Current Affairs

Option: D
Explanation : Pakistan provisionally received over $9.76 billion of foreign assistance in the first eleven months (July-May) of the financial year 2018-19 against $10.448 billion during the same period of 2017-18. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government borrowed $543.96 million from foreign commercial banks in May, bringing the total to $3.727 billion under this head in July-May 2018-19, compared to $3.494 billion borrowed during the same period of 2017-18.
This does not include the $5 billion in deposits from friendly countries. The PML-N government had budgeted foreign assistance of $9.69 billion for 2018-19 including $394.34 million grants and $9.297 billion loans, as shown in the EAD data. The country received $11.486 billion against the budgeted assistance of $8.094 billion for 2017-18 including $3.716 billion from foreign commercial banks.

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Option: C
Explanation : World-famous stuntman, Sultan Muhammad Khan, aka Sultan Golden, claims to have broken the record of fastest reverse driving, which was previously held by an American driver.
According to Sultan, American driver set a world record by reserve-driving a car at 58.8 kilometers per hour. He claims to have set a new world record at a speed of 112 kilometers per hour. Sultan Golden, who is also a jumping specialist, said he created this record while rehearsing for the upcoming Chitral Shandur Polo Tournament in Saidu Sharif, Swat. Golden was hopeful that during the Shandur Polo festival, he would create three more records. The event is scheduled from 7 to 9 July in Swat.

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Option: A
Explanation : Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik confirmed his retirement from one-day cricket without making a farewell appearance in his side’s victory over Bangladesh on Friday-05-july-2019.
The 37-year-old will continue to play the Twenty20 format, but he admitted it was an emotional moment to call time on his ODI career.
Malik appeared in 287 one-day internationals and scored 7,534 runs with nine hundreds. His last appearance came in the defeat against arch rivals India in Manchester on June 16. As an off-spinner he finished with 158 wickets, while he also captained Pakistan in 41 ODIs.

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Option: B
Explanation : Pakistan’s rising star batsman Babar Azam on Friday-05-July-2019 became the leading run-scorer for Pakistan in a single World Cup edition, breaking Javed Miandad’s record of 437 runs from 1992.
Babar, who missed out on his second century of World Cup 2019 by just 4 runs, finished with 474 runs in what could be Pakistan’s last match at the ongoing tournament.
Miandad’s record stood the test of time for a lengthy period of 27 years before Babar owned it in style against Bangladesh. The third on the list is Saeed Anwar with 368 runs in the 1999 edition of the mega event, followed by Misbah-ul-Haq with 350 runs in 2015 World Cup and Ramiz Raja with 349 runs twice in 1987 and 1992 tournaments.

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Option: D
Explanation :Pakistan’s teenage pace sensation Shaheen Shah Afridi on Friday became the youngest ever player to take five wickets in a World Cup 2019 match against Bangladesh.
Shaheen, aged 19 years and 90 days, got wickets of Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Mehmudullah, Mustafizur Rehman and Mohammad Saifuddin to finish with figures of 6 for 35 from 9.1 overs in Pakistan’s World Cup game against Bangladesh at Lord’s.
Shaheen surpassed Kenya’s Collins Obuya, who in 2003 World Cup had got 5 wickets against Sri Lanka at the age of 21 years 212 days.
He has now 16 World Cup wickets as a teenager, most World Cup wickets by any at this stage of life, surpassing his countryman Abdul Razzaq who had taken 13 wickets as a teenager in 1999 World Cup.

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Option: C
Explanation :Pakistani playback and qawwali singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan received an honorary doctorate by Oxford University on 26-june-2019.
” I am honoured to be accepting this degree from Oxford university, a world famous educational institution,” said Khan ahead of the ceremony in Oxford. “This will be a very special day for me, my family and also my fans who have shared this honour with me. I am happy that my music has allowed me to reach such incredible heights.”

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Option: A
Explanation :Techno Summit is a platform which educates and connects Pakistanis who have creative and innovative tech-related ideas and IT companies. Now, this event is coming to interior Sindh and it will take place on 7th July 2019 from 12 pm to 12 am at Sari Banquet, Latifabad, in Hyderabad.

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Option: B
Explanation :The world’s largest database about cities and countries worldwide, Numbeo, has ranked Switzerland as the most expensive country to live in.
According to the website, Switzerland the most expensive country to live as per the index, has a rent index of 50.25 and the purchasing power index of 129.7. Iceland is the second most expensive country with a cost of living index of 101.86 and the purchasing power index of 129.7

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Option: D
Explanation :The world’s largest database about cities and countries worldwide, Numbeo, has ranked Pakistan as the most economical country to live in.
According to the website, Pakistan has the lowest cost of living while Switzerland has the highest. The cost of living index of Pakistan in 2019 is recorded as 20.4 with a rent index of 4.5. The cost of living plus rent index is 12.76 while the groceries index is 18.25. Pakistan’s local purchasing power index stands at 38.61.

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Option: C
Explanation :The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $235 million loan to help develop a bus rapid transit (BRT) system with innovative energy and climate resilience features that will enhance access to quality public transport for people in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest and most populated city.
The Karachi Bus Rapid Transit Red Line Project will deliver the 26.6-kilometer (km) Bus Rapid Transit Line Red Line corridor and associated facilities benefiting as many as 1.5 million people, about 10% of Karachi’s population, who live within a kilometer of a Red Line BRT station. More than 300,000 passengers per day are expected on the Red Line BRT routes.

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