Category: Pakistan Current Affairs June 2022

Correct Answer: B. $26bn

Economic costs from the combined impacts of the disaster-climate-health nexus estimated by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) show that Pakistan will have the highest losses as a percentage of GDP at 9.1 percent. In absolute terms, under the worst-case scenario, India is set to record the highest average annual loss at $225bn, followed by Pakistan at $26bn and Turkey at $24bn.

Correct Answer: C. Rs598 billion

The Balochistan Assembly has passed an Rs598 billion budget for the next fiscal year without facing any objection from either side of the aisle. The session, which started one hour and 45 minutes behind schedule, was presided over by Deputy Speaker Sardar Babar Khan Musakhail. Balochistan Finance Minister Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran presented 102 demands for the draft in the house one by one. Of all, 60 demands for the draft of over Rs351.2bn belonged to non-development expenditure, while 42 demands for the draft of over Rs246.9bn were for the development programme

Correct Answer: C. 15 months

The Bureau of the FIFA Council decided on 29 June 2022 to lift the suspension that was imposed on the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) in April 2021 due to undue third-party interference. The decision was taken after FIFA received confirmation that the normalisation committee of the PFF had regained full control of the PFF’s premises and was in a position to manage its finances. 

Correct Answer: D. June 30, 2022

The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Assembly on June 30, 2022 approved the budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) with an outlay of Rs119.3 billion.

Correct Answer: C. Rs163.7bn

The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly on June 30, 2022, approved an Rs163.7 billion budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 without any disruption in the absence of the 20-member opposition. AJK Finance Minister Abdul Majid Khan presented one after the other demands for a grant of Rs135.2bn for recurring expenditures and Rs28.5bn for developmental activities in the house presided over by the ruling PTPs Mohammad Rafique Nayyar as a member of the panel of chairmen.

Correct Answer: D. June 28, 2022

The Balochistan Assembly on June 28, 2022, passed the supplementary budget of Rs10.52 billion for the fiscal year 2021-22 without any objection from the opposition parties. Finance Minister Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran moved 16 demands for the draft in the house. The session was presided over by Deputy Speaker Sardar Babar Khan Musakhail. The members of the opposition parties, including JUI-F, BNP-Mengal, and PkMAP, were present in the house, but they did not submit any cut motion.

Correct Answer: D. June 28, 2022

The federal cabinet on June 28, 2022, approved the National Hazardous Waste Management Policy 2022 with consensus which will be passed on to provinces and implemented at the federal level for international compliance.

Correct Answer: B. Javed Ali Manwa

Correct Answer: D. Rs119.3 billion

The Gilgit Baltistan government on June 27, 2022, presented the budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 with a total outlay of Rs119.3 billion. The annual budget was presented in the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly. Finance minister Javed Ali Manwa presented the budget during a special session chaired by Deputy Speaker Nazir Ahmed Advocate. Presenting the budget, Mr. Manwa said Rs61.4 billion had been proposed for ongoing expenditures while Rs47.8 billion had been set aside for new development schemes.

Correct Answer: D. June 27, 2022

The Gilgit Baltistan government on June 27, 2022, presented the budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 with a total outlay of Rs119.3 billion. The annual budget was presented in the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly. Finance minister Javed Ali Manwa presented the budget during a special session chaired by Deputy Speaker Nazir Ahmed Advocate.