Volume X1, Issue-1, January 2021 January in History Pakistan’s standing in the global rankings January 12, 1952 : Overview Pakistan Industrial Development = Corporation (PIDC), Headed by m~âáëí~å=çÄëÉêîÉÇ=~=ëäáÖÜí=áãéêçîÉãÉåí=áå=íÜÉ=çîÉê~ää=áåíÉêå~íáçå~ä=ê~åâáåÖë=áå=OMNU=ÅçîÉêáåÖ=ëçÅáçJÉÅçåçãáÅ=~åÇ=========== Founder Chairman Ghulam Faruque éçäáíáÅ~ä=çìíÅçãÉë=çÑ=íÜÉ=ÅçìåíêóK=pÉîÉê~ä=ÉäÉãÉåíë=ÅçãéäÉãÉåíÉÇ=íÜÉ=éêçëéÉÅíë=áåÅäìÇáåÖ=ëìÅÅÉëëÑìä=ÇÉãçÅê~íáÅ======== January 1, 1955: íê~åëáíáçåIÉÑÑáÅáÉåí=ÅçìåíÉêJíÉêêçêáëã=ãÉ~ëìêÉë=äÉ~ÇáåÖ=íç=ÉåÜ~åÅÉÇ=éÉ~ÅÉ=~åÇ=ëÉÅìêáíóI=~åÇ=ÑçêÉáÖå=ÇáêÉÅí=áåîÉëíãÉåí= áåÑäçïë=ìåÇÉê=`mb`I=~ãçåÖ=çíÜÉêëK=^äÄÉáíI=ÇÉÅçìéäáåÖ=ÉÅçåçãáÅ=ÖêçïíÜ=Ñêçã=Üìã~å=ÇÉîÉäçéãÉåí=ëìÖÖÉëíë=íÜ~í=íÜÉ= Pakistan International Airlines comes 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============ into being. Ñáå~åÅáåÖ=~åÇ=ÉÑÑáÅáÉåí=ÖçîÉêå~åÅÉ=íç=ÉåëìêÉ=é~ê~ääÉä=ÖêçïíÜ=Ñçê=ã~êÖáå~äáòÉÇ=ëÉÖãÉåíë=~ë=ïÉääK=`áîáä=~åÇ=éçäáíáÅ~ä======= January 1, 1961: äáÄÉêíáÉë=ãìëí=Öêçï=Ü~åÇ=áå=Ü~åÇ=íç=ÉåëìêÉ=~=ÅçåÇìÅáîÉ=ÉåîáêçåãÉåí=Ñçê=ÇÉãçÅê~íáÅ=Çá~äçÖìÉ=~åÇ=~ÅÅçìåí~Äáäáíó=ïÜáÅÜ= Decimal coinage introduced in Pakistan. ìäíáã~íÉäó=ëìééçêíë=áíë=å~íáçå=ÄìáäÇáåÖ=éêçÅÉëëK== January 5, 1963: DEMOCRACY INDEX First trade agreement is signed between = Pakistan and China. m~âáëí~å=ê~åâÉÇ=NNOíÜ=çìí=çÑ=NST=ÅçìåíêáÉë=áå=íÜÉ=aÉãçÅê~Åó=fåÇÉñ=ëÅçêáåÖ== QKNT=çìí=çÑ=NM=áå=OMNU=Åçãé~êÉÇ=íç=QKOS=áå=OMNTK=== January 10, 1966: = fåÇÉñ=Ñêçã=M=E~ìíÜçêáí~êá~å=êÉÖáãÉF=íç=NM=EÑìää=ÇÉãçÅê~ÅóF= Tashkent Declaration signed between = India and Pakistan. `çãéáäÉÇ=Ä~ëÉÇ=çå=áåÇáÅ~íçêë=ÅçîÉêáåÖW=bäÉÅíçê~ä=éêçÅÉëë=~åÇ=éäìê~äáëãI=`áîáä=äáÄÉêíáÉëI== cìåÅíáçåáåÖ=çÑ=ÖçîÉêåãÉåíI=mçäáíáÅ~ä=é~êíáÅáé~íáçåI=~åÇ=mçäáíáÅ~ä=ÅìäíìêÉK== January 30, 1972: = Pakistan snaps ties with Commonwealth HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX= on recognizing Bangladesh. = January 1, 1981: 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=íç=MKRSM=çìí=çÑ=NKMMM=áå=OMNTK=== Interest-free banking introduced. = fåÇÉñ=Ñêçã=M=Eäçï=ÇÉîÉäçéãÉåí January 3, 1981: =F=íç=N=EîÉêó=ÜáÖÜ=ÇÉîÉäçéãÉåíF= International Islamic University starts `çãéáäÉÇ=Ä~ëÉÇ=çå=áåÇáÅ~íçêë=ÅçîÉêáåÖW=äáÑÉ=ÉñéÉÅí~åÅóI=ÉÇìÅ~íáçåI=~åÇ=éÉê=Å~éáí~=áåÅçãÉ= = functioning. January 3, 1982: PRESS FREEDOM INDEX = Pakistan defeats Argentina 12-3 in m~âáëí~å=ê~åâÉÇ=NPVíÜ=çìí=çÑ=NUM=ÅçìåíêáÉë=áå=íÜÉ=mêÉëë=cêÉÉÇçã=fåÇÉñ=ëÅçêáåÖ== World Cup Hockey in Bombay. QPKOQ=çìí=çÑ=NMM=áå=OMNU=Åçãé~êÉÇ = =íç=QPKRR=áå=OMNTK=== January 15, 1983: fåÇÉñ=Ñêçã=M=Eãçëí=éêÉëë=ÑêÉÉÇçã = F=íç=NMM=EäÉ~ëí=éêÉëë=ÑêÉÉÇçãF== First three F-16 jets reach Pakistan. `çãéáäÉÇ=Ä~ëÉÇ=çå=áåÇáÅ~íçêë=ÅçîÉêáåÖW=éäìê~äáëãI=ãÉÇá~=áåÇÉéÉåÇÉåÅÉI=ÉåîáêçåãÉåí== January 25, 1983: ~åÇ=ëÉäÑJÅÉåëçêëÜáéI=äÉÖáëä~íáîÉ=Ñê~ãÉïçêâI=íê~åëé~êÉåÅóI=~åÇ=áåÑê~ëíêìÅíìêÉK== = Wifaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Order is TERRORISM INDEX promulgated. Justice Sardar Iqbal is = named, WM. m~âáëí~å=ê~åâÉÇ=RíÜ=çìí=çÑ=NSP=ÅçìåíêáÉë=áå=íÜÉ=qÉêêçêáëã=fåÇÉñ=ëÅçêáåÖ= =UKNU=çìí=çÑ=NM=áå=OMNU=Åçãé~êÉÇ January 19, 1989: = =íç=UKQM=áå=OMNTK=== Students unions are restored in Punjab . fåÇÉñ=Ñêçã=M=EäçïÉëí=áãé~ÅíF=íç=NM=EÜáÖÜÉëí=áãé~ÅíF= = January 12, 1992: `çãéáäÉÇ=Ä~ëÉÇ=çå=áåÇáÅ~íçêë=ÅçîÉêáåÖ=W=qçí~ä=åìãÄÉê=çÑ=íÉêêçêáëí=áåÅáÇÉåíë=áå=~=ÖáîÉå=óÉ~êI=íçí~ä=åìãÄÉê=çÑ== Lahore-Islamabad