Countries having nuclear weapons:

1. USA
2. Russia
3. UK
4. France
5. China
6. India
7. Pakistan
8. North Korea

De'facto nuclear country:

Israel

Which countries have not signed NPT:

1. India
2. Pakistan
3. Israel

Which countries are non-signatories of CTBT:

1. India
2. Pakistan
3. North Korea

Where is Headquarter of NATO?

Brussels, Belgium.

What is the total membership of NATO?

28

Total number of countries in SAARC?

Eight

1. Afghanistan
2. Bangladesh
3. Bhutan
4. India
5. Maldives
6. Nepal
7. Pakistan
8. Sri Lanka

When SAARC established?

December 8, 1985

Where is Headquarters of SAARC?

Kathmandu, Nepal

Total observers of SSARC?

9 observers

Who is Avigdor Lieberman ?

Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Israel.

Interfax is news agency based at?

Moscow, Russia.

Where last summit of SAARC held?

16th summit at Thimphu, Bhutan on 28-29 April 2010

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@ Binyamin
Great effort Brother.
Keep it up.

1. Qantas is the name of the airline of Australia.
   
2. Antra is the news agency of Indonesia.
   
3. Silk Air is airline of Singapore
   
4. Commonwealth Games 2010 were held in New Delhi India.
   
5. Asian games 2010 were held in Guangzhou,China.
   
6. Hockey world cup 2010 was played in India
   
7. The headquarter of Palestinian authority is Rammala
   
8. Ariana is airline of Afghanistan.
   
9. Olympics games are to be held in 2012 in London, England
   
10. Olympics games 2016 are to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    
11. Olympics games were held in Beijing, China

Commonwealth of Nations

1. Headquarters Marlborough House, London, England, United Kingdom
2. Number of members 54
3. Last member Rwanda admitted on 29 November 2009.
4. Head of the Commonwealth Queen Elizabeth II
5. Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma (India)
6. Etablished in 1926 Balfour Declaration of 1926

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It formally was established in 1931 by the Statute of Westminster.
1931 is proper answer.

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Hoe should one prepare these mcqs? I mean what sources should one use and what topics/books/materials should one read?

1. The first Chinese aircraft equipped with an early warning system, known as the Karakoram Eagle, was inducted into Pakistan Air Force fleet.

2. The Karakoram Eagle is also known as ZDK-03 with advanced air-borne warning and control system with sophisticated integrated sensors and communication suits.

3. Pakistan and US signed a $ 375 million agreement to carry out a 150 megawatts wind power generation project.

4. The wind power generation project, to be completed in 2 years, will be setup at three places Gharo, Thatta and a site near Karachi.

5. Inflation rose to 15.48 % in October indicating an upward in the price spiral showing impact of the flood on food prices.

6. Iran said its first atomic power plant build by Russia in Bushehr has begun operation.

7. North Korea is supplying banned nuclear and ballistic equipment to Iran, Syria and Myanmar using ‘surreptious’ means to avoid international sanctions, according to a UN report released.

8. UNESCO declared French cuisine a world intangible heritage, the first time gastronomy is added to a list aiming to protect cultural practices.

9. 2018 FIFA world cup will be held in Russia.

10. 2022 FIFA world cup will be held in Qatar.

11. US announced $ 2 billion military package for Pakistan on the final day of the latest US-Pakistan strategic dialogue.

12. Pakistan has moved up the corruption, from 42nd rung in 2009 to 34th this year out of 178 countries.

13. Diamer Bhasha Dam is constructed on Indus River.

14. More than half of the 20 richest women in the world are Chinese.

15. Myanmar ruling military changed the country’s flag, national anthem and official name. The new name of Myanmar is Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

16. India, Germany, South Africa, Columbia and Portugal won non-permanent seats in the 15 member UN Security Council.

17. Canadian Muslims have built the Arctic’s first minaret.

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Here is the updated list of leaders of famous countries. This thread will not only help in Current Affairs Paper but also in Pak Affairs, I.R and other papers as well. It will also prove helpful for those who are preparing for CSS interview.


Afghanistan

President Hamid Karzai-
Vice President Mohammed Fahim-
Vice President Karim Khalili

Australia

Government Federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy-
Monarch Queen Elizabeth II-
Governor-General Quentin Bryce-
Prime Minister Julia Gillard

Bangladesh

Government Unitary state and parliamentary democracy[1]-
President Zillur Rahman-
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed
FM Dipu Moni

Bhutan

Government Constitutional democratic monarchy-
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck-
Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley (Jigme Yoser Thinley )

Canada

Government Federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
- Monarch Elizabeth II-
Governor General David Lloyd Johnston-
Prime Minister Stephen Harper

China

Government Single party-led republic -
President Hu Jintao- Premier Wen Jiabao-

Cuba

Government Unitary communist state -

President Raúl Castro

Egypt

Government Semi-presidential republic
- President Hosni Mubarak
- Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif

France

Government Unitary semi-presidential republic-
President Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP)-
Prime Minister François Fillon (UMP)
FM: Michèle Alliot-Marie

Germany

Government Federal parliamentary republic-
President Christian Wulff
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU)

India

Government Federal parliamentaryconstitutional republic
- President Pratibha Patil
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (INC)
- Speaker of the House Meira Kumar
- Chief Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia
- Mohammad Hamid Ansari V.P and chairman Rajya Sabha

Pranab Mukherjee Minister of Finance
P. Chidambaram Minister of Home Affairs
A.K. Antony Minister of Defence
S.M. Krishna Minister of Foreign Affairs

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono president of Indonesia.

