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1651. In which year Pakistan succeeded to achieve the target of polio free country?

  • A. 2016
  • B. 2017
  • C. 2018
  • D. Still polio cases are being reported in Pakistan

Explanation: Pakistan had not achieved polio-free status in 2018 because new cases were still being reported. The continued detection of cases rules out each of the earlier years as the achievement date.

Correct answer: Still polio cases are being reported in Pakistan

1652. The SCO film festival will be held from 13th June 2018. Which Pakistani film will be screened at SCO film festival?

  • A. Waar
  • B. Chalay thay saath
  • C. Jawani phir nahi ani
  • D. Bol

Explanation: Chalay Thay Saath was Pakistan’s entry screened at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation film festival in 2018. The other options were Pakistani films but were not the film identified for that festival.

Correct answer: Chalay thay saath

1653. Which lawyer has withdrawn from representing Nawaz sharif in NAB references on 11th June 2018?

  • A. Salman Aslam butt
  • B. Khawaja Haris
  • C. Makhdoom Ali khan
  • D. Amjad Pervez

Explanation: Khawaja Haris withdrew from representing Nawaz Sharif in the NAB references in June 2018. His withdrawal came amid a dispute over the pace and handling of the proceedings.

Correct answer: Khawaja Haris

1654. IHC has increased the sentence of suspended judge Raja khurram and his wife to _______ years from 1 year in tayyaba torture case on 11th June 2018?

  • A. 5
  • B. 6
  • C. 3
  • D. 2

Explanation: The Islamabad High Court increased the sentences in the Tayyaba torture case from one year to three years. The case involved former judge Raja Khurram Ali Khan and his wife.

Correct answer: 3

1655. Who has declared Khalid maqbool Siddiqui as MQM-P convener on 11th June 2018?

  • A. SC
  • B. IHC
  • C. ECP
  • D. Farooq Sattar

Explanation: The Islamabad High Court recognised Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui as MQM-P’s convener in the party’s internal leadership dispute. The Supreme Court and ECP were not the authorities named in this decision.

Correct answer: IHC

1656. The _______year old posts of political agent, additional political agent and assistant political agent in tribal agencies have been re-designed as deputy commissioner, additional deputy commissioner and assistant commissioner by KPK government?

  • A. 71
  • B. 45
  • C. 116
  • D. 127

Explanation: The posts had existed for 116 years under the old administrative system in the tribal agencies. After the FATA merger, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa replaced them with the regular district-administration titles.

Correct answer: 116

1657. Office of political agents and the collection of money welfare fund in FATA have been abolished on the orders of ___________?

  • A. SC
  • B. KPK government
  • C. IHC
  • D. Caretaker PM

Explanation: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government abolished the offices of political agents and the related welfare-fund collection as part of integrating FATA into the provincial administrative structure. This was an executive provincial measure, not a court order.

Correct answer: KPK government

1658. With which country Pakistan has formed an unofficial bloc on the sidelines of SCO summit, vowing to work together in the coming years?

  • A. India
  • B. Russia
  • C. China
  • D. All of the above
  • E. B & C

Explanation: Pakistan, China and Russia were described as forming an informal or unofficial bloc on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. India was also an SCO member, but it was not part of this reported grouping.

Correct answer: B & C

1659. Which former PM of Pakistan was fined by motorway police due to overspeeding on 11th June 2018 near Lahore?

  • A. Nawaz sharif
  • B. Shahid khaqan abbasi
  • C. Yousaf Raza Gilani
  • D. Shaukat Aziz

Explanation: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was fined by motorway police for overspeeding near Lahore. Nawaz Sharif was another former prime minister, but he was not the person identified in this incident.

Correct answer: Shahid khaqan abbasi

1660. Hamza shahbaz and Ayesha ahad Malik have decided to settle differences and withdraw all cases against each other after ________ arbitration?

  • A. Scholar Tariq Jameel
  • B. CJP
  • C. LHC
  • D. Shahbaz sharif

Explanation: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar helped arbitrate between Hamza Shahbaz and Ayesha Ahad Malik, leading them to agree to withdraw their cases. Tariq Jameel and the Lahore High Court were not the reported mediators.

Correct answer: CJP