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PeerZada Waqar Alam,).Current affairs:Dec 4:
Two Pakistani authors were among the 15 writers longlisted for Asias most prestigious literary prize on
Tuesday, with entries spread across the region from Turkey to
Japan.
Musharraf Ali Farooqis
Between Clay and Dust
and Uzma Aslam Khans
Thinner Than Skin
were among seven South Asian nominees, also including threefrom
India and two from Sri Lanka.
Silent House
, an early work from Turkish writer and 2006 Nobel Prize in
Literature winner Orhan Pamuk, made the list after appearing in
English for the first time. The Man Asian LiteraryPrize began in 2007
and is given to the best novel by an Asian writer, either written in
English or translated intoEnglish. The 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize
was awarded to South Korean author Kyung-sook Shin for her novel
over as chairman of the CDU in 2000 and comes as she gears up for
fighting for a third term at the helm of Europ
es top economy in elections expected in Sept.
Dec 4:
Pakistan and Korea inked six agreements dealing with modernization
of Pakistan Railway, construction of LNG terminal and cooperation
in banking sector, signing came during President A.A. Zardaris
state visit to the
Republic of Korea. He also held talks with his S. Korean
counterpart Lee Myung-Bank after his arrive in S. Korea.
Dec 4: BISHKEK, Kyrgystan: Qamar Zaman Kaira arrived in Bishkek to
represent Pakistan in the 11
th
SCO Heads of Govt. Council meeting, press release fro Kyrgstan.
Dec 3: Pakistans consumer price index (CPI) rose 6.93% in November
from a year earlier, the PBS said. The year to
year rate in Oct was 7.66%. On a month on month basis, the CPI
declined by 0.39% from Oct.Dec 3: FM Hina Rabbain Khar and US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met in Brussels.Dec 3: KIEV:
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovyoh accepted the resignation of his
close ally PM Mykola Azarovand the entire govt.Dec 3: President A.A.
Zardari approved extension of the KP Local Govt. Act 2012 to the
Provincially AdministeredTribal Area (PATA) under Article 247(3) of
the constitution, enabling the establishment of local govt. institutions
inPATA.Dec 3: The coauthor of Three Cups of Tea, the best selling but disputed tale of an
American mountaineer, David
Oliver Relin, 49, who built schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan,
committed suicide, died Nov 15. Co-author is GregMortenson.Dec 3: the
US fined a Chinese state-owned company
Huaxing Construction Co.
Dec 2: UAE
celebrating its 41
st
National Day
. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is situated on the Persian
Gulf,bordering Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iran. Dubai has the
largest population in the UAE followed by Abu Dhabiand has the second
largest land territory by area of all the emirates after Abu Dhabi.
Today, Dubai has becomesymbolic for its skyscrapers and highrise buildings and Abu Dhabis major attractions are the Sheikh Zayed
Mosque
nd
in 10 month and thefifth since mid-2006, came nearly two month after
the emir dissolved a pro-govt. parliament following itsreinstatement in
June by a court ruling. As per Kuwaiti law, the cabinet must resign and
a new govt. be formedbefore the new assembly holds its inaugural
session with two weeks. The OPEC member has been rocked by aseries
of political crises which stalled development despite a huge wealth
form oil.Dec 1: Premier cueist Mohammad Asif reached the final of
IBSF World Snooker Championship being held in Sofia,Bulgaria, on
Saturday after beating Alex Borg of Malta in the semi-final, according
to a private television channel.He won the semi-final by seven frames
to oneDec 1:
The country is the worlds fourth
-largest producer of cloth and the industry accounts for 60 per cent
of
export revenue according to official data. But shortages are heaping
pressure on Pakistans crippled and debt
-ridden economyDec 1:
People around the world observe World AIDS Day on December 1.
World AIDS Day is commemorated toraise awareness of the
pandemic.
The number of people living with HIV rose slightly last year to 34
million, upfrom 33.5 million in 2010, according to UNAIDS. Since the
first case of HIV, AIDS has taken the lives of 30 millionpeople world
wide.
Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections. Zero deaths from
AIDS-related illness. Zerodiscrimination
is the theme of World AIDS Day 2012
Dec 1:
Pakistans dream start turned into a nightmare as they fell 3
-1 to the Netherlands on the opening day of
the mens Champions Trophy,
The new law,the first of its kind anywhere the world, came into force
despite a vigorous legal challenge by big tobacco, whichargued that the
legislation infringed its intellectual property rights by banning
trademarks. All cigarettes will nowhave to be sold in identical, olivebrown packets bearing the same typeface and largely covered with
graphichealth warningsDec 1: At least 15 people dead bodies recovered,
including eight Pakistani soldiers, and three people are stillmissing
after being hit by landslides in the Kel are of mountains Kashmir
region. In April, 140 Pakistani soldierswere buried when a huge wall of
snow crashed into the remote Siachen Glacier base high in the
mountains inKashmir.Nov 30: Pakistan stocks hit record high for the
fourth day. KSE 100-share index surged as high as 16,651.10 inintraday
trading and closed at 16,573.86.Nov 30:
Former England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff came off the
canvas to mark his professional boxingdebut with a points win over
American heavyweight Richard Dawson on Friday.
