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Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (September 17, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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September 17, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. PM appeals for climate action plan bespoke to Pakistan

• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on September 16, 2022 called upon regional countries to come up with Pakistan-specific programmes on climate change as the nation continues to reel from the devastating impact of the global natural phenomenon.
• `This climatic injustice has befallen us despite the fact that our carbon emission is less than one per cent,` the prime minister said in his address to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation`s (SCO) Council of Heads of State meeting in Samarkand.
• The prime minister`s call to the SCO members came in the wake of recent flash floods in Pakistan that wreaked havoc on the livelihood and infrastructure across the country, killing more than 1,500 people, including 400 children, and damaging millions of houses.
• `I earnestly appeal to all of you that let the SCO standup and take steps against this devastation through sustainable programmes, he said

2. UN yet to deploy `tried and tested` cluster approach

• Two weeks on after the announcement of the UN flash appeal to help Pakistan cope with massive losses incurred due to unprecedented noods, the world body has yet to deploy its `cluster approach` to improve the efficacy of the local and global humanitarian response to this disaster of epic proportions.
• UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Julien Harneis told Dawn that the UN system will be working in `government-led sectors`, and added that they will fully support the government in its efforts.
• Similarly, a UNICEF official said a technical working group on child protection has been formed within the organisation, which is functional in two flood-affected districts in Punjab

3. Cholistan land to be allotted to 20,000 farmers for five years

• The Punjab government has decided to give the government land in Cholistan to 20,000 local farmers for temporary cultivation for a period of five years in a transparent manner.
• This was decided in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Parvez Elahi at his office on September 16, 2022.
• CM`s Special Assistant Dr Muhammad Afzal, MPA Chaudhry Ahsan, Senior Member Board of Revenue (SMBR) Zahid Akhtar Zaman, Principal Secretary to CM Muhammad Khan Bhatti, former principal secretary GM Sikandar and Cholistan Development Authority Managing Director Mehr Muhammad Khalid attended the meeting, while the Bahawalpur deputy commissioner participated through video-link

4. 16m children hit by `super floods` in Pakistan, says Unicef

• The United Nations International Children`s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) representative in Pakistan has said that an estimated 16 million children have been impacted by `super floods` and at least 3.4 million girls and boys remain in need of immediate, lifesaving support.
• In a statement issued here on Friday, Abdullah Fadil, who recently concluded a two-day visit to the flood-affected areas of Sindh, said the situation was extremely grim in flood-hit areas with malnourished children battling diarrohea, dengue fever and several painful skin diseases.
• Mr Fadil said floods had now claimed thelives ofatleast528 children and each and every one of these deaths was a tragedy which could have been averted

5. US assures Pakistan of help to cope with flood aftermath

• The White House has assured Pakistan of its continued support in dealing with the consequences of this year`s unprecedented floods as UN Secretary General António Guterres urged the international community `not to lose one moment` in helping Islamabad deal with this `gigantic` relief and rehabilitation task.
• `My appeal to international financial institutions and my appeal to countries that have the financial capacity is not to lose one moment in providing Pakistan with the financial resources that are necessary for the gigantic tasks that are in front of us,` the UN chief said

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6. Germany seizes Russian energy firm`s subsidiaries

• Berlin on September 16, 2022 took control of the German operations of Russian oil firm Rosneft to secure energy supplies which have been disrupted after Moscow invaded Ukraine.
• Rosneft`s German subsidiaries, which account for about 12 per cent of oil refining capacity in the country, were placed under trusteeship of the Federal Network Agency, the economy ministry said in a statement.
• `The trust management will counter the threat to the security of energy supply,` it said.
• Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his government `did not take this action lightly but it was inevitable` for the `protection of our country`

7. Modi springs surprise by assailing Putin

• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 16, 2022 that now was not the time for war, directly assailing the Kremlin chief in public over the nearly seven month-long conflict in Ukraine.
• Putin has repeatedly said Russia is not isolated because it can look eastwards to major Asian powers such as China and India.
• But at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), concerns spilled out into the open.
• `I know that today`s era is not an era of war, and I have spoken to you on the phone about this,` Modi told Putin at a televised meeting in Samarkand

8. Xi, Putin look to challenge world order at SCO summit

• Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping looked to rally Asian leaders behind a new `international order` as they met on September 16, 2022 for a summit aimed at challenging Western influence.
• But cracks in summit solidarity quickly appeared, with the Indian prime minister telling Putin it was `not the time` for the conflict in Ukraine and the forces of two countries _ Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan engaged in fierce border clashes while their leaders were in attendance.
• The meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in ex-Soviet Uzbekistan brought Putin and Xi together with the leaders of SCO members Pakistan, India, and four Central Asian nations, as well as the presidents of Iran and Turkey

9. Ukraine finds `graves and torture centres` in eastern region

• Ukrainian investigators descended on a pine forest outside the recaptured town of Izyum on September 16, 2022 and began pulling hundreds of hastily buried bodies from the sandy soil.
• At least one of the corpses had been buried with bound hands, according to an eyewitness.
• Kyiv officials said they had counted 450 graves at the mass burial site and found 10 alleged `torture centres` after the Kharkiv region was recaptured from Russians .
• In the forest outside Izyum, eyewitnesses said they saw graves topped with makeshift crosses and marked with numbers, with one inscription reading: `Ukrainian army, 17 people. Izyum morgue.

10. Chile snubs Israeli envoy to protest West Bank killing

• A diplomatic tussle intensified on September 16, 2022 after Chile`s president put off accepting the credentials of Israel`s new ambassador to Santiago over the killing in the occupied West Bank of a Palestinian teenager.
• In response, Israel`s foreign ministry summoned Chilean ambassador Jorge Carvajal for what it called a reprimand at a meeting where, it said, `Israel`s response will be made clear`.
• The dispute began on Thursday when Chilean Foreign Minister Antonia Urrejola informed newly appointed Israeli Ambassador Gil Artzyeli that Chilean President Gabriel Boric had postponed a meeting to accept his credentials until next month.

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