years
4. Naseem Akhtar wins IBSF U-18 Snooker
Championship in Beijing
5. Top Europe court upholds ban on full-face veil in
Belgium
6. OIC contact group on Kashmir reiterates its
support
7. Senate body unanimously okays Quran
Education Bill
8. Pakistan, Malaysia to enhance defence, security
cooperation
Chief of Malaysian Army: General Dato Sri
Zulkiple Bin Haji Kassim
9. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez
Khattak approves establishment of Air
University campus
10. US, Qatar sign agreement on combating terror
financing
11. India`s SC suspends ban on trade in cattle for
slaughter
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July 13, 2017
1. CEC calls for early poll reform legislation
CEC (Chief Election Commissioner): Justice
(ret) Sardar Muhammad Raza
2. Army chief calls for open debate on CPEC
3. Erdogan says lifting emergency rule currently
out of question
4. Ex-Brazilian president Lula found guilty of
corruption
5. GCC crisis: Tillerson meets Saudi king, FM
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has held
talks with Saudis King Salman before
meeting with his counterparts from the
kingdom and UAE, Bahrain and Egypt states
that have imposed a blockade on Qatar
6. France to boost refugee aid, deport economic
migrants
7. China sends troops to Djibouti for running its
first overseas base
8. Pakistani junior squash player Uzair Rasheed
won third CMS Borneo Junior Squash Open
Championship in Malaysia on July 12, 2017
9. Ambassador of Iran in Pakistan: Mehdi
Honardoost
10. Sindh University opens its campus in Thar
The vice chancellor of Sindh University (SU)
Jamshoro on July 12, 2017 announced
setting up Thar campus of the varsity in
Sadiq Faqir Degree College in Mithi
July 14, 2017
1. The Public Accounts Committee PAC clears
Navy`s luxury vehicles worth $1.5m
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2. Brazil ex-president da Silva sentenced to 10
years for corruption
3. India rejects China`s offer to mediate over
Kashmir
Islamabad welcomes Beijing role for Pak-
India peace
4. Congress tightening screws on US aid to
Pakistan
5. China pushes Pakistan on special economic
zones (SEZs) along the CPEC route in the first
phase
6. Struck by liver cancer, Chinese dissident Liu
Xiaobo dies
7. US asks nations to provide more traveler data or
face sanctions
8. Dubai launches women-only ambulances
Four women in pink remain on standby 12
hours a day, seven days a week
9. Minister for Climate Change: Zahid Hamid
10. President of Iran: Hassan Rowhani
July 15, 2017
1. Governor refuses to sign Sindh`s anti-NAB bill
Current Sindh Governor: Mohammad Zubair
2. Bills suggesting curbs on US assistance to
Pakistan okayed
The US House of Representatives passed on
July 14, 2017 a sweeping $696 billion
defence policy
3. Pakistan quietly helped Iraq in its fight against
the militant Islamic State (IS) group
4. Australia set to join U.N. Human Rights Council
5. Pakistan government has formally contacted
Indian government in connection with recovery
of Col (Retd) Habib
Indian government has taken stance in
reply that no Indian national is behind
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kidnapping of Col (Retd) Habib. The phone
numbers given by government of Pakistan
are fake
6. The ground-breaking ceremony of 21st Air
Defence Battalion Unit was held at Ormara on
July 15, 2017
7. Turkey has refused German lawmakers
permission to visit soldiers serving at an air base
near the city of Konya
8. Ankara, Doha insist Turkish base will stay in
Qatar
9. Pakistan umpire Haider Rasool has become the
first Pakistani who was honoured by the
International Hockey Federation (FIH) with
Golden Whistle for supervising 100 senior
international hockey matches
10. Chief Justice Lahore High Court: Mansoor Ali
Shah
JULY 2017
6. Tony Blair says EU is 'willing to consider
changes' to avoid Brexit
7. Paris wants to assist Kuwait-led mediation on
the crisis between Qatar and four other Arab
states
8. Religious leaders from around the world came
together at the United nations on July 15, 2017
to launch a new action plan aimed at preventing
future genocide
9. The Official Logo of the 70 years of
independence celebrations was launched on
July 15, 2017
10. US House passes bill on $621.5bn defence
cooperation with India

July 16, 2017 July 17, 2017

1. Pakistan Army has been launched Operation
1. The Indian intelligence is operating from
Khyber-IV in Rajgal Valley to `forestall entry` of
Afghanistan to stoke unrest and instability in the
the militant Islamic State (IS) group from across
country and sabotage the multi billion dollars
the border
China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): CJCSC
2. The Punjab government may revise `teacher
General Zubair Hayat
vice chancellor` criteria for appointing VCs at the
2. Facebook rejects Pakistan's demand to link
public universities across the province
accounts with cell numbers
3. Mir Mohammad Usman Badani of the Jamiat
3. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan on July 15, 2017 in ICC
Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) has won the NA-260
Womens World Cup match piling on another
byelection by bagging 44,610 votes on July 16,
defeat in green shirts no-win tournament
2017
4. Punjab Provincial Minister for Human Rights and
4. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has
Minority Affairs: Khalil Tahir Sandhu
advised Pakistan to completely eliminate
5. International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that
inequitable subsidy on electricity tariff
the investments under China-Pakistan Economic
5. Iran`s judiciary on July 16, 2017 announced the
Corridor (CPEC) can help close Pakistans power
arrest of President Hassan Rouhani`s brother
deficit, significantly improve its fuel mix, and
Hossein Fereydoun on financial crime charges.
