Today’s Top Story 22 April 2021

 

1. Jakarta, Indonesia.  

In our today's top story the first story belongs to Indonesia’s military and they said it was searching for a submarine with 53-crew aboard after losing contact with the vessel during naval exercises off the coast of Bali.

The German-built KRI Nanggala 402 was scheduled to do live torpedo exercises when it asked for permission to dive authorities said. “After permission was given according to the procedure, the submarine lost contact and could not be reached,” the defense ministry said.

2. Islamabad.

The second today’s top story is from the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Islamabad where Justice Qazi Faez Isa has said that heads of the country’s top revenue collection the agency was removed for not succumbing to pressure over a case against his wife Sarina Isa in connection with her offshore properties.

In a reply submitted to the 10-judge bench of the Supreme Court hearing a set of review petitions, Justice Isa recalls that on June 19, 2020, the Supreme Court directed the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) chairman to submit a report to the secretary of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on the off-shore properties.

He says “immediately after the order was announced Ms. Nausheen Javaid Amjad was removed from the position of chairperson FBR to which she had been appointed less than four months earlier” in violation of the law and directives of the Supreme Court in Anita Turab case.

Moreover, the government decided to run the FBR through makeshift arrangements by giving an additional charge of FBR chairman to Mohammad Javed Ghani, Justice Isa says. “Sadly this important position was subjugated for petty self-interest and the institution of FBR destroyed.”

3. Bomb Explosion in Quetta.

Our third today’s top story belongs to Quetta where a powerful bomb exploded in the parking lot of the Serena Hotel in Quetta night, killing at least four people and wounding 12 others, officials said.

DIG Azhar Ikram said that the explosive device was apparently fitted in a vehicle, according to initial investigations. He added that a police official was among the deceased.

Security, fire and rescue officials were rushing to the hotel and no one was being allowed to go near the site of the blast,

4. Gilgit.

The fourth Today’s top story is from Gilgit Baltistan. The Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court directed the government and the election Commission to hold local body elections in the region immediately.

5. Peshawar.

The fifth and the last Today’s top story is from Peshawar. An anti-terrorism court granted bail to 104 suspected members of the recently-banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on the charges of conspiring against the state and inciting people to riots.

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The Punjab Regularization of Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019

Kindly refer to the subject noted above. 

A copy of the Punjab Regularization of Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019, having been promulgated by the Governor of the Punjab and published in Punjab Gazette through the Law & Parliamentary Affairs Department on 24.07.2019, is forwarded herewith for further necessary action. 

Please also visit: The Punjab Regularization of Service ACT 2018

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Today’s Top Story 12 February 2021

 

1. US President:

US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first telephone call as leaders and appeared at odds on most issues, even as Xi warned that confrontation would be a “disaster” for both nations.

While Xi has called for “win-win” cooperation, Biden has called China America’s “most serious competitor” and vowed to “out compete” Beijing.

 2. PARIS:

Russia and France urged Iran to show restraint after it started producing uranium metal in a new breach of limits laid out in Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers.

The UN’s nuclear watchdog in Vienna reported that Iran has started producing uranium metal in defiance of a 2015 deal with world powers on which ex-US president Donald Trump sensationally reneged in 2018.

 3.

At least for soldiers were martyred on Friday when terrorists attacked a security forces post on Friday in the South Waziristan district, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

Troops responded promptly to the attack and killed four of the attackers during the raid in the Makeen area of the district.

4. KARACHI:

An anti-terrorism court directed the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to refund (unfreeze) the ‘unclaimed’ money deposited in a private bank by slain Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in order to start the process of transferring the funds to the government treasury.

5. ISLAMABAD:

The government is aiming to achieve herd immunity by vaccinating 70 million people against Covid-19 by the end of the current year. About 30 million people will be vaccinated by September.

 6. ISLAMABAD:

The International Development Committee (IDC) has relaunched an inquiry into the effectiveness of UK Aid to Pakistan.

According to the terms of reference of the inquiry, the committee has invited written submissions on the effectiveness of UK Aid to Pakistan. In particular, the inquiry will ascertain whether the UK’s strategic aims for its Pakistan aid programme are clear and appropriate and UK-Pakistan relationship coherent and well-coordinated with the aid programme and its aims and objectives.

