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January 10, 2022: National Current Affairs MCQs

1. Pakistan hopes for IMF `lifeline` as donors pledge generous sums

• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on January 09, 2023 asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a pause in its demands for economic reforms before releasing more financial aid, as the country tries to rebuild after catastrophic floods.
• The call came as the country received over $10 billion in pledges at a donors` conference, hosted jointly by the government of Pakistan and the United Nations.
• PM Shehbaz told the conference his country was `racing against time` to deal with towering needs.
• `I am asking for a sustained international support plan. I am asking for a new lifeline, he said.
• He added the flooding immediatelyaffected33mpeople, destroyed more than 2m homes and damaged over 8,000km of roads and 3,100km of railway track

2. Donors `exceed` Pakistan`s expectations with $10bn pledges

• Donors on January 09, 2023 committed to give Pakistan over $10 billion to help it recover from last year`s devastating floods.
• Officials from some 40 countries as well as private donors and international financial institutions gathered for the meeting in Geneva as Islamabad seeks help covering around half of a total recovery bill of $16.3 billion.
• According to the Resilient Recovery, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Framework that Pakistan presented on Monday, it will need $16.3 billion over the next three years for the initial efforts to rebuild and improve its ability to withstand climate change. The government has said the country should be able to cover half the cost, but is urging the international community to pay for the rest

3. EU to provide 87m euros for three new uplift schemes

• The European Union will provide 87 million euros for three new development programmes to support green and inclusive economic growth in Pakistan.
• With a focus on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Balochistan, the new programmes will improve agricultural value chains, provide access to clean energy and enhance availability of the skilled labour force.
• These programmes are part of the European Union`s support to Pakistan in the post-flood rehabilitation and reconstruction. Agreements for the new development projects were signed in Islamabad on January 09, 2023.
• Economic Affairs Division Secretary Dr Kazim Niaz and EU Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Riina Koinka signed the agreements on behalfoftheirsides

4. Head of an Islamic country alone can declare jihad: edict

• Only the head of an Islamic country is entitled to declare jihad, and anyone involved in revolt against the state is required to be `crushed` in light of the principles of Islam.
• Amid a surge in terrorist attacks, the significant announcement came in form of an edict which was issued on January 09, 2023 with signatures of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa`s 16 religious scholars on it.
• The clerics said that the head of the Islamic country will announce jihad since this is one of the basic components of the Islamic country.
• `According to the teaching[s] of Islam, all the citizens of the Islamic country have to respect the law, and refusing to follow the Constitution [of the Islamic country] is prohibited according to the Shari`ah,` read the decree.

5. Punjab Assembly passes 21 bills

• The government passed 21 bills in the Punjab Assembly amid protest by the opposition that was demanding Chief Minister Parvez Elahi first take a vote of confidence as per the directions of the governor.
• Neither the chief minister took the trust vote nor was the matter on the agenda for the day.
• As proceedings of the house resumed around three hours later than its scheduled time of 2pm after a break of 16 days on January 09, 2023, the opposition parties, the PML-Nand PPP, demanded that Parvez Elahi should take a trust vote before any other business of the assembly.

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6. Up to 4m children still living next to contaminated floodwater: Unicef

• The UN Children`s Fund (Unicef) warned on January 09, 2023 that up to four million children are still living near contaminated and stagnant floodwaters, risking their survival and well-being, more than four months after a national state of emergency was declared in Pakistan.
• Acute respiratory infections among children, a leading cause of child mortality worldwide, have skyrocketed in the flood-stricken areas. In addition, the number of cases among children identified as suffering from severe acute malnutrition in the flood-affected areas monitored by Unicef nearly doubled between July and December as compared to 2021, and estimated 1.5m children are still in need of life-saving nutrition interventions

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7. Nato, EU eye `next level` partnership amid Russia threat

• Nato and the EU are seeking to ramp up cooperation after Russia`s invasion of Ukraine upended the European security order, a joint declaration on January 09, 2023 said.
• The two Brussels-based organisations have been looking to improve coordination for years, despite fears in some quarters that efforts to bolster the EU`s role in defence could undermine the US-led alliance.
• The invasion of Ukraine has spurred calls to better harness the combined clout of Europe`s economic muscle and US military might to better protect the one billion citizens living in member states. `This is a key juncture for Euro Atlantic security and stability, more than ever demonstrating the importance of the transatlantic bond, calling for closer EU-Nato cooperation,` said the statement, which is to be released by top Nato and EU officials on Tuesday

8. Brazilian troops clear Bolsonaro supporters` camp after capital stormed

• Brazilian soldiers backed by police dismantled a camp of supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro in the capital on January 09, 2023, a day after rioters launched the worst attack on state institutions since the country`s return to democracy in the 1980s.
• After thousands of Bolsonaro`s backers stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace on Sunday, police in riot gear amassed at the pro-Bolsonaro camp outside Brasilia`s army headquarters, while troops took down tents, witnesses said. The protesters were dispersed.
• President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Bolsonaro`s leftist rival who took office on Jan 1 after a narrow October election win, promised to bring those responsible for the violence to justice, after demonstrators broke windows and furniture, destroyed art work and stole guns and artifacts

9. Saudi Arabia lifts restriction on Haj pilgrim numbers

• Saudi Arabia will remove Covid-19 restrictions for the 2023 Haj season and host pre-pandemic numbers of pilgrims, the kingdom`s ministry of Haj and Umrah said on January 09, 2023.
• In 2019, the last year before the pandemic struck, some 2.6 million people performed the Haj. The kingdom allowed only limited numbers from its residents in 2020 and 2021 before it welcomed back one million foreign pilgrims in 2022.
• The ministry of Haj said in a tweet that the kingdom will impose no restrictions, including age limits, for this season

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10. Five-star Naseem, batters help Pakistan draw first blood against New Zealand

• Captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, Pakistan`s batting mainstays in limited-overs cricket, the lodestars on whom they depend on whether chasing or setting a target, were at the crease as the hosts looked to kick off the year of the World Cup with a victory in the first One-day International against New Zealand on January 09, 2023.
• Fans had turned up at the National Stadium but it was still less than half full. They`d been treated to an inspired spell of fast bowling by Naseem Shah, whose 5-57 restricted New Zealand to 2559, before Fakhar Zaman set up the chase with an enterprising half century, his 56 off 74 balls laying the stage for Pakistan to power on

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