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Volume X, Issue-9, September 2020 Volume X, Issue-9, September 2020 September in History Pakistan’s standing in the global rankings September 30, 1947: Overview Pakistan becomes member of = United Nations (UN) by a m~âáëí~å=çÄëÉêîÉÇ=~=ëäáÖÜí=áãéêçîÉãÉåí=áå=íÜÉ=çîÉê~ää=áåíÉêå~íáçå~ä=ê~åâáåÖë=áå=OMNU=ÅçîÉêáåÖ=ëçÅáçJÉÅçåçãáÅ=~åÇ=========== éçäáíáÅ~ä=çìíÅçãÉë=çÑ=íÜÉ=ÅçìåíêóK=pÉîÉê~ä=ÉäÉãÉåíë=ÅçãéäÉãÉåíÉÇ=íÜÉ=éêçëéÉÅíë=áåÅäìÇáåÖ=ëìÅÅÉëëÑìä=ÇÉãçÅê~íáÅ======== unanimous vote of the Security íê~åëáíáçåIÉÑÑáÅáÉåí=ÅçìåíÉêJíÉêêçêáëã=ãÉ~ëìêÉë=äÉ~ÇáåÖ=íç=ÉåÜ~åÅÉÇ=éÉ~ÅÉ=~åÇ=ëÉÅìêáíóI=~åÇ=ÑçêÉáÖå=ÇáêÉÅí=áåîÉëíãÉåí= Council. áåÑäçïë=ìåÇÉê=`mb`I=~ãçåÖ=çíÜÉêëK=^äÄÉáíI=ÇÉÅçìéäáåÖ=ÉÅçåçãáÅ=ÖêçïíÜ=Ñêçã=Üìã~å=ÇÉîÉäçéãÉåí=ëìÖÖÉëíë=íÜ~í=íÜÉ= Åçìåíêó=åÉÉÇë=íç=ÉåÜ~åÅÉ=áíë=ëÅçêÉë=áå=ÜÉ~äíÜI=ÉÇìÅ~íáçå=~åÇ=ëí~åÇ~êÇ=çÑ=äáîáåÖ=Äó=ÉåëìêáåÖ=éçäáíáÅ~ä=ïáääI=Éèìáí~ÄäÉ============ September 11, 1948: Ñáå~åÅáåÖ=~åÇ=ÉÑÑáÅáÉåí=ÖçîÉêå~åÅÉ=íç=ÉåëìêÉ=é~ê~ääÉä=ÖêçïíÜ=Ñçê=ã~êÖáå~äáòÉÇ=ëÉÖãÉåíë=~ë=ïÉääK=`áîáä=~åÇ=éçäáíáÅ~ä======= Founding father of nation äáÄÉêíáÉë=ãìëí=Öêçï=Ü~åÇ=áå=Ü~åÇ=íç=ÉåëìêÉ=~=ÅçåÇìÅáîÉ=ÉåîáêçåãÉåí=Ñçê=ÇÉãçÅê~íáÅ=Çá~äçÖìÉ=~åÇ=~ÅÅçìåí~Äáäáíó=ïÜáÅÜ= ìäíáã~íÉäó=ëìééçêíë=áíë=å~íáçå=ÄìáäÇáåÖ=éêçÅÉëëK== Quaid-e-Azam dies in Karachi due to stroke. DEMOCRACY INDEX = September 14, 1948: m~âáëí~å=ê~åâÉÇ=NNOíÜ=çìí=çÑ=NST=ÅçìåíêáÉë=áå=íÜÉ=aÉãçÅê~Åó=fåÇÉñ=ëÅçêáåÖ== QKNT=çìí=çÑ=NM=áå=OMNU=Åçãé~êÉÇ Khwaja Nazimuddin becomes = =íç=QKOS=áå=OMNTK=== fåÇÉñ=Ñêçã=M=E~ìíÜçêáí~êá~å=êÉÖáãÉ Governor General of Pakistan. = F=íç=NM=EÑìää=ÇÉãçÅê~ÅóF= `çãéáäÉÇ=Ä~ëÉÇ=çå=áåÇáÅ~íçêë=ÅçîÉêáåÖW=bäÉÅíçê~ä=éêçÅÉëë=~åÇ=éäìê~äáëãI=`áîáä=äáÄÉêíáÉëI== September 6, 1950: cìåÅíáçåáåÖ=çÑ=ÖçîÉêåãÉåíI=mçäáíáÅ~ä=é~êíáÅáé~íáçåI=~åÇ=mçäáíáÅ~ä=ÅìäíìêÉK== = General Mohammad Ayub HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX= Khan, the first Pakistani, is = appointed C-in-C of Pakistan m~âáëí~å=ê~åâÉÇ=NRMíÜ=çìí=çÑ=NUV=ÅçìåíêáÉë=áå=íÜÉ=eìã~å=aÉîÉäçéãÉåí=fåÇÉñ=ëÅçêáåÖ== MKRSO=çìí=çÑ=NKMMM=áå=OMNU=Åçãé~êÉÇ Army. = =íç=MKRSM=çìí=çÑ=NKMMM=áå=OMNTK=== fåÇÉñ=Ñêçã=M=Eäçï=ÇÉîÉäçéãÉåí =F=íç=N=EîÉêó=ÜáÖÜ=ÇÉîÉäçéãÉåíF= September 12, 1956: `çãéáäÉÇ=Ä~ëÉÇ=çå=áåÇáÅ~íçêë=ÅçîÉêáåÖW=äáÑÉ=ÉñéÉÅí~åÅóI=ÉÇìÅ~íáçåI=~åÇ=éÉê=Å~éáí~=áåÅçãÉ= Huseyn Shaheed Suharwardy = assumes office of appointed Prime PRESS FREEDOM INDEX Minister. = m~âáëí~å=ê~åâÉÇ=NPVíÜ=çìí=çÑ=NUM=ÅçìåíêáÉë=áå=íÜÉ=mêÉëë=cêÉÉÇçã=fåÇÉñ=ëÅçêáåÖ== QPKOQ=çìí=çÑ=NMM=áå=OMNU=Åçãé~êÉÇ September 16 1959: = =íç=QPKRR=áå=OMNTK=== fåÇÉñ=Ñêçã=M=Eãçëí=éêÉëë=ÑêÉÉÇçã Government establishes Islamic = F=íç=NMM=EäÉ~ëí=éêÉëë=ÑêÉÉÇçãF== Research Institute. `çãéáäÉÇ=Ä~ëÉÇ=çå=áåÇáÅ~íçêë=ÅçîÉêáåÖW=éäìê~äáëãI=ãÉÇá~=áåÇÉéÉåÇÉåÅÉI=ÉåîáêçåãÉåí== ~åÇ=ëÉäÑJÅÉåëçêëÜáéI=äÉÖáëä~íáîÉ=Ñê~ãÉïçêâI=íê~åëé~êÉåÅóI=~åÇ=áåÑê~ëíêìÅíìêÉK== = September 9, 1960: TERRORISM INDEX Pakistan achieved its first Gold = Medal in Olympics, defeating m~âáëí~å=ê~åâÉÇ=RíÜ=çìí=çÑ=NSP=ÅçìåíêáÉë=áå=íÜÉ=qÉêêçêáëã=fåÇÉñ=ëÅçêáåÖ= =UKNU=çìí=çÑ=NM=áå=OMNU=Åçãé~êÉÇ India in hockey by 1-0 at Rome. = =íç=UKQM=áå=OMNTK=== fåÇÉñ=Ñêçã=M=EäçïÉëí=áãé~Åí = F=íç=NM=EÜáÖÜÉëí=áãé~ÅíF= September 17, 1964: `çãéáäÉÇ=Ä~ëÉÇ=çå=áåÇáÅ~íçêë=ÅçîÉêáåÖ=W=qçí~ä=åìãÄÉê=çÑ=íÉêêçêáëí=áåÅáÇÉåíë=áå=~=ÖáîÉå=óÉ~êI=íçí~ä=åìãÄÉê=çÑ== Fatima Jinnah filed her paper as