The 34-year-old was floored inthe second round of a lively affair but
after dominating the other three rounds had his hand rightly raised in
victoryon a score of 3938 on the referees scorecard.
Nov 30: Former paceman Munir Malik who played three Test matches
for Pakistan died. He was 78, made hisdebut in the famous first Test
against Australia in 1959-60 in Karachi in which Intikhab Alam took a
wicket with hisfirst ball in Test Cricket, that of opener Colin Mcdonald.
Little Master Hanif Mohammad also scored an unbeaten104 to save the
match. He also toured England under Javed Burki in 1962 and ended his
career with seven wickets.
Nov 30: The mysterious wreckage that fell on some villages in Dadu
district of Sindh on Wednesday nightbelonged to HatfV (Ghauri) missile, tested by the Armys Strategic Force Command
at the conclusion o
f its fieldexercises
.Nov 30:
th
fifty and Maxwellhit a 38-ball 56 not out to round off a challenging
chase of a target of 245 in 47 over spoili
ng Pakistans chances of
beating Australia for the first time since 2002. (Other two matches
info given under, dated 28 and 31)1 September 2012: Federal Cabinet
unanimously passes bill to increase minority representation and is
accepted tobe tabled in the next National Assembly session on
September 3. If Govt. succeeds in getting to passed in theshape of 23
rd
Constitution Amendments with a two
third majority, minorities seats would be increase from 33 to
53 in the National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies. Non-Muslims
represent
swimming. A record 2.7 million tickets have been sold for the 2012
Paralympics. The first large-scale games fordisabled athletes were
held in 1948 in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, and the Paralympics
spiritual home.
29 August 2012: A resolution moved by Law Minister Punjab Rana
Sanaullah against the formation of the newprov
inces commission
was passed in the Punjab Assembly.28 August: NASA transmitted the
first song to be broadcast from Mars on Tuesday, by Grammy-winning
USmusician will.i.am, as part of efforts to inspire young people to get
interested in science.28 August 2012: SHARJAH, Australia beats
Pakistan (198 at 45.1) by 4 wickets in first ODI in UAE with ten balls
tospare. Starc (5-42) and James Pattinson (3-19) were the chief
wreckers as Pakistan were bowled out for 198 in the46
th
over.28 August 2012:
NSASs
Curiosity rover transmits first ever voice message from another
planet.
The Mars Rover Curiosity has made history by beaming back to Earth
the first audio recording of human voice sent from the
surface of another planet. The recording was made by NASA
administrator Charlie Bolden, congratulating NASA staff on their
achievements.28 August 2012: MOSCOW, the Mil Mi-38 has set a new
world altitude record for helicopters in its class at the 14
th
Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) helicopter
championships. The Mi-38 reached an altitude of 28,200ft(8,600m)
which is a new world record for helicopter in the 10,000kg (22,046lbs)
to 20,000kg (44,092lbs) weighclass. The previous record was 27,887ft
(8,500m). The Mi-38 was flown by test pilot from the Mil
MoscowHelicopter Plant at Drakino airbase near Moscow.27 August
2012: Pakistan all rounder Muhammad Hafeez has made it to the top of
the ICC ODI bowlers list.Pakistan off spinner Saeed Ajmal has been
ranked number 3 on the list. Meanwhile Umer Akmal has been ranked12
on the ODI batsmen list while Misbau-ul-Haq was ranked 27.
The United Nations (UN) established in 24 October, 1945
, The Chilean delegation signed its charted in SanFrancisco. There are
193 member states, including every internationally recognized
sovereign state in the worldbut Vatican City. The UN most prominent
position is
Secretary-General which has been held by Ban Ki-moon of South
Korea since 2007.
The UN headquarters resides in international territory in New York,
with further mainoffices at Geneva, Nairobi, and Vienna and has six
official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian,
andSpanish. There are six main principal organs of UN and other
bodies, which are as follows:
General Assembly (UNGA):
is one of the six principal organs of the UN and the only one in which
all membernations have equal representation and meets under its
president or Secretary General in regular yearly sessionsthe main part
of which lasts from September to December. The first session was
convened at 10 January 1946 inthe Westminster Center Hall in London
and included representatives of 51 nations.
Security Council (UNSC):
is charged with the maintained of international peace and security and
had its firstsession on 17 January 1946 at Church House, Westminster.
Current permanent home of UNSC is at UNheadquarters in New York
City. There are 15 members of the SC, consisting of five veto-wielding
permanentmembers and 10 elected non-permanent members for the
term of two years. Its basics structure is set out inChapter V of the
UN charter.
Economic and Social Council:
have 54 member states, which are elected by the UNGA for
overlapping three-yearterms. Seats on the Council are based on