Motorway project Ñ~í~äáíáÉë=Å~ìëÉÇ=Äó=íÉêêçêáëã=áå=~=ÖáîÉå=óÉ~êI=íçí~ä=åìãÄÉê=çÑ=áåàìêáÉë=Å~ìëÉÇÄó=íÉêêçêáëã=áå=~=ÖáîÉå=óÉ~ê== launched. ~åÇ=íÜÉ=~ééêçñáã~íÉ=äÉîÉä=çÑ=íçí~ä=éêçéÉêíó=Ç~ã~ÖÉ=Ñêçã=íÉêêçêáëí=áåÅáÇÉåíë=áå=~=ÖáîÉå=óÉ~êK= January 15, 1994: ECONOMIC FREEDOM INDEX Pakistan Television transmission gets = access to 38 countries via satellite. m~âáëí~å=ê~åâÉÇ=NPNëí=çìí=çÑ=NUM=ÅçìåíêáÉë=áå=íÜÉ=bÅçåçãáÅ=cêÉÉÇçã=fåÇÉñ=ëÅçêáåÖ== RQKQ=çìí=çÑ=NMM=áå=OMNU=Åçãé~êÉÇ January 2, 2006: = =íç=ROKU=çìí=çÑ=NMM=áå=OMNTK=== Dr. Shamshad Akhtar assumes office of fåÇÉñ=Ñêçã=M=EêÉéêÉëëÉÇ = F=íç=NMM=EÑêÉÉF= State Bank Governor having the first `çãéáäÉÇ=Ä~ëÉÇ=çå=áåÇáÅ~íçêë=ÅçîÉêáåÖW=j~êâÉí=çéÉååÉëëI=oÉÖìä~íçêó=ÉÑÑáÅáÉåÅóI== woman Governor of SBP. 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 partners 20th Anniversary of Pakistan Japan Business Forum Governor of Sindh Mr. Imran Is- Greenwich characterizes a global iting Kyoto under a cultural ex- Forum. He also pressed the need to mail and Consul General of Japan persona promoting a beyond border change program. explore avenues for enhancing cul- Mr. Toshikazu Isomura graced the approach to educational and cultural tural and diplomatic ties between celebrations of the 20th anniversary exchange. It is the only Pakistani Mr. Jillani emphasized that as we the two countries and offered the of Pakistan Japan Business Forum University to have established an near the completion of 70 years of Consul General to reckon Green- alongside various dignitaries and overseas campus in the Republic of diplomatic relations with Japan, it is wich as a key actor in the process. prominent business community rep- Mauritius, to mainstream the mar- a strategic imperative to enhance bi- Finally, he congratulated Chairman resentatives from both countries. ginalized African region into educa- lateral trade through technological Mr. Kaleem Farooqi for the Forum's Greenwich University's Head of tional leadership, which has hosted transfer in the automobile and ICT 20th anniversary and Adpulse for Diplomatic Affairs Mr. Ali Jillani at- students from 11 nationalities. industries vis a vis diversification of having organized the event. tended the event on behalf of the Pakistan's export potential through Vice Chancellor, Ms. Seema Greenwich has a strong diplomatic fora like Pakistan Japan Business Mughal. affairs component engaging with embassies, consulates, foreign mis- Mr. Jillani addressed the audience sions and think-tanks around the and congratulated Pakistan Japan world to reimage Pakistan through Business Forum for having com- cultural diplomacy. Greenwich has pleted two decades of excellence. He the privilege of being the first ever shared that Greenwich University is University from the region to have recognized among the pioneers of taken a 25-member delegation to tertiary education in Pakistan and the European Parliament in 2018 to now enjoys the status of an interna- engage with the parliamentarians for tionally acclaimed institution with reimaging Pakistan through its artis- services in educational leadership for tic brilliance, cultural diversity and over three decades. Greenwich's contributions to several global com- commitment