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January 18, 2022: National Current Affairs MCQs

1. Pakistan joins bloc urging Israel to lift Palestine `sanctions

• Ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on the Palestine issue on January 17, 2023 (today), a group of around 90 countries including Pakistan called on Israel to lift the sanctions it imposed on the Palestinian Authority earlier this month over its push to get the UN top court to issue an advisory opinion on the Israeli occupation.
• Separately, Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man on Tuesday after he allegedly fired at troops in the occupied West Bank.
• On Dec 30, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution requesting an opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the issue of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
• In retaliation, Israel on Jan 6 announced a series of sanctions, including financial ones, against the Palestinian Authority to make it `pay the price` for pushing for the resolution

2. `35 wickets` fall in bid to derail PTI`s return to NA

• In an apparent bid to scuttle PTI`s purported plan to bring a confidence motion against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, National Assembly Speaker Pervaiz Ashraf on January 17, 2023 accepted the resignations of 34 PTI lawmakers alongside AML chief Sheikh Rashid, resulting in their de-notification by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
• The ECP communiqué regarding the de-notification of the members, mostly the top brass of the PTI and former members of Imran Khan`s cabinet, came as a surprise for the PTI as well as political experts as only two weeks back, the speaker had refused to accept the resignations. He had declared that the resignations would only be accepted following the personal appearance of these lawmakers before him for verification.
• PPP secretary general Farhatullah Babar admitted that the move had come from the ruling alliance in response to the threat given by Mr Khan that he might return to parliament only to get the office of the opposition leader and to bring a confidence vote against the prime minister

3. PM says he asked UAE to facilitate dialogue with India

• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had during his recent trip to the United Arab Emirates asked Emirati President Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan to facilitate dialogue with India and vowed sincere talk with the arch rivals, if a channel were to open.
• Mr Sharif, in an interview to Al-Arabiya news channel, confirmed that he had sought Al-Nahyan`s help for the dialogue, while noting that Pakistan had `learnt its lesson` and `was ready for peace`.
• `I have requested Mohammed bin Zayed that he`s a brother of Pakistan and the UAE is a brotherly country. He also has good relations with India, he can play a very important role to bring the two countries on the talking table and I give my word of honour that we will be talking to Indians with sincerity of purpose, he said

4. After Punjab, KP CM seeks assembly dissolution

• The much-anticipated summary for the dissolution of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was sent by Chief Minister Mahmood Khan to the governor on January 17, 2023 night.
• `I, Mahmood Khan, Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in pursuance of provisions of Article 112(1) of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, do hereby forward my advice for dissolution of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 17th January, 2023 at 2100 hours,` reads the CM`s summary.
• Under the said provision of the Constitution, the assembly will automatically stand dissolved if the governor doesn`t give his assent to the chief minister`s advice. PTI chief Imran Khan had on multiple occasions linked the KP Assembly`s dissolution with that of the Punjab legislature

5. NA passes bills sans quorum

• The National Assembly on January 17, 2023 passed two bills and saw the introduction of five others, despite clearly lacking quorum as Ghous Bux Mahar of the opposition Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) protested over the absence of ministers from the house.
• Speaking on a point of order on a private member`s day, Mr Mahar also lashed out at the Centre as well as the Sindh government for, what he called, ignoring the flood victims and not providing them the compensation amount despite repeated announcements by ministers.
• `Look, what is the situation in this house,` said the GDA member, while asking Deputy Speaker Zahid Akram Durrani to take notice of the absence of ministers from the house proceedings. He said even Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had not been seen in the house for a long time

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6. KP govt upgrades 0.13m teachers in `last` cabinet meeting

• In the `last` cabinet meeting before the dissolution of the provincial assembly, the cash-strapped Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on January 17, 2023 approved the upgradation of over 130,000 teachers at the annual cost of several billion rupees.
• The cabinet met with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan in the chair and ministers and administrative secretaries in attendance.
• Spokesman for the government Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif later told reporters that the cabinet held its last meeting and discussed 23 agenda items.
• Accompanying elementary and secondary education minister Shahram Khan Tarakai said the cabinet discussed the proposed upgradation of teachers of various cadres

7. UN experts alarmed at rising cases of forced marriages in Pakistan

• UN human rights experts have expressed alarm at the reported rise in abductions, forced marriages and conversions of underage girls and young women from religious minorities in Pakistan, and called for immediate efforts to curtail practices and ensure justice for victims.
• `We urge the government to take immediate steps to prevent and thoroughly investigate these acts objectively in line with domestic legislation and international human rights commitments.
• Perpetrators must be held fully accountable,` the experts said in a statement issued in Geneva on Monday

International Current Affairs MCQs News

8. Vietnam president steps down amid anti-graft purge

• Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has resigned, state media said on January 17, 2023, after days of rumours he was about to be sacked as part of a major anti-corruption drive that has seen several ministers fired.
• The sudden departure is a highly unusual move in communist Vietnam, where political changes are normally carefully orchestrated, with an emphasis on cautious stability. Only one other Communist Party president has ever stepped down, and that was for health reasons.
• `The resignation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc is an unprecedented move in the history of the party,` said Nguyen Khac Giang, research fellow at the Vietnam Centre for Economic and Strategic Studies (VESS)

9. Sweden, Finland must hand over 130 `terrorists`, says Erdogan

• Sweden and Finland must deport or extradite up to 130 `terrorists` to Turkiye before the Turkish parliament will approve their bids to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), President Tayyip Erdogan said on January 17, 2023.
• The two Nordic states applied last year to join Nato following Russia`s invasion of Ukraine, but their bids must be approved by all 30 Nato member states. Turkiye and Hungary have yet to endorse the applications.
• Turkiye has said Sweden in particular must first take a clearer stance against what it sees as `terrorists`, mainly Kurdish militants and a group it blames for a 2016 coup attempt

10. China`s population shrinks for first time in 60 years

• China`s population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed on January 17, 2023, as the world`s most populous country faces a looming demographic crisis.
• The nation of 1.4 billion has seen birth rates plunge to record lows as its workforce ages, in a rapid decline that analysts warn could stymie economic growth and pile pressure on strained public coffers.
• The mainland Chinese population stood at around 1,411,750,000 at the end of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported, a decrease of 850,000 from the end of the previous year.
• The number of births was 9.56 million, the NBS said, while the number of deaths stood at 10.41m

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