Category: Pakistan Current Affairs October 2020

Who has been appointed as chairperson of Pay and Pension Commission?

A. Hafeez Sheikh
B. Jahangir Tareen
C. Firdous Ashiq Awan
D. Nargis Sethi

Answer

Correct Answer: D. Nargis Sethi


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The federal government on October 26, 2020, has reconstituted the Pay and Pension Commission by appointing former federal secretary Nargis Sethi as its chairperson. The federal government has appointed Ms. Sethi as Chairperson of the Pay and Pension Commission after Wajid Rana had resigned from the post.

Which district becomes first merged district to have official website?

A. Dara Adam Khel
B. Mohmand
C. Khyber
D. Tira

Answer

Correct Answer: C. Khyber


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The district administration of Khyber tribal district has launched its website to provide e-services for ensuring prompt redressal of public grievances. The initiative is the first of its type by any of the seven merged tribal districts which provide access to the general public of Khyber to avail of e-services and know about the spending of public funds and execution of development schemes.

World Bank approves $___ million for development projects in Punjab.

A. $300 million
B. $304 million
C. $308 million
D. $312 million

Answer

Correct Answer: B. $304 million


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The World Bank’s (WB) Board of Executive Directors approved $304 million in financing for Punjab Resource Improvement and Digital Effectiveness Programme (PRIDE). The programme supports efficiencies in public resource management that generate savings and create fiscal space for growth-generating investments in the Punjab province.

Pakistan to stay on FATF grey list till:

A. November 2020
B. December 2020
C. February 2021
D. March 2021

Answer

Correct Answer: C. February 2021


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Pakistan will continue to remain on the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for another four months till February 2021 for six out of 27 unmet action plan targets on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT).

Recently in October 2020, Pakistan have signed MoU for Military Cooperation with which country?

A. Qatar
B. Oman
C. Iran
D. Iraq

Answer

Correct Answer: B. Oman


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Pakistan and Oman have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of Military Cooperation. The signing ceremony was held at Defence Complex in Muscat and Pakistan Ambassador Ahsan Wagan and Secretary-General, Ministry of Defence, Oman Muhammad bin Nasir bin Muhammad signed the MoU.

Who is the current Special Assistant to PM (Pakistan) for Information and Broadcasting?

A. Raoof Hasan
B. Ghulam Sarwar
C. Shehryar Afridi
D. Asim Saleem Bajwa

Answer

Correct Answer: A. Raoof Hasan 


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Prime Minister Imran Khan on October 23, 2020, appointed Raoof Hasan, who is the brother of Fawad Hasan Fawad, the former principal secretary to then prime minister Nawaz Sharif, as special assistant to the PM (SAPM) on the information. The post was lying vacant since the resignation of the former SAPM retired Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa.

Which country announced on October 27, 2020 it will send a security assessment delegation to Pakistan?

A. England
B. Australia
C. South Africa
D. New Zealand

Answer

Correct Answer: C. South Africa


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Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on October 27, 2020, it will send a security assessment delegation to Pakistan this weekend with a view to playing in the country in early 2021.

When deadly blast took place at Peshawar religious school?

A. October 24, 2020
B. October 25, 2020
C. October 26, 2020
D. October 27, 2020

Answer

Correct Answer: D. October 27, 2020


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An explosion at a religious seminary in Pakistan’s northern city of Peshawar has killed at least eight people and injured 136 others. The deadly blast took place at about 8.30 am at the Jamia Zuberia religious school in Dir Colony, where about 500 students were gathered to hear a lecture by influential cleric Rahimullah Haqqani. Most of them were between 20 and 30 years old and from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan regions of Pakistan, as well as some from Afghanistan.

Pakistan will observe October 27, 2020 as:

A. Black Day
B. Solidatory Day
C. Freedom day
D. Blood Day

Answer

Correct Answer: A. Black Day


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Pakistan will observe October 27 as ‘Black Day’ at the national and international level to express solidarity with the people of Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), facing unlawful occupation and gross human rights violation for the last 73 years.

The Orange Line Metro Train, the country` first electricity-run mass transit project, was inaugurated on:

A. October 24, 2020
B. October 25, 2020
C. October 26, 2020
D. October 27, 2020

Answer

Correct Answer: B. October 25, 2020


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The Orange Line Metro Train, the country` first electricity-run mass transit project, was inaugurated on Sunday with October 25, 2020 the ruling PTI and opposition squabbling over the credit.

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