General Knowledge for
PMS 2011

Dear members here , I am , going to post important general knowledge point for PMS General knowledge Paper.
Lets all come forward and prepare General Knowledge for PMS 2011 here.
It is one of those papers which brought about the doom of many competent aspirants in 2009.
Here I start from International Organizations.


GENERAL ASSEMBLY
192 STATES

President of the UN General Assembly
(For 2011 will be elected in September)
2010 Joseph Deiss Switzerland
2009 Ali Abdussalam Treki Libya

1962 Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan Pakistan
1963 Muhammad Zafrulla Khan Pakistan


SECURITY COUNCIL
NON PERMANENT COUNTRIES

Brazil (2011)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2011)
Lebanon (2011)
Gabon (2011)
Nigeria (2011)
Germany (2012)
Portugal (2012)
India (2012)
South Africa (2012)
Colombia (2012)
President of the United Nations Security Council
May 2011 France Gérard Araud
June 2011 Gabon
July 2011 Germany


ICJ
President of the ICJ
Hisashi Owada

International Atomic Energy Agency
Head Yukiya Amano
MEMBERS 151
The IAEA has its headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

International Monetary Fund
Headquarters Washington, D.C., USA
Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn France (Resigned Owing to a sex scdandal, the seat is vacant)
November 1, 2007 – present

World Bank:
Membership 186 countries
President Robert B. Zoellick USA
Headquarters Washington, D.C.

Asian Development Bank
Headquarters Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Region served Asia-Pacific
Membership 67 countries
President Haruhiko Kuroda
Main organ Board of Directors

Important International Organizations their headquarters and their Leading Personalities

The European Union
Member States 27
Headquarter Brussels
Herman Van Rompuy 1st President European Council
Catherine Ashton High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy


Organization of the Islamic Conference

Headquarters Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Official languages Arabic, English, French
Membership 57 member states
Secretary-General Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu
CONFERENCES
11th March 13 - March 14, 2008 Senegal Dakar
12th to be held in 2011 Egypt Cairo


NATO
Formation 4 April 1949
Type Military alliance
Headquarters Brussels, Belgium
Membership 28 states
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
DEPUTY SC Claudio Bisognie
Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Giampaolo Di Paola

GROUP 77
HEADQUARTER NEWYARK
PRESIDENT.
Pakistan (2007)
Sudan (2009)
Yemen (2010)
Argentina (2011)

Commonwealth of Nations
Headquarters Marlborough House, London, United Kingdom
Membership 54 sovereign states
Leadership
- Head of the Commonwealth Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 Feb. 1952)
- Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma (since 1 Apr. 2008)
- Chairperson-in-Office Patrick Manning (since 27 Nov. 2009)
Rwanda last country joining CWN 29 November 2009

Non-Aligned Movement

Coordinating Bureau New York City, United States
Membership 118 members
Secretary-General Egypt

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Important Regional Organizations their headquarters and their Leading Personalities

SAARC
Headquarters Kathmandu, Nepal
Membership 8 member states
- Chairman Mahinda Rajapaksa
- Secretary General Sheel Kant Sharma
SAARC summits
12th Islamabad January 2-6 2004
13th Dhaka November 12-13 2005
14th New Delhi April 3-4 2007
15th Colombo August 1-3 2008
16th Bhutan April 28-29 2010
17th Malé November 2011

Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN
Seat of Secretariat Jakarta
Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan


Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Secretariat Beijing, China
Secretary General Muratbek Sansyzbayevich Imanaliev
Deputy Secretary General Mikhail Alekseyevich Konarovski

China
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Russia
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Observer States
India
Iran
Mongolia
Pakistan


Arab League
Headquarters Cairo, Egypt
Official languages Arabic
Membership 22 members
Leaders
- Secretary General
Since 15 May 2011 Nabil el-Araby former Foreign Minister of Egyp
Amr Moussa resigned in May 2011
- Council of the Arab League Syria
- Speaker of the Arab Parliament Nabih Berri
Establishment
- Alexandria Protocol March 22, 1945

