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

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (November 09, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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November 09, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. PM writes to CJP for judicial commission over Wazirabad attack

• Calling the tense law and order situation following the gun attack on Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan a `serious threat` to the solidarity of the country, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on November 8, 2022 asked Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial to form a judicial commission comprising all available judges to unearth the facts behind the assassination bid on the former premier.
• In his letter to the top judge, PM Sharif said the government would provide complete assistance to the commission to restore public confidence in state institutions and for the sake of finding out the actual factors leading to the gun attack.
• The premier proposed that the commission take into consideration a number of questions while probing the gun attack. These included safety measures for the protection of the long march, claims about the involvement of multiple shooters in the attack, the number of victims, and the nature of their injuries

2. Financing gap `too high` to sustain flood recovery: PM

• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on November 8, 2022 called the recent noods that ravaged Pakistan a manmade disaster and observed that loss and damage needed to be part of the core agenda of the COP27 conference to meet the pressing humanitarian needs of those trapped in a crisis of public financing fuelled by debt, and yet have to fund climate disasters on their own.
• Delivering the national statement at the World Leaders` Summit of the conference in Sharm el Sheikh, the premier suggested the global goal for adaptation needed to be prioritized, both in terms of financing and timelines.
• `We`re yet to see half and half balance in adaptation and mitigation finance. The current financing gap is too high to sustain any real recovery needs of those on the frontlines of climate catastrophe,` a PM Office press release quoted Sharif as saying

3. SBP cuts limits on travelling cash

• The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has halved the cash-carrying limits on foreign currency for international travel to $5,000 (or equivalent in other foreign currencies) per visit and $30,000 per year for citizens aged 18years or above, it said in a statement on November 8, 2022.
• Both ceilings will be half for under-18s (minors), i.e.
• $2,500 per visit and $15,000 per year.
• However, for people travelling to Afghanistan, the limit for taking out cash foreign currencies will remain unchanged at $1,000 per visit and $6,000 per year

4. Cabinet approved $900m escrow account for Reko Dig in March, SC told

• The federal cabinet approved the creation of a $900 million escrow account for payments to the Chilean firm Antofagasta on March 14, 2022, whereas negotiations to reach a settlement with Barrick Gold Corporation (BCG) for the Reko Diq mining project were finalised on March 17, Additional Attorney General Chaudhry Aamir Rehman told the Supreme Court on November 8, 2022.
• Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, a five-judge Supreme Court bench had taken up on Oct 18 a presidential reference on Reko Diq.
• Earlier, Antofagasta had proposal an amount of $1.75 billion for settlement of the dispute to the extent of their share, of which$700 million had to be paid within 10 days after the settlement of the agreement, whereas $350m each had to be paid in three-year instalments

5. Miscreants torch girls` school in Diamer

• A girls` school was set on fire in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan in the early hours of November 8, 2022 by three unknown miscreants, police officials said.
• The miscreants torched the Girls Middle School, located in Darel valley, and fled the scene, according to an FIR. Photos showed the blaze left the school`s furniture completely burnt and part of its corrugated metal roof also collapsed as a result.
• The Darel valley elders condemned the incident and demanded strict action against the arsonists.
• Hundreds of schoolgirls also poured onto the streets in Astore district and other areas to protest the incident

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6. Iqbal Day holiday restored

• Amid the traditional respect that marks the birth anniversary of Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal called the `Poet of the East` which is being observed today (November 9, 2022), the federal government`s move to restore the Nov 9 public holiday came as a surprise to many.
• A communiqué from the PM Office, followed by an official notification from the Cabinet Division, officially restored `the public holiday on occasion of the birthday of Allama Iqbal throughout the country`.
• A changing of the guard ceremony at the mausoleum of Dr Iqbal outside Lahore`s Badshahi Masjid will kick off the events scheduled for the day

Read also: Allama Iqbal | The Name — Not The Philosophy — Lives On

7. Norwegian princess gives up royal duties to focus on alternative medicine

• Norway`s Princess Martha Louise on November 8, 2022 relinquished her royal duties in order to focus on her alternative medicine business with her fiance, a self-proclaimed shaman.
• The 51-year-old princess` relationship with Durek Verrett, a popular Hollywood spiritual guru, caused waves in Norway af ter the African-American `sixth-generation shaman` suggested in his book `Spirit Hacking` that cancer was a choice.
• He also sells a $222 medallion on his website dubbed a `Spirit Optimiser`, which he claims helped him overcome Covid-19. A poll in September found 17 percent of Norwegians now have a lower opinion of the generally popular royal family, nearly all citing the princess and the shaman as the reason

8. Republicans retain momentum, but Democrats not far behind

• Medium to high voter turnout was reported from across the United States on November 8, 2022 as Americans began voting in the 2022 midterm elections.
• The results will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control congress for the final two years of President Joe Biden`s term.
• Polls opened in the second smallest state of Vermont which has about half a million voters at 5am. More than 45 million mail-in ballots had already been cast in 47 of the 50 states even before the voting began. Media reports said that pre-election voting this year has been higher than the last midterm, held in 2018

9. Iran charges two women journalists with anti-state propaganda

• Iran has charged two women journalists with propaganda against the state, the judiciary said on November 8, 2022, as it presses a crackdown on protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.
• The clerical state has been rocked by a protest movement that erupted on September 16 when Amini, 22, died after her arrest for allegedly breaking Iran`s strict hijab dress rules for women.
• Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who have both already spent more than a month in detention, `have been remanded in custody for propaganda against the system and conspiring against national security, judiciary spokesman Massoud Setayeshi told a weekly briefing in Tehran

10. Garcia outguns Sabalenka to seal WTA Finals victory

• France`s Caroline Garcia put on a serving masterclass to claim the biggest title of her career by defeating Aryna Sabalenka 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 to win the season-ending WTA Finals on November 8, 2022.
• Garcia covered her face with her hands and fell on her back after a Sabalenka forehand sailed wide on match point to earn her fourth title of the year.
• The 29-year-old from Lyon is only the second French player to win the WTA title after Amelie Mauresmo in 2005.`It`s definitely a lot of giant happiness, Garcia said after a win that will see her pocket $1.57 million in prize money and 1,375 rankings points.
• `A crazy final, a lot of intensity on every point

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