Ñ~í~äáíáÉë=Å~ìëÉÇ=Äó=íÉêêçêáëã=áå=~=ÖáîÉå=óÉ~êI=íçí~ä=åìãÄÉê=çÑ=áåàìêáÉë=Å~ìëÉÇÄó=íÉêêçêáëã=áå=~=ÖáîÉå=óÉ~ê== candidate for the Presidential ~åÇ=íÜÉ=~ééêçñáã~íÉ=äÉîÉä=çÑ=íçí~ä=éêçéÉêíó=Ç~ã~ÖÉ=Ñêçã=íÉêêçêáëí=áåÅáÇÉåíë=áå=~=ÖáîÉå=óÉ~êK= election. ECONOMIC FREEDOM INDEX = September 23, 1990: m~âáëí~å=ê~åâÉÇ=NPNëí=çìí=çÑ=NUM=ÅçìåíêáÉë=áå=íÜÉ=bÅçåçãáÅ=cêÉÉÇçã=fåÇÉñ=ëÅçêáåÖ== RQKQ=çìí=çÑ=NMM=áå=OMNU=Åçãé~êÉÇ Sandak project signed between = =íç=ROKU=çìí=çÑ=NMM=áå=OMNTK=== fåÇÉñ=Ñêçã=M=EêÉéêÉëëÉÇ Pakistan and China at Beijing. = F=íç=NMM=EÑêÉÉF= `çãéáäÉÇ=Ä~ëÉÇ=çå=áåÇáÅ~íçêë=ÅçîÉêáåÖW=j~êâÉí=çéÉååÉëëI=oÉÖìä~íçêó=ÉÑÑáÅáÉåÅóI== dçîÉêåãÉåí=ëáòÉ=~åÇ=íÜÉ=êìäÉ=çÑ=ä~ïK= Positive Post is a strategic effort to project achievement and contributions of Pakistan. While showcasing Greenwich University’s cultural diplomacy initiatives, it also encapsulates a compilation of different developments complementing Pakistan’s socio-cultural, economic and Political outcomes. Greenwich University Live Sessions Beyond the Pandemic In the midst of the coronavirus through curriculum but through pandemic, as the nation experiential learning as well. adjusts to the new normal, To guide our students, we invited a number of institutions are more than 180 renowned going online to carry the personalities on our show, who educational journey forward through their success stories motivated many. venues and hotels The purpose of these session was shut down, and manyfold, strengthening the negativity Alumni network, extending the outreach of Greenwich Vision by providing platform to people across the globe and promoting new talent. Our RJ Umer during these trying Khan was times. the spine of the Greenwich University does not With believe only in paving careers universities, escalated, we at Greenwich have tried to motivate the audience through success stories, music, literary reviews, interviews and so much was offered to satiate the intellectual minds. We started the Greenwich University Live Sessions from show, his captivation and May 1, 2020 and personalities charming persona was the with renowned and celebrated highlight of the show. He has reputation from different arenas hosted over 4000 live shows in were with us to share their joy the past 11 years of his media and journey and kept the career locally and internationally. audience engaged and By Umer Khan motivated. 2 Pakistan’s Fight Against COVID-19 Has Made Imran Khan Stronger Govt Plans to Build Underground Gas Storages Pakistan decided to reopen all Due to an increasing gas deficit, the educational institutions in phases government is looking to build under- starting on September 15. The ground gas storage in order to bridge the decision was made a month after higher demand-supply gap in winters. the federal government decided to open public places like restaurants, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister gyms and tourist destinations. That (SAPM) on Petroleum Nadeem Babar the rate of coronavirus infections chaired a meeting on the development has not spiked, even after the of Strategic Underground Gas Storages resumption of business activities, (SUGS) aimed at meeting the coun- Eid-ul-Azha and Muharram try’s growing domestic and commercial processions, is an indication that needs, especially during the winter. Pakistan