to excellence by devel- mons like the United Nations oping the competence and character Peacekeeping Missions. He shared of future generations has led to its that Greenwich also cherishes very rise from pioneer to premier in strong ties with the Japanese con- higher education, having produced sulate and regularly conducts collab- artists, business leaders, composers, orative events. The University's musicians, public servants, scholars 35-member delegation visited Japan and social scientists contributing to in 2015 and recently two Green- several aspects of human endeavor. wichian kids had the pleasure of vis- 2 Pakistan Secures 17 Million Doses of AstraZeneca Coronavirus Vaccine Pakistan announced Saturday it has Pakistan’s drug regulator recently ap- secured 17 million doses of proved the vaccine along with the AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine Chinese Sinopharm vaccine for through the World Health Organi- emergency use in the country. zation's COVAX program to vacci- nate its citizens against COVID-19. China authorized the use of its Additionally, the government said, a Sinopharm vaccine in early January, plane will fly to China on Sunday to and it is currently in use in several airlift an initial tranche of the countries, including Bahrain and the 500,000 doses of Chinese United Arab Emirates. Sinopharm vaccine Beijing has Pakistan, in collaboration with gifted to Islamabad. China, is also conducting a Phase 3 The coronavirus pandemic in Pak- trial of another Chinese anti-coron- istan, a country of about 220 million avirus vaccine from Cansino Biolog- ics, Inc. The trial is nearly complete people, is relatively under control. and Pakistani officials expect the ini- The South Asian nation detected the Foreign Minister Qureshi says The WHO’s COVAX is a global tial results will be available early next outbreak nearly a year ago and has Sinopharm vaccine will be in Pak- program to vaccinate people in poor month. istan by January 31 and middle-income countries against since documented more than the coronavirus. The plan aims to de- 543,000 confirmed COVD-19 “We are entitled to receive 20 million Sultan said in a statement that the liver at least two billion vaccine doses cases, with close to 12,000 deaths. doses, provided the results are positive vaccination drive was expected to by the end of 2021 to cover 20 per- and the vaccine proves to be effec- Dr. Faisal Sultan, special health assis- start next week, beginning with cent of the most vulnerable people in front line healthcare workers. tive,” Sultan announced last week. tant to the prime minister, said Sat- 91 nations across the globe. urday that almost seven million doses The Pakistani government says it of AstraZeneca’s vaccine will be avail- “COVAX’s timely support and de- AstraZeneca’s vaccine has been de- livery of the vaccine is testament of plans to vaccinate at least 70% of the able for Pakistani citizens in the first veloped with Oxford University re- country’s adult population to achieve quarter of the year and the rest within global stakeholders’ trust in Pak- searchers and it is being used as part istan’s preparedness for vaccine roll- herd immunity over the coming the second quarter of 2021.