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September 01, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs News

1. Consumers have no option but to pay bills: PM

As the nation grapples with bloated power bills and backbreaking inflation, interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar told people to pay their utility bills since there was no way around it, adding that negotiations with global lenders on the issue were underway.
Speaking to journalists on Thursday at the Prime Minister`s House, Mr Kakar blamed successive governments over the past 30 years for the economic mess and announced that a plan was being devised to reform agriculture, minerals, information technology, and textile sectors. He claimed there were minerals worth $5 trillion in Balochistan

2. Nine soldiers martyred in Bannu suicide attack

At least nine soldiers were martyred and five others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber on a motorbike targeted a military convoy in the Janikhel town of Bannu district on Thursday evening, the army said.
In a late-night statement, the military`s media wing identified one of the martyred soldiers as Naib Subedar Sanobar Ali. It said the security forces had cordoned off the area and were combing it for more terrorists

3. Railways to shift field formations to solar power

In a bid to reduce escalating expenditures and mitigate losses, Pakistan Railways (PR) is all set to shift its entire array of field formations, encompassing stations, offices, workshops and factories, to solar power.
In the first phase, the department plans to transition 99 formations, including major railway stations, nine divisional headquarters and various other important offices, to operate on solar power. This strategic move is projected to result in an estimated savings of Rs1.8 billion in the first phase alone.
Subsequent phases will involve an increasing number of stations, offices, and related facilities

September 01, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs News

4. Xi likely to skip G20 summit in India

Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to skip a summit of G20 leaders in India next week, sources familiar with the matter in India and China said.
Two Indian officials, one diplomat based in China and one official working for the government of another G20 country, said Premier Li Qiang is expected to represent Beijing at the Sept 9-10 meeting in New Delhi

5. Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia reject China`s latest sea map

Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam have rejected as baseless a map released by China that denotes its claims to sovereignty including in the South China Sea and which Beijing said on Thursday should be viewed rationally and objectively.
China released the map on Monday of its famous U-shaped line covering about 90 per cent of the South China Sea, a source of many of the disputes in one of the world`s most contested waterways, where more than $3 trillion of trade passes each year

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6. French ambassador told to leave Niger

Niger`s new military rulers have stripped France`s ambassador of diplomatic immunity and ordered police to expel him, according to a letter seen on Thursday by AFP, a move that ratchets up tensions with the country`s traditional ally.
The envoy `no longer enjoys the privileges and immunities attached to his status as member of the diplomatic personnel in the French embassy,` according to their letter, dated Tuesday, to the foreign ministry in Paris

7. US approves first arms to Taiwan under foreign aid programme

President Joe Biden`s administration has for the first time approved direct US military aid to Taiwan under an assistance programme aimed at foreign governments, officials said on Wednesday, as worries grow over China.
The State Department informed Congress on Tuesday of the $80 million package, which is small compared with recent sales to Taiwan but marks the first assistance to Taipei under the Foreign Military Financing programme, which generally involves grants or loans to sovereign countries

8. Thailand`s ex-PM Thaksin applies for royal pardon

Thailand`s jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has requested a royal pardon, a government minister said on Thursday, as rumours of a backroom deal for clemency swirl.
The 74-year-old billionaire, twice elected PM and ousted in a 2006 military coup, was sent to prison last week immediately after returning to the kingdom from 15 years of self-exile.
His homecoming coincided with his Pheu Thai party returning to government in alliance with several pro-military parties, sparking widespread speculation that an agreement had been struck to cut his jail time

9. Iceland to resume whaling

Iceland`s government said that whaling could resume on Friday with stricter conditions and monitoring, after it decided not to extend a temporary two month ban imposed amid animal welfare concerns.
Iceland is one of just three countries that allow commercial whaling, along with Norway and Japan, in the face of fierce criticism from environmentalists and animal rights` defenders

10. Iran claims foiling Israeli plot against missiles

Iranian security services claim to have foiled an Israeli sabotage plot against the country`s ballistic missile production and to have arrested several agents involved, state media reported on Thursday.
An unnamed intelligence official of Iran`s defence ministry blamed arch-enemy Israel`s Mossad spy agency for the alleged plan to sell Iran faulty components that would have blown up the missiles, IRNA news agency said

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