boost Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by adding
6. Roger Federer won a record eighth Wimbledon
$13 billion in 7 years
title and became the tournament's oldest
champion on July 16, 2017
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He is once again the champion of the grass- 10. Japan doctor who practiced until months before
court Grand Slam tournament, now more his death dies at 105
often than any other man in the history of
an event first held in 1877
7. UAE arranged for hacking of Qatar government
sites, sparking diplomatic row
8. Australia opens way for faster military response
July 19, 2017
to 'terrorist incidents'
9. Israel reopens sensitive holy site, but Muslims 1. LHC strikes down Pemra ban on airing of Indian
refuse to enter dramas
10. A Chinese American accused of "infiltration" in Lahore High Court Chief Justice Syed
Iran has been sentenced to 10 years in prison Mansoor Ali Shah
2. Qatar wins Pakistan`s mediation support to

July 18, 2017 resolve Gulf crisis

Qatar`s Foreign Minister: Sheikh
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
1. Pakistan Army issues stern warning to India over 3. Punjab Revenue Minister Mian Atta Muhammad
LoC attack Maneka has resigned from cabinet
DGMO: Director General of Military 4. The Lahore High Court on July 18, 2017
Operation dismissed disqualification petition against
Pakistani DGMO: Maj Gen Sahir Shamshad Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz
Mirza 5. The newly appointed Ombudsman of
Balochistan, Abdul Ghani Khilji, took the oath of
Indian DGMO: Lt Gen A.K. Bhatt
his office here on July 18, 2017
2. Punjab`s acting inspector-general of police
6. Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to make
retired Capt Usman Khattak made permanent IG
`unremitting` efforts towards promoting peace
3. Government approves 29 projects to promote
in the Middle East following a meeting with
higher education at a total cost of Rs22.272
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
billion
7. Russian-backed Ukraine rebels fighting against
4. South Korea proposed military talks with North
Kiev on July 18, 2017 announced a plan to
Korea, the first since 2015
create a new `state`
5. Qatar is 'undermining' GCC allies: UAE
8. US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran
UAE state minister for foreign affairs: Anwar
Move follows admission by Trump
Gargash
administration that Iran is complying with
6. India likely to elect BJP-backed candidate as
nuclear accord
president
9. The Bank of England on July 17, 2017 unveiled a
7. Muslims heed calls to avoid Al-Aqsa mosque
new banknote featuring Jane Austen to coincide
8. Philippines President: Rodrigo Duterte
with the author`s death 200 years ago after a
9. Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 17, 2017
campaign to include more women on Britain`s
imposed a ban on bringing cell phone with
currency
camera facility in the ministrys premises

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10. Indonesia's anti-corruption agency has named Tell Dar's counsel not to make new
the country's speaker of parliament as a suspect documents now'
in a major graft scandal Hussain submits papers to establish flats
ownership

July 20, 2017 July 21, 2017

1. The Foreign Office has again rejected US
1. Pakistan Army rejects Kabul`s criticism of anti-IS
allegations of selectively targeting terrorists and
action
said its counterterrorism operations have been
2. The Punjab government has authorised deputy
indiscriminate
commissioners (DCs) to enforce on behalf of the
2. The Pakistan Army on July 20, 2017 killed 13
province the Maintenance of Public Order
suspected militants during Operation Khyber IV
Ordinance
in Rajgal
3. President Mamnoon Hussain has appointed
3. US, European police shut down `dark web`
Establishment Secretary Syed Tahir Shahbaz
markets
Federal Ombudsman (FO) on July 19, 2017
4. Kuwait expels Iranian diplomats over `terror`
4. Trump had undisclosed meeting with Putin at
cell
G20 Summit
5. US Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of
5. The United States on July 19, 2017
war and the maverick 2008 Republican
acknowledged that terrorism has reduced in
presidential nominee, has been diagnosed with
Pakistan in 2016 for the second straight year
brain cancer
6. EU threatens Poland with sanctions over
6. Germany vows economic steps against Turkey
changes in judiciary
as row escalates
7. French military chief quits after row with
7. The Trump administration has decided to halt
president
the CIA's covert programme to equip and train
8. The Pakistan Army has received more than 50
certain rebel groups fighting the government of
new Fido X3 explosives detectors from the US
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Embassys Office of the Defense Representative
8. Israel faces mounting Palestinian anger over
Pakistan
