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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (April 15, 2022) for CSS, PMS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (April 15, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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April 15, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Military refutes Imran`s foreign plot narrative

• Military spokesman Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar on April 14, 2022 tried to clear the air about the alleged foreign conspiracy behind former prime minister Imran Khan`s ouster, besides announcing that Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa has decided to retire on November 29 this year.
• The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) director general, while speaking at a press conference, discussed the narrative being set by the PTI leaders that the party`s government was dislodged through a US-backed conspiracy as well as the smear campaign launched against the military on social media platforms.
• A vicious campaign targeting the military leadership was unleashed on social media after it stayed away from helping Imran Khan foil the opposition`s no-confidence motion on the pretext of neutrality in domestic politics despite his claims that he was facing a foreign-inspired move because of his independent foreign policy

2. Eight soldiers martyred in N. Waziristan attacks

• Eight soldiers were martyred in two terrorist attacks in North Waziristan on April 14, 2022, security sources said.
• In one incident, seven soldiers were martyred when terrorists ambushed a vehicle of security forces in Datakhel tehsil of North Waziristan tribal district.
• In the second incident, which took place in Isham area of the district, a solider was martyred in a clash between security forces and terrorists.
• As for the first attack, officials said the terrorists attacked a moving vehicle of the security forces in Datakhel near the Afghan border. Sources said the insurgents used a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and assault guns in the attack

3. AJK premier resigns from office

• Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi on April 14, 2022 tendered resignation from his office apparently to defuse the move by his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) parliamentary party to replace him with regional president Sardar Tanveer Ilyas through a vote of no confidence.
• Dr Asif Hussain Shah, secretary presidential affairs, confirmed to Dawn that President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry had received and accepted the resignation and forwarded it to the chief secretary for issuance of a formal notification in this regard.
• Mr Niazi was to face a vote of no confidence on Friday after 25 members of the PTI parliamentary party had moved a resolution to this effect against him on Tuesday under Article 18 of the AJK Constitution

4. Suri accepts resignations of 123 PTI MNAs

• The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) through social media released the notification of the National Assembly (NA) Secretariat on April 14, 2022, stating that 123 party MNAs had `resigned from their seats by writing under their hand` to the speaker.
• The notification signed by NA Secretary Tahir Hussain has declared that after submission of the resignations their seats have become vacant in terms of Article 64 (1) of the Constitution with effect fromApril11.
• The NA Secretariat officials are, however, tightlipped over the development

5. First phase of LG polls in Punjab on June 9

• The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced holding the much-delayed first phase of party based local government polls in Punjab on June 9, only a day before the law governing the polls is set to expire.
• An official of the ECP says the polls will be conducted under the Local Government Ordinance 2021, which will be completing its second term of life on June 10.
• It will create a difficult situation for the election body, government as well as contestants/winners of the electoral bout because as per the Constitution, an ordinance can be given extension only once and after that the government has to enact law through the Punjab Assembly to give legal cover to the action taken under the ordinance otherwise the activity shall stand null and void

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6. PM orders launch of Peshawar Mor metro bus service tomorrow

• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while ordering an inquiry into the inordinate delay in the launch of metro bus service from Peshawar Mor to Islamabad International Airport (IIA), directed the civic agency on Thursday to start the service from Saturday.
• The prime minister visited the metro bus track early on Thursday. He got a briefing from Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed about the project and directed that the bus service should be launched from Saturday and it should be free for commuters in Ramazan.
• The prime minister also directed for carrying out a feasibility study on operating metro buses on the Bhara Kahu-Peshawar Mor and Rawat routes

7. Ukraine conflict to fuel inflationary pressures: UN

• Inflationary pressures in Pakistan will remain strong if the conflict in Ukraine continues, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) said in its annual Economic and Social Survey for 2022.
• Pakistan is a net importer of oil and natural gas as well as Ukrainian wheat. Both these factors will mean inflationary pressures will remain strong, the UNESCAP survey noted.
• The survey released on Wednesday, projected that the economic growth of Pakistan is expected to be a moderate to 4.5 per cent in fiscal year 2022 with tightening and fiscal consolidation along with the reactivation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stabilisation programme is set to lower domestic demand and business and consumer confidence.

8. Dutch court jails 1980s Afghan prison chief for 12 years

• A Dutch court on April 14, 2022 sentenced an elderly Afghan man to 12 years in prison for war crimes committed while in charge of a notorious Kabul jail in the 1980s.
• The sentencing in The Hague is one of the latest in a series of efforts by Europeans to bring people to account for crimes in conflict-torn nations, including Syria and Afghanistan as eyes turn to Ukraine.
• Abdul Razzaq Rafief `treated the prisoners cruelly and dishonourably and arbitrarily deprived them of their liberty,` judge Els Kole told The Hague regional court, adding `these are war crimes` Rafief, 76, played a leading role in the abuse of prisoners at the Pul-eCharkhi jail between 1983-88 `where he had effective command and control`, the judge said

9. Russian warship attacked in Black Sea; Moscow accuses Kyiv of border strikes

• Ukraine claimed on April 15, 2022 to have hit Russia`s flagship in the Black Sea with missiles, igniting a fire that Moscow said `seriously damaged` the warship as it accused Kyiv of helicopter strikes elsewhere over its territory.
• Even as Ukraine pushed to restart civilian evacuations ahead of a feared major offensive in the east, Russia claimed its own citizens were being targeted, accusing Ukraine of injuring civilians in helicopter strikes on residential buildings in its western Br yansk region.
• Kyiv forcefully denied the accusation, saying Russia was staging `terror attacks` on its own soil to spur `anti-Ukrainian hysteria`

10. Elon Musk launches hostile takeover bid for Twitter

• Tesla chief Elon Musk has launched a hostile takeover bid for Twitter, insisting it was a `best and final offer` and that he was the only person capable of unlocking the full potential of the platform.
• The move throws another curve into a roller-coaster ride for Musk`s volatile relationship with the global social media service, and raises many questions about what comes next.
• `Twitter has extraordinary potential

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