Pakistan Current Affairs MCQs with Explanations

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa finance minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra on Friday said an increase in the retirement age of government employees could save the province Rs140 billion in around 10 years. On Thursday, the Supreme Court had set aside the Peshawar High Court’s Feb 2020 decision to turn down the KP government’s move to increase its employee’s upper age limit from 60 years to 63 years, and referred the matter back to the high court for fresh decision.

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Sindh Assembly member Firdous Shamim Naqvi tendered his resignation as the Leader of the Opposition in the assembly on Friday 8 January 2021. Haleem Adil Sheikh tipped as new leader of opposition

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Shahram Khan Tarakai is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.

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Pakistan is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.

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The Pakistani passport has been placed at 104th position out of the 107 countries’ passports listed making it fourth-worst passport for international travel.

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conducted a successful test flight of indigenously developed #Fatah-1, Guided Multi Launch Rocket System, capable of delivering a conventional Warhead upto a range of 140 km. The Weapon System will give Pak Army capability of precision target engagement deep in enemy territory.

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PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN LAUNCHES THE SPECIAL TECHNOLOGY ZONES AUTHORITY Islamabad: January 08, 2021 Special Technology Zones Authority will serve to create a space for foreign investors, indigenous companies, and educational and training institutes to collaborate for Information Technology-driven industrial revolution in Pakistan, said Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday, the 8th of January on the occasion of the Launching Ceremony of the Special Technology Zones Authority (STZA) the leading government body mandated to promote national innovation system in Pakistan. Amer Ahmed Hashmi has been appointed the Chairman of the Authority who on the occasion lauded the Prime Minister for taking a personal interest in prioritization of STZA’s establishment. The launch marks the beginning of an era of the dedicated and integrated national knowledge-based ecosystem in Pakistan. The specific mandate of STZA is to lead the development of Special Technology Zones (STZs) in the country. The zones will help increase high-tech exports of Pakistan and facilitate technology transfer from major global Science and Technology hubs. Chairman STZA said that the zones will foster skills development, job creation, technology transfer, and new economic value generation. Industrial clusters formation has not only led to rapid industrialization and social development of countries like China, Japan, and South Korea but has become the global best practice for high-speed growth and development. The Prime Minister said that collaborative efforts and the correct course of comprehensive national development through these STZs will lead to the utilization of the immense potential of the youth of Pakistan.

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Mustafa Haroon and his brother Moosa Haroon have proved that creativity knows no boundaries. Their room is full of DIY projects such as lamps, robots, dinosaurs, warriors and other strange instruments, all put together using plumbing pipes.

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Pakistan on Thursday 7th January 2021 conducted a successful test flight of an “indigenously developed” guided multi-launch rocket system, capable of delivering a conventional warhead up to a range of 140 km, the military said. The weapon system “Fatah-1” will give Pakistani army capability of precision target engagement deep in enemy territory, a statement from the army’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations said. Pakistani President Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Imran Khan, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Nadeem Raza and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa have congratulated the participating troops and scientists on successful conduct of the flight test