CURRENT AFFAIR
CSS Preliminary Test
31st Oct, 21
1. Taliban supreme leader makes first public
appearance talking to supporters in S.city
of Kandahar, ⇛ first appearance since
taking control of group in 2016
2. UN chief asks Sudan army to reverse coup
2nd Nov, 21
1. Germany signed a €129 million financial
cooperation agreement with Pakistan for
financing development projects in the
country. Funds will be allocated to
different projects in Pakistan including for
digital governance, social protection,
promotion of startups, enhanced use of
solar energy, self-employment of women
in the private health sector and
development of hydropower and
renewable energy.
2. Pakistani and Afghan authorities reopened
the Chaman border, Taliban authorities in
Kandahar had closed the border on
October 5
3. The US military would be the world`s
47th largest emitter of greenhouse gases if
it were a country.
4. Former Afghan security personnel,
soldiers joining IS, says Wall street journal
report
5. Taliban ban use of foreign currencies
6. Legendary Arab singer Sabah Fakhri dies
at 88
1st Nov, 21
1. Electric plane crosses the New Zealand
strait for first time, Gary Freedman
made history by becoming 1st man, 40-
minute solo flight
2. Jos Buttler hit the first century of the
ICC Twenty20 World Cup
3. Olympian Gulraiz Akhtar laid to rest on
Nov 1, Gulraiz was a member of the
Pakistan team, which won the gold
medal at the 1968 Mexico Olympic
Games.
3rd Nov, 21
1. PM announced 120 bn relief package ⇛
50 pc subsidy on essential food items
2. CCI gets permanent secretariat ⇛ Article
154 (3)
3. Senate body rejects bill declaring
women`s inheritance fundamental
right
4. KPK nullify PMS screening test
5. China is expanding its nuclear arsenal
much more quickly than anticipated,
says Pentagon
6. Finance takes centre stage at UN
climate talks Focus at the COP26
summit turned on to how the world will
pay for its ambitions to quit fossil fuels
7. UNICEF to directly fund Afghan
teachers, Jeannette Vogelaar, Unicef
Afghanistan`s Chief of Education, said
in an email.
8. S. African author Damon Galgut wins
Booker Prize for his novel The Promise,
about a white family`s failed
commitment to give their Black maid
her own home. 50,000 pounds ($68,175)
English language literary award.
9. Martin Guptill hit 93 and became only
the second man to pass 3,000 Twenty20
International runs as New Zealand

4th Nov, 21
1. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on
Establishment Mohammad Shehzad Arbab
declare CSS screening test
2. The Pakistan Embassy in Washington has
received nomination papers for Sardar
Masood Khan, the country's new envoy for
the US. He will replace Asad Majeed Khan.
3. The FBI released hundreds of pages of
newly declassified documents about its
long effort to explore connections between
the Saudi government and the Sept 11
attacks (9/11 attacks), revealing the scope
of a strenuous but ultimately fruitless
investigation whose outcome many
question to this day.
4. Spanish police have dismantled a
smuggling ring suspected of bringing
hundreds of Pakistani migrants into the
European Union overland in
`life-threatening conditions`, officials
from Bosnia to Italy or Spain
5. The UK became the first country to
approve an anti-Covid pill, as it greenlit
the use of Merck`s antiviral drug to treat
patients suffering from mild to moderate
coronavirus, regulators said.
6. West Indies Cricket in a contrasting
decision has agreed to send its team to the
country for a limited-overs series
comprising three T20 Internationals and
as many One day Internationals in Karachi
next month.
defeated Scotland by 16 runs at the ICC
T20 World Cup
5th Nov, 21
1. New president of Supreme Court Bar
association is Ahsan Bhoon. Ask for
abrogation of article 175-A
(appointment of superior court judges
through JCP)
2. The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called
for an independent investigation into the
murder of Nazim Jokhiyo, an amateur video
reporter based in Malir, Karachi, who posted
video clips about hunting trips of Arab
dignitaries from the Gulf. with the aim of
drawing attention towards hunting of the
Asian houbara bustard, a threatened
species.
3. The World Bank has prepared a study on
developing inland waterways
transportation (IWT) in Pakistan.
4. 14 membered Balochistan cabinet finalized
by Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos
Bizenjo
5. Poet and writer Dr Shadab Ehsani has
been appointed secretary of the
Pakistan Writers` Guild (PWG) Sindh
cabinet.
6. Iran`s atomic agency said on November 5,
2021 that its stockpile of 20 percent
enriched uranium has reached over 210
kilograms (463 pounds). Under the
historic 2015 nuclear deal between Iran
and the World Powers, Iran was not
meant to enrich uranium above 3.67pc.
7. China vowed on November 5, 2021 to
punish `diehard` Taiwan politicians,
saying it would ban several from visiting
the mainland, as tensions between Beijing
and Taipei spiked to their highest level in
years.
8. 60pc people of S. Asian ancestry carry gene
that doubles risk of Covid death, say UK
scientists Oxford university
9. German security services found a
man dead in a street outside the
Russian Embassy in Berlin on Oct 13
was an undercover agent of Russia's
FSB intelligence service, Der

