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AUGUST 2020

 Government announces to observe Youm e

Istehsal e Kashmir on  
 5 August
 Pakistan post issues special postage stamp Rs
– to mark Youm e Istehsal
 Rs.58
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 Postage stamp on the birthday of Arfa

Karim
 Rs 8
 
 Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated
Peshawar bus rapid transit (BRT) on 13
August 2020
 It started in Oct 2017
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 On which date the United Nations security
council amendment Bill 2020 was passed by the
National Assembly?
 July 29, 2020
 Pakistan senate unanimously approved two bills
related to the tough conditions set by the global
money laundering and terrorist financing
watchdog FATF, a day  after they were passed in
the national assembly
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 Wednesday 29 July 2020
 The anti terrorism amendment Bill 2020

 Wednesday 29th July 2020

 The United Nations security council
amendment Bill 2020
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FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE

 FATF
 Formation:- 1989; 33 years
 Purpose:- Combat money
laundering and terrorism financing
 Headquarters:- Paris, France
 Membership:- 38
 Official languages:- English, French
 President:- Marcus Pleyer
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 A total of 23 countries are Grey Listed.

 Only two countries have been listed under

the 'Black List': Iran and North Korea.

 Pakistan was put in FATF grey list in June

2018.
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 Pakistan's deforestation rate is...... highest in

Asia
 Second

 The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is

an international non-governmental organization
  Founded in 1961
  It was formerly named the World Wildlife
Fund, which remains its official name
in Canada and the United States.
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LOGO OF WWF

Headquarters Rue Mauverney 28

Gland, Vaud, Switzerland
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 President Arif Alvi conferred Nishan e

Pakistan to Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah
Geelani on 14th August 2020

 Syed Ali is the 27th foreign recipients of

Nishan e Pakistan.

 How many foreign personalities got nishan-e-

Pakistan?'
 33
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 The Nishan e Pakistan is a highest award and
decoration of Pakistan

 Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi- the Shah of Iran got

Nishan-e-Pakistan as a first foreigner on 9
November 1959

 Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai was awarded

Nishan e Pakistan on 19th May in 1990.

 The award was established on 19th March 1957.

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PAKISTAN CIVIL AWARDS

 The Pakistan Civil Awards were established on

March 19, 1957, following the proclamation
of Pakistan as an independent republic on March
23, 1956.
 The announcement of civil awards is generally
made once a year on Independence Day, August
14, and their investiture takes place on the
following Pakistan Day, March 23.
 The Civil Awards comprise five orders, each with
four descending classes:
  Nishan , Hilal , Sitara and Tamgha 
 Quaid-i-
Order  Shujaat (brave Imtiaz (excelle Khidmat* (serv
Pakistan Azam* (leaders
Class ry) nce) ice)
hip)

Acts of heroism, Distinction in the For long and

For special merit
Services in courage in the face fields of arts, meritorious
or eminent
Citation: distinction of the of danger and literature, services to nation-
services freely
state gallantry in saving academia and building, especially
given
life business amongst the poor

1.
Nishaan (Order
Nishan-e- Nishan-e- Nishan-e- Nishan-e- Nishan-e-
Pakistan Shujaat Imtiaz Quaid-i-Azam  Khidmat (5)

2.
Hilal-e- Hilal-e- Hilal-e-Quaid-i- Hilal-e-
Hilal Crescent) Hilal-e-Imtiaz
Pakistan Shujaat  Azam  Khidmat (10)

Sitara-e-Imtiaz
3. Sitara (Star) Sitara-e- Sitara-e- Sitara-e-Quaid- Sitara-e-
Pride of
Pakistan Shujaat i-Azam  Khidmat (16)
Performance

4.
Tamgha (Medal Tamgha-e- Tamgha-e- Tamgha-e- Tamgha-e- Tamgha-e-
) Pakistan Shujaat Imtiaz Quaid-i-Azam Khidmat
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 Prime Minister Imran Khan unveiled a new

political map of Pakistan which also
includes occupied Kashmir on
 4th August 2020
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POLITICAL MAP OF PAKISTAN

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 Pakistan  largest tree plantation drive was

launched on
 August 9 2020

 Pakistan acquired and advanced war ship

named 05 A/P from
 China in August 2020
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 Police martyrs Day is observed on

 4th August

 The martyrs Day was observed for the fourth

consecutive year on the death anniversary of
Shahid Safwat Ghayur the commandment of
frontier constabulary KP police who was
martyred in a suicide attack on his vehicle
on 4th August 2010.
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 Hasil Bazenjo (was a Pakistani politician who

served as Minister for Maritime Affairs)
passed away on 20 August 2020 belonged to
Balochistan
 
 Jordan based publication has declared Prime
Minister Imran Khan “Man of the year” in
Muslim world .
 US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has been
declared “woman of the year”
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 Prime Minister Imran Khan on August 26

