Category: Pakistan Current Affairs February 2023

Correct Answer: A. $1 billion

Pakistan and Uzbekistan have signed an agreement to increase bilateral trade by almost $1 billion, the finance ministry said on February 24, 2023. The trade agreement was inked at the conclusion of the 8th Session of Pakistan-Uzbekistan Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC) on Trade Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation held in Tashkent. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar headed Pakistan`s delegation.

Correct Answer: B. $5 million

he Asian Development Bank has approved emergency assistance of $5 million for climate resilient seeds for staple crop cultivation, and women-led livelihood to meet basic household needs in flood-hit areas of Balochistan. The ADB financing will support rural farm households in four districts of Nasirabad division. The most flood-impacted area in Balochistan is Nasirabad division, which has six districts: Jaffarabad, Jhal Magsi, Kacchi, Nasirabad, Sohbatpur, and Usta Muhammad. The aid will provide 60,000 out of a total of 188,000 households in the target districts with climate-resilient rice seed. The seeds will be sown on 54,000 hectares in the province.

Correct Answer: B. Balochistan 

The provincial assembly on February 18, 2023 unanimously approved the Balochistan Daanish Schools and Centres of Excellence Authority Bill, 2023, a month after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated a model school in the Sohbatpur city of Nasirabad division. Balochistan Education Minister Nasibullah Marri presented the bill in the assembly session, which was presided over by Acting Speaker Sardar Babar Khan Musakhail.

Correct Answer: B. February 17, 2023

Former judge of the Lahore High Court (LHC) Malik Muhammad Qayyum passed away on February 17, 2023. He was 78. His funeral prayers were offered at Jamia Ashrafia after Friday prayers. He was laid to rest in the Miani Sahib graveyard. Members of the legal and political fraternity attended his funeral.

Correct Answer: A. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan

The 2023 Karachi police station attack occurred on 17 February 2023, when militants stormed the heavily guarded Karachi Police Office (KPO) in the heart of the provincial metropolis of Karachi, Pakistan. The attack resulted in at least four deaths, including two policemen, two rangers, and one civilian, with 14 others injured. The Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack. The siege was brought to an end on the same day, with Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah later stating that the three militants responsible for the attack were killed by the police, rangers, and army.

Correct Answer: B. Rafael Grossi

Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi has a positive outlook for nuclear energy in Pakistan. Speaking at a seminar hosted by the Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS), Islamabad. the IAEA director general noted the political will in Pakistan and the country`s technical capacity and nuclear safety record as the reasons for his optimism about the prospects for the expansion of nuclear energy.

Correct Answer: A. Saudi Arabia

The closing ceremony of the fourth Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Joint Military Exercise Al Kassah-IV was held at the Military College of Engineering, Risalpur, on February 16, 2023. It was the fourth joint exercise of the Al-Kassah series as part of bilateral military cooperation between the two friendly countries. The troops from Royal Saudi Land Forces and Pakistan Army participated in the exercise, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

Correct Answer: C. Turkiye

In a special gesture of solidarity and support with the people of Türkiye in the wake of the massive earthquake on 6 February 2023, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif will undertake a visit to Türkiye on 16-17 February 2023.

Correct Answer: C. 173

The Department of Archaeology and Museums has loaned one of the largest consignments of masterpieces of Gandhara art to China for an exhibition in Beijing. Comprising 173 masterpieces of Gandhara art from the Peshawar, Swat, Dir, Hund, Taxila, Karachi and Islamabad museums, these artifacts will go on display on Feb 15 at the Palace Museum Forbidden City. The exhibition will run for three months.