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Sep 16: Angry passengers of a PIA aircraft forced two late-arriving politicians Senator Rehman Malik and MNA Dr Ramesh ankwani to get off the

plane !eca"se they had ca"sed a flight delay of an ho"r and #$ min"tes%Sep 16:&he Islama!ad police registered a criminal case against Prime Minister

Nawa' Sharif( some federal ministers and police officials "nder an order iss"ed!y a district and sessions co"rt%Sep 16:)a"nching the first heritage preservation pro*ect in Sindh( +SAm!assador Richard ,% lson anno"nced that more than ./01(111 wo"ld !espent on the restoration of #11-year-old tom!s of Mir S"ltan I!rahim 23$$0-3$4/ AD5( the r"ler of the &"rkhan dynasty( and Amir S"ltan M"hammad at theMakli necropolis( one of the largest cemeteries in the world%

&he +S envoy also anno"nced the la"nch of +S 6Am!assador6s 7"nd for 8"lt"rePreservation 2A78P56%Sep 17: &he 98P granted P&I chief Imran :han6s re;"est to inspect theelectoral record of NA-3// )ahore< the constit"ency where he lost to NationalAssem!ly Speaker Sardar Aya' Sadi;%Sep 18:+nidentified g"nmen shot dead Dr M"hammad Shakeel A"*( the deanof :arachi +niversity6s fac"lty of Islamic St"dies%Sep 19:&he +NDP released its /13# ="man Development Inde> 2=DI5 thatval"es for 3?@ co"ntries and +N-recognised territories( ranking the co"ntries interms of economic and h"man development indicators% &he report said thatgrowth in val"e of the ="man Development Inde> 2=DI5 for Pakistan hasalmost stagnated over the last five years as it stood at 3#0th position among 3?@co"ntries%Andre 7ranche( the co"ntry director of the +NDP( said the rising or stagnatingincome and ed"cational ine;"ality at the glo!al level had contri!"ted to theslow growth in h"man development%Sep 19:Anwar Ahmed( *"dge of an acco"nta!ility co"rt in Rawalpindi( clearedMian Nawa' Sharif in two corr"ption references !y re*ecting a NA applicationfor reopening of ="dai!iya Paper Mills and Raiwind Assets references%

Sep 19:An ordinance prom"lgated !y Acting ,overnor Rana I;!al a!olishedthe warring P"n*a! &e>t!ook oard and the P"n*a! 8"rric"l"m A"thority(merging their f"nctions into a new P"n*a! 8"rric"l"m and &e>t!ook oard%Sep 19:BAPDA signed a *oint vent"re pro*ect contract with Sinohydro and=a*vairy ,ro"p worth Rs%3#%$## !illion for the constr"ction of civil works for:eyal :hwar =ydropower Pro*ect%Sep 22:&he federal ca!inet decided to lift a !an on government *o!s( todis!"rse Rs% /$(111 to each family affected !y floods !efore 9id"l A'ha( and

provide temporary relief to power cons"mers who over-!illed recently%

Sep 22:&he 9lection 8ommission of Pakistan 298P5 tacitly held ret"rning


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officers 2Rs5 responsi!le for the mess created in vario"s constit"encies in the,eneral 9lections /13C%Sep 2:A m"lti-party conference titled 6Administrative provinces and demandfor dividing Sindh is a conspiracy against Sindh( co"ntry and peace( re*ected a

call of the MM to create more administrative "nits in Sindh%&he conference was *ointly organised !y the Eamiat +lema-i-Pakistan and thea"mi Awami &ehreek%Sep 24:President Mamnoon ="ssain signed ,as Infrastr"ct"re Development8ess 2,ID85 rdinance /13# to provide a legal cover to gas cess collection forinfrastr"ct"ral development%&he ordinance will ena!le the government to contin"e collecting the gasinfrastr"ct"re development cess 2,ID85 from the cons"mers after the S"preme8o"rt had ref"sed to give a legal cover to the cess collection%

Sep 2!:&he S"preme 8o"rt of Pakistan restored the National Assem!ly 2NA5mem!ership of :halid ="ssain Magsi of the PM)-N on an interim !asis%Sep 26:Prime Minister Nawa' Sharif told the 04th session of the +N ,eneralAssem!ly that he had !een disappointed !y India6s decision to cancel foreignsecretary-level talks with Pakistan%In a speech that showed greater emphasis on the :ashmir disp"te than seend"ring the last si> years% =e also reminded the world !ody that it had left the:ashmir iss"e "nresolved for decades%Sep 26:&he Sindh government reg"larised the services of over /#(111 lady

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Sep 26: Pakistans"ccessf"lly test-fired the shortrange( s"rface-to-

s"rface =atf IF2Nasr5 missile% &hetest was cond"ctedwith s"ccessivela"nch of fo"r missiles fromm"lti-t"!e la"ncherwith salvo mode%Bith a range of

01km and in-flightmanoe"vringcapa!ility( Nasr isa ;"ick-responsesystem with shootand scootattri!"tes% Itcontri!"tes to thef"ll spectr"mdeterrence against

the prevailingthreat spectr"m%Sep 26:&he +Sgovernment will

provide .#3%?million to improvePakistan6s law-enforcementcapa!ility( fight

narcoticstrafficking andreform its criminal

*"stice system%A !ilateral assistance agreement to this effect was signed !y +S Am!assadorRichard lson and 9conomic Affairs Division Secretary Mohammad SaleemSethi%Sep 26: An investigative reporter +mar 8heema won 8oalition on Right toInformation6s R&I Ann"al 8hampion Award for his efforts to promote right to

information thro"gh investigative reporting% In citi'en6s category( Sa!ahat


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,ha'navi won the 3st Ann"al 8hampion Award% =e was given award on firstknown case of citi'en "sing :P R&I law for getting *o!%In organi'ations category( 8entre for ,overnance and P"!lic Acco"nta!ilitywon the 8R&I-R&I Ann"al 8hampion Award% 8,PA has not only !een

advocating for R&I law for :hy!er Pakht"nkhwa( !"t it has also s"!mitted 3#Cinformation re;"ests to contri!"te to the implementation of this law%Sep 26: Irfan aisar Sheikh was posted as 8hairperson P"n*a! &echnical9d"cation and ocational &raining A"thority 2&9&A5%Sep 27:&he Pakistan Navy s"ccessf"lly performed a live-fire demonstration oftorpedo and anti-ship g"ided missiles d"ring testing operations in the northernAra!ian Sea% &he demonstration coincided with the start of *oint e>ercises withthe 8hinese Navy near :arachi%Sep 28:"tgoing Afghan President =amid :ar'ai ordered the release of

Pakistani reporter 7ai'"llah :han who was arrested in eastern Nangarharprovince a few months !ack%Sep 29:&he P"n*a! +niversity and the Pakistan Red 8rescent Society signed amemorand"m of "nderstanding to develop a vol"nteer force from "niversityst"dents%Sep 29:An 9lection &ri!"nal de-notified an MNA of PM)-N( Dewan Ashi;="ssain "khari( elected from NA-3$C( Ealalp"r for having a fake degree%

Sep 29: +S prosec"tors indicted a Pakistani man( =ammad Ak!ar( formarketing a Stealth

,enie applicationthat co"ld !e "sedto secretly spy oncalls( te>ts( andother activity onSmartphone%&his was the firstever criminal casecentered on the

advertisement andsale of an app tailored to spy on Smartphone%Sep 0: &he alochistan =igh 8o"rt restrained the 8hairman of the alochistanP"!lic Service 8ommission( Ashraf Magsi( from taking part in interviews for

*o!s in government departments%Sep 0:&he alochistan Assem!ly passed a resol"tion "nanimo"sly seeking theret"rn of :han of :alat Agha S"leman Da"d% &he resol"tion was ta!led !ySardar A!d"l Rehman :hetran of the E+I-7%Oct 01:eteran politician Eaved =ashmi anno"nced his resignation as the

president and mem!er of the P&I( in protest against what he called"ndemocratic attit"de of its chairman( Imran :han%


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Oct 01: Pakistan ranks 0/nd in the foreign direct investment friendly co"ntries!"t it does not reflect its potential and availa!le reso"rces( necessitating acomprehensive strategy to overcome low local and foreign investment

phenomenon%

Oct 01:Indonesian government conferred the highest Military Awards of6intang Ealsena +tama and intang G"dha Dharma +tama6 on 8hief of NavalStaff Admiral M"hammad Asif Sandila( in recognition of his meritorio"sservices and significant contri!"tion in strengthening ties !etween the navalforces of Indonesia and Pakistan%Oct 02: Pakistan ca"tio"sly welcomed the signing of the ilateral Sec"rityAgreement 2SA5 !y Afghanistan and the +nited States after the latter clarifiedthat co"nterterrorism operations "nder the agreement wo"ld !e restricted towithin Afghan !orders%

Oct 02: All decimal coins of paisa 3(/($(31(/$ and $1 ceased to !e a legaltender from cto!er 3( /13#% =owever( Rs3 and a!ove denomination coinswo"ld remain legal tender%Oct 02: &he economic coordination committee 29885 accorded approval to thestrategic ,wadar )N, terminal along with @33 kilometres pipeline "p to

Nawa!shah%Oct 0:Pakistan !roke its 3C-year-old record of polio cases with theconfirmation of eight more cases( raising this year6s co"nt to /1/% In /111( 344cases were recorded%Oct 04: Pakistan and A"stralia signed an Mo+( agreeing to take every possi!le

step in increasing the !ilateral trade vol"me to .3 !illion !y ne>t year%&he Mo+ was signed in the A"stralian Department of 7oreign Affairs and &rade2D7A&5 8an!erra on the sidelines of A"stralia-Pakistan Eoint &rade 8ommittee2E&85 meeting% Pakistan delegation was led !y Ministry of 8ommerce SecretaryM"hammad Sheh'ad Ar!a!%Oct 04:&he national technical focal person of the Prime Minister6s PolioMonitoring and 8oordination 8ell Dr Altaf osan was removed from his

position and was replaced !y Dr +mar adir aloch( !rother of 7ederalMinister A!d"l adir aloch and a senior grade /3 officer%

Oct 08:&ensions !etween Pakistan and India simmered over 9id holidays asclashes along the )ine of 8ontrol 2)o85 and Borking o"ndary 2B5 left 31

people dead on the Pakistani side%Oct 08:8hief of the Army Staff ,en Raheel Sharif anno"nced a H7ata Go"thPackage "nder which 3#(111 yo"ths from the 7ederally Administered &ri!alAreas will !e ind"cted into the army over five years%Oct 08: +S officials and investors pledged s"pport for the #($11MB Diamer-hasha dam( calling it Pakistan6s Hsmartest choice for economic development%Oct 08:Admiral M"hammad Jaka"llah was sworn in as 8hief of the Naval