Economic Cooperation Organization
Headquarters Tehran, Iran
Secretary General
Yahya Maroofi August 2009 - August 2012 Afghanistan
Khurshid Anwar August 2006 - August 2009 Pakistan
Membership 10 member states
Establishment 1985
11th Summit: 23rd Dec, 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey

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Some General information regarding International NGS

Amnesty International
Headquarters London
General Secretary
2001–2010 Irene Khan
JUNE 2010 - Salil Shetty

World Economic Forum
Headquarters Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland
Chief Executive Officer Klaus Schwab
known for its annual meeting in Davos(switzerland)
The 2011 annual meeting in Davos has been held from 26 January to 30 January.

Transparency International
SECRETERIAT BERLIN

Next Eleven
Mexico, Nigeria, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam, South Korea, Philippines
Identified by Goldman Sachs investment bank as having a high potential of becoming the world's largest economies in the 21st century along with the BRICs

BRICs
Brazil, Russia, India, and China

Anti-Slavery International is the world's oldest international human rights organization.

Pakistan Development Forum

World Trade Organization

Formation January 1, 1995
Headquarters Centre William Rappard, Geneva, Switzerland
Director-General Pascal Lamy

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Federal Ministers and their respective portfolios

LIST OF MINISTERS/MINISTERS OF STATE / ADVISERS /SPECIAL ASSISTANTS TO THE PRIME MINISTER ALONGWITH PORTFOLIOS

FEDERAL MINISTERS




1.
Ch. Pervez Ellahi

Senior Minister
i. Defence Production

ii. Industries

2.
Makhdoom Amin Fahim
Commerce

3.
Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan
Communications

4.
Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar
Defence

5.
Ms. Samina Khalid Ghurki
Environment

Adl. Charge: Women Development

6.
Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
Finance, Revenue, Planning and Development, Economic Affairs and Statistics.

7.
Mir Israrullah Zehri
Food and Agriculture

8.
Mr. Riaz Hussain Pirzada
Health

9.
Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat
Housing and Works

10.
Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan
Information and Broadcasting

11.
Mr. A. Rehman Malik
Interior

12.
Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo
Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan

13.
Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain
Labour and Manpower

14.
Senator Moula Bakhsh Chandio
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs

15.
Haji Khuda Bux Rajar
Narcotics Control

16.
Dr. Muhammad Farooq Sattar
Overseas Pakistanis

17.
Dr. Asim Hussain
Petroleum and Natural Resources

18.
Senator Babar Khan Ghauri
Ports and Shipping

19.
Sardar Al-Haj Mohammad Umar Gorgeij
Postal Services

20.
Mr. Ghous Bux Khan Maher
Privatization

21.
Mr. Anwar Ali Cheema
Production

22.
Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour
Railways

23.
Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah
Religious Affairs

24.
Mir Changez Khan Jamali
Science and Technology

25.
Engr. Shaukat Ullah
States and Frontier Regions

Adl. Charge: Sports

26.
Makhdoom Shahabuddin
Textile Industry

27.
Syed Naveed Qamar
Water and Power

28.
Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani
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29.
Engineer Amir Muqam
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2. MINISTERS OF STATE



1.
Sardar Bahadur Khan Sehar
Defence Production

2.
Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar
Foreign Affairs

Adl. Charge:

Finance, Economic Affairs and Statistics

3.
Sardar Shahjehan Yousaf
Health

4.
Mr. Muhammad Raza Hayat Harraj
Housing and Works

5.
Mr. Akram Masih Gill
Interfaith Harmony and Minorities Affairs

6.
Sheikh Waqas Akram
Labour and Manpower

7.
Dr. Nadeem Ehasan,
Overseas Pakistanis

8.
Rana Asif Tauseef
Privatization

9.
Khawja Sheeraz Mehmood
Production






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3. ADVISERS TO THE PRIME MINISTER


