Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (February 09, 2022) for CSS, PMS

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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (February 09, 2022) for CSS, PMS

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February 09, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. PM announces 15pc increase in security forces` salary

• Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced an increase of 15 per cent in the salary of Frontier Corps and Rangers personnel as he paid rich tribute to soldiers who had sacrificed their lives while repulsing the recent terrorist attacks on security forces` camps in Nushki and Panjgur.
• Speaking to troops at an FC camp in Nushki during his daylong visit along with Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and federal ministers on Tuesday, PM Khan said some for-eign hands wanted to destabilise Pakistan to achieve their nefarious designs, but the country`s brave and strong security forces would foil all such attempts with the support of the entire nation

2. IMF wants Pakistan to `do more` than just levying taxes

• Pakistan should not be limited to taking measures related to tax alone, but it should also find other ways to enhance the competitiveness of the economy, said IMF`s Resident Representative Ms Esther Perez Ruiz.
• Speaking to the office bearers of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday, she said the purpose of the IMF programme is to promote macroeconomic stability and the country`s fiscal and monetary policies must promote the former`s vision in this regard.
• She said the IMF programme`s aim is to bring a set of policies that could promote sustainable and inclusive growth

3. WB seeks `actions` for 2nd phase of loan plan

• The World Bank has sought at least four crucial `prior actions` for the second phase of a multi-million dollar loan programme to advance the reform process Resilient Institutions Strengthening Programme (RISE-II).
• The key prior actions would require the authorities to ensure harmonisation of General Sales Tax (GST) among the federal and provincial governments, control rising debt burden through amendments to the Fiscal Responsibility & Debt Limitation Act 2005, bring uniformity in provincial property valuations for tax purposes and ensure complete clearance of GST refunds.
• RISE-II is an extension of an earlier programme approved in 2019 and is meant to support measures to enhance the country`s fiscal position and promote competitiveness and growth through harmonisation of the GST, increased use of digital financial services, and enhanced integrity in the financial sector

4. TTP still active with up to 5,000 fighters: UN

• The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) still has between 3,000 and 5,000 fighters in Afghanistan, reports a team of UN monitors.
• The report, sent to the UN Security Council, also warns that a Taliban-run `Afghanistan has the potential to become a safe haven for Al Qaedaand a number of terror groups with ties to the Central Asia region and beyond`.
• The US government and various UN agencies have long claimed that Al Qaeda has been active in Afghanistan since the beginning of the Afghan jihad.
• US officials also say that despite a public pledge to curb Al Qaeda activities, Afghanistan`s new Taliban leaders are not doing so, a claim the Taliban deny.

5. South Punjab is most deprived region in province: UNDP

• The poor endowment of social services in south Punjab has raised the issue of whether the region has been `neglected` in the provincial and local development allocations, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says in a new report.
• South Punjab is the most deprived region in the province in terms of basic services, such as sanitation facilities, and data shows only 56.2 per cent of the population uses improved sanitation facilities

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6. Saudi Arabia eases travel restrictions for pilgrims

• While Pakistan achieved another milestone in the fight against coronavirus by vaccinating over two million people in a day, Saudi Arabia has eased travel restrictions for the pilgrims from Pakistan intending to perform Umrah by revising the Covid-19 guidelines.
• The development coincided with the national positivity rate dropping to 5.34 per cent across the country, where less than 3,000 cases were reported in a day after a one-month hiatus.
• According to the fresh guidelines for pilgrims from Pakistan intending to perform Umrah, at the time of departure the travellers will be required to submit only a negative PCR test report that should not be more than 48 hours old

7. Schools shut in Karnataka as hijab ban protests intensify

• Authorities in southern India ordered schools to shut on February 8, 2022 as protests intensified over a ban on Islamic headscarves that has outraged Muslim students.
• The stand-off in Karnataka state has galvanised fears among the minority community about what they say is increasing persecution under the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• Fresh demonstrations on February 8, 2022 saw officers fire tear gas to disperse a crowd at one government-run campus, while a heavy police presence was seen at schools in nearby towns

8. 49 convicted over deadly 2008 Ahmedabad attacks

• India convicted 49 people on February 8, 2022 over a 2008 attack in the western city of Ahmedabad that left over fifty dead, in what perpetrators said was retaliation for earlier deadly communal violence.
• The string of bombings killed 56 people and wounded more than 200 others as shrapnel ripped through markets, buses and other public places in Gujarat state`s commercial hub.
• A group calling itself the Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility, and said the act was revenge for 2002 religious riots in the area that left thousands dead.
• Nearly 80 people were charged but 28 were acquitted, prosecutor Amit Patel told reporters outside an Ahmedabad court

9. Taliban delegation in Geneva

• A Taliban delegation has arrived in Geneva for talks with Swiss officials and NGOs on humanitarian access and human rights, Switzerland`s foreign ministry said on February 8, 2022.
• The delegation from Afghanistan`s new rulers is due to hold talks with the Red Cross and other non-governmental organisations in the Swiss city, which is also home to several United Nations agencies. `The members of the delegation will have discussions around humanitarian access to populations in need, the protection of humanitarian actors and respect for human rights,` a foreign ministry spokeswoman said. `The protection of children during conflicts and the management of land contaminated by mines are also on the agenda of the conferences, which take place in a confidential setting.`

10. India protests to South Korea over Hyundai`s Kashmir tweet

• India said on February 8, 2022 it had summoned South Korea`s ambassador to express displeasure over a social media post by a Pakistani partner of Hyundai Motor over occupied Kashmir that has caused a furore in the country.
• The foreign ministers of India and South Korea also spoke by telephone as the car company f aced a backlash in India from social media users incensed by comments expressing solidarity with the people of held Kashmir.
• South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong expressed his regret during the conversation with Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, an Indian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday

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