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• The Government of Pakistan cancelled the Pakistan Day military parade scheduled for 23 March 2026 because of the ongoing Gulf oil crisis and resulting austerity measures.
• The decision was announced by the Prime Minister’s Office on 17 March 2026.
• President Asif Ali Zardari approved the cancellation on the Prime Minister’s advice.

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• The 2026 Winter Olympics were hosted by Italy.
• The games were held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo from 6–22 February 2026.
• Italy became the host country for the third Winter Olympics in its history.

Additional information:

• Winter Olympics 2022: China
• Summer Olympics 2024: France
• Summer Olympics 2028: United States
• Summer Olympics 2020: Japan

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• Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was purchased in the privatization auction by the Arif Habib Consortium.
• The consortium won the bid with an offer of Rs. 135 billion for a 75% stake in PIA.
• The auction was held in December 2025 as part of Pakistan’s privatization efforts.
• PIA is Pakistan’s national flag carrier.
• It was established in 1946 as Orient Airways.
• It was renamed PIA in 1955.

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• Shift + Enter inserts a manual line break in MS Word without starting a new paragraph.
• It moves the cursor to the next line while keeping the text within the same paragraph.

Additional information:

• Enter: Starts a new paragraph.
• Ctrl + Enter: Page break.

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• SMS stands for Short Message Service.
• It is a text messaging service used on mobile phones and other communication systems.
• SMS was defined in 1986 as part of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) standards.
• The first SMS message was sent on 3 December 1992.
• The first SMS was sent by Neil Papworth from a computer to a Vodafone mobile phone.
• First SMS Content: “Merry Christmas”.

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• Connection: Links Mediterranean Sea to Red Sea
• Location: Egypt
• Opened: 1869
• Length: 193 km
• Purpose: Provides the shortest maritime route from Europe to Asia

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• Mesh topology has the highest reliability.
• Because devices have multiple direct connections.
• If one connection fails, data can usually travel through another available path.

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• Star topology depends heavily on its central hub or switch.
• Ring topology can be disrupted if a critical connection or device fails.

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• Correct sentence: He is married to my sister.
• We use “married to” when describing a person's marital relationship.

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• The idiom “Let sleeping dogs lie” means not to bring up an old problem or conflict again.
• It advises leaving a troublesome situation alone if it is already settled.

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• Slew is its simple past form.
• Slay is the present/base form.
• Slain is the past participle form.

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