Iran

Government Islamic republic
- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hoseyni Khāmene’i
- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi
- Speaker of the Parliament Ali Larijani
- FM – Ali Akbar Salihi

Iraq

Government Parliamentary republic
- President Jalal Talabani
- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki

Israel

Government Parliamentary democracy
- President Shimon Peres
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
- FM Avigdor Lieberman
Italy

Government Unitary parliamentary republic
- President Giorgio Napolitano
- Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

Japan

Government Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy- Emperor Akihito-
Prime Minister Naoto Kan
Parliament: National Die (two chambers)
FM Seiji Maehara

Jordan

Government Constitutional monarchy
- King of Jordan Abdullah II of Jordan
- Prime Minister Samir Rifai

Kazakhstan

Government Presidential republic
- President Nursultan Nazarbayev
- Prime Minister Karim Massimov

Libya

Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmudi
Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution: Muammar al – qaddafi

Lebanon

Government Confessionalist, parliamentary republic
- President Michel Suleiman
- Prime Minister Saad Hariri

Malaysia

- Yang di-Pertuan Agong Mizan Zainal Abidin
- Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak

(The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is the head of state of Malaysia.)

Maldives

- President Mohamed Nasheed
- Vice President of Maldives Mohammed Waheed Hassan


Nepal

- President Ram Baran Yadav
- Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal

Qatar

- Emir Hamad bin Khalifa
- Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim

Russian federation

- President Dmitry Medvedev
- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
- FM Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov

Saudi Arabia

- King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz (PM)
- Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz (Deputy PM)
- Second Deputy Prime Minister Naif bin Abdul Aziz (interior minister)
- FM Prince Saud Al-Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud

Somalia

- President Sharif Ahmed
- Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed

Omar al-Bashir president of Sudan

Tajikistan

- President Emomalii Rahmon
- Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov

Turkey

- President Abdullah Gül
- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
- FM Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu

UAE

- President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

UK

- Monarch Queen Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister David William Donald Cameron
- Deputy PM Nick Clegg
- FM William Hague
- Defence Secy Liam Fox

USA

- President Barack Obama
- Vice President Joe Biden
- Speaker of the House - John Boehner
- Chief Justice John Roberts
- Secy of State Hillary Clinton
- Secy of Defense Robert Gates
- US ambassador to Pakistan - Cameron Munter
- Frank Ruggiero has replaced his late boss Richard Holbrookeas the acting special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan


Uzbekistan

- President Islam Karimov
- Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev

President of Venezuela Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías


Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda is the President of the Asian Development Bank

Turkmen President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov


The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAP or TAPI)



It is a proposed natural gas pipeline being developed by the Asian Development Bank.The pipeline will transport Caspian Sea natural gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India. Proponents of the project see it as a modern continuation of the Silk Road. Contents of the document signed by Karzai, Berdymukhamedov,
President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian petroleum minister Murli Deora in Ashgabat. Turkmenistan is believed to hold the world’s fourth-largest gas reserves. Pipeline would deliver up to 33 billion cubic metres of gas annually. According to a preliminary breakdown, Pakistan and India would each get about 42 per cent of the gas and Afghanistan the remainder.


The 1,680 kilometre long Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, backed by the Asian Development Bank, would bring 3.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day (bcfd) from Dauletabad gas field, Turkmenistan via Qandhar to Multan in central Pakistan and end in the northwestern Indian town of Fazilka. Under the IGA, the four nations would commit to provide government support, including security for the pipeline.

The construction of the pipeline is likely to commence soon and would be completed by 2013-14. The project would help overcome Pakistan’s growing energy crisis that has caused electricity shortage and protests across the country. Project worth 7.6 billion dollars.

Mark Zuckerberg, Times Person Of The Year

Times magazine has named Mark Zuckerberg as the person of the year . Mr Zuckerberg is the founder of thesmash hit social networking site Facebook and is also the world youngest billionaire currently.


Human rights activist Dr Binayak Sen convicted, gets life term on grounds of sedition and conspiracy thereby sentencing them for life due to their links with the Maoists. Dr Sen has been held guilty under Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, of being a conduit between Naxals and of meeting Narayan Sanyal in jail.