is finally getting back to normalcy. Recent reports and analy- ses have described Pakistan as a headed by a serving three star how determined he was to stick COVID-19 bright spot a sharp general, has also been at the to his smart-lockdown policy, turnaround from a few months ago, forefront of managing this gargan- despite constant denunciation and when it was feared that the coun- tuan crisis. resistance. try’s inept handling of the crisis would lead to disaster. That Pakistan Pakistan’s model of civil-military Third, Khan’s government has been has turned the tables in a matter of The initiative is being supported by the cooperation has certainly delivered, given some respite due to the en- months is a win for its Prime Min- Asian Development Bank (ADB), indicating that ties between Khan couraging statistics on the state of ister Imran Khan, whose position while a consortium of European oil & and the military are robust. It also the economy. Pakistan recently has now become stronger than ever. gas equipment companies is leading the indicates that reports of a possible recorded a current account surplus, study, a Petroleum Division news estrangement between the military after running a mammoth deficit release said. There are three reasons why and Khan were overblown. Indeed, for years. Additionally, the country Pakistan’s fight against COVID-19 The meeting agreed to expeditiously Pundits who were predicting a received record remittances in the has ensconced Khan in a comfort- complete the study report on the doomsday scenario for Khan talked month of July, giving the prime able position vis à vis his methodology of underground gas stor- about “in-house change” and the minister an opportunity to an- opponents. ages till May 2021, so that availability “minus-one” formula, both of nounce the good news on Twitter. of funds for the facility will be met in which would have involved him With Pakistan expected to witness First, Pakistan’s COVID-19 due course of time. being removed from the prime a GDP growth of 1 percent for the response was channeled through a ministership. current fiscal year, it could be ar- The final report will provide a blueprint cooperative mechanism between gued that the economy as a whole for a facility with respect to size, mod- the government and the military, ulation, and secure supply of gas. Second, Pakistan’s COVID-19 has not been crippled as a result of something that has led to cohesion countermeasures were in line with the pandemic. Economic recovery and institutional harmony. Earlier, in 2019, Minister for Energy Khan’s consistent policy of saving is being anticipated, as evidenced by Civil-military cooperation in fight- Omar Ayub Khan and Petroleum lives and livelihoods. Since the very bullish trends in Pakistani stock SAPM Nadeem Babar had discussed ing the pandemic has been visible beginning, Khan, citing Pakistan’s markets and an increase in business SUGS with ADB, who agreed to un- through the National Coordination specific circumstances, vehemently confidence. The outlook might not dertake a feasibility study for the project Committee (NCC) and its opposed a full-scale lockdown. be ideal, but is not bad enough for and allocated a grant.
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