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Today’s Top Story 10 February 2021

 

1. WASHINGTON:

The Biden administration would like to rebuild America’s relationship with Pakistan and make it more productive than it has been during the recent past, says a senior US scholar.

At a recent briefing on the new US administration’s foreign policies, James M. Lindsay, a senior vice president at the Council for Foreign Relations, also predicted a better understanding between the White House and the Pentagon on the deployment of American troops in Afghanistan.

2. QUETTA:

Pakistan has completed 182km of the 213km-long fence at the Afghan border and work on the remaining 31km fence is expected to complete till April, a senior official told the meeting of civil and military officials

The meeting, which was presided over by Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langove, discussed the ongoing border-fencing project, land settlement due to border fencing between the two countries and the overall law and order situation.

3. KARACHI:

Pakistan International Airlines claimed  that it had paid compensation to the families of 20 victims at Rs10 million per deceased person, and said it was still waiting for succession certificates from 77 families to complete the process and bring the chapter to a close.

4. ISLAMABAD:

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued contempt of court notices to 17 lawyers including Islamabad Bar Council member Naseer Kayani and candidates vying for top position of the Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) election scheduled to be held on Feb 27.

5.YANGON:

Myanmar’s military raided the Yangon headquarters of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, officials said, as the United States joined the UN in “strongly” condemning violence against protesters demanding a return to democracy.

6. BANGKOK:

A Thai court denied bail to four prominent democracy activists after they were indicted for violating the kingdom’s royal defamation law — the first formal charges laid against the leaders of a movement calling for reforms to the monarchy.

Demonstrations in Bangkok last year against the government of former army chief Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha drew tens of thousands at their peak, with many calling for changes to the country’s once unassailable royal family.

 7. KARACHI:

The administrative judge of the antiterrorism courts remanded five foreigners held for allegedly working for the Afghan and Indian intelligence agencies in police custody.

The Counter-Terrorism Department on Monday claimed to have foiled a major terrorist activity in the metropolis by arresting five Afghan nationals for having links with Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) and India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).

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Today’s Top Story 09 February 2021

1. BANGKOK:

United Nations human rights experts spoke out against Thailand’s increasing use of a law forbidding criticism of its royal family, singling out a 43-year sentence for an elderly woman convicted under the law

2. TAPOVAN:

Twenty-six people were confirmed dead on Monday and more than 170 others were missing after a devastating flash flood in India thought to have been caused by a chunk of glacier breaking off.

The resulting wall of water and debris barrelled down a tight valley in India’s Himalayan north on Sunday morning, destroying bridges, roads and hitting two hydroelectric power plants.

3. JERUSALEM:

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied corruption charges during a brief court appearance  as his graft trial resumed weeks ahead of a fourth national election within two years.

Netanyahu, the first Israeli premier to be indicted in office, was formally charged last year over allegations of accepting improper gifts and seeking to trade regulatory favour with media moguls in exchange for positive coverage.

4. WASHINGTON:

Donald Trump’s legal team argued on the eve of his impeachment trial that the case is constitutionally flawed and it was “absurd” to hold the former president responsible for the US Capitol riot. The House of Representatives impeached Trump for a historic second time last month over his role in inciting the deadly storming of Congress by his supporters, and his trial begins Tuesday with the Senate’s 100 members sitting as jurors.

5. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has decided to set up the Land Asset Management Authority in an attempt to retrieve 1,200 acres of land of Pakistan Railways and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) across the country.

6. CHAGAI:

Iranian authorities have assured Pakistani officials that travel activities would soon be resumed for people living along the border to meet their loved ones.

Assistant Commissioner Asmatullah Khan Achakzai called a meeting at Raahdari Gate in Taftan, a town near Pak-Iran border in Chagai district, and discussed certain border issues with Mohammad Qasim Peeri, the Marzban Grade-2 of Mir Javeh border town of Iran.

7. ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan’s trade deficit swelled 8.27 per cent to $14.96 billion in the first seven months of 2020-21 from $13.82bn over the corresponding period last year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data showed.

