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July 18, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs News

1. Top brass says Kabul abetting terror in Pakistan

• Corps commanders of the Pakistan Army on July 17 blamed Kabul for the uptick in militancy, saying that safe havens and liberty of action, along with the latest weapons available to militants from Afghanistan enabled them to carry out attacks inside Pakistan.
• Islamabad has repeatedly raised concerns over the use of Afghan soil by militants for cross-border terrorism. In a recent statement, the military said it expected the government in Afghanistan to take action against militants and abide by the Doha agreement.
• According to Inter Services Public Relations, Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir presided over the 258th Corps Commanders` Conference held at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, where the top brass was briefed in detail about the prevailing internal security environment

2. Trans-Afghan railway to connect Uzbekistan with Pakistan

• Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan will sign a joint protocol on July 18, 2023 (today) to connect the Uzbek rail network with Pakistan Railways.
• The route for this connection will pass through Termiz in Uzbekistan, Mazar-i-Sharif and Logar in Afghanistan, and culminate in Pakistan via the Kharlachi border crossing in Kurram.
• This route was finalised in a meeting of a trilateral working group of the three countries on the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (UAP) railways project, in Islamabad on Monday

3. Sadia Danish becomes GB`s first woman deputy speaker

• Pakistan Peoples Party`s Sadia Danish has become the first woman deputy speaker of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly.
• She was elected unopposed on July 17, 2023 after no member from the opposition submitted nomination papers for the post.
• Ms Danish was nominated as the seventh deputy speaker of GB by the ruling bloc comprising PPP, PML-N, JUI-F and members of PTI`s forward bloc members

4. WWF urges accelerated climate action to shape Pakistan`s future

• The World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature Pakistan held a press conference titled `Accelerating Climate Action: Shaping Pakistan`s Future` at the Lahore Press Club on July 17, 2023.
• The press conference aimed to underscore the urgent need for a robust climate change response from all stakeholders in Pakistan.
• The press conference was addressed by WWF Director General Hammad Nagi Khan, and WWF International President Dr Adil Najam. The event focused on Pakistan`s vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, exemplified by the catastrophic floods of 2002, which served as a stark reminder of the nation`s exposure to the climate crisis. The goal was to engage the media in a dynamic discussion on a nationally driven, globally significant climate change agenda to address the growing impact and risk of climate change in Pakistan

5. PTA blocks 43 lending apps after man`s suicide

• The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has blocked 43 digital lending apps operating without a licence, the IT ministry said on July 17, 2023.
• The apps have been under criticism for their predatory lending practices after a Rawalpindi man killed himself due to `threats` from loan apps, for failing to pay back debt, which had compounded to Rs800,000 after interest.
• The PTA acted against the apps after directives were issued by the Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque

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6. Pakistan`s first public-sector cancer hospital to be built at Pims

• The groundbreaking ceremony of the country`s first public sector cancer hospital was held at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on July 17, 2023, which would cost Rs10.8 billion and be completed in June 202s.
• The 200-bedhospitalwill have four storeys in addition to a basement of 49,000 square feet. The building will have an out-patient department (OPD), emergency, male and female wards, gyne ward, blood cancer ward, and a number of other departments

7. First ever Green Bus Service launched in Quetta

• A fleet of eight eco-friendly buses was launched in Quetta on July 17, 2023, making it the government`s first-ever inter-city bus service.
• The buses, part of the Green Bus Service, will be operated on a public private partnership (PPP) mode.
• The service was inaugurated on Monday not by a minister or bureaucrat but by a common man who was invited to cut the ribbon by Chief Minister Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo

8. Alternative Energy Board merged with PPIB

• It took more than six years to complete the paperwork that began in April 2017 to merge the Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) with the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) through an announcement by the later after coming into force of PPIB (Amendment) Act 2023.
• The merger has been made `to facilitate development and generation of alternative renewable energy (ARE) to achieve sustainable economic growth with the transfer of technology for the development of an indigenous technological base through a diversified energy generation`

9. Israel recognises Western Sahara as Moroccan territory

• Israel has recognised Morocco`s sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara and is mulling opening a consulate there, a statement from the Israeli prime minister`s office said on July 17.
• The announcement confirmed a statement earlier from Morocco`s royal palace, which said Israel`s position had been expressed in a letter to King Mohammed VI from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
• Israel was considering opening a consulate in Dakhla, the statement said

10. UNDP concerned by lack of progress in G20 debt talks

• The failure of the G20 to achieve a breakthrough on debt restructuring for vulnerable countries is a `grave concern`, the head of a United Nations agency said on July 17, 2023 as the body seeks pauses in debt repayment for poor nations amid rising poverty.
• The debt restructuring talks made little progress during the third finance meeting of the G20 countries in India, as the bloc was unable to overcome key differences and low attendance due to domestic issues adding to the roadblocks

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