1.
Dr. Paul Bhatti
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Minorities Affairs, with the status of Federal Minister
2.
Mr. Ghulam Farooq Awan
Adviser to the prime Minister on

Law, Justice and parliamentary Affairs.
3.
Mr. Muhammad Basharat Raja
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Industries, with the status of Federal Minister
4.
Mr. Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Human Rights, with the status of Federal Minister



04. SPECIAL ASSISTANTS TO THE PRIME MINISTER


1.
Mr. Kamal Majidulla
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Water Resources and Agriculture in Management Scale-I (MP-I)
2.
Syed Qasim Shah
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister with the status of Minister of State
3.
Mr. Ahmad Yar Haraj
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister with the status of Minister of State


Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency ) - Portfolios of Federal Ministers

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Durand Line :

Between Pakistan and Afghanistan, demarcated by Sir Mortimer Durand in 1896.
Hindenberg Line :

The line to which the Germans retreated in 1917 during the First World War, defines the boundary between Germany and Poland.

Line of Control :

It divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan.

Maginot Line :

Boundary between France and Germany.

Mannerheim Line :

Drawn by General Mannerheim; fortification on the Russia an Finland border.

McMahon Line :

The boundary between India and China as demarcated by Sir Henry McMahon in 1914. China does not recognise this line.

Oder Niesse Line :

Boundary between Germany and Poland.

Radcliffe Line :

Drawn by Sir Cyril Radcliffe in 1947 as demarcation between India and Pakistan.

Seigfrid Line :

Line of fortification drawn by Germany on its border with France.

17th Parallel :

The line which defined the boundary between North Vietnam and South Vietnam before the two were united.

24th Parallel :

The line which Pakistan claims should be the demarcation between India and Pakistan.

38th Parallel :

Boundary between North Korea and South Korea.

49th Parallel :

Boundary between USA and Canada.

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Highest,Longest,Biggest,Smallest of the World

• Largest Airport : King Abdul Khalid International Airport (Saudi Arabia)

• Highest Airport : Lhasa Airport, Tibet

• Tallest Animal : Giraffe
• Largest Animal : Blue Bottom whale

• Largest Bay : Hudson Bay, Canada.

• Fastest Bird : Swift

• Largest Bird : Ostrich

• Smallest Bird : Humming bird

• Fastest Animal : Cheetah

• Biggest Flower : Rafflesia (Java)

• Longest Bridge : Huey P. Long Bridge (USA)

• Longest Canal : Baltic sea White Canal

• Largest Cathedral : Cathedral Church of New York

• Largest Cemetry : Ohlsdorf Cemetry (Hamburg, Germany)

• Largest Church : Balisca of St. Peter in the Vatican City, Rome.

• Largest Continent : Asia

• Smallest Continent : Australia

• Largest Country (Area) : Russia

• Smallest Country (Area) : Vatican City

• Biggest Cinema House : Roxy, New York

• Highest City : Wenchuan, China

• Most Populous City : Tokyo

• Longest Day : June 21

• Shortest Day : December 22

• Largest Delta : Sunderban (India)

• Largest Desert : Sahara, North Africa

• Biggest Dome : Gol Gumbaz (Bijapur), India

• Largest Dams : Grand Coulee Dam, USA

• Tallest Fountain : Fountain Hills, Arizona

• Largest Gulf : Gulf of Mexico

• Largest Hotel : Excalibur Hotel (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)

• Largest Island : Greenland

• Largest Lake : Caspian Sea.

• Deepest Lake : Baikal (Siberia)

• Highest Lake : Titicaca (Bolivia)

• Largest Library : United States Library of Congress, Washington

• Largest Mosque : Jama Masjid, Delhi (India)

• Highest Mountain Peak : Mount Everest (Nepal)

• Highest Mountain Range : Himalayas, Asia.