6th Nov, 21
1. Pakistan on November 6, 2021 accepted
an LNG cargo at the highest-ever price
of $30.6 per Million British Thermal
Units (mmbtu) from Qatar Petroleum on
the grounds of averting a possible gas
crisis in the upcoming peak winter
month.
2. A border trade agreement between
Pakistan and Iran will be signed on
Sunday in the Iranian capital by the
presidents of Quetta Chamber of
Commerce and Industry and Zahidan
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
where Adviser to Prime Minister Imran
Khan on Trade Abdul Razak Dawood
arrived a day ago to participate in the
ninth session of the Joint Trade
Committee. ninth joint trade
committee session in Tehran
3. Pakistan and Iran have agreed to take
measures to expand the annual trade
exchanges to $5 billion by the year
2023 (Iranian Minister of Industry,
Mines and Trade Reza Fatemi Amin)
4. The discos of Peshawar, Multan and
Hyderabad selected for WB project to
improve their operational efficiency
$252.96 million, which included
$78.85m for improving grid reliability;
$65.63m for modernising operations
and management; $54.64m for capacity
building and technical assistance $20m
for reform support; $19.91m for
administration and other costs;
$13.94m for financing cost. The
government will contribute $19.91m
5. Special Envoy of the Organisation of
Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for Jammu
and Kashmir, Ambassador Yousef
Spiegel reported on November 5,
2021.
10. Swedish group ABBA released
their first studio album in 40 years on
November 5, 2021.
7th Nov, 21
1. Syed Zahoor Ahmed Agha (Balochistan
governor) took oath from members
2. Members of the opposition parties in
the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly have
been made chairpersons of 9
standing committees of the house.
Speaker Amjad Ali Zaidi in excise of
the powers conferred upon him under
Rule 169 of GB Rules of
Procedure and Conduct of
Business, 2017, has appointed:
● PPP member Sadia Danish as
chairperson of standing committee on
tourism, sports, culture, archaeology
and youth affairs department,
● Nawaz Naji chairman standing
committee on education,
● PML-N`s Mohammad Anwar on
health and local government and
rural development,
● Ayub Waziri of Islami Tehreek
Pakistan chairman standing
committee on food
● PML-N`s Sanam Bibi chairperson
standing committee on social welfare
and women development department
3. US reopens International borders
after 20 months, owing to Covid
4. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa
al-Kadhemi escaped unhurt from an
assassination attempt in which an
explosives-packed drone hit his
Baghdad residence
5. Celebrated drummer Zulfiqar Ali,
popularly known as Pappu Sain,
passed away in Lahore on November
7, 2021, liver cancer
Funeral= shrine of Baba Shah Jamal
laid to rest = Mai Sahiba`s shrine at
 Aldobeay, will arrive here on November his ancestral Chak Juhmra village.
6, 2021 for a six-day visit to Pakistan
and Azad Kashmir. Ambassador Tarig
Bakhit (humanitarian SG of OIC) will
accompany him.
6. Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)
on 4 Nov, shows that the proportion of
voters below the age of 35 years is as
high as 45.84 per cent. 121 million
voters, 55.57m voters are in the age
bracket of 18 to 35 years
7. Nicholas Koumjian told UN reporters
Those responsible for crimes against
civilians in Myanmar will be brought to
account: UN
8. 55% (23 million) people of Afghan
facing food crisis: UN warned
● Deputy Spokesperson for the
Secretary General Farhan Haq
also pointed out that isolated
clashes and violence have
continued countrywide this week.
9. England Australia world cup semi final
10. Getting a foreign visa is not a
fundamental right: LHC

8th Nov, 21 9th Nov, 21

1. Pakistan Navy`s first frigate of Type 1. Govt tastes defeat twice in NA over two
054A/P, the PNS Tughril, has been bills first on a motion moved by PML-N
commissioned at the Hudong Zhonghua MNA Javed Hasnain
Shipyard in China. Ambassador of
Pakistan to China Moin-ul-Haq was the
chief guest on the occasion.
2. NA passes NAB ordinance and journalists
protection bills including one related to
three recent amendments to the
National Accountability Ordinance
(NAO-1999) that gave extension in
service to the incumbent NAB chairman
and its prosecutor general.

• Among these bills was one related to

protection of journalists.

• The other five bills related to

protection against harassment of
women at workplaces, National
Commission on the Rights of Child,
juvenile justice system and
amendments to criminal laws.
3. The UN climate talks entered their final
week on November 8, 2021 with
countries still worlds apart on key issues
including how rapidly the world curbs
carbon emissions and how to help
nations already impacted by global
heating.
4. The UN`s food agency said on
November 8, 2021 the number of
people on the edge off amine in 43
countries had risen to 45 million, as
acute hunger spikes around the world.
5. Astronaut Wang Yaping became the
first Chinese woman to walk in space,
authorities said on November 8, 2021,
as her team completed a six-hour stint
outside the Tiangong (heavenly palace)
space station as part of its ongoing
construction.
6. Ariana Airlines resumes flights between
Afghanistan and Dubai
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