(Dec 2022 Pak Aff) Mcqs Planet Flashcards
______ has announced closing its services in Pakistan after two decades as on 31-12-2022.
A. BBC Radio Urdu
B. Sky News
C. Al-Jazeera
D. Dawn News
A. BBC Radio Urdu
The BBC Urdu service on Saturday announced ending its radio news bulletins in Pakistan, after keeping the masses informed through these broadcasts for around two decades.
According to RSF, Pakistan was ranked fifth, as ____ journalists were killed since 2003.
A. 77
B. 93
C. 103
D. 139
B. 93
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Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders. Pakistan was ranked fifth, as 93 journalists were killed since 2003 in different parts of the country. The two decades between 2003 and 2022 were especially deadly decades for those in the service of the right to inform, said the Paris-based media rights campaigners.
On December 30, 2022, CM Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi grants status of district to _____ tehsil.
A. Jampur
B. Rajanpur
C. Taunsa Sharif
D. Sahiwal
A. Jampur
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Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on December 30, 2022 announced granting of the status of district for Jampur following a longstanding demand of its people. Jampur is a tehsil of Rajanpur district. The chief minister made this announcement while chairing a meeting, which was attended by MNA Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dareshak, whose son provincial minister Hasnain Bahadur Dareshak had got into an altercation with the chief minister and was asked to leave a cabinet meeting.
On December 29, 2022, SBP foreign exchange reserves further declined by $294 million to:
A. $4.8 billion
B. $5.8 billion
C. $6.8 billion
D. $7.2 billion
Correct Answer: B. $5.8 billion
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With the expected IMF tranche still nowhere to be seen, State Bank of Pakistans foreign exchange reserves on December 29, 2022 further declined by $294 million to $5.8 billion their eight years low making it even more difficult for the country to repay its foreign debts. The country has been facing a worrisome scenario as the reserves are not enough to service its huge foreign debt. Though Finance Minister Ishaq Dar insists Pakistan will not default, the situation on the ground hardly supports his assertions.
Who is the current Attorney General of Pakistan?
A. Ashtar Ausaf Ali
B. Mansoor Usman Awan
C. Khalid Javed Khan
D. Salman Aslam Butt
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Correct Answer: B. Mansoor Usman Awan
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President Arif Alvi on Friday Dec 23 2022 approved the appointment of Advocate Supreme Court Mansoor Usman Awan, as Attorney General for Pakistan. The president also accepted the resignation of Ashtar Ausaf Ali from the post of Attorney General.
In December 2022, Indonesia to provide $_____ million grant to Pakistan to address flood crises.
A. $1 million
B. $2 million
C. $3 million
D. $4 million
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Correct Answer: A. $1 million
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ndonesia will provide one million dollar grant to Pakistan to address the impact of severe floods in the country this year. An agreement to this effect was signed by Chairman National Disaster Management Authority Lt Gen Inam Haider Malik and Indonesian Ambassador Adam Mulawarman Tugio in Islamabad.
Who is the current Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)?
A. Ehsan Mani
B. Najam Sethi
C. Sheharyar Khan
D. Ramiz Raja
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Correct Answer: B. Najam Sethi
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the appointment of former journalist Najam Sethi as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman and removal of incumbent Ramiz Raja. Since December 23, 2022, he is the chairman of PCB.
In December 2022, Pakistan face their first-ever Test whitewash at home against:
A. New Zealand
B. Australia
C. England
D. Sri Lanka
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Correct Answer: C. England
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In a highly disappointing show, Pakistan face their first Test whitewash at home with England needing just 55 runs on the penultimate day to inflict upon the hosts a 3-0 series loss in the third Test at the National Stadium. Babar Azam`s men fell to yet another collapse on December 19, 2022 when they were bundled out for a paltry 216 as England leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed became the youngest debutant to take five wickets in an innings.
The number of voters belonging to religious minorities in the country has climbed to _____ million from 3.63 million.
