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February 01, 2022: National Current Affairs MCQs

1. NA rues plan to resettle militants

• A day after 100 people perished in Peshawar, lawmakers at the federal legislature regretted the decision to enter into dialogue with militants and resettle them in the country during the previous PTI regime, calling it a `faulty` move which was `never endorsed` by parliament.
• In their policy statements, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah referred to in-camera briefings given to parliamentarians by the military leadership during the tenure of the PTI government, following the fall of Kabul.
• The defence minister said: `A message was given that talks could be held with them [the militants].` He claimed that the briefings had remained `inconclusive` and they were only informed about the decisions that were already taken and parliament never endorsed them

2. TTP attack on Mianwali police station `repulsed`

• A day after a deadly suicide bombing in Peshawar claimed over 100 lives, a police station in Mianwali came under a gun attack by a group of heavily armed militants belonging to banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on January 31, 2023 night.
• However, police claimed late at night the attack had been repulsed. The attack is significant in that terrorists who had so far targeted police stations and check posts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and areas bordering Afghanistan have set their sights on a police station in Punjab for the first time since the resurgence of terrorism in the country.

3. Govt rolls out first measures as IMF mission begins talks

• On the opening day of make-or-break talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the government on January 31, 2023 increased liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) price by 30 per cent and final-ised a minimum of Rs6 per unit average increase in electricity rates between now and August.
• This was on top of an earlier hike in petroleum rates by up to 16pc, a rise of one percentage point in the central bank`s policy rate, and the removal of an exchange rate cap that led to over 14pc depreciation.
• Still, the visiting IMF mission, led by Mission Chief to Pakistan Nathan Porter, sounded adamant on upfront, calibrated and strong measures to bridge the daunting fiscal gap between Rs2 trillion to Rs2.5tr

4. Another woman appointed to top police post in Attock

• Another female police officer has been appointed as the district police officer (DPO) in Attock.
• Earlier during the month, the Attock district police had appointed a woman as the station house officer of a police station for the first time in its history.
• Ammara Athar has become the district police officer (DPO). Her successor Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Fazal Wahid was posted as SSP special branch (Rawalpindi).
• In a bid to ensure maximum representation of women in the field as well as in decision-making positions, the Punjab police have posted a female police officer as the DPO

5. Tax collection exceeds target in January

• The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on January 31, 2023 announced that its net collection grew 22.6 per cent to Rs537 billion in January on a year-on-year basis, exceeding the Rs533bn target set for the month.
• However, the collection in the first seven months of 2022-23 fell short by Rs214bn or 5.12pc to Rs3.965 trillion against the target of Rs4.179tr. The tax authorities raised Rs3.965tr in July-January against Rs3.367tr in the corresponding period of last year, a growth of 18pc.
• This growth is much below what the government had committed to the International Monetary Fund to achieve the projected target of Rs7.47tr for FY23

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6. Blinken meets Abbas, presses for two-state solution

• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shuttled from Israel to the Palestinians` West Bank on January 31, 2023, appealing for an end to resurgent violence and reaffirming Washington`s backing for a two-state solution to the decades-long conflict.
• Blinken is urging calm on both sides after last week`s killing by a Palestinian gunman of seven people outside a Jerusalem synagogue and anger among Palestinians over actions by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank.
• `That`s the only way that we can create conditions in which people`s sense of security will start to improve,` he told a news conference in Jerusalem

7. IMF okays $4.7bn for Bangladesh

• The International Monetary Fund has signed off on a $4.7 billion support loan package for Bangladesh to help it cope with soaring energy and food costs that have sparked huge protests.
• Bangladesh and other South Asian countries dependent on fossil fuel imports were hit hard by sharp cost-of-living increases following Russia`s invasion of Ukraine.
• Nationwide blackouts of up to 13 hours a day hit the electricity grid last year and the government extended food relief for households unable to afford rice and other staples. The IMF package makes $476 million immediately available to the government but commits it to tax hikes and bringing down the number of bad loans in the banking sector

8. Hungary most corrupt EU member, says TI

• Hungary slid to bottom place among EU nations in a corruption index, with graft watchdog Transparency International on January 31, 2023 alleging misuse by `political elites` of state and bloc funds.
• Hungary has been embroiled in a long running spat with Brussels over corruption and rule of law concerns that have led to the freezing of billions of euros of bloc funding. In a bid to unlock the funds, Budapest committed to a range of legal and anti-corruption reforms, including the set-up of a watchdog that includes a Transparency International staff member

9. Biden to discuss weapon requests with Zelensky

• US President Joe Biden said on January 31, 2023 that he will be discussing Ukraine`s latest requests for advanced weaponry to defend against Russia with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
• `We`re going to talk,` Biden told reporters, speaking the morning after he answered with an emphatic `no` when asked at the White House whether he favored sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
• The United States is by far the biggest supplier of weapons to Ukraine, where the Russian invasion is now approaching the one-year mark. A coalition of other Western countries is also sending arms, ranging from rifles to armored vehicles and artillery

10. Britain only G7 nation to see economy shrinking

• Britain is the only Group of Seven nation to have suffered a cut to its 2023 economic growth outlook in International Monetary Fund forecasts published on January 31, 2023, adding to pressure on Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt to come up with a growth plan.
• Britain`s flagging economy now looks set to shrink by 0.6 per cent this year, a sharp downgrade from previously expected growth of 0.3pc in the IMF`s last forecast in October.
• All other G7 economies are predicted to grow this year, mostly at a stronger pace than the IMF forecast three months ago

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