Regional Cooperation | MCQs

Explanation

Explanation

RCD was established on 21 July 1964

It was dissolved in 1979

RCD stands for Regional Cooperation for Development

They established by Iran, Pakistan,and Turkey

Its headquarters were located in Iran

Explanation

RCD was established on: 21 July, 1964

RCD was dissolved in: 1979

RCD stand for Regional Cooperation for Development

RCD: Established by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey

RCD headquarters: Iran

Explanation

President Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh proposed the idea of SAARC in 1977.

His vision for economic cooperation and cultural exchange among South Asian countries led to the establishment of SAARC in 1985.

It consists of eight member states: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka."

Explanation

Pakistan was scheduled to host the 19th summit of the  (SAARC) in Islamabad on 15 to 16 November 2016.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his address to the 19th SAARC summit being held in Islamabad

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First SAARC Summit, Dhaka, 1985

Second SAARC Summit, Bangalore, 1986

Third SAARC Summit, Kathmandu, 1987

Fourth Summit, Islamabad, 1988

Fifth SAARC Summit, Male', 1990

Sixth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 1991

Seventh SAARC Summit. Dhaka, 1993

Eighth SAARC Summit, New Delhi 1995

Ninth SAARC Summit, Male, 1997

Tenth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 1998

Eleventh SAARC Summit, Kathmandu, 2002

Twelfth SAARC Summit, Islamabad, 2004

Thirteenth SAARC Summit, Dhaka, 2005

Fourteenth SAARC Summit, New Delhi, 2007

Fifteenth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 2008

Sixteenth SAARC Summit, Thimphu, 2010

Seventeenth SAARC Summit, Addu City, 2011

Eighteenth SAARC Summit, Kathmandu, 2014

Nineteenth SAARC Summit, Islamabad, 2016 (Postponed)

Twentieth SAARC Summit, Colombo, 2020

Explanation

Pakistan joined SAARC in 1985

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The main Aim of SAARC is regional cooperation.

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SAARC is an economic and political regional organization of countries in South Asia set up in 1985

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SAARC stands for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Headquarters are located in Kathmandu.

Current members of SAARC are 8

Naeem U. Hasan from Pakistani head of SAARC from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 1998

Amjad Hussain B Sial is the second man from Pakistan to head of SAARC from 1 March 2017 till 29 February 2020

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First Chairman of the SAARC.

Hussain Muhammad Ershad was a Bangladeshi Army Chief and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990

Explanation

India, Afghanistan, Bhutan & Bangladesh decide to pull out the conference.

Scheduled to be held: November 2016 (in Islamabad)

Explanation

• Know about UAP railway project (tri-nation rail link)

• Project Name: UAP Trans Rail Road

• Signed on 17 July 2023

• Between: Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan

• Pakistan Ministry: Railways

• Areas: Termiz in Uzbekistan, Mazar-i-Sharif and Logar in Afghanistan, and culminate in Pakistan via the Kharlachi border crossing in Kurram.

Explanation

• Know about UAP railway project (tri-nation rail link)

• Project Name: UAP Trans Rail Road

• Signed on 17 July 2023

• Between: Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan

• Pakistan Ministry: Railways

• Areas: Termiz in Uzbekistan, Mazar-i-Sharif and Logar in Afghanistan, and culminate in Pakistan via the Kharlachi border crossing in Kurram.