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Today marks the 11th anniversary of M.M. Alam’s death, which is being observed.

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Today (Monday) marks the 11th death anniversary of Muhammad Mahmood Alam, a renowned combat hero of the 1965 war, commonly known as M.M Alam.

Alam is revered as a national hero in Pakistan, mostly due to his exceptional display of intelligence and skill during the 1965 Pak-India conflict while stationed in Sargodha. Throughout the course of this conflict, he actively engaged in multiple aerial combat encounters, known as dogfights, while piloting his F-86 Sabre fighter aircraft. He successfully shot down nine Indian Hawker Hunter fighters during the aerial combat and caused damage to two further aircraft.

During a single flight on September 7, 1965, Alam successfully shot down five Indian aircraft in less than a minute, with the last four being destroyed within a remarkable 30-second timeframe. This extraordinary feat not only set a world record but also brought his overall number of downed aircraft in the war to nine.

Alam was born on July 6, 1935 in Calcutta, British India, to a highly educated family. He was the eldest of his 11 siblings. The family relocated from Calcutta to eastern Bengal, which subsequently became East Pakistan with the establishment of Pakistan in 1947. In 1952, he became a member of the RPAF (now known as PAF) and was officially appointed on October 2, 1953.

Following the independence of East Pakistan, his family relocated to West Pakistan in approximately 1971.

Alam retired from the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in 1982 with the rank of air commodore and relocated to Karachi. Alam passed away in Karachi on March 18, 2013 at the age of 77.

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Indicating Pakistan’s Dedication to the SCO Agenda: Jam Kamal

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Pakistan is dedicated to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Agenda, according to the Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan, who stated that the SCO is playing a significant role in regional cooperation.

Jam Kamal, while speaking at the World Trade Organization (SCO) Trade Ministerial gathering in Islamabad, stated that Pakistan is an important member of the SCO and that it is a pleasure for us to host its gathering.

We are aggressively trying to modernize our infrastructure, improve regulatory frameworks, and establish an atmosphere that is suitable to business, as he stated that the SCO Region has a significant potential for both commercial and economic exchange.

According to him, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Region is home to a big amount of the world’s population as well as some of the world’s economies that are expanding at the fastest rates. This region also hosts a significant portion of the world’s people.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) 23rd Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Foreign Economic and Trade Activities is now being held in Pakistan.

In the course of the Council of Heads of Government Meeting, which is slated to take place in Islamabad on October 15-16, 2024, the conclusions of this meeting will be discussed.

Sunil Bharatwal, who is India’s Deputy Minister of Commerce, gave a short speech at the conference.

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The president approves the addition of thirty PHC judges, up from the previous twenty.

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A sizeable increase in the number of judges to be appointed to the Peshawar High Court has been sanctioned by President Asif Ali Zardari.

The number of judges has been increased from twenty to thirty and this change was made in order to address the growing backlog of cases and to improve the efficiency of the judicial system.

Regarding this matter, the notification from the Presidency has been distributed.

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Relations Between Pakistan and Belarus: An Eastern European Country Issues A Formal Invitation To Students In Pakistan

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The country in eastern Europe has formally invited Pakistani students to pursue higher education at its esteemed universities, marking a significant breakthrough in efforts to fortify educational connections between Pakistan and Belarus.

Students from Pakistan should have more options to study economics, medicine, and other subjects in Belarus thanks to this outreach.

Hamid Mahmood and Khakan Mahmood, the directors of *Legal and General Consultants, paid a recent visit to Minsk, the capital of Belarus. The *Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Higher Education Commission of Belarus were among the officials with whom they met productively during their tour.

Facilitating admissions to Belarusian universities for Pakistani students, especially in the medical and economics domains, was the main goal of these talks.

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