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February 02, 2022: National Current Affairs MCQs

1. Punjab, KP governors `decline` to fix poll dates

• The governors of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have declined to give dates for general elections to the provincial assemblies, advising the electoral watchdog to consult relevant authorities and take stock of the current security and economic situation before deciding in this regard.
• In a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on February 1, 2023, Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman said that since the Punjab Assembly was not dissolved by his order, clause 3 of Article 105 of the Constitution did not apply in this situation.
• `In the existing security and economic situation of the country, ECP may like to consult all relevant stakeholders as the date of general elections to the provincial assembly of Punjab is fixed, so as to ensure that conditions for holding the elections in a transparent and fair manner are duly met,` Governor Rehman said.

2. Operation underway to tackle T TP in Punjab-KP border area

• The Punjab police on February 1, 2023 morning launched a grand counterterrorism operation in the highly complex and inaccessible hilly areas of Mianwali district, hours after some heavily equipped militants of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked a police station in the area in the dead of the night.
• The go-ahead for the operation was given at a meeting attended by chief secretary, inspector general of police, heads of the intelligence agencies and several regional and district police officers.
• `We have grounded many field formations of the Punjab police under a new policy, called HITS, Hunt, Impede, Thwart and Serve, IG police Dr Usman Anwar told Dawn. This HITS operation would not be called off till the elimination of armed militants from the territories of Mianwali district, the police chief declared

3. Pakistan gets 340 suggestions to improve rights situation

• Pakistan has received 340 recommendations from UN member states on its fourth periodic report on the human rights situation in the country, and the government will examine these recommendations and report back to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in its forthcoming meeting.
• A draft report prepared on Wednesday by the Working Group on Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, stated: `All conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the present report reflect the position of the submitting state(s) and/or the state under review. They should not be construed as endorsed by the Working Group as a whole.
• Pakistan`s response to the recommendations will be included in the outcome report adopted by the HRC at its 53rd session, it added.
• The HRC selected Argentina, Gambia and Nepal as the group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of Pakistan

4. Inflation jumps to 48-year high of 27.6pc in January

• The annual consumer inflation hit 27.6 per cent last month, the highest in 48 years, as prices of food and transport continued to remain elevated amid economic turmoil, official data showed on February 1, 2023.
• On a month-on-month basis, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the overall change in consumer prices based on a representative basket of goods and services over time, rose 2.9pc in January, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said.
• Inflation in urban and rural areas increased to 24.4pc and 32.3pc year-on-year, respectively. Core inflation, which doesn`t include volatile food and energy prices, also slightly rose to 15.4pc in urban areas and 19.4pcin rural areas

5. Bosal appointed new chief secretary

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash has been posted out and replaced with Imdadullah Bosal as the new top bureaucrat of the province.
• A notification issued by the establishment division stated that chief secretary Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash, PAS, BS-22, has been transferred and directed to report to the establishment department. Another notification stated that Imdadulllah Bosal, PAS, BS-20, serving as federal secretary industries and production division, has been posted as the new chief secretary KP

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6. Burushaski script in Roman, Perso-Arabic characters okayed

• The National Curriculum Council (NCC) has approved the script of the Burushaski language in Perso-Arabic and Roman characters.
• The script was approved in a ceremony, where NCC Director Prof Dr Mariam Chughtai was the chief guest. `We should celebrate our languages and it is a great responsibility of the government, Dr Chughtai said.
• Dr Mueezuddin Hakal of the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, recalled the contribution of several people responsible for the development of this script, which has evolved as a standard script for every dialect of the Burushaski language. It was recorded for the first time in 1854 by Alexander Cunningham, who named it `Khajona`. It is now spoken by 300,000 people, according to a press release

February 02, 2022: International Current Affairs MCQs

7. India raises defence budget to $72bn amid tensions with China

• India proposed on February 1, 2023 5.94 trillion rupees ($72.6 billion) in defence spending for the 2023-24 financial year, 13 per cent up from the previous period`s initial estimates, aiming to add more fighter jets and roads along its tense border with China.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated 1.63 trillion rupees for defence capital outlays an expenditure that would include new weapons, aircraft, warships and other military hardware, as she unveiled nearly $550 billion of total federal spending in the annual budget for 2023-24 starting in April.
• She said 2.77 trillion rupees would be devoted to military salaries and benefits in 2023-24, 1.38 trillion on pensions for retired soldiers, and further amounts for miscellaneous items

8. Humanoid robots to be star attractions at UN`s AI summit

• Eight human old robots will be the star attractions when the United Nations hosts its first summit since the start of the pandemic on the benefits of artificial intelligence, it said Wednesday.
• The AI for Good Global Summit, first held in 2017, will return to Geneva on July 6 and 7 after a three year Covid-imposed break, the UN`s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said.
• The event will aim to showcase how artificial intelligence and other new technologies can help reach the UN`s so-called sustainable development goals (SDGs), including on fighting climate change and boosting humanitarian action

9. Australia finds lost radioactive capsule

• A tiny but dangerously radioactive capsule that fell off a truck on a remote Australian outback highway has been found, relieved authorities said on Wednesday.
• The silver-coloured cylinder smaller than a human fingernail was recovered by the side of the road near the town of Newman, Western Australia, state emergency services said.
• The capsule disappeared from a truck travelling along the Great Northern Highway from a remote mine operated by Rio Tinto to the southwestern city of Perth sometime in mid-January.
• Its disappearance went unnoticed until later in the month

February 02, 2022: Sports Current Affairs MCQs

10. Pakistan thrash Palestine to take West Asia Baseball Cup title

• Pakistan took full advantage of being the home side as they defeated Palestine 11-3 to lift the trophy of the 15th edition of the West Asia Baseball Cup here at the Pakistan Sports Complex on February 1, 2023.
• Both the teams went into the final undefeated but Pakistan`s captain Faqir Hussain led from the front as he top scored with three runs and maintained the host`s dominance.
• Faqir was ably assisted by his teammates as Arslan Jamshaid, Mohammad Hussain, Fazal Khan scored two runs apiece while the pitchers also delivered aggressively to ensure the triumph

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