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Admiral Sandila formally handed over the command of the Pakistan Navy !ypresenting the traditional scroll to Admiral Jaka"llah%Oct 08: ,rand Eamia Mos;"e in ahria &own )ahore( completed at the cost ofa!o"t Rs# !illion( opened its doors for 9id"l A'ha prayers% &his masterpiece of

indigeno"s Pakistani architect"re has a capacity to accommodate @1(111 people(which makes it the world6s @th largest mos;"e% Additionally( the indoor capacityof /$(111 people makes it the largest mos;"e in Pakistan%Oct 08: A m"rder case was registered against the eldest son of Pakistan6s former

prime minister Go"saf Ra'a ,ilani after his g"nmen opened fire at two yo"ngmen for accidently hitting the politician6s S+ with their motorcycle in thecity6s Defence area( killing one of them%Oct 09:Prime Minister Nawa' Sharif visited a !a'aar in North Ba'iristan6sMiramshah town where he saw the militant hideo"ts destroyed d"ring the Jar!-

i-A'! military operation%Oct 10:9d"cation activist Malala Go"s"f'ai and Indian campaigner againstchild trafficking and la!o"r :ailash Satyarthi won the /13# No!el Peace Pri'e%Malala( aged 3@( !ecame the yo"ngest No!el Pri'e winner%Oct 10:ver /11 Parliamentarians from $C co"ntries of the 8ommonwealth"nanimo"sly chose Pakistan as the ven"e of 03st 8onference of 8ommonwealthParliamentary Assem!ly 28PA5 in Gao"nde( 8ameroon at the concl"ding

plenary of the 01th 8PA%Oct 11:Pakistan and Afghanistan signed an agreement to set electricity transitfees from 8entral Asia to So"th Asia% &he two sides agreed to a price of 3%/$

cents per kilowatt%&he agreement also esta!lishes commercial arrangements for 3(C11 megawattsof s"staina!le regional electricity trade !etween :yrgy'stan( &a*ikistan(Afghanistan and Pakistan as part of the 8entral Asia So"th Asia 9lectricity&ransmission and &rade Pro*ect%Oct 1: As India contin"ed ceasefire violations along the )ine of 8ontrol2)o85( the 7oreign ffice asked five permanent mem!ers of the +nited NationsSec"rity 8o"ncil 2+NS85 to "se their good offices to sec"re an end to hostilitiesand for res"mption of stalled peace dialog"e with New Delhi%

Oct 1:A #$-metre-long and 31-metre-deep t"nnel !eing !"ilt *"st a few metresfrom the :arachi 8entral Eail to spring 311 6dangero"s militants6 was discoveredin a ho"se sit"ated in a neigh!o"ring locality%Oct 1:&he Pakistan International Airlines received two Air!"s A -C/1 aircrafto!tained on wet lease from the Air IA-"lgarian Airways at EinnahInternational Airport%Oct 1: &he gro"nd-!reaking ceremony of the Pakistan =o"sing Pro*ect for thereha!ilitation of war-affected homeless people of the Northern Province of Sri)anka was held in P"th"kk"diyir"pp" village of Mannar town%

&he =igh 8ommissioner of Pakistan in Sri )anka( retired Ma* ,en asim"reshi( Sri )ankan Minister for 9conomic Affairs asil Ra*apaksa( Minister


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for Ind"stry and 8ommerce Rishad athi"deen and Northern Province,overnor retired Ma* ,en ,%A% 8handrasiri laid the fo"ndation stone of the

pro*ect%Oct 1: &he )ahore =igh 8o"rt directed the federal government to s"!mit

details of e>penses inc"rred d"ring the recent visit of PM Nawa' Sharif( hisfamily and personal servants to New Gork%Oct 1:&he charge of law and parliamentary affairs P"n*a! was withdrawnfrom Rana Mashhood%Oct 14:Military officials of Pakistan and India spoke over hotline a!o"t theaggravating sit"ation on the )ine of 8ontrol and Borking o"ndary 2B5 as+N military o!servers visited the areas hit !y Indian shelling and theIslama!ad-!ased diplomatic corps was !riefed at the 7oreign ffice%Oct 14: Si> leading militants of the o"tlawed &ehreek-i-&ali!an Pakistan(

incl"ding its spokesman Shahid"llah Shahid( anno"nced their allegiance to A!"akar Al-aghdadi( the chief of the Islamic State 2IS5%Oct 1!:&he P"n*a! Assem!ly was ranked at the !ottom among the fo"r

provincial legislat"res in a st"dy cond"cted !y PI)DA& a!o"t the working ofthe ho"ses d"ring the first parliamentary year 2E"ne /13C-May /13#5%&he Sindh Assem!ly topped the comparative performance analysis with a scoreof 0? o"t of 311( followed !y :hy!er Pakht"nkhwa 20@5( alochistan 2015 andP"n*a! with $?%Oct 1!: An acco"nts gro"p pro!ationer( Na!iha 8ha"dhry( was fo"nd !"rned todeath in her hostel room at the A"dit and Acco"nts &raining Instit"te in

,"l!erg( )ahore%"ducation

Sep 17: &he +S government la"nched the second phase of its Merit and Needsased Scholarship Programme which wo"ld !enefit C(111 talented st"dents inneed of financial assistance to p"rs"e higher ed"cation%&he la"nch of new phase of the programme f"nded !y the +S Agency forInternational Development 2+SAID5 was anno"nced !y ,regory ,ottlie!( themission director of +SAID Pakistan( at a ceremony which was also attended !yMinister for Planning and Development( Ahsan I;!al( 9>ec"tive Director of the

=igher 9d"cation 8ommission 2=985 Prof M"khtar Ahmad and vicechancellors of partner "niversities%A total of 3(?1@ scholarships were awarded "nder the first phase of the

programme and more than 3(C11 st"dents have already o!tained their"ndergrad"ate and grad"ate degrees%Sep 26:&he Pakistan Medical and Dental 8o"ncil 2PMD85 a!olished merit-

!ased admission policy for medical colleges and instead reserved $1 per centseats for !oys and the other $1 per cent for girls%Oct 0!: P"n*a! +niversity 2P+5 )i!rary in colla!oration with the 8hinese

9d"cational P"!lications Import and 9>port 8orporation )td% esta!lished8hinese 8orner in the P+ )i!rary%


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Oct 09:7ederal P"!lic Service 8ommission 27PS85 anno"nced to hold 8SS8ompetitive 9>amination-/13$ for recr"itment to posts in S-3@ inocc"pational gro"ps and services "nder the 7ederal ,overnment with effectfrom 7e!r"ary /13$%

Oct 1!: 7ederal P"!lic Service 8ommission 27S85 anno"nced res"lt of8ompetitive 9>amination 28SS5 /13# where!y #C4 candidates ;"alified in thewritten part of 8SS 8ompetitive 9>amination o"t of 3C3@1 candidatesappeared%"cono#$

Sep 18: Pakistan6s ta> a"thorities signed an Mo+ with +: to identify and na!rampant ta> evaders !y !"ilding "p capacity of 7ederal oard of Reven"e27R5%Oct 1: 9"ropean +nion 29+5 removed the yellow flag on Pakistani mangoes%

&he fr"it was p"t "nder scr"tiny at the !eginning of this mango season%Oct 14: Pakistan Petrole"m )imited anno"nced another discovery of gas andcondensate in Sindh% &he discovery was made from e>ploratory well :in'a F-3in Sanghar district%%rans&ers ' ppoint#ents

Sep 18:Ma* ,en ilal Ak!ar took over as the 3/th director general of PakistanRangers( Sindh%Sep 22: &he government appointed )t ,en Ri'wan Akhtar as ne>t chief of theInter-Services Intelligence 2ISI5% =e will take charge when his predecessor )t,en Jaheer"l Islam retires on Novem!er @%Sep 24:President Mamnoon ="ssain on the advice of the prime minister(approved the appointment of Arshad hatti( former federal secretary P"n*a!(Syed Arshad Ali( former federal secretary Sindh( a'i Afa; ="ssain( formeradditional secretary P"n*a! and Syed Rafi;"e ="ssain Shah retired district Ksessions *"dge :P( as 7ederal Services &ri!"nal mem!ers%Sep 2!: &he PM)-N government posted Arif Ahmed :han( an additionalsecretary( as Mem!er 2il5( il and ,as Reg"latory A"thority 2,RA5( on atemporary !asis( and e>tended contracts of Managing Director SN,P)( Arif=ameed( and MD of the PS( Am*ad Perve' Ean*"a%

Sep 26: Dep"ty Secretary 9sta!lishment Division( Islama!ad( M"nir Eanaloch( was appointed Director ,eneral Planning and Development of ,wadarPort%Sep 27: :halid Mahmood( a professor of the Dayal Singh 8ollege( )ahore( wasappointed as Secretary oard of Intermediate and Secondary 9d"cation 2IS95(Rawalpindi%Oct 02: &he government appointed ice Admiral Mohammad Jaka"llah as thene>t chief of naval staff% =e will s"cceed Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila%Sports

Sep 18: 7ormer champion Mohammad Sa**ad of P"n*a! recapt"red the title ofthe si>th National ank of Pakistan 2NP5 Ranking Snooker 8hampionship%


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Sep 2: Pakistan6s wait for a medal at the Asian ,ames finally came to an endwhen Syed Marati!Ali Shah won the !ron'e medal in the B"sh" competition inthe 3@th Asian ,ames in Incheon%Sep 26:Pakistan retained their gold medal in the Asian ,ames women6s

&wenty/1 cricket to"rnament( overpowering angladesh !y fo"r r"ns%Sep 28: Peshawar Panthers added a new chapter in the Pakistan &/1 crickethistory !y anne>ing their maiden national title after o"tg"nning )ahore )ions infinal%Oct 02:Pakistan6s top p"gilist Mohammad Baseem ended "p sec"ring a !ron'emedal after !eing o"t-!o>ed in the final of his flyweight division !o"t !yShakho!idin Joirov of +'!ekistan at the Asian ,ames at Seohnak ,ymnasi"m%Oct 0!:A"stralia !eat Pakistan !y si> wickets to win the one-off &wenty/1international%

Oct 11:Pakistan ;"alified for ne>t year6s Polo Borld 8"p after !eatingarchrivals India in a play-off match held in &ian*in( 8hina%Oct 12:A"stralia !eat Pakistan in the third and final one-day internationalagainst to clinch the series C-1%Oituaries

Sep 2: 7ormer international athlete and retired Dep"ty S"perintendent ofPolice Syed A!id ="ssain died% =e was @/%Oct 04:Na*ee!"llah :han Nia'i( an MPA from PP-#4 in hakkar( died of acardiac arrest%Oct 09: Saeed =asan Shah( a former Pakistan &a!le &ennis 7ederation 2P&&75

president( died in )ahore% =e was ?1%*laces in Ne+s

*aris, France

Sept 16: &he C$th edition of &e>world was held in Paris( in which ??3e>hi!itors from all over the world( incl"ding 8hina( Pakistan( &hailand( India(Indonesia( &"rkey and angladesh participated% &he &rade DevelopmentA"thority of Pakistan 2&DAP5 has arranged national pavilion in the e>hi!ition%

Oct 1: &he three-day International ,ender Responsive Policing 2,RP5

8onference kicked off at a local hotel in Islama!ad with the theme that the ,RPcan foster peacef"l societies%

&he police officers participating from /1 I8 co"ntries along with internationalh"man rights activists( philanthropists and gender e>perts emphasi'ed on theneed to have a gender sensiti'ed police%*eople in Ne+s

aul.i /a ua##ad

On Sep 16,&he 9lection 8ommission of Pakistan 298P5 de-notified the

mem!ership of a E+I-7 MNA Ma"lvi Agha M"hammad in a fake degree case%=e was elected from NA-/03 Pishin-Jiarat%


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On Sep 18,the R"ral Media Network Pakistan 2RMNP5 awarded its /13# Sadi;Press 7reedom Award( s"pported !y the Borld Association of Newspapers and

