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September 16, 2023: National Current Affairs MCQs News
1. 3 militants killed in clash near Quetta
Three terrorists were killed while a subedar embraced martyrdom and another soldier sustained injuries during an exchange of fire with armed militants near Quetta, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday.
Officials said over two dozen armed militants hiding in the Zarghoon mountains area had attacked the check-post in Wali Tangi, where security personnel were deployed to protect a dam
2. Torkham border reopens after eight days
The Torkham border, a main crossing point between Afghanistan and Pakistan, reopened to pedestrians and vehicles on Friday, eight days after it was closed following clashes between border forces of the two countries.
A large number of travel1ers and trucks laden with goods were stranded on both sides of the border after the shooting on Sept 6
3. Azad Kashmir withdraws increase in electricity bills
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has decided to withdraw the recent increase in electricity bills and maintain the power tariff at the July level, in a move that will put an additional burden of Rs10-12 billion on the exchequer, a senior cabinet member said on Friday.
Speaking at a thinly-attended press conference along with two other colleagues in the press information department, senior minister Waqar Ahmed Noor said this and some other important decisions were taken by the AJK cabinet at its lengthy meeting here, the other day
4. Exports of textile, clothing contract over 9pc in July-August
Textile and clothing exports shrank 9.49 per cent in the first two months of the current fiscal year from a year ago owing to rising cost of production and liquidity constraints, data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday.
In absolute terms, the value of textile and clothing exports fell to $2.766 billion in July-August from $3.05bn in the corresponding months last year.
The decline indicates no sign of revival in export proceeds in the first half of FY24
September 16, 2023: InternationalCurrent Affairs MCQs News
5. `No agreements` signed during Kim visit: Kremlin
The Kremlin said on Friday that no agreements had been signed during North Korean leader Kim Jong Un`s ongoing visit to Russia, amid Western concern that the two isolated countries could be preparing an arms deal.
Kim is on a rare trip out of his reclusive country in the Russian Far East, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this week
