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October 1, 2017

1. Pakistani batsman Azhar Ali completed 5,000 runs in the test format during the first Test against Sri Lanka on September 30, 2017
   • The 32-year-old became the eighth Pakistan batsman to reach the milestone in his 61st Test.
2. Iran has embargoed exports and imports of fuel products to and from Iraqi Kurdistan in response to the region’s controversial independence referendum,
3. Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said Iraqi Kurdish authorities would pay the price for an independence referendum which was widely opposed by foreign powers.
4. Vice Chancellor Punjab University: Prof Dr Zaffar Mueen Nasar
5. Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa will undertake a crucial visit to Afghanistan on October 1, 2017
6. Bollywood’s veteran theatre and film personality Tom Alter died on September 27, 2017 after losing battle against skin cancer in Mumbai
7. A former deputy minister of the Ethiopia Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation and 20 others were charged with corruption offenses before the Ethiopia Federal High Court in Addis Ababa
8. NACTA: National Counter Terrorism Authority
9. United States (US) Secretary of State: Rex Tillerson
10. The federal government has finally managed to develop consensus on the major points of reforms in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) as all lawmakers from the tribal regions have agreed to the merger with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P)

October 02, 2017

1. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Kabul on October 01, 2017 to hold discussions with Afghan authorities
   • During a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, matters of regional security and counter-terrorism efforts were discussed
2. The United Arab Emirates has begun collecting new “sin” taxes on tobacco products, energy drinks and soft drinks October 01, 2017
3. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to offer $10,000 per match to each foreign cricketer who would play Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches in the country
4. Pakistani boxer Mohammad Waseem on October 01, 2017 maintained his position as World Boxing Council’s (WBC) number one and undefeated Silver Flyweight champion by defeating Panama’s Carlos Melo
5. A new national survey has found that 132,000 people in Pakistan suffer from HIV
   • The survey was conducted using a grant from the Global Fund
6. US President Donald Trump has told his secretary of state that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with North Korea over its nuclear programme
7. Jagmeet Singh, an Ontario provincial lawmaker and practicing Sikh, was elected on October 01, 2017 as leader of Canada’s left-leaning New Democrats, becoming the first non-white politician to head a major Canadian political party
8. A law that forbids any kind of full-face covering, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burqa, has come into force in Austria
9. World-first “thunderstorm asthma” warning system launched in Australia
10. 1st Governor-General of India: 1858

October 3, 2017

1. President Mamnoon Hussain signed the controversial Election Act 2017 (October 2, 2017)
   • The law was passed to allow the party to re-elect the disqualified former prime minister as party chief
2. A Senate committee on October 2, 2017 approve d a bill to provide a mechanism for public interest disclosures by providing protection to whistleblowers in corruption cases
3. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zakaullah has been conferred the highest military award of Saudi Arabia, the King Abdul Aziz Medal of Excellence
4. The first batch of the rolling stock for the Orange Line Metro Train reached the Lahore on October 2, 2017
5. At least 58 people were killed and over 500 injured when a gunman opened fire from a 32nd floor hotel room on a country music concert in Las Vegas
6. Renowned artist Tasaddug Sohail passed away on Monday. He was 87
   • His canvas would be replete with a variety of eye-catching images bathed in delectable colours
7. Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on October 2, 2017 for their discoveries about the body`s biological clock
   • Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young won the 9-million-kronor ($1.1 million) prize for their work on finding genetic mechanisms behind circadian rhythms
8. The rightwing Hindu government in Uttar Pradesh has removed the Taj Mahal from its of ficial list of tourist destinations for which the state is famous
9. Myanmar ‘ready’ to take back Rohingya refugees
10. Iranian and Iraqi forces conducted joint military exercises on October 2, 2017 near the border with Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region