News P"!lishers 2BAN-I7RA5( to slain *o"rnalist Malik M"mta' :han%

ntiar 5usainOn Sep 20,veteran short story writer( novelist( *o"rnalist and poet Inti'ar="sain was conferred "pon the 6fficer of the rder of Arts and )etters6 !y the7rench Am!assador to Pakistan Philppe &hie!a"d in recognition of his h"gecontri!"tion to +rd" literat"re%=e is the first Pakistani writer who has !een given this award !y 7rance%S %an.eer

On Sep 22, SM &anveer was elected "nopposed as central chairman of AllPakistan &e>tile Mills Association 2AP&MA5 for the year /13#-3$%

arar Se/alOn Sep 2!,Jarar Sehgal( a New Gork-!ased Pakistani American attorney( wasdeclared as H)awyer of the Gear for &eam of the Gear /13# in Asset 7inanceand )easing category !y )egal $11( the world6s largest legal referral firm%uair #ad

On Sep 2!, renowned P"n*a!i poet and short story writer from Pakistan( J"!airAhmad6s !ook of short stories 6:a!ooter( anaire te ,aliaan6 in P"n*a!i( won thefirst-ever prestigio"s 8anadian )iterary Pri'e 6Dahan International P"n*a!i)iterat"re Pri'e%6r&an 5assan

r&an 5assan, of Nankana Sahi!( was awarded a gold medal as he topped theMA department of the ,overnment 8ollege +niversity( 7aisala!ad% Irfan hadto a!andon his st"dies twice !eca"se of financial constraints( !"t he never lostheart and f"lfilled the dreams of his poor parents%s#a aan/ir

On Sep 0,leading h"man rights activist Asma Eahangir was conferred with thehighest 7rench award( 6fficier de la )Lgion d6=onne"r6( !y the 7renchAm!assador to Pakistan Philippe &hie!a"d for her e>cellent role in protectingthe rights of women and minorities%

a&a$ alocA /3-year-old Pakistani sec"rity researcher( Rafay aloch( helped ,oogle fi> ama*or sec"rity flaw in its Android operating system for smartphones( protectingthe personal data of millions of smartphone "sers across the world%Rafay is a professional penetration tester and a"thor of the !ook 69thical=acking and Penetration &esting ,"ide6( identified a ma*or v"lnera!ility in theAndroid pen So"rce Platform 2ASP5 rowser%nternational

Sep 16: Sweden6s Social Democratic party( which ended its longest spell in

opposition in a cent"ry( formed a weak minority government% Stefan )fven( theincoming prime minister( insisted the new government wo"ld !e f"nctional%


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Sep 16: &hen"m!er of h"ngry

people in the worldhas dropped !y 311

million over thelast 31 years !"tone in nine are still"nderno"rished(with Asia home tothe ma*ority of the"nderfed( the +Nsaid%&he +N6s food

agencies said theglo!al n"m!er wasdown over /11million since theearly 3441s( !"twarned that despitethe progress made(Ha!o"t ?1$ million

people in theworld( or one in

nine( s"ffer fromh"nger%Sep 16: +kraineratified a sweepingagreement with the9"ropean +nionand so"ght to !l"ntthe independencedrive of R"ssia-

!acked separatists!y offering themtemporary andlimited self-r"le%Sep 16: +SPresident arack!ama incl"ded

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ma*or illicit dr"g prod"cing or dr"g-transit co"ntries% Afghanistan is also on thelist%f these //( three co"ntries olivia( Myanmar and ene'"ela are on a list ofthose who can face +S sanctions%

Sep 17: Panama may !e the happiest co"ntry in the world( racking "p thehighest score in the ,all"p-=ealthways ,lo!al Bell-eing Inde> for /13C%In contrast( conflict-afflicted co"ntries s"ch as Syria and Afghanistan showedthe lowest scores in the s"rvey of 3C$ came in at n"m!er 3# in the poll%Sep 17: Recognising &he 33th =o"r 2/11@5 star6s contri!"tion to salvaging theenvironment( the +nited Nations named )eonardo Di8aprio a Messenger ofPeace%Sep 18: &he +S intelligence chief warned that a gro"p of fighters trained inAfghanistan and Pakistan( known as the :horasan ,ro"p( was emerging as

another ma*or sec"rity threat rivalled the threat posed !y the Islamic State%Sep 18: &he +nited States will provide .#0 million in new sec"rity assistance to+kraine6s military !"t stop short of f"lfilling an "rgent re;"est from +krainianPresident Petro Poroshenko for lethal aid to help his co"ntry fight R"ssia-

!acked separatists%Sep 19: Scots re*ected independence in a referend"m that left the cent"ries-old+nited :ingdom intact !"t headed for a ma*or shake-"p that will give morea"tonomy to !oth Scotland and 9ngland%Despite a s"rge in nationalist s"pport in the final fortnight of the campaign( theHNo sec"red $$%C per cent of the vote against ##%@ per cent for the pro-

independence HGes camp%Sep 19: oth cham!ers of the +S 8ongress a"thorised President arack !amato arm and train Hmoderate re!els in Syria to fight Islamic State militants% &heSenate approved a .3 trillion government-f"nding !ill that gives the presidentnew a"thority to !attle the IS%Sep 19: 7rench *ets carried o"t their first air strike against Islamic Statemilitants in Ira;%Sep 19: Prono"ncing foreign leaders6 names is a headache for newsreaders theworld over !"t it proved the downfall of one Indian news-caster( who mistook

the visiting 8hinese president6s name for the Roman n"meral FI( calling himH9leven Einping on air%Sep 20:New Jealand6s r"ling National Party stormed to a third term ingovernment in the co"ntry6s general election% Prime Minister Eohn :ey6s centre-right party won #?%3 per cent of the vote( translating into 03 of 3/3

parliamentary seats%Sep 20:&he rival candidates in Afghanistan6s messy election for a new

president finally str"ck a power-sharing deal%Sep 20: &he +S Department approved the sale of 301 mine-resistant am!"sh

protected 2MRAP5 vehicles to Pakistan at an estimated cost of .34? million%Sep 21: 7ormer finance minister Ashraf ,hani was declared Afghanistan6s ne>t


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president( ho"rs after signing a power-sharing deal with his rival A!d"llahA!d"llah that ended a prolonged standoff over the disp"ted res"lt%Sep 21: Secretary-,eneral an :i-moon and +N6s Bomen ,lo!al ,oodwillAm!assador 9mma Batson la"nched a large solidarity movement in New Gork

with strong calls on men and !oys worldwide to raise their voice for gendere;"ality and women6s empowerment%Sep 21:Rival gro"ps in Gemen signed a +N-!rokered peace deal after Shiare!els sei'ed the government head;"arters and the prime minister resigned inthe face of raging violence%Sep 22: Poland6s president swore in the government of incoming Prime Minister9wa :opac' and called on her to prepare the nation for a de!ate on adopting thee"ro%Sep 2: &he +nited States and its Ara! allies !om!ed Syria for the first time(

killing scores of Islamic State 2IS5 fighters and mem!ers of a separate Alaeda-linked gro"p( opening a new front against militants !y *oining Syria6sthree-year-old civil war%Sep 2: A +S co"rt sentenced sama !in )aden6s son-in-law and former Al-aeda spokesman S"laiman A!" ,haith to life in prison%Sep 2: A prominent academic from 8hina6s mostly-M"slim +igh"r minority(Ilham &ohti( was *ailed for life for Hseparatism% &he 9+( +nited States andh"man rights gro"ps had all !een calling for the release of Ilham &ohti( a

persistent !"t moderate government critic who campaigned for minority rightsin the vast western region%Sep 2: &he &"rkish government anno"nced to lift a !an on female st"dentswearing the Islamic headscarf at high school%Sep 24: India6s top co"rt cancelled more than /11 government permits for coalmines and handed down fines worth h"ndreds of millions of dollars tocompanies after the licensing process was deemed illegal%Sep 24: M"slim cleric A!" atada walked free form a Eordanian *ail after !eingcleared of charges of conspiring in a plot to attack to"rists%Sep 24: India won Asia6s race to Mars when its "nmanned Mangalyaanspacecraft s"ccessf"lly entered the planet6s or!it after a 31-month *o"rney on a

tiny !"dget%

Sep 24: &he +N Sec"rity 8o"ncil( at a meeting presided over !y Presidentarack !ama( "nanimo"sly adopted a resol"tion( calling for a crackdown onthe flow of foreign fighters to militants organisations s"ch as ISIS%Sep 24: ritish Prime Minister David 8ameron held talks with Iran6s President=assan Ro"hani at the +nited Nations( the first meeting !etween the co"ntries6leaders since the 34@4 Revol"tion%&he meeting took place at the ritish mission office at the +nited Nations%

Sep 2!: India6s r"ling party severed ties of /$ years with its far-right ally( Shiv


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Sena( after days of !ickering over seat-sharing in elections in the western stateof Maharashtra%Sep 2!: &he +nited States placed key mem!ers of the Islamic State gro"p on alist of Hspecially designated glo!al terrorists% &op on the list are two IS leaders

Amr" al-A!si and Salim enghalem%&he designation targets terrorists( their s"pporters and acts of terrorism andcame ho"rs after the +N Sec"rity 8o"ncil adopted a resol"tion to preventforeign fighters from *oining militant gro"ps%Sep 2!: Rival Palestinian factions =amas and 7atah reached an agreement forthe ret"rn of their "nity government to ,a'a%Sep 26: &he +N ="man Rights 8o"ncil passed a resol"tion condemning so-called Hv"lt"re f"nds like the ones p"rs"ing "enos Aires for payment on theArgentine !onds they hold%

Sep 26: &he 9"ropean +nion6s recent decision to appoint a special am!assadoraccredited to the Association of So"theast Asian Nations 2Asean5 was seen as awelcome and long-awaited step forward in the 9+6s relations with one of theworld6s most dynamic and rapidly growing regions%As a statement !y the 9"ropean 9>ternal Action Service the 9+6s Hforeignministry "nderlined( the Himportant decision reflects 9"rope6s growingengagement with Asean and an am!ition to "pgrade the e>isting partnershipwith the So"theast Asian co"ntries gro"ping to a strategic one%Sep 26: ritish Parliament gave approval !y $/# votes to #C for ritain to *ointhe +S-led coalition in airstrikes against Islamic State 2IS5 fighters in Ira;%

)a!o"r MP R"shanara Ali immediately resigned from the party6s front !enchafter the res"lt was anno"nced%Sep 27: 8atalonia6s president( Art"r Mas i ,avarr( formally called areferend"m to !e held on Novem!er 4 to decide whether Spain6s richestregion sho"ld !e independent%Sep 27:&he chief minister of India6s &amil Nad" state( Eayalalithaa Eayaram(was sentenced to fo"r years in Eail in a high-profile corr"ption case that haslasted nearly two decades%A special co"rt in the so"thern state of :arnataka fo"nd Eayalalithaa g"ilty of

Hdisproportionately amassing a!o"t Rs$C1 million 2.?%@m5 o"tside her knownso"rces of income%Sep 28: Spanish director 8arlos erm"t6s film HMagical ,irl( a!o"t a fatherwho tries to f"lfil the last wish of his ailing da"ghter( won the pri'e for !estmovie at this year6s San Se!astian film festival% erm"t also took the !estdirector pri'e for the movie%Sep 28:)i!ya6s Prime Minister A!d"llah al-&hani and his ca!inet took the oathof office after lawmakers approved the line-"p%Sep 28:R"ssia s"ccessf"lly la"nched a Proton-M rocket carrying a satellite into

or!it in the first s"ch la"nch since one of the rockets fell !ack to 9arth soonafter liftoff in May%


