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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (April 29, 2022) for CSS, PMS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (April 29, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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April 29, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Country swelters as power outages disrupt daily life

• The menace of loadshedding swept across the country on April 28, 2022, leaving homes and businesses in the dark as temperatures continued to rise ahead of a forecast heatwave.
• Citizens complained of 6 to 10 hours of outages in urban areas, while those in rural parts of the country including localities falling within the service area of high-loss feeders witnessed 8 to 16 hours of loadshedding.
• No part of the country was spared the blackouts.
• `Since Wednesday, the duration of loadshedding has gone up to eight hours or more in Lahore; four to six hours in the day and two to four hours at night,` deplored a resident of Lahore`s Johar Town locality

2. Punjab Assembly fails to meet as staff arrested

• The much-awaited Punjab Assembly session that was called on April 28, 2022 to take up the no-trust motion against its deputy speaker had to be postponed, as police force cordoned off the premises, arrested the assembly`s coordination secretary and were conducting raids to arrest the secretary to avert `a situation prejudicial to public safety and maintenance of public order`.
• Explaining his decision, Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi said he felt compelled to postpone the session for May 16 as an uncalled-for situation had been created by the civil administration by `harassing and arresting` assembly staff members. He said the administration made these inappropriate moves in and outside the assembly at the behest of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz.
• In a related development, Governor Omer Sarfraz Cheema again did not administer oath to CM-elect Hamza Shehbaz on April 28, 2022, in defiance of the Lahore High Court`s order of Wednesday. The LHC had ordered him to nominate someone to do it if he was not able do so

3. Govt to end interest-based banking by Dec 2027

• The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on April 28, 2022 asked the government to eliminate Riba (interest) from Pakistan by Dec 31, 2027 after declaring its prohibition in all forms and manifestations to be Islamic and in accordance with the holy Quran and Sunnah.
• The court specified Dec 31, 2027 as the date for the decision to take effect by way of complete elimination of Riba, adding the five years till then are reasonably enough to convert Pakistan`s economy into one that is equitable, asset based, risk-sharing and interest-free.
• Announced by a three-judge bench comprising FSC Chief Justice Muhammad Noor Meskanzai, Justice Dr Syed Muhammad Anwer and Justice Khadim Hussain M Shaikh, the 298-page long overdue judgement also explained that any interest stipulated in the government borrowings acquired from domestic or foreign sources was Riba and clearly prohibited by the holy Quran and Sunnah

4. PM arrives in Saudi Arabia

• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived Madina on April 28, 2022 on a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia on the invitation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz.
• This is the prime minister`s first visit abroad after assuming the office earlier this month.
• Governor of Madina Faisal bin Salman Al Saud and high-level Saudi officials received the prime minister and members of his delegation.
• The prime minister was accompanied by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Miftah Ismail, Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Chaudhry Salik Hussain, Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Mohsin Dawar and Maulana Tahir Ashrafi

5. PML-N`s Musadik Malik made state minister

• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif continues to expand his cabinet as President Dr Arif Alvi on April 28, 2022 administered the oath of office to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Dr Musadik Malik as the minister of state.
• With Mr Malik`s addition, the total number of the Sharif-led cabinet has reached 43.
• The oath-taking ceremony was held at the presidency.
• Mr Malik has been allotted the portfolio of petroleum. There is no federal minister for petroleum as there are reports that Mr Sharif wants PML-N`s senior vice president and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to oversee both the petroleum and power divisions of the Ministry of Energy

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6. Pakistan among 20 trading partners placed on US `watch list`

• Pakistan is among twenty trading partners which have been placed on the `watch list` of the US government. These countries, however, merit bilateral attention to address underlying intellectual property problems.
• The 2022 `Special 301` report of the US Trade Representative (USTR), which is the annual review of the global state of intellectual property protection and enforcement, reviewed more than 100 trade partners for the 2022 special report and also placed 27 of them on the Priority Watch List` USTR conducted the review pursuant to Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
• The report says, `Pakistan remains on the Watch List for 2022, though Pakistan has maintained a positive dialogue with the US on intellectual property matters and engaged in meaningful capacity building and training programmes to promote IP protection and enforcement in Pakistan

7. Mastermind, facilitator of Johar Town blast arrested in Balochistan

• The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed to have arrested the mastermind as well as the facilitator of the Johar Town bomb blast from Balochistan.
• The arrests came during an intelligence-based operation carried out by the CTD with the coordination of the top intelligence agencies.
• Talking to the media at the Central Police Office on Thursday, Punjab CTD DIG Afzaal Ahmed Kausar and Operations DIG Kamran Adil identified the mastermind of Johar Town blast as Samiul Haq and facilitator as Uzair Akbar.
• On June 23, 2021, a blast near the residence of Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed in Johar Town had killed three people and injured 24 others, including a police constable

8. Students of private schools not to get roll number slips online any more

• The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) in a dubious move has reversed its decision of making the roll number slips of private schools` students available online, putting thousands of parents and students in trouble.
• Apparently to appease owners of private schools, the FBISE notified that it would not upload the roll number slips of private schools` students online.
• As per a new notification, the board will hand over the roll number slips to private schools whose owners will have the liberty to provide it to the students. In the past, there were complaints that private school owners after receiving the roll number slips exploited the students and parents by demanding their `pending` fees and fines. However, in 2014 when parents registered complaints with the then FBISE chairman Dr Ikram Ali Malik, the latter said the roll number slip was a property of the student and the board and schools had nothing to do with it.

9. Controversial asylum reforms become law in UK

• Britain on April 28, 2022 hailed what it said was a `world-leading` reform of its asylum system, despite widespread condemnation and claims that it breaks international law. Home Secretary Priti Patel called the passing of the controversial Nationality and Borders Act a `landmark` that created changes fit for the 21st century.
• The act, which cleared parliament late on Wednesday, notably introduces maximum life sentences for people smugglers blamed for facilitating irregular migration.
• But it also imposes tougher jail terms for anyone arriving illegally in the country, which has raised fears it could be used against asylum-seekers

10. UN chief condemns `absurdity` of war in Ukraine visit

• UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on April 28, 2022 visited sites of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, decrying war as `an absurdity in the 21st century` and urging Russia to cooperate with an international investigation into atrocities.
• The UN chief and his team were `shocked` by the proximity of the Russian strikes which slammed into central Kyiv as they were visiting but were all `safe`, a spokesman said.
• `It is a war zone but it is shocking that it happened close to us, Saviano Abreu, spokesman for the UN`s humanitarian office, told AFP, without saying how close they were to the point of impact, with one missile hitting a residential building, wounding three people

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