A. 4.43 million
B. 4.83 million
C. 5.43 million
D. 6.13 million
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Correct Answer: A. 4.43 million
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The number of voters belonging to religious minorities in the country has climbed to 4.43 million from 3.63 million in 2018. The number of voters from religious minorities was 2.77m in electoral rolls for the 2013 general election. The latest figures of minority voters were disclosed by National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Chairman Tariq Malik during a consultative session with an interfaith delegation, led by Senator Kamran Michael.
The current chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) is:
A. Zafar Hijazi
B. Akif Saeed
C. Shaukat Hussain
D. Aamir Khan
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Correct Answer: B. Akif Saeed
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The federal government, on 16th December 2022, approved the appointment of Akif Saeed as the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP). Saeed was appointed as SECP chairman on December 13 by the incumbent government. Saeed had earlier served as Commissioner SECP from December 2014 to December 2017.
Pakistan`s first 5G innovation lab was set up at NUST on:
A. December 12, 2022
B. December 14, 2022
C. December 16, 2022
D. December 18, 2022
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Correct Answer: B. December 14, 2022
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Pakistan`s first 5G innovation lab was set up on December 14, 2022 at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in a joint venture between the industry and the academia. The target of the innovation lab is to determine the utility of 5G through the social-eco lenses, and launch indigenous solutions related to health, education, mobility and businesses which suit the local environment.
PM Shehbaz Sharif on December 13, 2022 lays the foundation of _____ kilometer Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway.
A. 280-kilometre
B. 306-kilometre
C. 326-kilometre
D. 350-kilometre
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Correct Answer: B. 306-kilometre
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on December 13, 2022 performed the groundbreaking of the 306-kilometre Sukkur-Hyderabad section of the M6 motorway, which would mark the completion of the Karachi-Peshawar motorway corridor connecting major cities. Speaking at a ceremony in Sukkur afterwards, the premier said the 306-kilometre M6 motorway project — announced by former prime minister Imran Khan in April last year and estimated to cost Rs307bn, or Rs1bn per kilometre — would be completed in 30 months.
When both houses of parliament of Pakistan passed the Foreign Investment (Promotion and Protection) Bill, 2022?
A. December 10, 2022
B. December 12, 2022
C. December 14, 2022
D. December 16, 2022
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Correct Answer: B. December 12, 2022
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Both houses of parliament on December 12, 2022 passed the Foreign Investment (Promotion and Protection) Bill, 2022, paving the way for signing of a settlement deal on Reko Diq mining project amid opposition from within the ruling coalition. As the bill earlier passed in the Senate was about to be introduced in the National Assembly, Sardar Akhtar Mengal rose in his seat to protest. He said that since Pakistan came into being, no government considered Balochistan as its part, but benefited from its resources
According to IFJ, how many Pakistani journalists are among the 67 media personnel killed so far during 2022?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
D. 10
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Correct Answer: B. 5
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Five Pakistani journalists are among the 67 media personnel killed so far during 2022 in the line of duty, according to figures released by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on December 11, 2022. IFJ renewed its call for concrete actions to protect the safety and freedoms of journalists as it recorded a spike in the numbers of journalists killed or imprisoned during 2022. Last year, 47 journalists were killed, IFJ said. The Pakistani journalists, who lost lives in 2022 and recorded in the IFJ list, were: Hasnain Shah, Ziaur Rehman Faroogi, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Younis and Sadaf Naeem.
Police Order 2002 enforced in Islamabad after how many years?
A. 5 years
B. 10 years
C. 15 years
D. 20 years
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Correct Answer: D. 20 years
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After Punjab, the Police Order 2002 has also been enforced in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), following the orders of Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Islamabad High Court (IHC), removing the 20-year-old controversies surrounding the bureaucratic hurdles. Though some salient features of the police order are still under process, it has largely been enforced in the federal capital.