• Largest Mountain Range : Andes (South America)

• Biggest Museum : American Museum of Natural History (New York)

• Largest Minaret : Sultan Hassan Mosque (Egypt)

• Tallest Minaret : Qutub Minar, Delhi (India)

• Biggest Oceans : Pacific Ocean

• Deepest Oceans : Pacific Ocean

• Biggest Palace : Vatican (Rome)

• Largest Palace : Imperial Palace (China)

• Largest Park : National Park of North-Eastern (Greenland)

• Largest Peninsula : Arabia

• Highest Plateau : Pamir (Tibet)

• Longest Platform : Kharagpur, W. Bengal (India)

• Largest Platform : Grand Central Terminal, (Rly. Station), New York (USA)

• Longest River : Nile, Africa

• Longest River Dam : Hirakud Dam, India

• Largest Sea : South China Sea

• Largest Stadium : Starhove Stadium, Prague (Czech Republic)

• Tallest Statue : Motherland (Russia)

• Largest Sea-bird : Albatross

• Biggest Telescope : Mt. Palomar (USA)

• Longest Train : Flying Scotsman

• Largest Temple : Angkorwat in Combodia.

• Oldest Theatre : Teatro Olimpico (Itlay)

• Tallest Tower : C. N. Tower, Toronto (Canada)

• Longest Wall : Great Wall of China

• Highest Waterfall : Angel (Venezuela)

• Widest Waterfall : Khone Falls (Laos)

• Lowest Water Level : Dead Sea

• Longest Epic : Mahabharata

• Hottest Place : Azizia (Libya)

• Rainiest Place : Mosinram, near Cherrapunji (India)

• Highest Road : Leh-Nobra, Ladakh division India.

• Highest Village : Andean (Chile)

• Highest Volcano : Ojos del Salado, (Argentina) Chile

• Largest Volcano : Manuna Lea (Hawai)

• Lightest Gas : Hydrogen

• Longest Corridor : Rameshwaram Temple (India)

• Largest Democracy : India

• Highest Cable Car Project : Gulmarg (Jammu-Kashmir)

• Biggest Airbus : Double Decker A-380

• Highest Rail Track : Kwinghai- Tibbet Railway (China)

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Principle Airlines Of Countries

Aeroflot (USSR)
Air India (India )
Air-Lanka (SriLanka)
Air France (France)
Air Canada (Canada)
Air Mauritius (Mauritius)
Alitalia (Italy)
Ariana Afghan Airlines (Afghanistan)
British Airways (England)
Bangladesh Biman (Bangladesh)
Cathay Pacific (HongKong)
Ceskoslovenske Aeroline (Czechoslovakia)
Egypt Air (Egypt)
Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopia)
Emirates (UAE)
Finnair (Finland)
Garuda Airways (Indonesia)
Gulf Air (Gulf)
Indian Airlines (India)
Iran Air (Iran)
Iraq Airways (Iraq)
Japan Airlines Ltd. (Japan)
K.L.M. Royal Dutch (Netherlands)
Kenya Airways Kenya)
Kuwait Airways (Kuwait)
Lufthansa (Germany)
Malaysian Airlines (Malaysia)
Pan American Airways (USA)
Quantas Empire Airways (Australia)
Royal Nepal Airlines (Nepal)
Sabena (Belgium)
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudi Arabia)
Scandinavian Airlines System (Sweden)
Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
Swiss Air (Switzerland)
Trans-World Airlines (USA)
Thai Airways International (Thailand)

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Go through the following thread which is almost updated with minor corrections.

http://www.cssforum.com.pk/css-compu...er-2011-a.html

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International Decades

2011–2020
*United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
*Decade of Action for Road Safety

2010–2020
*United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification

2008–2017
*Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty

2006–2016
*Decade of Recovery and Sustainable Development of the Affected Regions
(third decade after the Chernobyl disaster)

2005–2015
*International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”

2005–2014
*United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
*Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People

2003–2012
*United Nations Literacy Decade: Education for All

2001–2010
*International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World
*Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa
*Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism

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