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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (August 18, 2022) for CSS, PMS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (August 18, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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August 18, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. SC tells ECP to go ahead with second phase of LG polls in Sindh

• The Supreme Court ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday to go ahead with the second phase of local government elections in Sindh.
• After three days of continuous hearing on a set of petitions, a three judge SC bench made a specific mention of an intervener Jamaat-i-Islami`s (JI) Karachi chief Naeem ur Rehman who had regretted that local polls were already behind schedule by over two years.
• While disposing of the matter, a short order dictated by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial said the process to hold the local government elections cannot be stopped at this stage

2. Gujrat notified as 10th division of Punjab

• The Punjab government on Wednesday formally notified Gujrat as a 10th division of the province.
• Gujrat division will consist of three districts Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin and Hafizabad as per a notification issued by the senior member Board of Revenue (BoR) after the approval of the Punjab governor.
• The new division has been created by bifurcating the existing Gujranwala division, the largest one comprising six districts, having a total population of around 16 million, said a senior administrative official.
• He gave credit for the creation of the new division to Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and MNA Moonis Elahi, who played a vital role in the upgrade of their hometown to divisional headquarters

3. UK inks deal to return `criminals` to Pakistan

• The UK signed a major deal with Pakistan on August 17, 2022, under which foreign criminals and immigration offenders from the UK can be returned to Pakistan.
• UK Home Secretary Priti Patel hailed the development on Twitter, saying that `I`m proud to have signed a new landmark agreement with our Pakistani friends to return foreign criminals and immigration offenders from the UK to Pakistan.
• This deal shows our #NewPlanForImmigration in action, as we deliver for the British people` `I make no apology for removing dangerous foreign criminals and immigration offenders who have no right to remain in the UK. The British public have quite rightly had enough of people abusing our laws and gaming the system so we can`t remove them,` the statement quoted Ms Patel as saying.
• `This agreement, which I am proud to have signed with our Pakistani friends, shows the New Plan for Immigration in action and the government delivering

4. New seeds approved to increase rice yield

• In a bid to increase the yield from rice crops, nine hybrid and one long grain variety of rice were approved on Wednesday for commercial cultivation during the next kharif season.
• The hybrid varieties have been developed by the private sector while the long grain variety was developed by the Punjab government`s Soil Salinity Research Institute, a research scientist at Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) said.
• The varieties were given the nod by PARC`s Rice Variety Evaluation Committee in a meeting headed by the committee`s Chairman Dr Imtiaz Hussain

5. Govt commits more taxes as IMF board meets on 29th

• The government has given an undertaking to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to raise the petroleum development levy (PDL) to a maximum of Rs50 per litre each on petrol and diesel by January and April, respectively, in 2023.
• In its Letter of Intent (LoI) sent to the IMF for formal approval of completion of the 7th and 8th reviews of the $7bn Extended Fund Facility (EFF), Pakistan has also made iron-clad commitments to build foreign exchange reserves to cover at least 10 weeks of imports by end of the current fiscal year from existing 5 weeks and not to use those reserves ever to support the exchange rate.
• IMF Country Representatives Esther Perez Ruiz on Wednesday announced that the Fund`s Executive Board meeting for Pakistan`s combined seventh and eighth reviews under the EFF has been scheduled for Aug 29

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6. Pakistan included in new UK trading scheme

• The United Kingdom (UK) has launched a `Developing Countries Trading Scheme` (D CT S), whose implementation in early 2023 will provide tariff reductions and simpler terms of trade to 65 countries, including Pakistan.
• The DCTS replaces the UK`s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP), a preferential trading system that provides tariff removals and reductions on various products.
• The British High Commission in Islamabad on Wednesday said that 94 per cent of goods exported from Pakistan will be eligible for duty-free access to the UK. Pakistan will save £120 million in tariffs on exports to the UK under the scheme

7. Taliban test repaired planes, helicopters

• Taliban military aircraft roared over the Afghan capital on August 17, 2022 as the group`s defence ministry tested out recently repaired hardware, much of it left behind by foreign militaries and acquired since the Taliban seized power a year ago.
• Aircraft, including helicopters and at least one plane, flew low over Kabul skies near the airport, including what appeared to be at least one Russian-made MI-24 attack helicopter and two other American-made aircraft.
• A defence ministry spokesperson, Enayatullah Khowarazmi, said the Taliban had recently repaired some helicopters and were conducting the flyovers as a test. He did not confirm the exact make or country of origin, saying only that `all types of aircraft` were being tested

8. Israel, Turkiye resume full diplomatic relations

• Israel and Turkiye announced the resumption of full diplomatic ties on August 17, 2022, following years of strained relations between the Mediterranean nations.
• Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid hailed the diplomatic breakthrough as an `important asset for regional stability and very important economic news for the citizens of Israel`.
• Lapid`s office said the diplomatic development will see ambassadors and consuls general posted to the two countries once more.
• The announcement follows months of bilateral efforts to mend ties, with reciprocal visits by top officials

9. Taiwan shows off most advanced fighter jet

• Taiwan displayed on August 17, 2022 its most advanced fighter jet, the missile-equipped F-16V, in a rare nighttime demonstration in the wake of China`s unprecedented military drills around the island.
• Beijing staged days of air and sea drills in the Taiwan Strait this month after visits by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a congressional delegation to the self-ruled island territory.
• Taipei has carried out its own drills to simulate defence against invasion by China and on Wednesday air force personnel loaded an F-16V fighter with a US-made anti-ship missile in a `combat readiness` exercise at an airbase in eastern Hualien county. Six F-16Vs later took off for night reconnaissance and training missions, including two armed with missiles, according to Taiwan`s air force

10. Taliban kill estranged Hazara commander `trying to flee to Iran`

• The Taliban`s lone Hazara Shia commander, who reportedly parted ways with the Islamic emirate a couple of months ago, was killed as he attempted to flee the country, the defence ministry said in a statement.
• Mawlawi Mahdi Mujahid was shot dead by Taliban forces near the border with Iran, officials confirmed to Reuters on August 17, 2022, adding that he had rebelled against the de facto government.
• After the Taliban formed a government last year, Mahdi was given the post of intelligence chief in Bamiyan province. But months later, he was sacked following a dispute local media attributed to control of the lucrative coal trade. Mujahid went on the run in June after the Taliban sent thousands of troops to crush his loyalists.
• The defence ministry on August 17, 2022 described Mahdi as a the `leader of the rebels` in a district in the northern province of Sar-e-Pul

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