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February 04, 2022: National Current Affairs MCQs

1. `Harsh` IMF conditions alarm those at the helm

• After the first round of technical talks between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team and the government concluded on February 3, 2023, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif observed that the lender was imposing conditions that were `beyond our wildest dreams`.
• The delegation, headed by Nathan Porter, began make-or-break discussions with the government on the completion of the ninth review on Jan 31.
• The four-day talks were held in Islamabad with representatives from more than seven departments present, to identify major fiscal gaps and discuss ways to plug them.
• The discussions covered details of expenditures and revenue performance to identify the policy measures both revenue and non-revenue that would have to be taken over the next four months of the current fiscal year

2. ECP gives polling date for 31 more NA seats

• While the fate of two provincial assemblies hangs in the balance after the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governors requested the ECP to consult `stakeholders` in the wake of security and economic situation before finalising a schedule, the Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday set March 19 for the by-election on another 31 National Assembly seats.
• The ECP, which has announced the schedule for by-polls on 31 seats a week after it had set March 16 as the polling date for by-election on 33 NA seats, is expected to declare a polling date within the next few days for the remaining 22 constituencies of the total 86 vacant seats in the lower house of parliament Also, the ECP meeting, which was chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, discussed general elections to the Punjab and KP assemblies and decided to meet again on Feb 7 when chief secretaries and police chiefs of both the provinces would brief the commission on measures to ensure `safe and peaceful` conduct of elections to the provincial assemblies. The commission also decided to consult political parties on Feb 9 to finalise a code of conduct

3. China to invest in nuclear energy

• China has expressed its willingness to boost investments in Pakistan`s nuclear energy sector and the two countries are set to hold talks in the near future.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on February 3, 2023 met with a delegation of China National Nuclear Corporation, led by Chinese charge d`affaires in Pakistan, Pang Chunxue.
• China has shown its willingness to boost Pakistan`s capacity to produce electricity from nuclear energy and delegation-level talks in this regard to formalise deals

4. Six militants killed in North Waziristan, Charsadda

• Six militants including two in North Waziristan and four in Charsadda were killed in exchange of fire with security forces and police on Friday. Officials privy to the developments said that intelligence-based operations were being carried out in other districts as well.
• They said that two militants were killed in a crossfire between security forces and militants in Esham area of district North Waziristan, adding that arms and ammunition was also recovered from the terrorists.
• `During intense exchange of fire, two terrorists were killed. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists,` read a statement issued Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR), the military`s media wing

5. Italy to enhance economic cooperation with Pakistan

• Italy has decided to enhance its economic cooperation with Pakistan and will focus on increasing assistance through development projects.
• The Director General of Rome-based Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), Luca Maestripieri, accompanied by Ambassador of Italy Andreas Ferrarese, held a meeting with Economic Affairs Division Secretary Dr Kazim Niaz here on Friday and assured Pakistan of Italy`s economic assistance.
• `Pakistan is a very important country for us, and we will continue to engage with the Pakistan government through our economic cooperation,` Luca Maestripieri said

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6. Health ministry, UAE firm ink MoU to boost plasma collection

• The federal health ministry on February 3, 2023 signed an agreement with Hayat Biotech to boost plasma collection in Pakistan.
• According to a statement, the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination signed the memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost Pakistan`s plasma sector using a phased approach.
• Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, global plasma shortage has become a serious concern. According to US-based Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association (PPTA), a 20 per cent decline has been witnessed in plasma donations from 2019 to 2020 in the US.
• The MoU was signed during the visit of Federal Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel to the UA E

7. Convention signed with Kabul to avoid double income tax

• Pakistan and Afghanistan have signed a draft convention to avoid double taxation on income between the two countries.
• The convention was signed after three-day talks that concluded in Islamabad on Friday.
• The Afghan delegation was headed by Revenue Legal Services Director Nida Muhammad Seddigi while FBR`s International Tax Operations DG Sajidullah Siddiqui headed the Pakistani delegation

8. `Ukraine is the EU`, says bloc chief Michel in Kyiv

• European Union chief Charles Michel on Friday reiterated support for Ukraine`s closer integration with the bloc during a summit in the capital hosted by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
• `Ukraine is the EU, the EU is Ukraine,` Michel said at a press conference with Zelensky and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, adding: `The EU is with you today, the EU will be with you and your people tomorrow.
• The European Union offered strong support for Ukraine at the summit but set `no rigid timelines` for its accession to the wealthy bloc.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky had hoped the EU would put Ukraine on a rapid road to membership. But he used the summit to step up calls for his allies to deliver long-range weapons to help repel Russian forces besieging the city of Bakhmut and occupying much of the Donbas region in the east of the country

9. South Korea`s ex-justice minister sentenced to two years in jail

• A disgraced former South Korean politician, Cho Kuk, was sentenced to two years in prison on February 3, 2023 for forging documents to facilitate his children`s school admissions in a scandal that has deepened political divides and frustrated many young voters.
• A star law professor, Cho was a key aide to former President Moon Jae-in and briefly served as a justice minister before resigning and being indicted on a dozen charges, including bribery and document fraud in late 2019.
• The Seoul Central District Court convicted Cho of falsifying documents to send his son and daughter to prestigious high schools and universities, and peddling influence to interfere with a corruption investigation involving a Moon confidant

10. Biden backs legal `status quo` of Al-Aqsa mosque

• President Joe Biden has underlined his support for the legal `status quo` of Jerusalem`s Al-Aqsa mosque compound in a meeting at the White House with Jordanian King Abdullah II.
• Biden, the king and Crown Prince Hussein had a private lunch on Thursday in which the US president `reaffirmed the close, enduring nature of the friendship between the United States and Jordan,` the White House said. They also both spoke with Iraq`s prime minister by phone.
• Referring to growing tensions around the Al-Aqsa mosque located on a site venerated both by Muslims and Jews inside Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem Biden reaffirmed `the critical need to preserve the historic status quo`. He also recognised Jordan`s `crucial role as the custodian of Muslim holy places in Jerusalem,` the White House said in a statement

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