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December 13, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs News
1. 23 troops martyred in year`s deadliest attack
In the deadliest attack on security forces this year, at least 23 Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred and more than 30 troops wounded after militants belonging to the Tehreek-i-Jihad Pakistan (TJP) stormed a compound used by the military in Dera Ismail Khan`s Daraban area, in the early hours of Tuesday. Six militants who stormed the building were killed. Separately, two military operations in Darazinda and Kolachi resulted in the death of 21 militants and claimed the lives of two soldiers, the military`s media wing said in a statement.
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said a group of six militants stormed a security post in the early hours of Tuesday in Daraban, but their attempt was foiled
2. With COAS in Washington, US reaffirms Pakistan`s `ally` status
The State Department has underscored Pakistan`s centrality to the US as a major ally and partner, after Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir arrived in the US this week.
Gen Munir, who is currently on an extended visit of the US, is expected to hold meetings with key defence, foreign policy and national security officials.
Although the visit was announced by the army`s media wing, details of his engagements have not been disclosed
3. `Pakistan has no public disaster insurance plan`
Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Insurance Division Director Waseem Khan said on Tuesday Pakistan has no public programme for disaster insurance even though it ranks fifth on the list of countries that`re most vulnerable to disaster.
Speaking at a news briefing ahead of the International Insure Impact Conference to be held on Dec 13 and 14, Mr Khan said the government should consider ways to disburse disaster-related allocations through a disaster risk insurance mechanism as opposed to one-off budgetary expenses to make the system self-sustaining
4. Aramco acquires 40pc of GO for $100m
In a first, Saudi Oil giant Aramco formally entered Pakistan`s retail market with an estimated investment of about $100 million by acquiring a 40 per cent stake in Gas & Oil Pakistan Ltd (GO) a private entity established almost a decade ago.
GO announced in a statement on Tuesday that Aramco, one of the world`s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, signed definitive agreements to acquire a 40pc equity stake` in GO. Although both sides did not disclose the transaction`s worth, insiders said the transaction was sealed for about $100m
December 13, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs News
5. Israel steps up south Gaza bombardment
Israeli tanks and warplanes carried out new strikes on southern Gaza on Tuesday as the health ministry said Israeli forces were raiding a hospital in the northern of Palestinian territory.
The UN General Assembly, meanwhile, appeared set to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the two month long unrest after the United States vetoed such a move in the Security Council
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6. Israel needs new govt, Biden tells Netanyahu in rare, harsh rebuke
In a rare rebuke of Israel, US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needed to change his hardline government and, in an attempt to exert pressure on Tel Aviv, said it cannot say no to a Palestinian state in the future.
Biden`s stinging remarks at a fundraising event for his re-election campaign were a further sign of growing US concern at Israel`s relentless campaign against Gaza, in which over 18,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed so far
7. Emergency UN Assembly session to vote on Gaza ceasefire
The UN General Assembly held a crucial emergency session on Gaza this Tuesday, addressing a severe humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory.
The focus was on a draft resolution urging an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, where relentless Israeli attacks have led to the tragic loss of over 18,000 Palestinian lives
8. UN forum to press states to help ll4m refugees
As the number of refugees soars worldwide, the United Nations is appealing for countries to support displaced people at a global summit this week with the aim of showing that `change is possible`.
The UN is convening the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva with thousands due to participate, including heads of government and state, in a search for concrete responses to record displacements
9. West Bank drone attack claims 5 lives
Six Palestinians were killed in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, including five in a drone strike during an Israeli raid, the Palestinian health ministry and the Palestinian official news agency WAFA said.
They said the dead included a 13-year-old child who killed after Israeli forces prevented an ambulance from transferring him to the hospital to receive medical treatment
10. Fossil fuel discord forces COP28 into overtime
Negotiators haggled to reach a compromise over the fate of fossil fuels on Tuesday as the UN climate summit went into overtime, with a Saudi-led bloc resisting a phase-out of oil, gas and coal.
Set in the glitzy Middle Eastern metropolis that was built on petrodollars, the 13-day COP28 conference has debated a historic first ever global exit from fossil fuels, considered by scientists to be main culprits in the crisis of global warming
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