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December 09, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs News
1. IMF board to review loan deal on Jan 11
The International Monetary Fund`s (IMF) Executive Board is slated to consider Pakistan`s first review on Jan 11, paving the way for the approval of a crucial $700 million tranche.
This financial injection follows the Staff-Level Agreement (SLA) reached last month between Pakistan and the IMF under the nine-month $3bn Stand-By Arrangement (SBA)
2. Special tribunal to deal with cases of privatization
The caretaker federal cabinet on Friday gave final nod to a presidential ordinance seeking to set up a special tribunal to be headed by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court or a high court to specifically deal with the cases of privatisation of state-owned entities.
Following the approval of the ordinance by the cabinet, the past practice of challenging the decisions of privatisation of state institutions in various courts will come to an end
3. India-Pakistan conflict management losing effectiveness: US scholar
US scholar Elizabeth Threlkeld here on Friday highlighted the diminishing effectiveness of conflict management between India and Pakistan, attributing it to rapid technological advancements and the intensifying rivalry between the United States and China.
Speaking at a roundtable organized by the Centre for International Strategic Studies (CISS), Threlkeld, who serves as the director of the South Asia Programme at the Stimson Centre, voiced her concerns over the stability of the already volatile region
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4. Gaza men semi-stripped, shown on Israeli TV
In its ongoing aggression in Gaza Strip, Israeli forces went a step ahead as images of Palestinian men stripped to their underwear in the besieged enclave circulated on social media.
A senior Hamas official on Friday said Israeli forces were carrying out a `heinous crime against innocent civilians`.
Izzat El-Reshiq, who is in exile abroad, urged international human rights organisations to intervene to show what happened to the men and help secure their release
5. Erdogan links Sweden`s Nato bid to F-16 sale
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday made Turkiye`s ratification of Sweden`s stalled Nato membership application conditional on the US Congress `simultaneously` approving Ankara`s request for F-16 fighter jets.
Erdogan gave a second strong signal on Friday that parliament will only act on Sweden if the US Congress approves Turkiye`s requested purchase of dozens of F-16 fighter jets and spare parts
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6. US vetoes Security Council resolution calling for immediate ceasefire
The United States on Friday vetoed the UAE resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, although 13 of the 15 members of the UN Security Council voted on its favor. Britain abstained.
The US veto ended a desperate effort by the UN Secretary General António Guterres who warned that if not stopped now, the fighting in Gaza would endanger the world peace and destabilize the Middle East
7. Rockets fired at US embassy in Baghdad
Salvoes of rockets were launched on Friday at the US embassy in Baghdad`s heavily fortified Green Zone, the mission said, the latest in a flurry of such attacks amid the Israeli aggression against Gaza.
`A multi-rocket attack was launched at US and Coalition forces in the vicinity of Union III and the Baghdad embassy complex` without causing any reported casualties or damage, a US official said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility
8. Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to swap war prisoners
Arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan have said they will exchange prisoners of war and work towards normalising relations, a breakthrough that has been hailed internationally.
The Caucasus neighbours have long fought over the Nagorno Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan reclaimed after a lightning offensive against Armenian separatists in September
9. COP28 chief pushes for draft deal as talks resume
The head of UN climate talks pressed nations on Friday to move fast to deliver an `unprecedented` pact on tackling global warming, as negotiators scrambled to bridge differences over phasing out fossil fuels.
While UN climate talks rarely finish on time, COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber has set the ambitious goal of wrapping up the summit in Dubai on schedule on Tuesday morning.
10. India`s SC to unveil fate of held Kashmir status on 11th
INDIA`S Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on a set of pleas against New Delhi`s 2019 imposition of direct rule in occupied Kashmir on Dec 11, The Times of India reported on Friday.
In 2019, India`s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had revoked occupied Kashmir`s special status in a controversial move by repealing Article 370 of the Constitution.
A five-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, had begun hearing the set of petitions on July 11 and reserved its verdict on Sept 5.
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