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 successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable Babur cruise missile with a range of 700 km----Pakistan


The flood hazard in Pakistan during July 2010 is due to the flood in Indus


The United States administration has recently announced
exempting India, South Korea, and five other countries from Iran oil sanctions.
Which among the following is not a country among the five others? [A]Pakistan
[B]Turkey [C]Malaysia [D]South Africa
Pakistan Besides India, South Korea, Malaysia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey and
Taiwan got exemptions

Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a range of 1,300 kilometres
• Hatf V Ghauri missile, a liquid fuel and a nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a range of 1,300 kilometres
was test fired by Pakistan recently.
• It can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads.

Bhagat Singh Chowk: Is the new name of Shadman Chowk located in the Eastern City of Lahore (Pakistan)

The Shadman Chowk in the eastern city of Lahore (Pakistan) on 29 September 2012 was renamed as Bhagat Singh Chowk on the 105th birth anniversary of the revolutionary freedom fighter and martyr, Bhagat Singh. This came up in result of the demand from the peace activists for renaming the Chowk by the name of Bhagat Singh. Noorul Amin Mengal, the District Coordination Officer directed the City District Government to rename Shadman Chowk as Bhagat Singh Chowk.

It was Shadman Chowk roundabout, where Bhagat Singh along with his two companions Sukhdev Singh and Rajguru were hanged on 23 March 1931 in the then Lahore Jail for their alleged involvement in the Lahore Conspiracy Case. Till 1947, the Chowk was named after the name of Bhagat Singh, later it was renamed to be Shadman Chowk.

Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh born of 28 September 1907 and hanged on 23 March 1931, was one of the greatest martyrs of the Indian Freedom Struggle against the British Empire. He has been termed as the most influential revolutionists of his time in the Indian History. Referred to be a Saheed, Bhagat singh as a teenager studied the revolutionary movements of European Countries and was attracted towards the Marxists and Anarchist thoughts.

Some of the revolutionary acts of Bhagat Singh 1. Killed the then Assistant Superintendent of Police John P. Saunders in a plot to kill the Superintendent of Police James A. Scott
2. In 1915, when the British Government planned to implement the Defence India Act, 1915 Bhagat Singh along with Batukeshwar Dutt threw 2 bombs in the visitor’s gallery of the Central Legislative Hall shouting Inquilab Zindabad and showered leaflets to with slogans against the Public Safety and Trades Dispute Bills. Both surrendered themselves in the hands of British police claiming the incident was intentional (this act was done in the influence of the news about the French anarchist who threw a bomb in the French Chamber of Deputies)

Hunger strike and Lahore conspiracy case
1. He along with few more revolutionaries went on a hunger strike of 116 days to protest against the inequalities, which were being done against the Indian Prisoners to that of the British Prisoners in the jail premises.
2. On 7 October 1930, a three hundred page judgment by the tribunal that he faced along with the duo Rajguru and Sukhdev declared their sentence of being hanged till death in the Lahore Conspiracy Case
3. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, the trio were hanged on 24 March 1931 few hours before the original time decided on the Shadman Chowk again renamed as Bhagat Singh Chowk in Lahore.

Bhagat Singh’s Dairy and Pamphlet
1. During his term in jail and by the time he was hanged, the martyr who had the habit of maintaining a dairy wrote 404 pages. Views from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were the prominent ones available in the dairy.
2. In the prison he also wrote a small pamphlet with title Why I am an Atheist.

Pakistani scientist Dr. Khalil Chishti released from Ajmer Jail
Who is Dr. Khalil Chisti?
Dr. Khalil Chishti an octogenarian old virologist from Karanchi, Pakistan released from Ajmer central Jail
on bail. The Supreme Court has granted him bail.
In 1992, Khalil was imprisoned in a murder case. Khalil came to visit attend a marriage at the city of his
birth, Ajmer in 1992. But he got caught in a wrangle b/w two sets of relatives; one person was shot dead. Dr Chishti
Current Affairs Published on www.gktoday.in from January 1, 2012 to
September 10, 2012
was arrested, although he dissented all through that he was but a looker-on. The trial took 18 years; in 2010 he was
awarded life-imprisonment for murder.
Now, the Supreme Court has granted him bail and but Khalil’s passport will be seized during for the bail Period and he
will not allowed to leave Ajmer. SC however, held that it would hear a fresh appeal from him to return to Pakistan.
What Dr. Khalil’s release can bring for India?









Pakistan Test Fires Hatf-II
‘Hatf-II’ a nuclear capable short range ballistic missile test fired by Pakistan
Pakistan test-fired the Hatf-II:
 Nuclear capable
 Short range 180 Kms (113 Miles)
 Surface-to-surface ballistic missile
The Hatf-II will furnish an operational level capability to Pakistan’s Strategic Forces in addition to the strategic and
tactical level capability already possessed by Pakistan. The short range ballistic missile can hit targets in India. It was
test-fired as a part of the process of substantiating land-based missile systems of Pakistan.







Pakistan approves resolution for resetting country’s troubled ties
with US
Pakistan’s parliament has collectively sanctioned a resolution for readjusting the country’s disturbed ties with the US.
Pakistan’s Parliament has demanded the government to seek from US a civil nuclear deal akin to the one extended to
India. The resolution adopted by a joint sitting of the National Assembly and the Senate contended that the Indo-US
civil nuclear agreement had "significantly altered" the strategic balance in the region.
Amongst the 14 recommendations in the resolution adopted, one of them recommends that the dialogue process with
India should be extended in a meaningful and result-oriented fashion and efforts should be made to settle the Kashmir
issue in conformity with UN resolutions.








Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam assumes ISI DG charge
In Pakistan, Lieutenant General Zaheerul Islam took over the charge of Director General of ISI (Inter Services
Intelligence). He replaced Lt. Gen. Shuja Pasha who retired.




Pakistan successfully test fires Hatf-9 Nasr missile
 Pakistan successfully test-fired a short-range Hatf 9 (Nasr) missile
 Range: 60 km
 Capable of carrying nuclear weapons
 Pakistan’s 3rd ballistic missile test since April 2012, after India successfully test-fired the inter-continental Agni 5
missile
 Pakistan already has nuclear-capable Hatf-IV with a range of 1000 km, nuclear-capable Hatf-III, with a range of
290 km





Pak successfully test-fires Hatf IV, Shaheen 1A missile
Pakistan successfully test-fired long-range Hatf IV, Shaheen 1A ballistic missile in the Indian Ocean. The missile’s range
and technical parameters have been improved while it is capable of carrying nuclear warhead.
Pakistan has tested the long-range missile just a week after India test fired its first ICBM (Inter-Continental Ballistic
Missile) Agni-V on April 18, 2012.









Pak SC annuls New Law Protecting the Prime Minister

Supreme Court of Pakistan annulled the new Contempt of Court Act 2012(COCA 2012) which was brought in to protect
the new prime minister from being charged with contempt and removed from his office like his predecessor Yousuf
Rza Gilani.
Previous PM Yousuf Raza Gilani was ousted from the office on the charges of contempt of court as he failed to restart
corruption investigation against President Asif Zardari.








Pakistan confers Sitara-i-Imtiaz on Gopi Chand Narang
Pakistan government conferred Sitara-i-Imtiaz honor on Urdu author, Gopi Chand Narang . The honor is the third
highest civilian honor given by the nation.
Nishan-i-Imtiaz is the highest civil honor of Pakistan which it had bestowed on former Prime Minister Morarji Desai
and matinee idol Dilip Kumar in the past.
Gopi Chand Narang was born in Dukki, Pakistan. He is an Indian scholar of Urdu language and literature, an prominent
Urdu writer, scholar, critic and linguist. He is author of many books in Urdu, Hindi and English.




Pakistan confers Nisan-i-Imtiaz on Saadat Hasan Manto
Pakistan Govt conferred its highest civilian honor Nisan-i-Imtiaz on famous Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto.
Manto is popular for his Urdu short stories, especially those that explored the impact of the partition of the
subcontinent into India and Pakistan in 1947.

Some of his famous short stories include Toba Tek Singh, Bu (Odour), Khol Do (Open It) and Thanda Gosht (Cold
Meat).
Pakistan earlier conferred Sitara-i-Imtiaz on Gopi Chand Narang
Pakistan government conferred Sitara-i-Imtiaz honor on Urdu author, Gopi Chand Narang . The honor is the third
highest civilian honor given by the nation. Nishan-i-Imtiaz is the highest civil honor of Pakistan which it had bestowed
on former Prime Minister Morarji Desai and matinee idol Dilip Kumar in the past.
Gopi Chand Narang was born in Dukki, Pakistan. He is an Indian scholar of Urdu language and literature, an prominent
Urdu writer, scholar, critic and linguist. He is author of many books in Urdu, Hindi and English.










Terrorist attack Pakistan’s Kamra air base
Pakistan’s security structure was breached when terrorists belonging Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked
Pakistan Air Force’s Minhas Base in Kamra (a two-hour drive from Islamabad). Although all the terrorists were killed in
the battle, the assault killed more than a dozen security personnel and destruction of three JF-17 thunder aircrafts. The
attack was done to avenge the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Karma air base: It is located in the North Punjab district of Attock and has Pakistan Aeronautical Complex where
Mirage and the JF-17 thunder jets are assembled.





Women's panel renamed by Pakistan
Pakistan's National Commission on the Status of Women to be known as the 'National
Commission for Women'
An autonomous body following the devolution of the ministry of women's development





Pakistan: Army coup fears loom large
 Pakistan Government calls for an urgent session of Parliament in the wake of a warning from the Supreme Court.
 The Supreme Court has said that action could be taken against the President and the Prime Minister for failing to
reopen high-profile corruption cases.
 At the same time, Pakistan Army warns Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of grievous consequences for his
recent criticism of the military and the ISI.
 In another move, the Pakistan Army brought in Brigadier Sarfaraz Ali as the new commander of a Rawalpindibased
army unit that has traditionally played a vital role in military coups.
 Prime Minister Gilani sacked Defence Secretary Naeem Khalid Lodhi with immediate effect for gross misconduct
and illegal action. Cabinet Secretary Nargis Sethi was given additional charge of the post of Defence Secretary.
The Army officials have warned that the army will not cooperate with the new Defence Secretary.

PAKISTAN

TESTED NUCLEAR CAPABLE HATF 7 CRUISE MISSILE

Pakistan’s Parliament passes a pro-democracy Resolution
 The Parliament of Pakistan has passed a pro-democracy resolution which gives a moral booster for the
beleaguered government that is haunted by the graft issues and the so called memogate controversy.
 The resolution, introduced by a junior partner of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party, was passed by a two-thirds
majority in the 342-member National Assembly.
 In the backdrop of government’s confrontation with the military and the judiciary over the memo scandal and
the reopening of high-profile graft cases, PPP’s coalition partners reposed full confidence in Pakistan Prime
Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and decided that he will appear in the Supreme Court to face the contempt notice.