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Sep 29: &he Philippine and the +S marines !egan military e>ercises close toflashpoints in the So"th 8hina Sea( where ei*ing is involved in !itter territorialdisp"tes with its neigh!o"rs%&he 3/-day amphi!io"s landing e>ercises involving a!o"t C($11 +S marines

and sailors and 3(/11 7ilipino co"nterparts were officially la"nched from thePhilippines6 western island of Palawan facing the So"th 8hina Sea%Sep 29: Afghanistan ina"g"rated its first new president in a decade( swearing intechnocrat Ashraf ,hani to head a power-sharing government%Mr A!d"llah A!d"llah took over as co"ntry6s 89%Sep 29:Israeli Prime Minister en*amin Netanyah" and his Indian co"nterpart(

Narendra Modi( pledged to !oost cooperation in the most s"!stantive interaction!etween the two co"ntries6 leaders in 33 years%Sep 0: fficials from Afghanistan and the +nited States signed a long-delayed

!ilateral sec"rity agreement to allow American troops to stay in the co"ntryafter the end of the year /13#( f"lfilling a campaign promise !y new PresidentAshraf ,hani%Afghan National Sec"rity Adviser =anif Atmar and +S Am!assador Eames8"nningham signed the SA%Sep 0: &he world6s first Hinteractive micro!e 'oo( Micropia m"se"m( openedin Amsterdam( shining new light on the tiny creat"res that make "p two-thirdsof all living matter and are vital for o"r planet6s f"t"re%Sep 0: +S President arack !ama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modicoined a =indi phrase Hchalein saath saath as the central premise of a defining

/3st cent"ry partnership !etween their co"ntries%Oct 01: Moscow and :a'akhstan initialled an agreement on *ointly !"ildingand operating what wo"ld !ecome :a'akhstan6s only n"clear power plant%Oct 01:7ormer Norwegian Prime Minister Eens Stolten!erg took over as the3Cth Secretary ,eneral of North Atlantic &reaty rgani'ation 2Nato5%Oct 02: &he gap !etween the haves and the have-nots glo!ally is now at thesame level as in the 3?/1s( the 98D said( warning it was one of the mostHworrying developments over the past /11 years%In a ma*or report on glo!al well-!eing over the past two cent"ries( the

rganisation for 9conomic 8ooperation and Development 298D5 notedine;"ality shot "p after glo!alisation took root in the 34?1s%Oct 02:7rance declared Independence from the 9"ropean +nion6s a"sterity-

!"dget regime%Oct 0: A stampede at D"ssehra( a pop"lar =ind" festival( in the city of Patnain eastern India left C/ people dead%Oct 0: Sweden wo"ld recognise a new Palestinian state( the Nordic co"ntry6snew Prime Minister Stefan )fven said( "nderlining his s"pport for a two-statesol"tion to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict%

Oct 04: )atvia6s r"ling centre-right coalition led !y Prime Minister )aimdotaStra"*"ma scored a reso"nding ma*ority in elections%


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Oct 08:If co"ntries do not take "rgent steps to stop ocean acidification( theglo!al economy co"ld !e losing as m"ch as .3 trillion a year !y the end of thecent"ry( a +nited Nations report said%&he report( an "pdated synthesis of the Impact of cean Acidification on

Marine iodiversity( was iss"ed !y the 8onvention on iological Diversity28D5 at the 3/th meeting of the 8onference of the Parties to the 8D%Oct 08: 7ace!ook is officially the owner of BhatsApp( after the ac;"isition wasfinalised% &he deal price has risen from .34 !illion to ./3%? !illion%Oct 09: A federal *"dge in New Gork re*ected a !id !y Aafia Siddi;"i to haveher conviction for shooting at American soldiers overt"rned%E"dge Richard erman iss"ed the r"ling%Oct 10:ritain6s anti-9+ O+: Independence Party won its first seat in the=o"se of 8ommons%

Oct 10: A Eapanese co"rt ordered ,oogle to delete search res"lts linking theclaimant to a crime he did not commit( the latest in a series of r"lings aro"nd theworld on what search engines sho"ld tell "sers%Oct 11: ,reek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras comforta!ly won a confidencevote aimed at rallying s"pport for his plan to a!andon a widely-reviled 9+QIM7aid package%Oct 12:R"ssian President ladimir P"tin ordered tho"sands of troops towithdraw from the !order with +kraine ahead of diplomatic talks on !ringing

peace to the Bestern !acked( former Soviet rep"!lic%Oct 1:R"ssia and 8hina signed C? energy( trade and finance agreements

proclaimed !y Moscow as proof that a policy t"rn to Asia is !earing fr"it andwill help it to weather Bestern sanctions over the +kraine crisis%Oct 1: Gemeni President A!dra!"h Mans"r =adi named :halid ahah( a topdiplomat( as co"ntry6s new premier% =adi6s nomination appeared to have theconsent of ="thi re!els( who sei'ed control of m"ch of the capital Sanaa in alightning offensive recently%Oct 14:ritish lawmakers voted to recognise Palestine as a state( a move thatwill not alter government policy( !"t carries sym!olic val"e( as Palestinians

p"rs"e international recognition%

Oct 1!: eca"se trans-!o"ndary animal diseases 2&ADs5 are ca"singdevastating economic losses in So"th Asian co"ntries( the Asian Developmentank 2AD5 agreed to esta!lish a framework for improved cooperation amongmem!er states of the So"th Asian Association for Regional 8ooperation 2Saarc5to com!at the diseases%Oct 1!:A snowstorm and avalanche in Nepal6s =imalayas killed 3@ trekkersand g"ides nine foreigners and eight Nepalese on a pop"lar hiking ro"te(while more than 311 others remain o"t of contact%Oct 1!: A"stralian novelist Richard 7lanagan won the prestigio"s .@4($C1 Man

ooker pri'e for literat"re( for his novel 6&he Narrow Road to the Deep North6(set d"ring the !"ilding of the &hailand-"rma 6Death Railway6 in Borld Bar


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Sep 19:8hinese online giant( Ali!a!a( made its historic Ball Street tradingde!"t% Ali!a!a leapt from an offering price of .0? to .4/%1@ in the first trades(

then headed to nearly .311 !efore settling !ack at the close to .4C%?4( a heftygain of C? per cent%Sep 22: Ali!a!a ,ro"p =olding )td6s initial p"!lic offering now ranks theworld6s !iggest in history at ./$ !illion( after the e-commerce giant and some ofits shareholders sold additional shares%Sep 2: &he 9"ropean 8entral ank la"nched the new 31-e"ro !anknote%&he 98 is grad"ally phasing in new !anknotes to replace those in circ"lationsince the e"ro !ecame a physical c"rrency in Ean"ary /11/%Sep 2!: 8hina and Spain signed !"siness deals worth a!o"t C%/ !illion e"ros

2.#!n5 d"ring a visit !y Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Ra*oy to the Asianpowerho"se to dr"m "p s"pport for his co"ntry6s economy%Oct 0: 7ace!ook( the world6s most pop"lar social network( gained 9"ropean+nion clearance for its proposed .34 !illion takeover of mo!ile messagingstart-"p BhatsApp in a deal setting it against the telecoms ind"stry%Sports

Sep 18: Prince =arry( fo"rth in line to the ritish throne( was appointed as thehonorary president of Borld 8"p rgani'ers 9ngland R"g!y /13$%Sep 19: 8hina6s ace( )i Na( anno"nced her retirement at the age of C/ markingan end to a career that !ro"ght her nine titles and introd"ced tennis to the

masses in 8hina% )i is the first Asian national to win a ,rand Slam singles title%Sep 20:North :orea6s m G"n 8hol !eat his own world record in the men6s$0kg clean and *erk !y 3kg to gra! the weight-lifting gold% m( the /13/lympic champion and /13C world champion( lifted 3@1kg to earn North:orea6s first gold medal at the ,ames%

m also had a com!ined total of /4?kg to mark an Asian ,ames record afterlifting 3/? kg in the snatch%

Sep 24: Singapore6s Eoseph Schooling !ecame the first male Singaporeswimmer to win Asian ,ames gold since 34?/%

Sep 24: &he atar women6s !asket!all team forfeited a game at the Asian,ames after !eing ref"sed permission to wear the hi*a!( saying they were takinga stand against what they say is a discriminatory policy against M"slim women%

Sep 26:A gro"p of international cricketers set a new record for the highest-evermatch with a l"ng- !"sting effort at the top of :iliman*aro%

&he teams( incl"ding 9nglish !owling legend Ashley ,iles and So"th African


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icon Makhaya Ntini( the co"ntry6s first !lack &est player( trekked to the roof ofAfrica !efore dawn and played ten overs each of a &wenty/1 game !efore clo"dstopped play%

&he game was played at $(@C1 metres 23?(431 feet5( in the flat crater *"st !elow:iliman*aro6s $(?4$-metre s"mmit%

&he standing record for the world6s highest game has !een $(30$ metres( playedin the =imalayas at 9verest !ase camp in Nepal in /114%

Sep 26: S"perheavyweight lympic champion Jho" )"l" hoisted the largestsingle weight ever !y a woman% She !roke R"ssian &atiana :ashrina6s worldrecord in the clean and *erk !y /kg( with 34/kg 2#//l!5( and e;"alled the

R"ssian6s com!ined record of CC#kg 2@C$l!5( !oth set last year%

Oct 02:India !eat Pakistan in a penalty shoot-o"t to win !ack the Asian ,ameshockey title after 30 years and earned direct entry to the /130 lympics in Riode Eaneiro%

Oct 0:Sri )anka denied Afghanistan their first ever Asian ,ames gold medalas they overcame a !atting sl"mp to win the final !y 0? r"ns%

Oct 0!: 8hennai S"per :ings won the 8hampions )eag"e &/1 final at the M%

8hinnaswamy Stadi"m%

Oct 0!: Borld n"m!er one Novak D*okovic destroyed &omas erdych in a lop-sided contest to win his fifth 8hina pen crown% Maria Sharapova overcamePetra :vitova in the women6s final%

Oct 09:7ormer "ndisp"ted world champion Eermain &aylor capt"red theInternational o>ing 7ederation 2I75 middleweight title with a "nanimo"sdecision over A"stralian Sam Soliman%

Oct 12: Marc Mar;"e' retained his Moto,P title with a fighting second placefinish in the Eapanese ,rand Pri>%

Oct 12:Roger 7ederer edged a resilient ,illes Simon of 7rance to win theShanghai Masters and claim the ?3st title of his career%

Oct 12: )ewis =amilton reeled off his fo"rth consec"tive victory to e>tend hislead in the 7orm"la ne drivers6 title race and sec"re Mercedes6 maiden tri"mph

in the constr"ctors6 championship when he won the ina"g"ral R"ssian ,randPri> in emphatic fashion%


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Oct 09:Eapan6s :ohei +chim"ra won a record-stretching fifth straight all-aro"nd title at the world gymnastics championships in Nanning( 8hina%

Oituaries

Sep 16:&ony A"th( a P"lit'er Pri'e-winning cartoonist who for more than #1years drew sharp and often darkly comic lines of attack across the spectr"m ofAmerican life( finding a!s"rdities in all corners of it( died% =e was @/%

Sep 24: leg Ivanovsky( a R"ssian engineer in the early years of the space racewho helped design Sp"tnik( the first satellite to or!it 9arth( and ostok 3( thecraft that carried the astrona"t G"ri ,agarin( the first man in space( died% =e was

4/%

Oct 0!: G"ri )y"!imov( a director who dominated R"ssian theatre for half acent"ry( died at 4@%