holy site metal detectors
9. Sri Lanka`s sports minister gave his support for
9. India elected Ram Nath Kovind as new president
an investigation into the country`s controversial
from the bottom of the Hindu caste system
2011 World Cup loss against India, amid fresh
only the second time since independence a
allegations of match-fixing
head of state has been chosen from the
10. Panama Case updates:
marginalised group
JIT did not find any wrongdoing by PM,
10. The Punjab government has transferred the
defence claims
administrative control of the Punjab Emergency
Court demands money trail of London flats Service (Rescue 1122) from the Home
Asks defendants to reveal real ownership Department to the Services and General
Administration Department (S&GAD)
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1. US trims Pakistan military aid over `Haqqani
inaction`
Pentagon says decision doesn't reduce the
significance of sacrifices of Pakistan military
2. Germany cannot scare Turkey with threats:
Erdogan
3. The Balochistan government has imposed a ban
on doctors, stopping them from working at
private during duty hours
4. The European Union (EU) will provide 60 million
euro for improving nutrition in Sindh
EU Ambassador in Pakistan: Jean-Francois
Cautain
5. Benazir Income Support Programme
Chairperson Marvi Memon on July 21, 2017
received the French National Order of Merit
award conferred upon her by France
Ambassador of France to Pakistan: Martine
Dorance
6. Tahir Shahbaz takes oath as Wafaqi Mohtasib
7. White House press secretary Sean Spicer
resigned on July 21, 2017
8. Lebanon`s Hezbollah launches `operation`
against rival factions
9. Farooq Abdullah, the president of National
Conference (NC) party, said that India should
turn to third parties, such as the US and China,
to mediate in the Kashmir dispute
10. PANAMA Leaks Updates
Hudaibya case to be resurrected, NAB
assures apex court
Volume 10 of JIT report opened for perusal
of defendants' counsel
The court after hearing the arguments,
reserved its judgment
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July 23, 2017
1. Kuwait accuses Hezbollah of training Shias
accused of forming "terror cell"
2. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to
maintain the interest rate at 5.75 per cent
3. Pakistan Army has captured a critical high peak
Burkh Muhammad Kandao during Khyber IV
Operation along Pak-Afghan Border
4. Withheld money is a repayment, not an aid,
Pakistan tells US
Reacting to Pentagons decision to withhold
$50 million of the coalition support fund
(CSF), Pakistans ambassador to the United
States has said that Pakistan has paid a
staggering human and financial cost in the
fight against terrorism
5. Saudi lets Qataris go on hajj, despite diplomatic
row
6. 16 Afghan policemen killed in US strike
7. Putin says yet to decide whether to run for
president again
8. Philippines to extend martial law in south until
year end
9. Elections Bill 2017: Reforms envisage
autonomous ECP
10. Urdu poet Hasan Akbar Kamal passes away
July 24, 2017
1. Security forces take control of three strategically
located heights of Rajgal Valley
2. England beat India for fourth Women's World
Cup final at Lord's on July 23, 2017
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3. Turk President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began a
key trip to the Gulf aimed at defusing the
standoff over Turkey's ally Qatar
4. The federal government on July 23, 2017 kicked
off Green Pakistan Programme that envisages
planting more than 100 million saplings across
the country
Minister for Climate Change: Zahid Hamid
5. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh: Allah
Dino Khawaja
6. Syrian government forces and their allies have
recaptured territory from the militant Islamic
State group in countryside southeast of its
stronghold Raqa after air strikes in the area
7. Iran and Iraq on July 23, 2017 signed deals
aimed at boosting military cooperation
Iraqi Ministers of Defense Irfan al-Hayali
8. Pakistan`s wrestler Inayatullah has clinched
silver medal after losing the final in the 69kg
weight category at the Asian Cadet Wrestling
Championship
Asian Cadet Wrestling Championship 2017
held in: Bangkok, Thailand
Chairman Pakistan Wrestling Federation:
Syed Agil Shah
9. Pakistan, Senegal agree to boost economic ties
Federal Minister for Commerce: Khurram
Dastgir Khan
10. Indonesia's President: Joko Widodo
July 25, 2017
1. 26 people, 9 policemen among them, were
killed in a suicide bomb explosion on Ferozepur
Road, Lahore on July 24, 2017 afternoon
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed
responsibility for the attack
Current Lahore Capital City Police Officer
(CCPO): Amin Wains
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2. Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa, US commander
agree to work for regional stability
US Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale
3. Resolution seeking dismissal of State Bank
governor submitted to Senate
State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Tariq
Bajwa
The Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan:
Raza Rabbani (PPPP)
4. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on July 24, 2017
appointed Zafar Abdullah as acting chairman of
the SECP for a period of 3 month
SECP: Securities and Exchange Commission
of Pakistan
5. Trump envoy in Israel for crisis talks on
Jerusalem site
6. Poland`s president on July 24, 2017 vetoed
controversial judicial reforms
President Poland: Andrzej Duda
7. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will undertake a
three-day official visit to the Republic of
Maldives (July 25, 2017)
President of Maldives: Abdulla Yameen
Abdul Gayoom
8. Pakistan asked India to stop violations at the
Line of Control (LoC)
Director General, the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation
(Saarc): Dr Mohammad Faisal
9. Popes treasurer faces sex abuse charges in
Australia
10. Turkeys President Tayyip Erdogan ends Gulf
tour with no progress on Qatar crisis
July 26, 2017
1. Interior Ministery ordered the Securities and
Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to
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carry out an audit of all foreign companies
operating in Pakistan
Interior Minister Pakistan: Chaudhry Nisar
Ali Khan
2. Additional Inspector General (police operations)
retired Capt Arif Nawaz Khan has been
appointed as new inspector general of Punjab
police on July 25, 2017
3. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on July 25, 2017
accused India of harming the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc)
and undermining the spirit of the regional forum
4. Prime Minister appointed Mian Asad Hayauddin
as new secretary of the establishment division
on July 25, 2017
5. Pakistan expressed concern over continuing
wave of violence against Palestinians and
violation of Muslims right to perform their
religious obligation following the closure of Al-
Aqsa Mosque
6. Saudi Arabia and its allies unveiled a `terrorist`
blacklist of 18 organisations and individuals
suspected of links with Islamist extremism that
they said had ties with regional rival Qatar
7. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopeful
of acquiring Russian air defence system
8. Nepra approves Rs2.23 per unit cut in tariff
NEPRA: National Electric Power Regulatory
Authority
9. Ram Nath Kovind was sworn in on July 25, 2017
as India`s 14th president
10. Sri Lanka`s cabinet approves revised deal on
Chinese-built port
July 27, 2017
1. Maulana Haq Nawaz Haqqani, a religious scholar
and leader of the JUI-F was shot dead in
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Shabgadar tehsil of Charsadda district on July
26, 2017
2. The European Union`s top court kept Palestinian
movement Hamas on the EU terrorism blacklist
and removed Sri Lankan separatist rebels, the
Tamil Tigers
3. Israeli-Palestinian conflict could become a
`religious conflict`, warns UN envoy
4. US President Donald Trump announced that
transgender people may not serve `in any
capacity` in the US military
5. The National Junior Age Group Squash
Championship began at the PAF Hashim Khan
Squash Complex on July 26, 2017
6. Washington has assured Islamabad that the
United States does not consider Pakistan a
backstabbing nation
7. The Sindh Assembly on July 26, 2017 passed the
Sindh Accountability Bill with a majority vote
Deputy Speaker Sindh Assembly: Shehla
Raza
8. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on July 26, 2017
evening attended the 52nd Independence Day
celebrations of the Republic of Maldives
President of the Maldives: Abdulla Yameen
Abdul Gayoom
9. IMF to launch new form of aid - with no money
10. The leader of Indias eastern Bihar state
resigned from his post in a surprise move widely
expected to strengthen Prime Minister
Narendra Modis grip on power
July 28, 2017
1. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
(PTA) said that it is unable to control social
media, calling it a matter of social responsibility
Chairman PTA: Syed Ismail Shah
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2. UN panel recommends `drastic steps` to
improve Pakistan`s HR record
3. Pakistan and the Maldives have agreed to
reconvene a meeting of the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in
Islamabad
4. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political
Affairs Dr Asif Kirmani has been elected
unopposed to the Senate seat vacated by PPP`s
Babar Awan
5. For the first time in the United States, scientists
have edited the genes of human embryos
6. Qatar hires firm founded by Trump aides to
counter Saudi initiative
7. The owner of Amazon.com and the Washington
Post publications Jeff Bezos has been named the
