Category: Pakistan Current Affairs October 2022

Correct Answer: B. Riphah International University

Pakistan Association of Lifestyle Medicine-PALM in Collaboration with RIPHAH Institute of Lifestyle Medicine-RILM is organising 3rd international Lifestyle Medicine Conference on 26th, 27th and 28th October 22 in Marriott Islamabad, Pakistan. IBLM exam will be held in Marriott on 30th October 2022. The theme of the conference was ‘Science of Preventing, Arresting and Reversing Disease’, says a press conference.

Correct Answer: C. November 01, 2022

Prime Minis­ter Shehbaz Sharif is all set to embark on his maiden visit to China on Nov 1 to give fresh impetus to the bilateral ties with Beijing, after concluding his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia where he attended an investment summit and convinced Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to order the release of Pakistani prisoners detained in April. Mr. Sharif has been invited to China on a two-day official visit by Li Keqiang, the outgoing Chinese premier, in the first week of November.

Correct Answer: D. October 30, 2022

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will resume its weekly flight from Islamabad to Beijing on Oct 30 after approval from the Chinese aviation authority, official sources said on 28 October 2022. The national carrier’s flights on the Islamabad-Beijing-Islamabad route were resumed after over two and a half years. In 2020, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) stopped all international flights to and from Beijing in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The PIA operated its last flight on the route on Feb 10, 2020.

Correct Answer: C. The Legend of Maula Jatt

Hot fantasy actioner The Legend of Maula Jatt has hit a historic milestone, becoming the highest-grossing Pakistani film ever worldwide in only its second week of release, and the first to cross PKR 100cr ($4.5M) globally.

Correct Answer: B. 53

According to the Freedom Network’s Annual Impunity 2022 report, 53 Pakistani journalists were killed between 2012 and 2022 but the perpetrators were convicted in only two out of these 53 cases.

Correct Answer: B. Lieutenant General Nadeem Anjum 

In a major development, DG ISI Lt. Gen Nadeem and DG ISPR  Lt. Gen Babur Iftikhar recently held a press conference to address the killing of senior journalist Arshad Sharif. This is the first time in Pakistan’s history that the head of the country’s spy agency has directly addressed the media. During the press conference, DG ISPR termed Arshad Sharif’s death an unfortunate incident and called him an icon of journalism in Pakistan. Speaking on the cypher issue, Lt Gen Babar Iftikhar said that the ISPR informed the National Security Committee (NSC) that no proof was found regarding the conspiracy against the Imran Khan-led PTI government.

Correct Answer: A. Saudi Future Investment Initiative

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday arrived in Saudi Arabia on a two-day visit, mainly to attend the Future Investment Initiative Summit dubbed as “Davos in the desert” being held in Riyadh from October 25-27. At the airport, the Governor of Riyadh Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received the prime minister who was accompanied by a delegation comprising the federal ministers.

Correct Answer: B. $1.5

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $1.5 billion in financing to help the Government of Pakistan provide social protection, promote food security, and support employment for its people amid devastating floods and global supply chain disruptions. The loan, provided under ADB’s Building Resilience with Active Countercyclical Expenditures (BRACE) Program, will help fund the government’s $2.3 billion countercyclical development expenditure program designed to cushion the impacts of external shocks, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Correct Answer: B. October 25, 2022

The 25th of October will witness the second partial solar eclipse which will be visible in different cities in Pakistan. The partial solar eclipse is the last solar eclipse of the year. For people in Pakistan, the partial solar eclipse will begin at around 1:58 pm PST and will end at 6:20 pm PST. According to the Department of Meteorology, the second partial solar eclipse of this year can be seen in most areas of the country including Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore Peshawar, and Quetta.