Explanation

Pakistan was scheduled to host the 19th summit of the  (SAARC) in Islamabad on 15 to 16 November 2016.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his address to the 19th SAARC summit being held in Islamabad

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First SAARC Summit, Dhaka, 1985

Second SAARC Summit, Bangalore, 1986

Third SAARC Summit, Kathmandu, 1987

Fourth Summit, Islamabad, 1988

Fifth SAARC Summit, Male', 1990

Sixth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 1991

Seventh SAARC Summit. Dhaka, 1993

Eighth SAARC Summit, New Delhi 1995

Ninth SAARC Summit, Male, 1997

Tenth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 1998

Eleventh SAARC Summit, Kathmandu, 2002

Twelfth SAARC Summit, Islamabad, 2004

Thirteenth SAARC Summit, Dhaka, 2005

Fourteenth SAARC Summit, New Delhi, 2007

Fifteenth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 2008

Sixteenth SAARC Summit, Thimphu, 2010

Seventeenth SAARC Summit, Addu City, 2011

Eighteenth SAARC Summit, Kathmandu, 2014

Nineteenth SAARC Summit, Islamabad, 2016 (Postponed)

Twentieth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 2020

Explanation

Rank of Pakistan in Corruption Perception Index:

2018: 117 out of 180

2019: 120 out of 180

2020: 124 out of 180

2021: 140 out of 180

2022: 140 out of 180 

Explanation

Waseem Mukhtar has been the Chairman of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) since August 10, 2023.

Mukhtar has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Engineering & Technology in Lahore.

NEPRA is responsible for regulating the provision of electric power services in Pakistan.

The chairman is appointed by the Federal Government and there are four members from each of the four provinces of Pakistan.

Explanation

Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2019

Edition: Fourth

Dates: 14 Feb – 17 Mar 2019

Administrator: PCB

Format: Twenty20

Venue: UAE & Pakistan

Final venue: Karachi

Winner: Quetta Gladiators (1st title)

Quetta Gladiators won by: 8 wickets

Runner-up: Peshawar Zalmi

Participants: 6

Matches: 34

Player of the series: Shane Watson (Quetta Gladiators)

Shane Watson made: 430 runs

Most runs: Shane Watson

Most wickets: Hasan Ali (Peshawar Zalmi)

Hasan Ali took: 25 wickets

Explanation

Ambassador Riffat Masood became Pakistan’s first woman envoy to the Islamic Republic of Iran, after handing over a copy of her credentials to Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in 2018.

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Iran was the first to open its embassy in Pakistan.

Pakistan opened its first embassy in Iran  on 14 August 1947

Iran and Pakistan established relations on 14 August 1947, the day of the independence of Pakistan

Iran became the first country to recognize Pakistan.

Explanation

Pakistan and Bosnia and Herzegovina on November 4, 2020 signed a bilateral readmission agreement paving the way for repatriation of nearly 3,000 illegal Pakistani migrants.

The agreement was signed during a two-day visit of the Chairman of the Tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sefik Dzaferovic.

Explanation

The Gwadar GasPort Limited (GGPL) plans to invest $94.04 million in a ‘virtual pipeline’ to deliver imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the doorsteps of the industrial and other private sector consumers at competitive prices via cryogenic bowsers.

Explanation

The results given by USDA Pakistan Annual Sugar Report showed clearly that the total per capita consumption of refined sugar in Pakistan is approx 25 kg per individual.

Which is very high compared to other Asian countries like:

1. India where per capita consumption of sugar is 14 kg per individual per year,
2. China with 11 kg per individual
3. Bangladesh with only just 10 kg per individual.

Explanation

Karachi has seen a considerable decrease in its crime rate over the years as the city fell to the 115th spot in the latest World Crime Index rankings.

Explanation

Mohammad Ali Sadpara is the only Pakistani to have climbed eight of the world's 14 highest mountains, and he made the first ever winter ascent of the world's ninth highest peak, Nanga Parbat.

On 5 February 2021, he went missing along with two others - Iceland's John Snorri and Chile's Juan Pablo Mohr - while trying to climb K2, the world's second highest peak at 8,611m (28,251 ft) and also reputedly the deadliest.