Category: Pakistan Current Affairs November 2023

Correct Answer: A. 4 November 2023

A group of fighters has targeted an air force training base in central Pakistan’s Mianwali area on 4 November 2023, but troops foiled the attack, killing nine of the attackers, according to Pakistan’s military. “Due to the swift and effective response by the troops, (the attack) has been foiled and thwarted, ensuring the safety and security of personnel and assets,” the military said in a statement, adding that three grounded aircraft and a fuel tanker have been damaged in the attack.

Correct Answer: A. PM Anwaarul Haq Karak

Pakistan and Uzbekistan expressed the resolve to finalize the Strategic Partnership Agreement at the earliest to promote regional economic integration on November 8, 2023, soon after caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq arrived in Tashkent to attend the 16th Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) Summit. PM Kakar, accompanied by Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani and Commerce Minister Gohar Ejaz, was received by Prime Minister Abdullah Nagmatovich Aripov at Tashkent International Airport.

Correct Answer: C. 3rd

Pakistan is the third biggest recipient of Chinese development finance worldwide with a portfolio of $70.3 billion, according to a report released on Monday by AidData, a US-based international development research lab.
Only two percent of China`s portfolio in Pakistan between 2000 and 2021 consisted of grants while the rest was in the form of loans, says the AidData report that claims to have drawn its conclusions using data from more than 5,300 sources.

Correct Answer: B. Rabies

Pakistan has joined a programme being carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations to strengthen capacity towards rabies elimination in Asia.
A national plan to eliminate dog-mediated human deaths by 2030 has been prepared in consultation with the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.

Correct Answer: B. AMF

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) on 3 November 2023 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate remittances from Arab countries with official channels.
The government and the SBP have been trying to stop remittances through illegal channels, which not only destabilises the exchange rate but also reduces inflows. Bankers and currency experts believe that the MoU with the AMF would help Pakistan bring most of the inflows through the banking channels.

Correct Answer: C. $1.5 billion

The Board of Investment and the World Bankaffiliate International Finance Corporation unveiled a visionary investment plan, for which the IFC committed to inject over $1.5 billion into Pakistan`s economy in the form of short and long-term investments aimed at catapulting the country into a new era of prosperity and development, BoI announced on Thursday.
The pledge follows the IFC`s successful mobilisation of $1.5bn FY23, marking a significant doubling of investments in Pakistan compared to the previous year.

Correct Answer: B. February 8, 2023

After months of dilly-dallying on the issue of polls, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) agreed to hold general elections in the country on Feb 8 next year a date `set in stone`. The announcement by the ECP came after a meeting between President Arif Alvi and Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, who visited the presidency with the ECP members, on the orders of the Supreme Court, which had taken up pleas regarding elections