Pakistan Current Affairs MCQs with Explanations

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Pakistan and Uzbekistan held the 3rd Round of Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on February 5, 2025, to discuss various aspects of their bilateral relationship and regional cooperation.

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Fitch Ratings reports that Pakistan faces substantial external financing risks, with over $22 billion in external debt repayments due in the fiscal year 2025, including approximately $13 billion in bilateral deposits. Securing sufficient external financing remains challenging due to large maturities and existing lender exposures.

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FIFA suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) due to its failure to adopt a revised constitution ensuring fair and democratic elections. This suspension prohibits the PFF from participating in international competitions until the necessary reforms are implemented. FIFA on Thursday suspended the Pakistan Football Federation “with immediate effect” after the recently elected PFF Congress rejected the constitutional amendments proposed by the global football body. “The PFF has been suspended with immediate effect due to its failure to adopt a revision of the PFF Constitution that would ensure truly fair and democratic elections and thereby fulfil its obligations as mandated by FIFA as part of the ongoing normalisation process of PFF,” FIFA said in a statement. “The suspension will only be lifted subject to the PFF Congress approving the version of the PFF Constitution presented by FIFA and the AFC.”

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Pakistan will host the 9th International Naval Exercise “AMAN 2025,” aimed at promoting maritime security and cooperation. Ninth edition of the multinational naval exercise is being held in Karachi, with participation from over 60 countries. he exercise, which will run from February 7 to 11, will be divided into two phases.

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Pakistan has dropped from 9th place in 2024 to 12th in the latest rankings. The Global Firepower Index 2025 evaluates military power based on over 60 parameters, including defence technology, financial resources, logistics, and strategic positioning. For 2025, Pakistan is ranked 12 of 145 out of the countries considered for the annual GFP review. The nation holds a PwrIndx* score of 0.2513 (a score of 0.0000 is considered ‘perfect’). This entry last reviewed on 01/09/2025.

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Pakistan and China discussed security cooperation on Wednesday, agreeing to enhance intelligence sharing to address growing threats during a high-level meeting in Beijing, according to an official statement circulated by the interior ministry. The two nations share concerns over militant violence, particularly due to attacks on Chinese nationals working on the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects in various Pakistani cities. Such incidents have prompted Beijing to call for enhanced security measures. Last year, several Chinese nationals lost their lives in deadly suicide bombings, the most recent of which occurred in October 2024, killing two Chinese engineers near Karachi airport just days before the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in the federal capital.

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Pakistan and Saudi Funds Development (SFD) signed a $1.61 billion agreement on 3rd February 2025 to boost economic cooperation. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, witnessed the signing of two significant agreements between Pakistan and SFD, valued at $1.61 billion. The agreements were signed on Monday, further strengthening bilateral economic cooperation between the two nations. They include a deferred payment facility for oil imports from Saudi Arabia worth $1.20 billion, to be paid over one year, and a concessional loan agreement for the construction of a gravity-flow water scheme at Mansehra in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, amounting to $41 million.

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Pakistan′s total liquid foreign currency reserves stood at 16.451 billion in January 2025. Pakistan’s total liquid foreign reserves $16.04 billion. KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves of Pakistan stood at US$ 16,044.1 million while the SBP reserves recorded as $ 11,418.3 million during the week ended on January 31, 2025.

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Sardar Ayaz Sadiq is the Current Speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan. Honorable Sardar Ayaz Sadiq elected as Speaker of the National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 1st March, 2024. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq (born 17 October 1954) is a Pakistani politician serving as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, the lower house of the federal parliament, since March 2024. He is one of the senior members of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) on the federal level. Born in Lahore, Punjab, Sadiq previously served as the 17th Speaker of the National Assembly from 2013 to 2018. Sadiq is also notable for overseeing voting on the motion of no-confidence against Imran Khan in April 2022; the next day, he oversaw voting for the election of the subsequent Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif. He is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-120 (Lahore-IV), having been elected to the Assembly in every election since 2002.

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As of February 3, 2025, the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) policy rate was 12% per annum. you can also check it on sbp website. https://www.sbp.org.pk/m_policy/index.asp updated on: 3-2-2025