)y"!imov fo"nded and headed Moscow6s &aganka &heatre for $1 years(winning worldwide renowned for his h"gely vis"al and inventive shows%

Oct 04: =aiti6s former dictator Eean-8la"de Ha!y Doc D"valier( who r"ledthe impoverished 8ari!!ean nation from 34@3 "ntil his o"ster in 34?0( died% =e

was 0C%

Oct 08: &ony-winner ,eoffrey =older( a c"lt"ral giant who da''led fans withhis dancing( acting and art work in a m"ltifaceted career that spanned over si>decades( died at ?#%

Oct 09: ic raden( a 34$1s tennis stando"t who !ecame a top +S instr"ctor(died% =e was ?$%

Science

Sep 22:Nasa6s MA9N spacecraft !egan or!iting Mars( on mission to st"dyhow the Red Planet6s climate changed over time from warm and wet to cold anddry%

&he "nmanned or!iter has travelled more than 31 months and ##/ million miles2@33 million kilometres5 to reach Mars for a first-of-its kind look at the planet6s"pper atmosphere%

Sep 0: &he discovery of a new shape of !rain cell has ne"roscientists


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scratching their heads over what the f"nction of these ne"rons might !e% &ho"ghne"rons come in different shapes and si'es( the !asic !l"eprint consists of a cell

!ody( from which protr"de spindly appendages called dendrites and a>ons%Dendrites are !ranchlike str"ct"res that receive signals from other nerve cells

and deliver them to the cell !ody% &he ne"ron then processes the signals and'aps along information to the ne>t cell via a long pro*ection called the a>on%

At least( that6s how it normally works% &he newly discovered cells have adifferent( and "ntil now( "nknown process% In these cells( the signals skip thecell !ody altogether( instead travelling along an a>on that pro*ects directly fromone of the dendrites%

Oct 04: A C0-year-old Swede has !ecome the world6s first woman to give !irth

after receiving a wom! transplant( doctors said( descri!ing the event as a!reakthro"gh for infertile women%

eca"se of a genetic condition called Rokitansky syndrome( the new motherwas !orn witho"t a wom!( altho"gh her ovaries were intact%

&he s"rgeons said the case smashes thro"gh the last ma*or !arrier of femaleinfertility the a!sence of a "ter"s as a res"lt of heredity or s"rgical removal formedical reasons%

&he replacement organ came from a 03-year-old woman% &he organ wastransplanted in a 31-ho"r operation last year%

Oct 08:Sky watchers in the Americas and Asia were treated to a l"nar eclipse( acelestial show that !athed the moon in a reddish tint to create a 6!lood moon6%

D"ring the total l"nar eclipse( light !eams into 9arths shadow( filling it with acoppery glow that gives it a red h"e%

*eople in Ne+s

"liaet 5ol#es

America6s yo"ngest self-made female !illionaire( C1-year-old 9li'a!eth =olmes(was a college dropo"t% "t( the company she fo"nded has the potential tochange healthcare for millions of Americans%

9li'a!eth =olmes left Stanford +niversity at 34 with a plan to start her own

company% 7or money( she cashed o"t the f"nds her parents had saved for t"ition%Now( she co"nts !illionaire )arry 9llison as an investor and has former


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secretaries of state on her !oard%

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Manso"ri grad"ated from A!" Dha!i6s :halifa !in Jayed Air 8ollege in /11@and is veteran pilot of 7-30 warplanes%

n/elina olie

On Oct 10,ritain6s "een 9li'a!eth made actress Angelina Eolie an honoraryDame in recognition of her campaigning to end se>"al violence in war 'onesand for services to +: foreign policy%

*laces in Ne+s

%oronto, =anada

On Sep 16, the 8anadian Prime Minister Stephen =arper and the Aga :han Iformally opened the Ismaili 8entre &oronto and Aga :han M"se"m% &hepro*ects are intended to foster knowledge and "nderstanding !oth withinM"slim societies and !etween these societies and other c"lt"res%

Ne+ >or, ?S

&he first Borld 8onference on Indigeno"s Peoples( a =igh-level Plenarymeeting of the 04th session of the +N ,eneral Assem!ly( was held at +N= in

New Gork from //nd to /Crd Septem!er( !ringing together =eads of State and

,overnment( Mem!er States( h"ndreds of Indigeno"s representatives fromaro"nd the world( +N agencies and civil society representatives% It marked theopening of the +N ,eneral Assem!ly6s ann"al general de!ate%

Ne+ >or, ?S

On Sep 2,more than 3/1 heads of states and governments( !"siness( financeand civil society representatives anno"nced commitments that will red"ceemissions( enhance resistance to climate change and mo!ilise financing for

climate action at the +N 8limate 8hange S"mmit opened%

aa, Saudi raia

On Oct 0,Sa"di Ara!ia6s grand m"fti Sheikh A!d"l A'i' al-Sheikh askedM"slim leaders that they m"st strike the enemies of Islam with Han iron hand(in his =a* sermon( in apparent condemnation of the Islamic State 2IS5 gro"p%

ur 3ali&a, @uai, ?"

On Oct 14,a !rand new lo"nge located on the 3#?th floor of the "r* :halifa(


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!ecame the highest man-made o!servation deck on the planet( at a staggering$$$%@m a!ove gro"nd( ,"inness Borld Records anno"nced%

=As

National3% Mir S"ltan I!rahim was a r"ler of the &"rkhan dynasty which r"led (from 3$$3 to 301? AD%A% Delhi % P"n*a!=B Sind D% =ydera!ad

/% n Sep 3@( the +S la"nched 6Am!assador6s 7"nd for 8"lt"re Preservation2A78P56( in %A% P"n*a! B Sind

8% 7A&A D% alochistan

C% n Sep 3?( Ma* ,en ilal Ak!ar took over as the D, of PakistanRangers( Sindh%B 12t % 3@th8% /Crd D% /4th

#% &he 8o"ntry Director of the +NDP in Pakistan( Marc-AndrL 7ranche( is a8olom!ian and national%A% A"stralian B =anadian

8% Ser!ian D% 7rench

$% n Sep 34( signed a *oint vent"re pro*ect contract with Sinohydroand =a*vairy ,ro"p for the constr"ction of civil works for :eyal :hwar=ydropower Pro*ect%A% N9PRA % P"n*a!8% :hy!er P: @B W*@

0% n Sep /1( veteran short story writer( novelist( *o"rnalist and poet

was conferred "pon the 6fficer of the rder of Arts and )etters6%A% Am*ad Islam Am*adB ntiar 5usain

8% Ata"l =a; asmiD% M"shta; Soofi

@% &he federal ca!inet decided to lift a !an on government *o!s on %A% Sep 30 % Sep /18% Sep /3 @B Sep 22

?% n Sep //( )t ,en Ri'wan Akhtar was appointed as the chief of the


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Inter-Services Intelligence 2ISI5%A% 3@th % 34th=B 21st D% /#th

4% &he Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence 2ISI5 was fo"nded in %A% 34#@ B 19488% 34$/ D% 34$0

31% ,as Infrastr"ct"re Development 8ess 2,ID85 rdinance /13# wasprom"lgated on %A% Sep /1 % Sep //=B Sep 24 D% Sep /0

33% Prime Minister Mian Nawa' Sharif addresses the 04th session of the +N,eneral Assem!ly on %A% Sep /1 % Sep //8% Sep /# @B Sep 26

3/% n Sep /0( the government appointed as 8hairperson P"n*a!&echnical 9d"cation and ocational &raining A"thority 2&9&A5%B r&an Aaisar Sei

% ilal Gasin8% Rana Sana"llah

D% Dr &a";eer Shah

3C% &he alochistan =igh 8o"rt restrained the 8hairman of the PS8( AshrafMagsi( from taking part in interviews for *o!s in government departments on

%A% Sep /# % Sep /08% Sep /? @B Sep 0

3#% &he present :han of :alat is %

B /a Sule#an @aud% Mir Shah Nawa' :han8% Mir Mohammad A'am EanD% Mir A!d"l "doos i'en*o

3$% Pakistan ranks in the foreign direct investment friendly co"ntries%B 62nd % ?/nd8% 33/nd D% 30/nd

30% n ct 13( Indonesia conferred the highest Military Awards 6intang Ealsena+tama and intang G"dha Dharma +tama6 on %


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A% ,en Raheel Sharif B d#iral ua##ad si& Sandila

8% Admiral Jaka"llahD% )t% ,en Ahmad Sh"*a Pasha

3@% All decimal coins of paisa 3(/($(31(/$ and $1 ceased to !e a legal tender inPakistan from %A% Sep /? % Sep C1=B Oct 01 D% ct 3$

3?% n ct 1#( was appointed as the national technical focal person ofthe Prime Minister6s Polio Monitoring and 8oordination 8ell%B @r ?#ar Aadir aloc

% Sikandar =ayat osan8% 7awad =assan 7awadD% A!d"l adir aloch

34% +nder the H7ata Go"th Package yo"ths from the 7ederallyAdministered &ri!al Areas will !e ind"cted into the army over five years%A% 31(111 B 14,0008% 3?(111 D% /$(111

/1% ,rand Eamia Mos;"e in ahria &own )ahore( completed at the cost of a!o"t

Rs# !illion( is the world6s largest mos;"e%A% Crd % $th8% 0th @B 7t

/3% 9d"cation activist Malala Go"s"f'ai !ecame the yo"ngest No!el )a"reateever when she won the /13# No!el Peace Pri'e at the age of %A% 3$ years % 30 years=B 17 $ears D% 3? years

//% &he 03st 8onference of 8ommonwealth Parliamentary Assem!ly 28PA5 will!e held in %B *aistan % angladesh8% Malaysia D% A"stralia

/C% &he first electricity ever generated in the territories we now call Pakistanwas from a microhydel scheme in %A% Jho! % ila A!d"llah8% A!!otta!ad @B enala 3urd

/#% n ct 3#( the Pakistan Petrole"m )imited anno"nced discovery of gas and


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nternational3% &he fo"nder and chairman of the Aga :han Development Network( PrinceShah :arim Al ="sseini( a%k%a% Aga :han I( is the hereditary Imam ofthe Ismailis%A% 3?th % C/nd8% #/nd @B 49t

/% n Sep 30( +kraine ratified a sweeping agreement with the andoffered the separatists temporary and limited self-r"le%

A% Nato B "?8% +S D% R"ssia

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#% n Sep 3@( the +nited Nations named( ( as a Messenger of Peace%A% Eennifer Aniston

% Angelina Eolie8% rad Pitt@B ;eonardo @i=aprio

$% 7ormer +N Secretary ,eneral( Dag =ammarsk*old( was killed in a planecrash o"tside the Northern Rhodesian town of Ndola on Sep 3@( %B 1961 % 340$8% 34@C D% 34?$

0% n Sep 34( the Scots re*ected independence in a referend"m with a 6N6 voteof %A% $3%C % $/%C=B !BC D% $@%C

@% n Sep 34( the +S Senate approved a .3 trillion government-f"nding !ill thatgives the president new a"thority for %A% =omeland Sec"rity% 8om!ating &ali!an

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=B Wellin/ton D% 8hristch"rch

4% Afghanistan6s former finance minister Ashraf ,hani was declared co"ntry6sne>t president on %A% Sep 3? % Sep 348% Sep /1 @B Sep 21

31% n Sep //( president swore in the government of incoming PrimeMinster 9wa :opac'%

