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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (July 29, 2022) for CSS, PMS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (July 29, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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July 29, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. NA speaker approves resignations of 11 PTI MNAs

• Amid growing acrimony between the PTI and the PML-N, National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on July 28, 2022 accepted the resignations of 11 PTI lawmakers who had resigned after the vote of no confidence against former PM Imran Khan.
• According to the NA Se cretariat, the resignations of Dr Shireen Mazari, Farrukh Habib, Ali Muhammad Khan, Fazal Muhammad Khan, Shaukat Ali, Fakhar Zaman Khan, Ijaz Ahmed Shah, Jamil Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Akram Cheema, Abdul Shakoor Shad and Shandana Gulzar Khan have been accepted.
• Out of these members, Ms Gulzar and Ms Mazari were elected on the reserved seats.
• After the ouster of former prime minister Imran Khan through a successful no-confidence motion in the NA on April 10, 131 PTI members and Awami Muslim League`s (AML) Sheikh Rashid had submitted their resignations

2. Pakistan, China call for stability in Afghanistan

• Pakistan and China on July 28, 2022 emphasised the need for stability in Afghanistan as Foreign Minister Bilawal BhuttoZardari met his counterpart in the Taliban administration, Amir Khan Muttagi, for the first time.
• `The two sides agreed that peace and stability in Afghanistan was vital for regional development and prosperity,` Foreign Office said in a statement on the meeting between FM Bhutto-Zardari and Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Tashkent.
• The two foreign ministers, while emphasising the importance of `peaceful, stable and connected Afghanistan`, noted that it could become the `fulcrum for enhanced regional trade and connectivity`

3. JCP holds back assent for CJP`s nominees to top court

• The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) on July 28, 2022 opposed by a majority of five to four a set of four names proposed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial for elevation to the Supreme Court, but decided to consider the case of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) chief justice later.
• Presided over by CJP Bandial, the meeting was called to consider for elevation to the Supreme Court the names of Chief Justice Qaiser Rasheed Khan of the PHC, Justice Shahid Waheed of the Lahore High Court (LHC) and Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui and Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto of the Sindh High Court (SHC).
• According to a press note issued by the Supreme Court, the meeting was attended by seven members of JCP in-person while senior puisne judge, Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Ashtar Ausaf attended via Zoom from Spain and USA, respectively

4. Import ban on luxury items lifted

• The government has increased dealers` commission on the sale of petroleum products by up to an unprecedented 70 per cent and lifted a ban imposed in May on the import of `non-essential and luxury items`, excluding automobiles, cell phones and electronics.
• The decisions were taken on July 28, 2022 at a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet presided over by Finance Minister Miftah Ismail.
• The committee also approved tenders for 200,000 tonnes of wheat at about $408 a tonne and allowed $11.6 million goodwill compensation for the Chinese causalities at the Dasu hydropower project in July last year

5. Punjab PA speaker election today

• The Punjab Assembly is set to elect its new speaker on July 29, 2022 (today) as both the ruling coalition and the opposition alliance have pitched their candidates for the coveted post.
• The House in its proceedings on Thursday adopted a resolution seeking suspension of the assembly rules that authorise the governor to summon a session for the contest and also holding a vote of no-confidence against Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari at 4pm on Friday.
• Sibtain Khan, the PTI lawmaker from Mianwali, has been nominated by the ruling coalition comprising PTI and PML-Q for the office of the speaker, which fell vacant due to the election of Parvez Elahi, the previous holder of the post, as chief minister. Opposition parties PML-N and PPP have fielded Saiful Malook Khokhar as their joint candidate

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6. Saudi Arabia to provide Rs3bn educational equipment to AJK varsity

• Saudi Arabia will provide latest educational equipment worth Rs3 billion to the University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (UAJK) to further equip recently completed state of the art King Abdullah campus of the institution.
• Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan, Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Maliki, announce d this during an agreement signing ceremony held at Kashmir House here on Thursday. Under the agreement, Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) would provide modern educational instructional kits for the science and IT labs of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Campus of the university.
• Addressing on the occasion, Ambassador Maliki said that the important project in education would directly help achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. He said Saudi Arabia, through the SFD, provided more than $333 million for 23 projects in different parts of Pakistan

7. PIA to acquire three new aircraft next year

• The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to induct three wide body aircraft in its fleet next year.
• According to sources, the PIA will acquire Airbus A-330 and Boeing-787 within the first quarter of 2023 as part of its improvement policy.
• The airline`s spokesman said that the new aircraft would replace the planes acquired in 2002 and 2003.
• The induction of new aircraft was aimed at expanding operations for long-haul flights as A-330 was one of the most modern and reliable aircraft.

8. N. Korean leader says `ready to mobilise` nuclear weapons

• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country was `ready to mobilise` its nuclear deterrent in any future military clash with the United States and South Korea, state media said on July 28, 2022.
• Washington and Seoul have repeatedly warned that Pyongyang is preparing to carry out its seventh nuclear test a move that the United States has warned would provoke a `swift and forceful` response.
• In Kim`s latest speech to mark the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War known as `Victory Day` in the North he said the country`s armed forces were `thoroughly prepared` for any crisis

9. Pakistan pulls out of chess contest over Kashmir concerns

• Pakistan has withdrawn from the world`s biggest international chess tournament in protest at hosts India holding a torch relay for the event through the disputed Kashmir valley, officials said July 28, 2022.
• The 44th Chess Olympiad will see over 1,700 players from 188 nations compete in Chennai from now until August 10.
• The last two competitions were played virtually because of the pandemic

10. Asia Cup shifted out of Sri Lanka to UAE

• United Arab Emirates will replace Sri Lanka as the venue for the Asia Cup, starting next month, due to the ongoing political and economic crisis in the island nation, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) said.
• Sri Lanka will, however, remain hosts for the nine-team tournament, which will be played between Aug. 27-Sept. 11 and serve as preparation for the Asian sides in the lead-up to the Twenty20 World Cup later this year.
• The country of 22 million people has been crippled by an economic crisis, with shortages of fuel, food and other necessities.
• The Sri Lankan parliament on Wednesday approved the extension of a state of emergency for a month

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