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Computer Short Keys

Button Function on the keyboard (Especially for Microsoft Word)

Letter Keys 

Ctrl + A : Select All

Ctrl + B: bold

Ctrl + C: copy

Ctrl + D: font

Ctrl + E : Center Alignment

Ctrl + F : Find

Ctrl + G: go to

Ctrl + H : Replace

Ctrl + I : Italic

Ctrl + J : Justify Alignment

Ctrl + K: insert hyperlinks

Ctrl + L : Left Alignment

Ctrl + M: Incrase indent

Ctrl + n: new

Ctrl + O: open

Ctrl + P: Print

Ctrl + Q: normal style

Ctrl + R : Right Alignment

Ctrl + S : Save / Save As

Ctrl + T : Hanging Indent

Ctrl + U : Underline

Ctrl + V: Paste

Ctrl + w: close

Ctrl + x: cut

Ctrl + Y: redo

Ctrl + Z: undo

Numeric or Number Keys 

Ctrl + 1 : Single Spacing

Ctrl + 2 : Double Spacing

Ctrl + 5 : 1,5 lines

Navigation and Editing Keys 

Home: move cursor position to the beginning of the line

End: move cursor position to end of line

Page Up: Roll the screen up

Page Down: Roll the screen down

Up: MOVE CURSOR 1 line up

Down: MOVE CURSOR 1 line down

Direction or Arrow Keys 

Left: MOVING CURSOR 1 characters to left

Right: MOVE THE CURSOR 1 characters to the right

Up: MOVE CURSOR 1 line up

Down: MOVE CURSOR 1 line down

Function Keys 

F1: running the help function provided on word

F2: altering name a file / folder

F3: running orders command

F4: repeating previous orders

Ann: running search and replace command or goto

F6.: running other command panes

F7: memerik saan typos and text spelling (spelling)

F8: the beginning of the highlight/selection of text or object

F9 : Mengupdate Field (Mail Merge)

F10: enable menu

F11: entering the next field (mail merge)

F12: activating the us save dialog

Other Keys or Control Keys 

Ctrl + ESC: start menu

(Escape Key) ESC: cancel dialogue / command

(Enter Key) Enter: perform an option or end a paragraph

(Tab key) Tab: move text according to the existing tab tags on the horizontal ruler

(Windows key) Windows: Mengktifkan start menu

Shortcut: activating shortcut at cursor position

(Delete Key) Delete: Remove 1 characters on the right of the cursor

(Backspace Key) Backspace: Removing 1 characters on the left of the cursor

(Insert Key) Insert: Menyisip character in the cursor position

(Num Key) Num Lock on: function typing number

(Caps Lock Key): 

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New Education Policy 2020

Cabinet has approved the New Education Policy 2020.

Education policy has been changed after 34 years. The remarkable things about the new education policy are as follows:

 

5 Years Fundamentals 

1. Nursery @ 4 Years

2. Jr KG @ 5 Years

3. Sr KG @ 6 Years

4. Std 1st @ 7 Years

5. Std 2nd @ 8 Years

 

3 Years Preparatory

6. Std 3rd @ 9 Years

7. Std 4th @ 10 Years

8. Std 5th @ 11 Years

 

3 Years Middle

9. Std 6th @ 12 Years

10.Std 7th @ 13 Years

11. Std 8th @ 14 Years

 

4 Years Secondary

12. Std 9th @ 15 Years

13. Std SSC @ 16 Years

14. Std FYJC @ 17Years

15. STD SYJC @ 18 Years

 

Important things:

There will be board in 12th class only.

4 years of college degree. 

No 10th Boards

MPhil will also be closed.

 

Now students up to 5th will be taught in the mother tongue, local language and national language only. The rest of the subjects, even if they are English, will be taught as a subject.

 

Now just have to take board exams in 12th standard. Whereas earlier, it was mandatory to take the 10th board exam, which will not happen now.

 

The examination will be done in the semester form from 9th to 12th class. 

Schooling will be done under the 5 + 3 + 3 + 4 formula (see table above).

 

College degree will be 3 and 4 years old i.e., a certificate will be given on the first year of graduation, diploma in the second year, degree in the third year.

 

A 3-year degree is for those students who do not have to take higher education. At the same time, students doing higher education will have to do a 4-year degree. Students doing 4 years degree will be able to do MA in one year.

 

--- Now students will not have to do MPhil. Rather MA students will now be able to do PHD directly.

 

Students will be able to do other courses in between. The gross enrollment ratio will be 50 percent by 2035 in higher education. At the same time, under the new education policy, if a student wants to do another course in the middle of a course, then he can take a second course by taking a break for a limited time from the first course.