2020 constituted the national coordination
committee on tourism to implement the
national tourism strategy for boosting
tourism and creating employment.
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 The foreign office on August 5 2020 notified

Zahid Hafeez Chaudhari as its news
spokesman.
 Zahid Hafeez replaced Ayesha Farouqi as
FO spokesperson
 CPEC internship program was recently
launched on 15th August 2020
 Chairman CPEC Authority General Retired
Asim Saleem Bajwa announced it on August
15 2020
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 Dr Faisal Sultan, on August 3 2020 has been
appointed as special assistant to Prime
Minister on health after resignation of Dr
Zafar Mirza.
 Ambassador Abdul Salik Khan is the present
chairman of Balochistan Public Service
Commission
 Battle Tank Al Khalid 1 has developed in
collaboration with China and Ukraine
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 Recently Munir Akram- Pakistani ambassador

has been elected as the President of UN
economic and social council.
 Munir Akram is Pakistan's envoy to UN.
 Pakistan has been elected as a president of
UN economic and social council for 2020-
2021 session.
 UAE has become the first Arab nation to open
a nuclear power plant
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 Malaysia is going to host 2020 women's

world team Squash championship.
 Google company launched a new file sharing
feature nearby share.
 Google was founded in October 2005
 Parent company of Google is Alphabet Inc.
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 Founded :September 4, 1998

 Founders: Larry Page, Sergey Brin
 Headquarters :California, U.S.
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 Apple has become the world's most valuable

publicly listed company.

 Apple has surpassed oil giant Saudi Aramco to

become the world's most valuable publicly traded
company with the market valuation of 1.84
trillion dollars
 
 Muhammad Irfan Ali has been appointed as a
president of Guyana- a country of South America.
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 Pakistan has renamed its Srinagar highway

into new name Kashmir highway.
 Its length is 25 km.

 Mr. Sarfaraz - British Pakistani businessman

has been appointed as lifetime House Of
Lords member
 Recently UAE has recognized Israel.
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 The Federal Government has launched Ahsas

Nashonuma Program on 12th August 2020.
 Bahrain has recognized Israel on 11
September 2020 after UAE
 US President Donald Trump announced on
September 11 2020 a peace deal between
Israel and Bahrain  
 Bahrain capital: Manama 
 Bahrain King: Hamad bin isa Al khalifa
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 Israel capital: Jerusalem

 Israel currency: Israeli Shekel
 Israel prime minister: Naftali Bennett
 Isaac Herzog is Israeli President since 7 July
2021.
 Recently Sindh cabinet approved on 20
August 2020 Kemari town as 7th district of
Karachi.
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 In the past Karachi division comprised of six

districts.
 On 10 July 2020, Turkey re converted Hagia
Sophia museum in to a mosque.
 China has provided 12T16 high-tech drones
to help Pakistan combating locusts.
 Russia has chaired the fourth meeting of
BRICS anti-drug working group
 BRICS: Brazil Russia India China and South
Africa.
 Formation June 2006
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 Kevin Mayer the CEO of tiktok has recently

resigned from his position.
 The founder of Likee is Jason Hu.
 Zhang Yiming founder of Tiktok

 Marieke Lucas become the youngest author

to win the international booker prize
 She is Dutch and 29 years old
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 World Humanitarian Day is observed on 19th

August
 Mr. Inam Ghani is new IG of Punjab Police.

 Punjab Chief Minister lanched Nai Zindagi

and Punjab human capital investment
project on September 12 2020
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 PM IK allocated 1100 Billion funds for Karachi

Transformation plan.

 Pakistan's rank in economic freedom index 2020 is

135th
 North Korea is last on 180th Place

 UAE is going to host the 13th edition of Indian premier

League 2020.

 Rizwana Yasmeen is current captain of Pakistan

women's hockey team.
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 Pakistan is the most successful team having

won the tournament 4 times.

 Defense Day of Pakistan is celebrated on 6

September.
  
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 Turkish diplomat Volkan Bozkir is the incumbent

president of 75th session of UNGA.
 International Charity Day is observed on
September 5th.
 Pakistan air force Day is observed on 7
September
 Pranab Kumar Mukherjee was an Indian
politician who served as the 13th president of
India from 2012 until 2017. Died on 31 August
2020.
  
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 Ram Nath Kovind is an Indian politician

serving as the 14th and current president of
India since his inauguration in 2017.
 He is also the first person from Uttar
Pradesh to serve as President of India.
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 Food and agriculture organisation announced

that the first international day of awareness
of food loss and waste will be observed on
29th September 2020.  
 It was formed on 16th October 1945
 It has headquarters in Rome, Italy.
 It has 194 member countries.
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 Director-General: China Qu Dongyu

 International literacy Day is observed on 8

September.
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 Dwayne Bravo is a former captain of West

Indies cricket team. He has become the first
bowler to take 500 wickets in T20.
 Recently first floating Apple store opened in
Singapore.
 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided
to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 to
Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their
efforts to safeguard freedom of expression,
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