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July 31, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs News


1. Over 40 killed as blast rocks JUI-F convention in Bajaur

• At least 42 people were killed and over 150 others injured in Khar, a tehsil of Bajaur, after a powerful explosion ripped through a political gathering organised by the Jamiat Ulema-iIslam-Fazl on Sunday.
• According to eyewitnesses, hundreds of party workers along with local leaders were present at the gathering when the blast occurred.
• The bomb went off when a party leader was addressing the convention. JUI-F officials told Dawn that the party`s Khar General Secretary Ziaullah, JUI-F District Press Secretary Mujahid Khan and his son were among the dead


2. PCAA says airspace `safe after EU agency`s warning

• The country`s airspace is `safe` for all kinds of flight operations, the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) said on Sunday, days after a European air safety agency warned airlines of `high risk` while flying at low altitudes in Karachi and Lahore.
• The Aircraft Owners and Operators Association of Pakistan (AOOA) also disputed the safety warning, insisting that Pakistan`s airspace is safe and protected against intrusions

3. Bill on violent extremism dropped after stiff opposition

• Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on July 30, 2023 had to drop a bill aimed at curbing violent extremism after fierce opposition from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
• The proposed law, titled `The Prevention of Violent Extremism Bill 2023`, said that those calling on others to show or use force, propagating and publishing extremist material, using all kinds of media for radicalisation or manipulating people`s beliefs, or provoking sectarian strife would be guilty of violent extremism.
• However, several senators pointed out that the bill was PTI-specific, was being passed without following the due procedure and would target all political parties


4. Chinese vice premier arrives amid extraordinary security

• Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng landed here on July 30, 2023 amid extraordinary security arrangements as over 2,700 security personnel are being deployed in Islamabad and Rawalpindi for the visit.
• Mr He, a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, arrived on a two-day visit as the Special Envoy of President Xi Jinping at the invitation of the government of Pakistan to attend the 10th anniversary celebrations of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), APP reported


5. Bilawal unveils Benazir`s wax statue in Dubai

• Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on July 30, 2023 unveiled the wax figure of Benazir Bhutto at Madame Tussauds in Dubai.
• The minister who arrived in the UAE on a one-day official visit attended a ceremony to unveil the statue, APP reported.
• According to Gulf News, the wax figure of Ms Bhutto was the first of a Pakistani personality at the museum`s Dubai location. It features her in a green shalwar kameez and white dupatta, the outfit she wore when she was sworn in as the first woman prime minister of Pakistan on December 2, 1988

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6. Taliban create bonfire of music equipment

• Authorities from Afghanistan`s vice ministry created a bonfire of confiscated musical instruments and equipment in Herat province at the weekend, deeming music immoral.
• `Promoting music causes moral corruption and playing it will cause the youth to go astray, said Aziz al-Rahman al Muhajir, head of the Herat department of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
• Since seizing power in August 2021, Taliban authorities have steadily imposed laws and regulations that reflect their austere vision of Islam including banning playing music in public


7. Former Indian army chief blames China for Manipur violence

• Former Indian Army chief Gen (retd) M. M. Naravane has said that foreign interference in the Manipur violence cannot be ruled out and is `definitely there,` stressing that alleged Chinese aid to various insurgent groups has been continuing for many years.
• The Wire quoted Gen Naravane as speaking on Sunday on the dangers of a `two-front war,` heavily advocating for diplomacy to resolve conflicts for India, which faces a `two front threat` from Pakistan and China


8. Israel plans $27bn rail expansion

• Israel will build a 100-billion-shekel ($27 billion) rail expansion that will connect its outlying areas to metropolitan Tel Aviv and, in the future, could provide overland links to Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on July 30, 2023.
• Opening the weekly Israeli cabinet meeting, Netanyahu appeared to sidestep the constitutional crisis that has roiled the country for seven months, denting its economy and shaking Western allies` confidence in its democratic health


9. Decoupling from China `illusion`: France

• France`s finance minister said cutting all economic ties with China was `an illusion`, while Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto criticised Italy`s decision to join China`s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) four years ago as `improvised and atrocious` due to its limited impact on boosting exports.
• `We are totally opposed to the idea of decoupling.
• Decoupling is an illusion, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told reporters at the French embassy during a visit to Beijing on July 30, 2023.


10. Muslim woman assaulted in India

• A Muslim woman was assaulted and molested by a group of men in Ujjain city of India`s Madhya Pradesh state, according to local media reports.
• The woman, a physiotherapist by profession, was on her way home on Friday when the suspects tried to molest her. When she resisted, the men started beating her, according to a local newspaper, The Free Press fourmal her cousin, who came to her rescue, was also beaten. A video of the incident shared on social media showed men hitting him with iron rods and bats.


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