 

Many reforms have also been made in higher education. Improvements include graded academic, administrative and financial autonomy etc. Apart from this, e-courses will be started in regional languages. Virtual Labs will be developed. A National Educational Scientific Forum (NETF) will be started. There are 45 thousand colleges in the country.

 

Uniform rules will be for all government, private, deemed institutions.

According to this rule, new academic session will start soon.

 

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What are the use of Function Keys F1 to F12 on the Keyboard?

 F1

اس بٹن کو دبا کر آپ ونڈوز کمپیوٹر میں ہیلپ مینیو کو اوپن کرسکتے ہیں۔

Ctrl+F1

اسی طرح  بٹن کے ساتھ اسے دبا کر ایکسل اور ورڈ میں ربن مینیو کو ہائیڈ یا ڈسپلے کرسکتے ہیں۔

Running the help function provided on word

F2

 دبا کر آپ مائیکرو سافٹ آفس میں ڈاکومینٹ لائبریری اوپنکرسکتے ہیں۔

Alt + Ctrl + F2

اسی طرح ایف 2 آپ کو منتخب فولڈر کو ایڈٹ کرنے یا ونڈوز ایکسپلورر میںفائل کے نام ایڈٹ کرنے کا موقع بھی دیتا ہے۔

Altering name a file / folder

F3

اسے دبا کر آپ ونڈوز ایکسپلورر میں سرچ فیچر کو اوپن کرسکتے ہیں۔اسی طرح فائرفوکس اور گوگل کروم میںفائنڈفیچر کو اوپن کرسکتے ہیں۔

Running orders command

F4

 سے ونڈو کوبند کیاجاسکتا ہے۔

Alt + F4

انٹرنیٹ ایکسپلورر میں ایف 4 دبانے سے کرسر ایڈریس بار میں چلا جاتا ہے۔

Repeating previous orders

F5

پاور پوائنٹ میں سلائیڈشو اسٹارٹ کرسکتے ہیں۔انٹرنیٹ براؤزر پیجز کو ری فریش کیا جاسکتا ہے۔مائیکرو سافٹ آفس میں فائنڈ اینڈ ری پلیس کو اوپن کیا جاسکتا ہے۔

Refresh 

F6

مائیکرو سافٹ ورڈ کی اسپلٹ اسکرین میں اگلے پیج میں جاسکتے ہیں۔

(Ctrl+ F6)

 آپ کو ورڈ ڈاکو مینٹس کے درمیان آسانی سے سوئچ کرنے میں مدد دینے والا شارٹ کٹ ہے۔

Running other command pane

F7

Alt + F7

 سے ورڈ میں اسپیلنگ اینڈ گرائمر کو اوپن کیا جاسکتا ہے۔

Shift + F7 

ورڈ میں ٹریژر اوپن کرتا ہے۔

Memeriksaan typos and text spelling (spelling)

F8

ایکسل میں اس سے ایکسٹینڈ موڈ ایرو کیز کے لیے ان ایبل کیا جاسکتا ہے۔ونڈوز میں سیف موڈ کو ان ایبل کیا جاسکتا ہے۔

The beginning of the highlight / selection of text or object

F9

 سے ورڈ کی خالی فیلڈز میں مواد انسرٹ کیا جاسکتا ہے۔

Ctrl + F9

ورڈ میں فیلڈز کو اپ ڈیٹ کیا جاسکتا ہے۔

Mengupdate Field (Mail Merge)

F10

مینیو بار اوپن کیا جاسکتا ہے۔

Ctrl + F10

 سے ورڈ میں ونڈو کو میکسیمائز کیا جاسکتا ہے۔ 

Shift + F10

 ماؤس کے رائٹ کلک جیسا کام کرنے میں مدد دیتا ہے۔

Enable menu

F11

انٹرنیٹ براؤزرز میں فل اسکرین موڈ میں انٹر اور ایگزٹ کیا جاسکتا ہے۔

Shift + F11

 سے ایکسل میں نئی اسپریڈ شیٹ کا اضافہ کیا جاسکتا ہے۔

Entering the next field (mail merge)

F12

ورڈ میں سیو ایز کو اوپن کیا جاسکتا ہے۔ 

Shift + F12

 سے ورڈ ڈاکو مینٹ کو سیو کیا جاسکتا ہے۔ 

ctrl+F12

 سے ورڈ ڈاکو مینٹ کو اوپن کیا جاسکتا ہے۔

Activating the us save dialog

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