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December 30, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs News
1. Islamabad turns down Indian call to hand over Hafiz Saeed
The Foreign Office on Friday officially declined India`s demand for the extradition of Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed after New Delhi announced it had formally requested Islamabad to extradite him in a money laundering case.
Responding to media inquiries about India`s extradition request, Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch pointed out that `no bilateral extradition treaty exists between Pakistan and India`.
Saeed is currently serving a jail sentence after being convicted of terror financing in multiple cases
2. Pakistan declared `best performing` in tourism
Pakistan was the `best performing destination` in terms of tourism during the first nine months of 2023, according to the `World Tourism Barometer` published by the World Tourism Organisation of the United Nations.
Pakistan made a remarkable 92 per cent recovery to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, as the country experienced a 115 per cent surge in foreign tourist arrivals compared to the previous year, signaling a robust comeback post-Covid
3. Short-term inflation inches up to 43.2pc
The annual short-term inflation slightly rose to 43.25 per cent in the week ending on Dec 28, primarily fuelled by a massive increase in gas rates, official data showed on Friday.
With the latest reading, the weekly inflation remained above 41pc for the seventh week in a row, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
On an annual basis, the items whose prices increased the most included gas (1,109pc), cigarettes (93pc), chilli powder (81.7pc), wheat flour (73.8pc), garlic (70.7pc), tomatoes (65.3pc), IRRI-6/9 and broken basmati rice (58.5pc), gents sponge chappal (58pc) and sugar (54.3pc)
December 30, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs News
4. China names new defence minister after four months
China named former navy chief Dong Jun as its new defence minister on Friday to replace the last minister who disappeared from public view four months ago.
The appointment by Chinese lawmakers comes as President Xi Jinping upgrades the military as part of his push to make China a dominant world power, a goal that has alarmed many neighbours
5. 24 hours of artillery, air strikes leave 180 dead in Gaza
Tens of thousands of fleeing Palestinians sought shelter on Friday as Israeli tanks pushed through the central Gaza Strip, with more than 180 people reported killed in 24 hours of airstrikes and artillery barrages on the shattered enclave.
Israeli warplanes attacking the south of Gaza flattened homes and buried families as they slept, residents said