richest man in the world
8. Iran has successfully tested a rocket that can
send satellites into orbit
9. Three Commodores of Pakistan Navy, namely
Imran Ahmad, Muhammad Shuaib and Zaka Ur
Rehman, have been promoted to the rank of
Rear Admiral
10. China and India locked in high-stakes, high-
altitude border row
July 29, 2017
1. Supreme Court disqualifies Nawaz, making him
lose premiership
In a stunning verdict, SC disqualifies PM for
not declaring income from UAE-based
Capital FZE to ECP
In unanimous decision apex court also order
NAB to file reference against ex-PM, his
children, son-i-law, Ishaq Dar
Prob ordered into 16 Sharif family
companies
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2. China expressed the hope on July 28, 2017 that
its bilateral relations would remain unaffected
by political developments in Pakistan
3. The United States says it hopes for a smooth
transfer of power in Pakistan after the SC verdict
4. British-American mountaineer Vanessa O`Brien
have climbed to the top of K2 for the first time
since 2014 on July 28, 2017
5. Sri Lanka will proceed with the billion-dollar sale
of a deep sea port to China
Sri Lanka Prime Minister: Ranil
Wickremesinghe
6. A ballistic missile fired by Yemen`s Houthi rebels
towards Makkah in Saudi Arabia was shot down
7. Japan defence minister quits amid plunging
support for PM
8. North Korea launched a ballistic missile on July
28, 2017, just hours after the US and Japan
moved to step up sanctions against Pyongyang
following its recent test of an ICBM capable of
reaching parts of the United States
9. Russia ordered the United States to cut
hundreds of diplomatic staff in retaliation for a
new round of US sanctions
10. Asad Ullah Khan of Pakistan Air Force, the
youngster won the Japan Junior Squash
Championship 2017 U-15 singles title held in
Yokohama on July 28, 2017
July 30, 2017
1. President calls NA session for election of interim
Prime Minister on Aug 1, 2017
PML-N to appoint Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as
interim PM
PML-N chooses Shahbaz as successor to
Nawaz
2. China said that the change in Pakistan wont
affect the CPEC progress
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Experts express concerns, fear about CPEC
after PMs removal
Officials say ex-PM developed foolproof
mechanisms for project
3. Madar-e-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnahs
124th birth anniversary will be observed today
(July 30, 2017) across the country
She was born in Karachi on July 30, 1893
4. Russia is ready to normalize relations with the
United States and to cooperate on major global
Russia Foreign Minister: Sergei Lavrov
5. After France and Portugal, Spain battles forest
fire
6. Blast in Balochistans Panjgur leaves four dead
7. Sri Lanka on July 29, 2017 sealed a billion-dollar
deal to let a Chinese state firm take over a loss-
making port in a move that worries many,
including its giant neighbour India
8. Muslim Australian MP denied entry into US
Lebanon-born Khalil Eideh, a Labour MP in
the state of Victoria in Australia, was
stopped from boarding a flight to Denver
from the Vancouver International Airport
9. Scientists plan to trick Zika-carrying mosquitoes
into breeding themselves out of existence
10. Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq went live
on Twitter and Facebook after police prevented
him from holding a press conference
July 31, 2017
1. Azerbaijan to buy 10 Super Mushshak planes
from Pakistan
Pakistan recently signed agreements to sell
Super Mushshak aircraft to Turkey, Nigeria
and Qatar
2. Kashmiris to only opt for accession with
Pakistan: AJK PM
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AJK Prime Minister: Raja Farooq Haider
3. Pakistani boxer M Waseem knocked down
Panamas Ivan Trejos in Panama City in a bout
held on July 30, 2017
4. The US Senate is urging the Trump
administration to use a combination of sanction
threats and offers of a long term partnership to
persuade Pakistan to stop `supporting Afghan
insurgents`
5. India's coast guard had seized 1.5 tonnes of
heroin on July 30, 2017 worth almost $550
million, maritime authorities are calling their
largest-ever drug bust
6. US President Donald Trump warned that he
would not allow China to do nothing on North
Korea, after the hermit state launched an
intercontinental ballistic missile it boasted could
reach the United States
7. Iran rules out halt to missile tests as tension
with US rises
8. Russian President Vladimir Putin said 755 US
diplomats must leave Russia and warned ties
with Washington could be gridlocked for a long
time
9. Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) ministers and
advisors announced resignation from the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa government
10. 4 Arab countries which have cut ties with Qatar
are ready for talks to tackle the dispute