A% Ser!ia6s B *olandDs8% Sweden6s D% +kraine6s

33% &he +nited States and its Ara! allies !om!ed Syria for the first time on%A% Sep /1 % Sep //=B Sep 2 D% Sep /@

3/% Nasa6s spacecraft that is or!iting Mars to st"dy how the Red Planet6s climatechanged over time is named %B E"N % rion8% MP8 D% Dawn

3C% n Sep /C( a +S co"rt sentencedS"laiman A!" ,haith( sama !in )aden6s ( to life in prison%A% Step!rother % Nephew=B Son-in-la+ D% rother-in-law

3#% India6s "nmanned spacecraft that s"ccessf"lly entered the planet6s or!it is

named %B an/al$aan % Arya!hata8% "ddha D% haskara

3$% n Sep /#( ritish Prime Minister David 8ameron held talks with Iran6sPresident =assan Ro"hani( the first meeting !etween the co"ntries6 leaders since

%B 1979 % 34?#8% 344/ D% /111

30% Asean consists of mem!ers%


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3@% Eayalalithaa Eayaram( who( on Sep /@( was sentenced to fo"r years in Eail in

a high-profile corr"ption case( is the chief minister of India6s state%A% =aryana % :arnataka8% Maharashtra @B %a#il Nadu

3?% n Sep /?( A!d"llah al-&hani took over as the Prime Minister of %A% ahrain B ;i$a8% Eordan D% Palestine

34% n Sep /4( the Philippine and !egan military e>ercises in co"ntry6s

western island of Palawan facing the So"th 8hina Sea%A% S% :orea % India=B ?S D% 8hina

/1% Afghanistan ina"g"rated its first new president in a decade( Ashraf ,hani(on %A% Sep /0 % Sep /@8% Sep /? @B Sep 29

/3% According to the +S-Afghanistan SA( American troops shall

remain in Afghanistan after /13#%A% 4111 B 98008% 31$11 D% 3$111

//% n ct 3( and :a'akhstan initialled an agreement on *ointly!"ilding and operating what wo"ld !ecome :a'akhstan6s only n"clear powerplant%A% +S % ,ermany=B ussia D% 8hina

/C% n ct 1C( anno"nced that it wo"ld recognise a new Palestinianstate( !ecoming the first 9"ropean co"ntry to make s"ch a move%A% 7rance B S+eden8% ,ermany D% Denmark

/#% n ct 1?( 7ace!ook officially !ecame the owner of %A% &witter % i!er 8% Skype @B Watspp

/$% n ct 3C( and 8hina signed C? energy( trade and finance


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agreements%A% India B ussia8% 7rance D% ,ermany

/0% n ct 3C( Gemeni President A!dra!"h Mans"r =adi named asco"ntry6s new premier%B 3alid aa

% Ali A!d"llah Saleh8% Ahmed =assan A!" :hanir D% Ali M"hammad M"*awar

/@% Man ooker pri'e for )iterat"re /13# went to %A% :ing :ohei

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/4% &he world6s three !iggest car!on poll"ting nations are ( the +S and

India%A% +: B =ina8% Pakistan D% Eapan

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Sports

3% Pakistan6s first medal at the 3@th Asian ,ames was won !y %B S$ed arati li Sa

% Bomen6s 8ricket &eam8% Mohammad BaseemD% Saeed =asan Shah

/% 7irst Asian national to win a ,rand Slam singles title is 8hina6s %

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C% n Sep /#( women6s !asket!all team of forfeited a game at the Asian,ames after !eing ref"sed permission to wear the hi*a!B Aatar % Iran

8% Sa"di Ara!ia D% Malaysia

C% n Sep /0( Pakistan !eat to retain their gold medal in the Asian,ames women6s &wenty/1 cricket to"rnament%A% Afghanistan % 8hina=B an/lades D% India

#% n Sep /0( a gro"p of international cricketers set a new record for thehighest-ever match $(@C1 metres 23?(431 feet5 at the top of Mo"nt

%A% Aconcag"a % 9l!r"s8% Mc:inley @B 3ili#anaro

$% &he clean and *erk world record of 34/ kilograms is held !y weightlifter Jho" )"l"%A% S% :orean B =inese8% &hai D% Eapanese

0% n Sep /?( won the National &/1 8"p%B *esa+ar *anters

% )ahore )ions8% Rawalpindi RamsD% 7aisala!ad Bolves

@% n ct 1$( won the 8hampions )eag"e &/1 final%B =ennai Super 3in/s

% :ings FI P"n*a!8% =ydera!ad ="rricanes

D% :olkata :night Riders

?% At present( is the Borld n"m!er one player of &ennis%A% Roger 7ederer B No.a @oo.ic8% Rafael Nadal D% Eermain &aylor

4% Polo Borld 8"p /13$ will !e played in %B ustria % 8hina8% Pakistan D% Nepal

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Oituaries

3% n Sep 30( &ony A"th( a P"lit'er Pri'e-winning died%B =artoonist % Briter 8% Poet D% Architect

/% leg Ivanovsky( a R"ssian engineer who helped design Sp"tnik( the firstsatellite to or!it 9arth( died on %A% Sep /1 % Sep //

=B Sep 24 D% Sep /0

C% Eean-8la"de Ha!y Doc D"valier( who died on ct #( was the formerdictator of %A% )i!eria % 9thiopia=B 5aiti D% Niger

#% Na*ee!"llah :han Nia'i( an MPA from PP-#4( and a co"sin of P&I chairmanImran :han died on %B Oct 4 % ct 0

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National

Oct 16:Amir Dogar( a P&I-s"pported independent candidate( defeated Eaved=ashmi to win the NA-3#4 !y-election%

Oct 16: &he B= held that Pakistan is responsi!le for nearly ?1 per cent ofpolio cases reported glo!ally%

Oct 17: ,ermany and the +NDP pledged 3 million e"ros for ret"rn andreha!ilitation of IDPs of North Ba'iristan%

Oct 17: &he Senate was informed that the North Atlantic &reaty rganisation2Nato5( which has !een involved in the war in Afghanistan for over a decadenow has !een "sing Pakistan6s airspace for free since the commencement of thewar on terror in /113%

Oct 17: &he Senate congrat"lated Malala Go"saf'ai on receiving the No!elPeace Pri'e for her sacrifices for promotion of peace and ed"cation in therestive areas of :hy!er Pakht"nkhwa%

Oct 18: Speaking at a mammoth rally at agh-i-Einnah( near the ma"sole"m ofthe "aid-i-A'am( Pakistan Peoples Party 8hairman ilawal h"tto Jardario"tlined a !old and am!itio"s agenda for his party and vowed to foilHconspiracies hatched to derail democracy%

Oct 18: A s"rvey cond"cted !y H&he ,"ide to Sleeping in Airports showedIslama!ad6s ena'ir h"tto International Airport as the world6s worst airport%


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&he s"rvey says the airport( often Hlikened to a central prison( can !eaggressive yet inconsistent in its sec"rity checks and crowd control is oftenminimal if not entirely a!sent%

Oct 19: &he head office of H9dhi 7o"ndation( co"ntry6s leading charityorganisation headed !y renowned and widely respected philanthropist A!d"lSattar 9dhi was ro!!ed%

Oct 19: "llet-riddled !odies of eight la!o"rers kidnapped from a po"ltry farmin Sakran area near the ind"strial town of ="! were fo"nd% &he workers hadcome to ="! from M"'ffargarh and Rahimyar :han in P"n*a!%

Oct 19: &he M"ttahida a"mi Movement anno"nced to ;"it the PPP-led Sindhgovernment( only si> months after having *oined it%

Oct 19: Pakistan 9lectronic Media Reg"latory A"thority 2Pemra5 !anned ARGNews anchor M"!ashir )"cman and his programme 6:hara S"ch6 till f"rtherorders of the co"rt%

Oct 20:&he S"preme 8o"rt conditionally allowed the federal government totransfer its 31 per cent shares in il and ,as Development 8ompany )imited2,D8)5 to the s"ccessf"l !idder%

Oct 20: &he Sindh Assem!ly passed "nanimo"sly H&he Sindh )ocal,overnment 2Amendment5 ill( /13# in p"rs"ance of the S"preme 8o"rtdecision to amend the ), law to empower the 9lection 8ommission of Pakistanto carry o"t delimitation of "nion co"ncils and wards in m"nicipal committees(town committees and corporations%

&he !ill was introd"ced !y Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr SikanderMandhro%

Oct 20: &he Pemra s"spend the licence of ARG News for 3$ days and imposeda fine of Rs31 million on the channel for maligning the *"diciary%

Oct 20: &he &ehreek-i-&ali!an Pakistan 2&&P5 anno"nced the sacking ofShahid"llah Shahid%

Oct 20: A mineral water plant was opened at the 7ood Sciences and &echnologyDepartment of the aha"ddin Jakariya +niversity%

J+ ice-8hancellor Dr :hawa*a Al;ama ina"g"rated the plant%


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Oct 20: &he five-year SM9 Development Programme /13C-3?( evolved !y theSmall and Medi"m 9nterprises Development A"thority 2SM9DA5 was incl"dedin the 7ederal ,overnment ision /1/$%

Oct 20: &he Borld steoporosis Day was o!served at a ceremony !y the)ahore-!ased Pakistan Society for the Reha!ilitation of the Disa!led%

Oct 20: 8entre for ="man Rights 9d"cation Pakistan conferred ena'ir h"ttoShaheed Democracy Award on politician Eaved =ashmi( anchorperson SohailBarriach( Eami 8handio( and col"mnist Ba*ahat Masood to recogni'e theirinval"a!le services for the protection and promotion of democracy in theco"ntry%

Oct 20: 8entre for 8ivic 9d"cation conferred the award for social co"rage onrenowned *o"rnalist =amid Mir as he raised voice for freedom of media andh"man rights%

Oct 21: Pakistan and R"ssia held the /nd Ro"nd of ilateral Strategic Dialog"ewhere!y !oth co"ntries agreed to take concrete steps for in*ecting s"!stance inthe !ilateral relationship%

In this regard( the R"ssian Dep"ty 7oreign Minister Morg"lov Igor

ladimirovich called on Mr Sarta* A'i'( Adviser to the Prime Minister onNational Sec"rity and 7oreign Affairs( Syed &ari; 7atemi( Special Assistant tothe Prime Minister on 7oreign Affairs and Mr Ai'a' A% 8ha"dhry( 7oreignSecretary in the Ministry of 7oreign Affairs% &hey disc"ssed !ilateral( regionaland glo!al iss"es of m"t"al interest%

Oct 21: &he Pakistan Awami &ehreek 2PA&5 chief declared an end to his party6ssit-in on 8onstit"tion Aven"e( Islama!ad%

Oct 21: &he +nited States designated :han Said Sa*na( the dep"ty leader ofo"tlawed &ehreek-i-&ali!an Pakistan 2&&P5( a glo!al terrorist% &he designationlist also incl"des Ram'i Mawafi( a former physician of Al aeda leader sama

!in )aden%

Oct 21V 8hief Minister Shah!a' Sharif approved HApna Ro'gar Scheme forthe "nemployed yo"th thro"gh which vehicles will !e provided to *o!less yo"thon soft-terms%

Oct 22:&he 8o"ncil of Islamic Ideology recommended a !an on 6hate speech6which leads to sectarian violence%


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Oct 22: fficials from !order forces of Pakistan and Iran met in &ehran andagreed to tighten sec"rity along their !order and share intelligence to maintain

peace there%

Oct 22:A transplant operating theatre comple> named after the famo"s 9dhico"ple( who r"n the co"ntry6s largest charity organisation( was ina"g"rated atthe Sindh Instit"te of +rology and &ransplantation%