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salam All brothers and sister,,

please give here info about the dams which are under construction or recently completed.becoz it is very important for CA and Pak affair Mcqs.these were asked many times in past...and i have no info abt this

regerds

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ONGOING PROJECTS

• Gomal Zam Dam Project
• Mirani Dam Project
• Mangla Dam Raising Project
• Sabakzai Dam Project
• Satpara Dam Project

• Rainee Canal Project
• Kachhi Canal Project
• Greater Thal Canal Project

• Right Bank Outfall Drain Project-I
• Balochistan Effluent Disposal Into RBOD-III

• Allai Khwar Hydropower Project
• Khan Khwar Hydropower Project
• Duber Khwar Hydropower Project
• Jinnah Hydropower Project
• Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project

• Bara
• Garuk
• Hingol
• Naulong
• Pelar
• Darwat
• Darban
  Brochure on Darban Zem Dam
• Ghabir
• Naigaj
• Papin
• Winder
• Tank Zam Dam
  Brochure on Tank Zem Dam

• Chashma Barrage
• CJ-Link Canal
• Chashma Right Bank Canal

• Diamer Basha Dam
• Kurram Tangi Dam Project
• Munda Dam Project
• Akhori Dam Project

Source: Wapda - Welcome

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THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Barack H. Obama

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Joseph R. Biden

THE WHITE HOUSE

White House Chief of Staff
Rahm I. Emanuel

Senior Adviser to the President
David M. Axelrod

White House Press Secretary
Robert L. Gibbs

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

National Security Adviser
General James L. Jones, U.S. Marine Corps, retired

Deputy National Security Adviser
Thomas E. Donilon

Senior Adviser and Coordinator for Afghanistan-Pakistan
Lieutenant General Douglas E. Lute, U.S. Army, retired

National Security Council Chief of Staff
Mark W. Lippert January 20, 2009–October 2, 2009
Denis McDonough October 2, 2009–

Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
John O. Brennan

Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications
Benjamin Rhodes

Chairman, Interagency Policy Review of Afghanistan-Pakistan
Bruce O. Riedel February 10–March 27, 2009

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton


United States Ambassador to Afghanistan
Lieutenant General Karl W. Eikenberry, U.S. Army, retired

[B]DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE[/B]

Secretary of Defense
Robert M. Gates

Undersecretary for Policy
Michèle A. Flournoy

Pentagon Press Secretary
Geoffrey S. Morrell

THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

Director of National Intelligence

Vice Admiral Michael McConnell, U.S. Navy, retired February 13, 2007–January 29, 2009
Admiral Dennis C. Blair, U.S. Navy, retired January 29, 2009–May 28, 2010

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
General Michael V. Hayden, U.S. Air Force, retired May 30, 2006–February 19, 2009

Leon Panetta February 19, 2009–

Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Stephen R. Kappes July 25, 2006–April 14, 2010
Michael J. Morell May 6, 2010–(previously CIA Director for Intelligence, 2006–2010)

UNITED STATES MILITARY

Commander, United States Central Command
General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army October 31, 2008–June 30, 2010

Commander, U.S. and NATO forces, Afghanistan
General David D. McKiernan, U.S. Army June 3, 2008–June 15, 2009
General Stanley A. McChrystal, U.S. Army June 15, 2009–June 23, 2010
General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army July 4, 2010–

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Admiral Michael G. Mullen, U.S. Navy

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General James E. “Hoss” Cartwright, U.S. Marine Corps

Director of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Center of Excellence, Central Command
Colonel Derek Harvey, U.S. Army, retired

Spokesman for General Petraeus
Colonel Erik Gunhus, U.S. Army


AFGHANISTAN

President of Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai

Leader, Provincial Council of Kandahar; President Karzai’s half-brother
Ahmed Wali Karzai

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Kalabagh Dam:

The Kalabagh dam was a proposed hydroelectric dam planned to be built on the Indus River: proposed site for the dam was situated at Kalabagh in Mianwali District of the Punjab province, bordering the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Kalabagh Dam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tarbela Dam

Tarbela Dam is one of the world’s largest earth and rock filled Dam and greatest water resources development project which was completed in 1976 as a component part of Indus Basin Project. The Dam is built on one of the World’s largest rivers – the Indus known as the “Abbasin” or the father of rivers. Total generating capacity of Tarbela Power Station as 3478 MW.

WAPDA - Power Generation

Warsak Dam

Warsak Hydro Electric Power Project is located on River Kabul at about 30 km from Peshawar in North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The project financed by Canadian Government was completed under COLOMBO PLAN in two phases.

WAPDA - Power Generation

Mangla Dam

Mangla Dam Project was actually conceived in 1950's as a multipurpose project to be constructed at a place called Mangla on river Jhelum located about 30 km upstream of Jhelum city (120 km from Capital Islamabad). The initial investigation and its feasibility studies were completed in 1958. Later on the project was included in the Indus Basin Project.

The construction of Mangla Dam was started in 1962 and completed in 1967.

WAPDA - Power Generation

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