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April 25, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs

1. Blast at Swat police station claims 12 lives

• At least a dozen people, including police officials, lost their lives in a powerful explosion inside the Kabal police station late on April 24, 2023 evening.
• According to hospital sources, at least 57 people including three civilians sustained injuries in the blast.
• The explosion that rocked the police station, which reportedly occurred on the premises of the Counter Terrorism Department office, came hours after a raid by the CTD in Lakki Marwat resulted in the killing of three suspected militants.
• District Police Officer Swat Shafiullah stated that the blast took place at about 8:20pm inside the police station

2. PM to consult allies again ahead of negotiations with PTI

• A meeting of the heads of the ruling parties will be held tomorrow (April 26, 2023) to discuss the possibility of talks with the PTI, as well as to chalk out a `strategy to counter` the Supreme Court order pertaining to polls in Punjab.
• The huddle, summoned by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on April 26 the same day as the ruling parties` slated meeting with the PTI in light of an apex court directive apparently comes as a follow-up to a meeting held earlier, where the coalition parties had met to discuss the same issue.
• The meeting will also take stock of the political situation in light of the SC verdict that had directed the ECP to conduct elections in Punjab on May 14

3. 500 Pakistanis reach Sudan port, will be evacuated to Jeddah, says FO

• With the situation in the violence-hit Sudan getting precarious by the day and evacuations picking pace, the Foreign Office on April 24, 2023 announced that the first batch of 500 Pakistanis have reached the country`s port safely for their onward to Saudi Arabia through sea.
• The FO`s statement follows an announcement by Saudi Arabia`s Embassy in Islamabad on Sunday, saying 91 people from various countries, including Pakistan, have been evacuated from Sudan.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been personally monitoring for the last 72 hours the emergency plan for the evacuation of Pakistani nationals, APP quoted the PM Office as saying in a statement

4. Explosive arms killed over 700 civilians in 2022: report

• Pakistan experienced the highest number of civilian casualties due to use of explosive weapons in 2022, says a report by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), a London-based charity, recording 721 civilian casualties due to use of explosive weapons in 126 incidents in the country.
• This marked a 62 per cent increase from 445 civilian casualties recorded across 100 incidents in 2021, says the Explosive Violence Monitor 2022. Moreover, it means the rate of civilian harm per incident increased from 4.5 to

5.7, according to the report which was released on Monday.

• Most notably, incidents of explosive weapon use by non-state actors rose by 31pc last year, from 71 to 93 incidents, and civilian casualties of such attacks rose by 47pc from 376 to 554
5. Wapda restores Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project on Eid
• Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) claims to have restored a 150-foot-long stretch of the tunnel collapse, removing blockage in the tailrace tunnel of the 969MW Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project on Eid.
• However, power generation from the project is likely to resume from end of July, as sought by the authorities concerned, Dawn has learnt.
• `A significant development at the blockade in tail race tunnel of the project has been achieved on Eid day, as tunnel collapse of 150-ft length has been restored. Restoration works are continuing during Eid holidays,` said a spokesman for Wapda in a statement issued on April 24, 2023

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6. GB to cut special power supply lines for govt offices

• As locals face up to 18-hour-long power outages, the Gilgit Baltistan government has started an operation to remove illegal electricity connections and special transmission lines to government offices and official residences.
• The GB water and power department, in collaboration with district administrations, has started the action from Sunday to overcome the power shortage.
• GB Chief Secretary Mohyuddin Ahmad Wani said government officers, including himself, have been provided with special power transmission lines to ensure 24-hour electricity supply to their offices and houses while the public was facing 18 to 20 hours of load shedding

7. ADB extends $20.5bn to support recovery

• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $20.5 billion from its resources in 2022 to help Asia and the Pacific continue their recovery from the pandemic despite fresh economic headwinds and crises.
• The $20.5bn comprised loans and guarantees, grants, equity investments, and technical assistance provided to governments and the private sector.
• ADB mobilised an additional $11.4bn in co-financing, according to the financial and operational results published on Monday in the bank`s Annual Report 2022

8. Bangladesh swears in new president ahead of election

• DHAKA: Mohammed Shahabuddin, a former judge and a ruling party official, was sworn in as the president of Bangladesh on April 24, 2023, just months before a general election.
• Shahabuddin, 73, was an anti-corruption commissioner and reportedly `fought in the country`s 1971 war of independence`, the presidential palace said. `He was sworn in as the 22nd president of the People`s Republic of Bangladesh today,` Shampad Barua, secretary of the president, said.
• He was elected by lawmakers in February after the ruling Awami League party nominated him instead of the speaker of parliament, who had been seen as the favourite. Shahabuddin replaces Abdul Hamid, a former speaker and Awami League stalwart, whose second term expired on Monday.

9. Chapman`s hundred stuns Pakistan as NZ square series

• Victory, and a series win, felt within grasp for Pakistan but New Zealand and Mark Chapman had other ideas.
• The left-handed Chapman smashed a magnificent 104 not out off 57 balls, hitting four sixes and 11 fours, launching a blistering counterattack to deliver a six-wicket victory for New Zealand as the Black Caps finish the five-match series level at 2-2.
• Pakistan were 2-0 up after the opening two games but New Zealand hit back when they edged a cliffhanger in the third match and after the fourth game was washed out, Chapman proved to be a thorn in hosts` ambitions

10. Ex-speaker Zahoor Khosa dies

• Former speaker of Balochistan Assembly Mir Zahoor Hussain Khosa died after prolonged illness. He was 77.
• Family sources said that Mr Khosa was suffering from cancer for quite long and was under treatment in a Karachi hospital. His body was brought to Sohbatpur area of Nasirabad division and buried in his native village Mir Hassan.
• A large number of people, including provincial ministers, MPAs, tribal elders and political workers attended the funeral

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