Oct 22: &he P"n*a! Assem!ly "nanimo"sly adopted resol"tions to condemnIndian aggression on the )ine of 8ontrol and Borking o"ndary and to pay atri!"te to Malala G"s"f'ai for earning the No!el Peace Pri'e /13#%

Oct 22:Nahid :han and Dr Safdar A!!asi la"nched a new PPP faction PakistanPeople6s Party Borkers 2PPP-B5%

Mr A!!asi was elected its first president thro"gh a resol"tion at the workersconvention%

Oct 22:&he M"ttahida a"mi Movement anno"nced to ;"it the PPP-led A'adEamm" and :ashmir government and also from ,ilgit-altistan government%

Oct 22:&he Sindh =igh 8o"rt 2S=85 allowed the ahria &own administration

to res"me constr"ction work on a flyover and "nderpass in 8lifton area of themetropolis%

Oct 22: &he 8o"ncil of Islamic Ideology 28II5 provisionally re*ected theProtection of Pakistan rdinance 2PP5 and the national sec"rity policy terming

!oth against Shariah%

Oct 22:+nited Nations Development Programme 2+NDP5 and International)a!o"r rgani'ation 2I)5 reached an agreement to train IDPs( who fled their

towns d"e to ongoing military operation 6Jar!-e-A'!6( in vario"s skills andfacilitate them in getting *o!s%

Aro"nd /11 men and women will !e selected for this training and employmentprogramme "nder the +NDP6s 68omm"nity Resilience Pro*ect for NBA 2NorthBa'iristan Agency5 Displaced 7amilies6%

Oct 2:&he Prime Minister6s Inspection 8ommission o!served that distri!"tioncompanies 2Discos5 have installed new metres which r"n at least C1-C$ per cent

faster than the old ones%


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Oct 24:Borkers of Pink Ri!!on 8ampaign and the P=A e>pressed solidaritywith !reast cancer patients and sensitised the masses a!o"t the ha'ards of !reastcancer !y arranging pink lights at )i!erty Market( )ahore ro"nda!o"t onoccasion of International Mammogram Day%

Oct 24:Speaking at a ceremony held in connection with the Borld Polio day(Prime Minister Nawa' Sharif anno"nced imposing polio emergency in theco"ntry%

Oct 24: &he government !arred the P"n*a! 7ood A"thority 2P7A5 fromchecking the ;"ality of wheat stored at flo"r mills and iss"ing them licences%

Oct 2!:8onfirming the worst fears a!o"t the spread of poliovir"s from Pakistan

across the glo!e( the Independent Monitoring oard 2IM5 of the ,lo!al Polio9radication Initiative has la!elled the co"ntry6s efforts to com!at the disease asa 6disaster6 and recommended that Hthe polio programme in Pakistan sho"ld !e

p"t in the hands of the National Disaster Management A"thority 2NDMA5%

Oct 2!:Pakistan named a tropical cyclone that was developing in the Ara!ianSea as 6Nilofar6% "t of the eight co"ntries of the region( it was Pakistan6s t"rn toname the cyclone%

Oct 26:A tri!al *irga was set "p to arrange talks !etween the government and

6Mehs"d &ali!an6% Ikram"ddin( father-in-law of ait"llah Mehs"d( heads the*irga%

Oct 26:A national & ratings provider( Medialogic Pakistan 2Pvt5 )td%(la"nched a new service in /1 cities covering over 3(111 ho"seholds across theco"ntry%

Oct 27:&he :arachi election tri!"nal declared the election of SardarMohammad M";eem :han( a Pakistan Peoples Party candidate to a Eaco!a!ad

provincial assem!ly seat 2PS-3#5 void%

Oct 27:P"n*a! Assem!ly passed three !ills( incl"ding the )ocal ,overnment2Second Amendment5 ill /13# while re*ecting all the o!*ections of opposition

!enches%

Oct 27: Pakistan won a seat as mem!er of the administrative co"ncil of theInternational &elecomm"nication +nion 2I&+5( the +nited Nations specialisedagency for information and comm"nication technologies%

&he elections were held d"ring the I&+ Plenipotentiary 8onference at "san(


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Rep"!lic of :orea%

Oct 28:A stall representing Israel was set "p at the 6,lo!al illage6 part of theBomen6s International Model +nited Nations 2BIM+N5 /13#( which was held

at International Islamic +niversity Islama!ad 2II+I5%

Oct 28: 7inance Minister Isha; Dar anno"nced a 3#-point 6f"t"re roadmap6aimed at achieving over seven per cent growth !y /13? and making Pakistan aglo!ally competitive and prospero"s co"ntry with partic"lar emphasis onmacroeconomic sta!ility thro"gh incl"sive growth%

Oct 28:,irl6s rights champion Malala Go"saf'ai( the yo"ngest No!el PeacePri'e la"reate in history( won the Borld6s 8hildren6s Pri'e( after a glo!al vote

involving millions of children%

Oct 29:&he S"preme 8o"rt threw o"t a set of three petitions( seeking theann"lment of the /13C general elections after all three complainants failed toconvince the co"rt after the day6s hearing%

Oct 29V Anti;"es pertaining to the "ddha era stolen from Mehrgarh area ofalochistan were recovered in Italy%

Oct 29:&he :hy!er Pakht"nkhwa Assem!ly passed a resol"tion to press the

+S government for freeing scientist Dr Aafia Siddi;"i declaring her the6oppressed da"ghter of Pakistan6%

Oct 0: An anti-terrorism co"rt sentenced Shahid A'i' alias ,"ll" "tt( theinfamo"s character of the Model &own tragedy( to 33 years and three months in

*ail%

Oct 0:"rka Avenger( Pakistan6s pioneer CD Animated & Series( won est& Show at the Second Asian Media Awards%

Oct 1:&he m"ch feared tropical cyclone Nilofar almost completed its cyclewitho"t hitting the coastlines of Pakistan and India%

Oct 1:Prime Minister Nawa' Sharif constit"ted a special high-poweredcommittee to e>amine afresh the iss"e of inflated electricity !ills%

Oct 1:&he government red"ced the prices of petrole"m prod"cts !y "p to 33per cent in view of the declining oil prices in international market%

Oct 1:7a'al-i-=a; A!!asi of the Asma Eahangir-led Independent Democratic


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,ro"p was elected President of the S"preme 8o"rt ar Association for /13#-3$%

No. 02:A devastating s"icide attack at the entrance of the Bagah !order paradeven"e killed 01 people( incl"ding 31 women and seven children( and left more

than 331 in*"red%

No. 0:Pakistan completed a C$0-r"n win over A"stralia in the second &est toclinch the series%

No. 0!:President Mamnoon ="ssain( on the advice of the Prime Minister(approved conferment of Nishan-i-Imtia' 2Military5 Medal "pon AdmiralM"hammad Jaka"llah( 8hief of the Naval Staff%

No. 07:)t ,en Ri'wan Akhtar took over as the /3st head of powerf"l InterServices Intelligence 2ISI5( s"cceeding retired )t ,en Jaheer"l Islam%

No. 08:&he alochistan government sent a report to the federal governmentand law-enforcement agencies a!o"t Hgrowing footprint in Pakistan of theIslamic State 2IS5 gro"p( also referred to as 6Daesh6%

No. 10:Bafa;i Mohtasi! Salman 7ar";"i anno"nced setting "p of a 6National8ommission for 8hildren6%

No. 11: Senator Mir =asil :han i'en*o was elected as president and Dr Gasinaloch as secretary general of the National Party 2NP5%

No. 11: &he government appointed Sa"d A'i'( a senior official of policeservices gro"p who had !een "nder investigation for a long time in theassassination case of former prime minister ena'ir h"tto( as Director ,eneralof the National 8risis Management 8ell%

No. 12:Maryam Nawa' resigned as 8hairperson of the Prime Minister Go"th

)oan Programme( a position she claimed to have !een holding p"rely Has avol"nteer and on an honorary !asis%

No. 12: Pakistan ranks third in the list of 3$ high !"rden co"ntries where theestimated deaths of children !y pne"monia is alarmingly high%

According to the latest report( @3(111 children die of pne"monia every year inPakistan% &he report says India is at the top where 3@#(111 children die ann"allyfollowed !y Nigeria 23/3(1115%

No. 1: &he P"n*a! government notified a new *oint team for investigating the


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E"ne 3@ killings in Model &own( a!o"t two and a half months after a sessionsco"rt ordered registration of a fresh 7IR on a complaint of the Pakistan Awami&ehreek%

No. 1: Syed M"rad Ali Shah( the former financial adviser to the chief ministerwho was elected "nopposed in the !y-election from PS -@C( was administeredthe oath as a minister in the Sindh ca!inet%

No. 1:Pakistan cond"cted a s"ccessf"l training la"nch of Shaheen-II( alsoknown as =atf-I( !allistic missile%

&he intermediate-range Shaheen-II is capa!le of carrying n"clear andconventional warheads to a range of 3$11 kilometres%

No. 14: Afghan President Ashraf ,hani set the tone of his two-day fence-mending trip to Islama!ad !y pledging stronger defence and sec"rity ties withPakistan%

President ,hani( who arrived in Islama!ad on a commercial flight from :a!"l(received a warm welcome at the Islama!ad6s N"r :han Air!ase where Adviserto Prime Minister on 7oreign Affairs and National Sec"rity Sarta* A'i' receivedhim%

No. 14: &he S"preme 8o"rt revisited its E"ne 3/( /13C( verdict that called forthe constit"tion of a federal commission to ens"re that all f"t"re appointmentsto p"!lic offices were cond"cted on the !asis of merit%

No. 14: &he 9lection 8ommission of Pakistan 298P5 on a reference sent !y thespeaker of alochistan Assem!ly "nseated Santosh :"mar( a minority mem!erof the assem!ly( elected on PM)-N ticket%

No. 1!: 7o"r state-owned gas organisations of &"rkmenistan( Afghanistan(

Pakistan and India 2&api5 esta!lished a company that will !"ild( own andoperate the planned 3(?11km &api gas pipeline%

Sports

Oct 16: Rawalpindi Rams won the P8 Inter-Region +nder-34 ne-day&o"rnament with an ?#-r"n defeat of :arachi Je!ras in the final%

Oct 20: &he N9D +niversity of 9ngineering and &echnology clinched the

N+S& Inter-+niversity ,irls &hrow!all &o"rnament as they !eat )ia;"atMedical +niversity in the final%


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Oct 20: Baseem :hatri6s winning streak of /@ matches was finally !roken !"tthat didn6t stop him from taking the title of the Danpak third Ranking Scra!!leto"rnament at each )">"ry =otel%

Oct 2!: Go"nis :han s"rpassed former captain In'amam-"l-=a; as the highestcent"ry maker for his co"ntry when he scored his second cent"ry of the matchand the /0th of his ill"strio"s career% =e also !ecame the seventh Pakistani toscore a cent"ry in !oth innings of a &est match%

Oct 2!: Pakistan6s middle order !atsman Go"nis :han !ecame the firstPakistani to score cent"ries in !oth the innings against A"stralia%

Oct 27: P"n*a! o"tplayed Islama!ad to win the gold medal while Sindh !aggedsilver !y !eating alochistan in the second Bomen6s +-34 Soft!all8hampionship%

Oct 29: &he ,"inness Borld Records approved the world record of Pakistanitaekwondo !lack !elt Ahmed Amin odla who str"ck as many as C$$ kicks inone min"te earlier this year%

