Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (August 14, 2022) for CSS, PMS

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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (August 14, 2022) for CSS, PMS

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August 14, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Pakistan emerges as 24th largest economy in 75-year journey

• The structure of economy has drastically changed since Pakistan`s inception in 1947 with industry and then services sectors dominated the economy, says a finance ministry report released on August 13, 2022.
• The report gives a glimpse of the country`s 75-year economic journey, with all major economic indicators seeing massive changes over the period.
• At the time of the independence in 1947, Pakistan inherited only 34 industrial units out of the 921 in undivided India.
• The nominal GDP rose from $3 billion in 1950 to $383bn in 2022, while GDP growth was recorded at 5.97pc in 2022 compared to 1.8pc in 1950. Per capita income jumped from $86 in 1950 to $1,798 in 2022

2. Extreme weather claims 14 more lives

• At least 14 people were killed in Balochistan and Sindh on August 13, 2022 in rain-related accidents as heavy downpour wreaked havoc in the two provinces.
• The fresh spell of monsoon rains, causing flash floods, claimed the lives of 10 people in Balochistan, while at least four were killed in Karachi. The death toll in Balochistan during the current monsoon season has reached 190.
• Flash floods caused massive destruction in Qila Abdullah and Qila Saifullah, where hundreds of mud houses were washed away in hill torrents, while at least a dozen people were still missing

3. AJK tables bill seeking separate body for holding LB polls

• Only two days after the announcement of the schedule for the long overdue local bodies (LB) elections, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government on Saturday tabled a constitutional amendment bill in the Legislative Assembly withdrawing this responsibility from the region`s election commission.
• The 15th constitutional amendment bill, which was tabled in the house by minister for local government and rural development Khawaja Farooq Ahmed with the full backing of the two major opposition parties Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) -envisaged creation of a separate election commission for local government bodies, as used to exist before the 13th constitutional amendment of 2018

4. Local NGOs allowed to help flood-hit families

• The government has allowed all local nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) to conduct relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities in flood-affected provinces for six months from August 2022 to February 2023.
• It may be recalled that in 2013, the government introduced a policy for `regulation of organisations receiving foreign contributions`.
• The policy serves as a framework to facilitate the NGO sector in accessing foreign funding for their planned activities. Thus, only those local NGOs can carry out relief activities in the flood battered provinces which have met the required criteria.
• Over one million people have been affected by heavy rains and floods across Pakistan during the prevalent monsoon season.
• A total of 580 people have been killed and another 939 injured

5. 42 SMEs in Balochistan get funds for agribusiness

• Forty two small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the agriculture sector of Balochistan were on August 13, 2022 provided Rs27 million to uplift their business potential under a project of European Union.
• Balochistan`s acting governor Mir Jan Mohammad Khan Jamali distributed the cheques among the enterprises based in Quetta, Pishin, Noshki, Kharan, Khuzdar, Lasbela, Panjgur, Kech, Zhob and Musakhel.
• The distribution was held under the European Union funded Growth for Rural Advancement and Sustainable Progress (GRASP) project, implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC) in partnership with the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) and Food and Agriculture Organisation

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6. Pakistan condemns Jeddah bombing

• Pakistan on August 13, 2022 strongly condemned the recent terrorist incident in Jeddah, resulting in injuries to four people, including a Pakistani national.
• `The government and people of Pakistan reiterate their full support for and deep solidarity with the leadership, government and brotherly people of Saudi Arabia against any threats to the Kingdom`s sovereignty and territorial integrity,` a statement issued by the Foreign Office said.
• A Saudi national wanted for investigation killed himself by detonating an explosive belt on Wednesday while a security squad was chasing him. The suspect was about to be apprehended in Al-Samer district of Jeddah governorate when the incident happened, state-run Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday

7. Taliban violently disperse protesting women in Kabul

• Taliban fighters beat women protesters and fired into the air on August 13, 2022 as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital, days ahead of the first anniversary of their return to power.
• Since seizing control on Aug 15 last year, the Taliban have rolled back the marginal gains made by women during two decades of US intervention in Afghanistan.
• About 40 women chanting `bread, work and freedom` marched in front of the education ministry building, before the fighters dispersed them by firing their guns into the air, a correspondent reported

8. Four Kashmiri employees sacked for `anti-India activities`

• Authorities in held Kashmir on August 13, 2022 sacked four government employees, citing their alleged involvement in activities `prejudicial to the interests of the security of the state`.
• One of those dismissed is the son of the leader of a group fighting against India in the held territory.
• Also dismissed were two professors at Kashmir University that the administration claims were radicalising students to advance Pakistan`s agenda, and a woman working in rural development that the administration says was funding anti-India activities.

9. Sri Lanka allows controversial Chinese ship visit

• Sri Lanka granted port access on Saturday for a controversial Chinese research vessel, the foreign ministry said, despite neighbouring India’s concerns that it could spy on New Delhi’s military installations.
• The Yuan Wang 5 is described as a research and survey vessel by international shipping and analytics sites, but according to Indian media it is a dual-use spy ship.
• New Delhi is suspicious of Beijing’s increasing presence in the Indian Ocean and influence in Sri Lanka, seeing both as being firmly within its sphere of influence

10. Actress Anne Heche dies after being pulled off life support

• Hollywood actor Anne Heche has been declared legally dead, one week after she crashed her car into a Los Angeles building, a spokeswoman said.
• Heche, 53, had been comatose in hospital with a severe brain injury since the fiery collision on August 5.
• Having lost all brain function, she is `legally dead according to California law,` though her heart is still beating as her family keeps her body on life support while exploring organ donations, spokeswoman Holly Baird said

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