(CSS Aluies) 4 September 14 2022 Daily Top 10 Current Affairs 1. PM vetoes another summary to raise prices of medicines © Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on September 13, 2022 vetoed another proposal seeking an ‘increase in the prices of 10 medicines up to 25 per cent, saying he cannot suppart such a move. * However, a senior official of the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS), wishing not to be named, sald the majority of the medicines whose prices were sought to be raised were meant for rare diseases, while one was included on the directions of the Sindh High Court. 2. Festering food crisis worries Red Cross; Guterres terms floods “unnatural” * International agencies have sounded the alarm over the acute food crisis expected to hit Pakistan in the wake of catastrophic floods as the UN chief declared that climate change Impacts were “heading into uncharted territories of destruction’. * The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned on September 13, 2022 that the number of acutely hungry people in Pakistan was expected to rise substantially, since at least 43 per cent of the pap- ulation was said to be food Insecure even before the floods hit. 3. Six killed, seven injured in Swat, Kohat blasts * Two districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were rocked by blasts within a span of a few hours on ‘Tuesday evening, targeting a police station in Kohat and a former peace committee head and police officials in Swat. * Six persons, including a former Aman Committee head and two policemen, were killed when a remote-controlled bornb struck their vehicle in the Ghlo Kandaw area of Kabal in the Swat valley. * Former peace committee head Idrees Khan, two police guards Ramail and Tauheed, and a child were on their way fram Kotakay to Bandai village when the bomb, planted on a dirt road, went off, leaving the four people dead on the spot. Two pedestrians were also killed in the blast 4. Chinese firm contacted for repair of Rohri-Karachi section * Asthe current deficit of the Pakistan Railways (PR) stands at Rs!3 billion, it will take 15 to 20 years more to make it a self sufficient organisation, warned federal minister Khwaja Saad Rafique * Speaking with citizen representatives and the media here on Tuesday, Mr Rafique said a Chinese railway company had been asked to repair the Rohri-Karachi railway section first. * The rickety section is notoriaus for causing a number of trains accidents claiming lives of passengers and Frequent derailments. 5. Italy to back Pakistan's GSP Plus renewal bid * Italy, an Septernber 13, 2022, said It would support Pakistan for renewal of the EU's Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus or GSP+ concession. * Addressing the business community during his visit to Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICI), Deputy Head of Mission at the Italian Embassy Dr Roberto Neccia also suggested Pakistan ta send sectar-specific trade missions to Italy to explore untapped areas of mutual coop- eration. facebook.com/CSSTimes facebook.com/icepnetworkC A September GSS, Times 14 2022 Daily Top 10 Current Affairs 6. Three soldiers martyred in cross-border attack © Three army soldiers embraced martyrdom in Kurram tribal district when terrorists attacked them from Afghanistan. * According to a statement issued by ISPR, terrorists from inside Afghanistan opened fire across the international border on Pakistani troops in general area Kharlachi, Kurram district. © Pakistan Army responded in a befitting manner. As per credible intelligence reports, terrorists suffered heavy casualties 7. Russia hits back after setbacks in Ukraine's east * Russia said It was carrying out ‘massive strikes’ across the Ukrainian front line and accused Ukrainian soldiers of abusing civilians in territories recaptured in a dramatic counter-offensive. ‘* Moscow's retaliation came after it was forced to pull back its troops from swathes of the northeast, particularly In the Kharkiv region, following Kyiv's lightning assault to wrest back terrain. 8. Kabul denies UN accusations of violating women’s rights * Taliban authorities condemned UN accusations that they are violating the rights of women to work in Afghanistan, insisting thousands are employed in the country's public sector. But Sharafuddin Sharaf, chief of staff at the ministry of labour and social affairs, said that many women were being paid despite nat attending work, as offices were not set up for proper segrega- tion of the sexes. “Working together in one office is not possible in our islamic system,’ he said, a day after a United Nations rights expert said there had been a ‘staggering regression” in women’s rights since the Taliban's return to power in August 9. Nearly 100 killed in Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes * Armenia and Azerbaijan reported nearly 100 troop deaths on September 13, 2022 in their worst fighting since a 2020 war over the disputed Nagorno Karabakh regian. * The last wave of fighting over Azerbaijan's tense Armenian populated enclave ended in a fragile truce brokered by Russia. * But on Tuesday, the Azeri defence ministry said “SO Azerbaijani servicemen died as a result of Armenia's largescale provocation’, while Armenia earller reported the deaths of at least 49 of its soldiers. 10. Xi vows to ‘defend common security’ ahead of Central Asia visit * China's President Xi Jinping on September 13, 2022 vowed to ‘defend common security’ with Kazakhstan, state media reported, as he prepares to travel to Central Asia this week. * Xi's state visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan from Wednesday to Friday will be his first trip abroad since the early days of the coranavirus pandemic, facebook.com/CSSTimes facebook.com/icepnetwork@ DAILY NEWS WORLD TIMES INSTITUTE Tae Thmoueune sneer: eee pee 1. US expects Pakistan to keep up terror fight. 2. Govt rules out use of imported fuel in future power plants. 3. Even friendly countries ‘fatigued’ by our aid seeking: PM 4. Action taken on 5,000 harassment complaints in four years: ombudsperson 5. Provincial assemblies' performance declined in fourth year: report 6. Rupee falls for ninth session in a row, hits 234 to dollar. 7. EU seeks $140 billion from energy firms to insulate consumers from energy crisis.@ DAILY NEWS WORLD TIMES INSTITUTE THURSDAY Po ANCiC Hint sineace eee 1+ chy SOTETE 2022) 8. Iran wants closer ties with UAE, says FM. 9. Xi lands in Uzbekistan ahead of meeting with Putin. 10. Govt rules out use of imported fuel in future power plants. 11. US sets up new fund for Kabul with Afghanistan's own money. sawanain's. MAGAZINE WORLD TIME Aspirants' #4 Choice For CSS Exam To guarantee you never miss a single issue, SUBSCRIBE NOW & Get FREE Woll Size Coloured Map 0302-5556802