=e had !roken the record of American Master Ra"l Me'a%

Oct 0: Go"nis :han !ecame the first !atsman in 41 years to hit three h"ndredsin consec"tive innings against A"stralia%

Oct 1: Go"nis :han !ecame the third Pakistani after Eaved Miandad andIn'amam-"l-=a; and /?th !atsman overall to score ?111 r"ns in &est cricket%

No. 02: Pakistan skipper Mis!ah-"l-=a; !roke the &est record for the fastestfifty and e;"alled that of the ;"ickest cent"ry%

&he #1-year-old smashed a /3-!all fifty and a $0-!all h"ndred on the fo"rth dayof the second &est against A"stralia%

No. 10: Pakistani !atsmen contin"ed with their phenomenal form against ahapless New Jealand side in the first &est at A!" Dha!i( scoring three cent"riesin an innings for the second time in as many &ests to send records t"m!ling andleaving cricket statisticians scratching their heads%

No. 10: Pakistan team set a new record in the history of &est cricket( as all top

five !atsmen of Pakistan scored over ?1 r"ns%


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No. 10: &he International 8ricket 8o"ncil 2I885 oard accepted the P86snomination of its former chairman( Na*am Sethi( for the I88 Presidency%

No. 1: &he gritty Mis!ah"l =a; !ecame Pakistan6s most s"ccessf"l captain

with a reso"nding victory in the first &est against New Jealand in A!" Dha!i%=e s"rpassed the *oint record for most wins held !y former skippers Imran:han 23# in #? matches5 and Eaved Miandad 23# in C$ matches5% Mis!ah has ledhis co"ntry in CC games so far%

No. 1: &alented =am'a ,odil and =aleema Ali capt"red !oys and girls "nder-3$ singles titles respectively in the second Sindh Sports oard all-:arachiranking ta!le tennis to"rnament%

Oituaries

Oct 18: 9>-I, and retired 7ederal Secretary for Anti-8orr"ption( Ria' Sipra(passed away% =e was @4%

Oct 28: Imran Mir( an eminent artist and a leading fig"re of advertisingind"stry( died% =e was 0#%

No. 0: Ma"lana Eamshaid( a senior leader of &a!leeghi Eamaat( !reathed hislast%

"cono#$

Oct 20: &he State ank of Pakistan removed the name of =S8 ank Middle9ast from its list of commercial !anks after its merger with Mee'an ank)imited%

Oct 22: American pharmace"tical company Eohnson K Eohnson decided toclose down man"fact"ring operationQprod"ction plant in Pakistan% =owever( the

company will contin"e its s"pplies in the co"ntry%

Oct 28: &he ,erman-Pakistan &rade and Investment 2,P&I5( a for"m toenhance trade and investment !etween !oth co"ntries( was la"nched%

Oct 29: &he National =ealth Services( Reg"lations and 8oordination 2N=SR85Ministry gave additional charge of D, =ealth to Dr Asad =afee' despite thefact that he is a key acc"sed in the ephedrine case and had spent several monthsin *ail for allegedly mis"sing a"thority%

No. 11: H,ermany is looking to increase its investment in Pakistan6s energy


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sector( provided its companies are reass"red a!o"t the sec"rity sit"ation(8hancellor Angela Merkel said at a *oint news conference with Prime Minister

Nawa' Sharif after their meeting%

No. 1: Pakistan and Afghanistan resolved to e>pand !ilateral trade to .$!illion from the c"rrent ./%$!n in two to three years%

No. 14: &he State ank of Pakistan placed :AS ank "nder moratori"m forsi> months( restricting money withdrawal to RsC11(111 per acco"nt%

No. 1!: &he State ank of Pakistan 2SP5 anno"nced a red"ction of $1 !asispoints in its policy rate after keeping it at 31 per cent for 3/ months%

"ducation

Oct 17:=igher 9d"cation Department 2=9D5 P"n*a! appointed Ria' Ahmed=ashmi as new chairman of IS9 M"ltan and Prof Rana Masood Akhtar aschairman of IS9 ahawalp"r%

Oct 21:According to a report titled Hroken PromisesV the crisis of Pakistan6so"t-of-school children( prepared !y Alif Ailaan( only one in fo"r children( whoenrol in school in the first grade make it to grade 31% In /11/-1C( /(?CC(@/0children enrolled in the first grade% "t !y /133-3/( only @3?(4#$ remained in

school%

Oct 27: &he 8hevening Scholarship Pakistan programme head EonathanBilliams anno"nced that the 8hevening Scholarship programme has tripled then"m!er of scholarship places for Pakistan !y offering aro"nd @1 s"chopport"nities for the academic year /13$-/130%

No. 1: &he P"n*a! =igher 9d"cation Department esta!lished a 8entre of9>cellence for 8hina St"dies at the ,overnment 8ollege +niversity( )ahore%

%rans&ers and *ostin/s

Oct 17: Go"n"s Dhaga was appointed as new 7ederal Secretary for Bater andPower% =e replaced Nargis Sethi who went on a fo"r-month leave%

Oct 17: &he federal government posted retired S;"adron )eader A!id Ali :hanas the new chief secretary of A'ad Eamm" K :ashmir 2AE:5% =e had replaced:hi'ar =ayat ,ondal%

Oct 18:Nasser N%S% Eaffer was appointed as chairman of the Pakistan


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International Airlines% =e will replace acting chairman Mohammad Ali ,arde'i%

Oct 20:7ormer State ank governor Dr Ishrat ="sain and Shams :assim)akha left the ISP( the organisation which they were serving in the capacity of

non-government mem!ers%

7o"r new mem!ers( Dr Sania Nishtar and Dr Je!a A% Sattar as non-governmentmem!ers and secretary or additional secretary of the ministry of foreign affairsand additional secretary of the ca!inet division( have !een ind"cted into the

!oard for three years

Oct 21: 8onse;"ent "pon promotion in PS-// as secretary to government ofPakistan( Afta! Anwar aloch( an officer of Pakistan 8"stoms K 9>cise ,ro"p

was appointed as 8hairman 9>port Processing Jones A"thority 29PJA5%

Oct 0: &he parliamentary committee on *"dges6 appointments confirmedappointment of eight additional *"dges to the )ahore =igh 8o"rt 2)=85%

&he *"dges areV a'i Amin( Mir'a Ba;as Ra"f( Shahid :arim( 8ha"dhryM"shta; Ahmed( :halid Mehmood Malik( Ali Ak!ar "reshi( Masood A!id

Na;vi and 8ha"dhry Mohammad I;!al%

No. 0:&he president appointed retired Ma* ,en Nia' M"hammad :han

:hattak as chairman of the 7ederal P"!lic Service 8ommission 27PS85( )ia;atAli Shah =amdani as 8ontroller ,eneral of Acco"nts 28,A5 and si> mem!ersof the 7ederal Service &ri!"nal%

&he president also approved the appointment of Akhla; Ahmed &arar andMa'har Ali :han as mem!ers of the 7PS8%

No. 09:President Mamnoon ="ssain appointed ice Admiral :han =asham!in Saddi;"e as ice 8hief of the Naval Staff%

*eople in Ne+s

alala >ousa&ai ' Sar#een Oaid =ino$

Oct 17:&he Asia Society hono"red No!el Peace Pri'e la"reate MalalaGo"saf'ai and Sharmeen !aid 8hinoy( a Pakistani film-maker( and 33 otherleaders and instit"tions as its ina"g"ral class of Asia ,ame 8hangers%

Sa#eena aeen #ed


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Oct 21:A Pakistani-!orn actress Sameena Ea!een Ahmed !agged the estActress award for her lead role in m"sic video director Daniel Bolfe6s de!"tfeat"re film H8atch Me Daddy%

alala >ousa&ai

Oct 22:Malala Go"s"f'ai( a rights activist and yo"ngest-ever recipient of theNo!el Peace Pri'e( now received the +S )i!erty Medal and pledged her.311(111 award to promote ed"cation in Pakistan%

3ir #ran %aa##ul

Oct 2!:A yo"ng Pakistani innovator( :hi'r Imran &a*amm"l( won the first

pri'e at the Rwanga Social Start"p 8ompetition held at the fifth ne Go"ngBorld s"mmit in D"!lin( Ireland%

&he conference was attended !y a series of esta!lished glo!al leaders s"ch as:ofi Annan( Mary Ro!inson( Sir o! ,eldof( Professor M"hammad G"n"s(Pa"l Polman( Do"g Richard( Eimmy Bales( 7ormer )atin American Presidents(Sol 8amp!ell( Dame 9llen MacArth"r( Martin Pollock( =ans Reit'( ProfessorMeghan 6 S"llivan and Meghan Markle%

= nas Sar+ar

Oct 2!:P"n*a! ,overnor 8h Mohammed Sarwar6s son Anas Sarwar waselected as the leader of Scottish )a!o"r Party( Scotland% Anas is the first Asianand M"slim to have achieved this landmark%

Sead 5a#eed #ad

Oct 29: Sheh'ad =ameed Ahmad from Pakistan won the 6Prince of Ast"riasAward6 for his work d"ring a 7"l!right scholarship% Ahmad received the award

which is Spain6s e;"ivalent of the No!el Peace Pri'e( from Spain6s :ing 7elipeE"an on !ehalf of the 7"l!right ,lo!al Program for International 8ooperation%

Sar#een Oaid-=ino$, Sana Salee#, Sara 3an and Ni/ar Naar

Oct 29: 8on;"ering the world with their doc"mentaries( campaigns andcartoons( fo"r Pakistani women made it to 86s 311 Bomen list% Among thesewomen are doc"mentary film-maker and scar award winner Sharmeen !aid-8hinoy( Internet rights activist Sana Saleem( filmmaker and campaigner Sarah

:han and cartoonist Nigar Na'ar% &he first Pakistani female cartoonist( NigarNa'ar is ,ogi St"dios6 mastermind and lead cartoonist%


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$an Auresi

Oct 0:A Pakistani-riton Ayan "reshi !ecame the yo"ngest Microsoft

8ertified professional( accomplishing the feat at the age of five years( 33months toppling Pakistani Mehro' Gawar who passed the e>am at the

practically ancient age of si> and a half%

*laces in Ne+s

*esa+ar

Oct 19: &he two-day Afghan 8"lt"ral Show concl"ded at Nishtar =all with a

pledge to cele!rate the Afghan 8"lt"ral International Day every year reg"larlyand work for the promotion of c"lt"ral activists%

;aore

Oct 22:&he first-ever international conference in Pakistan on a cr"cial topic ofH7orensic Science and E"stice !egan at ,overnment 8ollege +niversity )ahore"nder the a"spices of the "niversity6s 8hemistry Department( P"n*a! 7orensicScience Agency 2P7SA5 and =igher 9d"cation 8ommission%

;aore

Oct 28: Pakistan ="man 8apital 7or"m 2P=875 held H=R Services W estPractices Seminar at Royal Palm 8o"ntry 8l"!( )ahore%

%e Sanan Na/ar *ulic "ducation %rust

Oct 29: &he San*an Nagar P"!lic 9d"cation &r"st flagship camp"s earned,lo!al Platin"m Standard the International accala"reate Primary Gears

Programme 2I-PGP5 A"thorisation award%

a+alpindi nstitute o& =ardiolo/$ (=)

Oct 29: &he Interventional 8ardiology team at Rawalpindi Instit"te of8ardiology 2RI85 led !y Professor of 8ardiology Ma*or ,en 2R5 Dr A'harMahmood :a

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