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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (October 06, 2022) for CSS, PMS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (October 06, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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October 06, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Centre fears TTP attacks amid stalemate in talks

• Responding to a heightened risk of terrorist attacks by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Ministry of Interior has issued a nationwide alert asking for `extreme vigilance`, instructing that targeted search and strike missions be carried out wherever militant activity is reported.
• The missive was addressed to the home and chief secretaries of the four provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, as well as the Islamabad chief commissioner.
• It urged all authorities to heighten security and exercise enhanced vigilance to avoid any untoward incident

2. Focus on long-term Pak-US defence partnership: Austin

• US Defence Secretary Lloyd J. Austin said on October 5, 2022 that his talks with visiting Pakistan Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa focused on the long-standing partnership between the two defence establishments and on areas of mutual interest.
• Underlining the importance of this partnership in a tweet he posted on his official site, Secretary Austin noted that this year marl(s the 75th anniversary of relations between the United States and Pakistan.
• In a separate statement, his office said that on Oct 4, Secretary Austin hosted Gen Bajwa at the Pentagon during the 75th anniversary of relations between the United States and Pakistan

3. Alvi okays reference seeking SC opinion on revival of Reko Diq project

• President Dr Arif Alvi gave the go-ahead on October 5, 2022 for filing a reference seeking the Supreme Court`s verdict on whether the government could revive the Reko Dig project or not.
• The president gave his approval under Article 186 of the Constitution on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
• The apex committee, headed by the finance minister and the shareholders of Tethyan Copper Company (TCC), had earlier agreed to a framework for the settlement and revival of the Reko Dig project in March this year.

4. Ex-FBR chief appointed SAPM

• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appointed former FBR chairman Tariq Bajwa as a special assistant, on October 5, 2022.
• According to a notification issued by the PM Office, Mr Bajwa has been appolnted SAPM with the status of the minister of state.
• A senior government official told Dawn that Mr Bajwa will help the government with the finance sector

5. ADB promises $2.5bn for flood relief operations

• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on October 5, 2022 promised $2.5 billion to Pakistan to help support flood relief activities.
• The `ADB will provide flood relief support to Pakistan to the tune of $2.3bn to $2.5bn including $1.5bn for the BRACE(Building Resilience with Active Countercyclical Expenditure) programme which will be placed before the ADB Board for approval during this month,` the Ministry of Finance quoted the Manila-based lending agency`s country director Mr Yong Ye.
• An ADB delegation led by Mr Ye had a meeting with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar ahead of ADB`s board meeting scheduled to be held in the third week of the current month. The finance welcomed the delegation and appreciate d ADB`s supportive role in promoting sustainable development in Pakistan. He updated the ADB team about the flood`s devastation and its impact on the economy

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6. Pakistan`s efforts for uplift of aviation industry lauded

• International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) President Salvatore Sciacchitano has appreciated Pakistan`s efforts to transform the country`s aviation sector into an effective, qualitative and modern industry, meeting global air-safety standards.
• He expressed these views during a meeting with Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) Director General Khagan Murtaza on the sidelines of the ICAO`s 41st Assembly in Montreal, Canada, according to a press release issued here on Wednesday.
• The council general of Pakistan in Canada and deputy director general of the PCAA also attended the meeting. During the meeting, the PCAA DG highlighted the important legislation and progress made by the Pakistan government to bring improvement in the aviation sector.
• Mr Murtaza also met the ICAO secretary general and discussed matters of mutual interests

7. AJK govt and opposition mend fences after premier offers apology

• A confrontation between the government and opposition parties in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) apparently came to an end on Wednesday after Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas offered apologies to two key opposition leaders on the floor of the Legislative Assembly.
• The faceoff, triggered by PM Ilyas`s comment about Leader of the Opposition Chaudhry Latif Akbar about a week ago, exacerbated on Monday after Law Minister Sardar Faheem Akhtar Rabbani tossed his mobile phone at former premier Raja Farooq Haider during the assembly session in the wake of an alleged exchange of barbs.
• The untoward incident not only unleashed scuffles and torrents of abuse between the two sides, forcing the chair to adjourn the session for two days, but also triggered violent street protests by supporters of Mr Haider from his PML-N party

8. Failed missile launch triggers panic in South Korean city

• A failed ballistic missile launch sparked panic in a usually quiet South Korean city after it crashed into the ground and triggered a huge fire, officials said on October 5, 2022.
• Security allies Seoul and Washington have staged multiple joint drills, including bombing runs and missile launches, in response to North Korea firing an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) over Japan on Tuesday.
• The South Korean military fired a Hyunmoo-2 shortrange ballistic missile late Tuesday but it malfunctioned and crashed shortly after launch.
• The missile`s propellant caught fire but its warhead did not detonate, a South Korean military official told the Yonhap news agency.

9. Putin orders takeover of Ukraine`s N-plant

• Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his government on October 5, 2022 to take over operations at Europe`s largest nuclear power station in the Russia-annexed region of Zaporizhzhia, southern Ukraine.
• `The government will ensure that the nuclear facilities at the plant… are integrated as federal property,` the executive order said.
• The power station has been occupied by Moscow`s forces since March and is close to the frontline.
• Meanwhile, the UN nuclear agency chief left for Ukraine on Wednesday to discuss creating a security zone around the Zaporizhzhia atomic plant

10. US duo and Dane win Nobel for `click chemistry`

• A trio of scientists from the United States and Denmark won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on October 5, 2022 for laying the foundation for a more functional form of chemistry where molecules are linked together.
• Americans Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless, together with Denmark`s Morten Meldal, were honoured `for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry`, the jury said.
• Bertozzi is the only woman among the seven Nobel laureates honoured so far this year, with women vastly under-represented in the history of the prizes, especially in the science disciplines

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