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April 26, 2022: National / International Current Affairs
1. PM leaving for Saudi Arabia this week for first foreign visit
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is paying his maiden official visit to Saudi Arabia on Thursday with a heavy entourage that included his 16 family members.
• The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) criticised the prime minister for taking with him a big entourage on state expenses.
• However, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb claimed that the prime minister was going on a commercial flight and all members of his entourage would be on their own expenses.
• A list of entourage circulated in the media was confirmed by a source in the Prime Minister Office (PMO)
2. 14 more ministers inducted in AJK cabinet
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas on April 25, 2022 inducted 14 more lawmakers in his two-member cabinet, but did not announce their portfolios.
• The ministers were administered oath by President Barrister Sultan Mahmood at a function at the new palatial Prime Minister`s House which remains largely unused ever since its handing over to the government over seven years ago.
• Prime Minister Ilyas and Legislative Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Anwarul Haq were also present on the occasion.
• Shortly after his swearing-in on April 25, 2022 last, Mr Ilyas had appointed Khawaja Farooq Ahmed from Muzaffarabad and Chaudhry Mohammad Akhla1 from Kotli as cabinet members though without any portfolios to fulfil the constitutional definition of the government
3. ADB disburses $1.31bn in loan, grants
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) disbursed loans and grants amounting to $1.31 billion to Pakistan in 2021, comprising $0.30bn in programme lending, $1.01bn from project lending and $3 million from grants.
• Total outstanding balances and undisbursed commitments of ADB`s non-sovereign transactions in Pakistan as of Dec 31, 2021 was $441.31m, representing 3.14 per cent of ADB`s total private sector portfolio, the fact sheet on Pakistan says.
• According to the ADB annual report released on Monday, ADB committed $22.8bn from its own resources in 2021 to help Asia and the Pacific tackle the immediate effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and promote a green recovery
4. Govt to import 200,000 tonnes of urea for kharif
• The new government on April 25, 2022 decided to carry forward the observations of the PTI government and announced to import 200,000 tonnes of urea as buffer stocks before peak kharif demand in June.
• The fertiliser review committee meeting, chaired by Federal Minister for Industries and Production Makhdoom Syed Murtaza Mahmud, decided that the summary of urea import would be forwarded to the Economic Coordination Committee.
• The country has an adequate supply of urea, the meeting was informed.
• Domestic production and demand for fertilisers for the kharif season were discussed at the meeting
5. Religious freedom has worsened in India, says US panel
• Religious freedom has deteriorated `significantly` in India under the Hindu nationalist government, a US commission said on Monday as it again recommended targeted sanctions over abuses.
• It was the third straight year that the US Commission on International Religious Freedom asked that India be placed on a list of `countries of particular concern `a recommendation that has angered New Delhi and is virtually certain to be dismissed by the State Department.
• In an annual report, the panel which is appointed to offer recommendations but does not set US policy voiced wide concern about South Asia and also backed the State Department`s inclusion of Pakistan on the blacklist
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