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February 15, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Army chief holds rare same-day talks with President, PM

• Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa on February 14, 2022 met President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran.
• Although the army chief`s meeting with the prime minister took place on the sidelines of the apex committee on Afghanistan`s session, it is rare for an army chief to meet both heads of the state and the government on the same day.
• The brevity of a statement on Khan-Bajwa meeting issued by the PM Office added to the curiosity of political observers about what could have been possibly discussed between them.
• All that the PMO had to say about the meeting was `Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa called on Prime Minister Imran Khan today.

2. Pakistan, Iran form joint working group on border issues

• Pakistan and Iran established a joint working group of their interior ministries on February 14, 2022 to deal with border-related matters.
• The group was set up during a daylong visit of Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi.
• The Iranian minister met Prime Minister Imran Khan, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa. The discussions, which took place in the backdrop of recent terrorism incidents in Balochistan, were dominated by border security.
• Mr Vahidi`s visit followed close on the heels of ISI Chief Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum`s unannounced trip to Iran over the past few days

3. NA panel defers key bills under IMF programme

• The National Assembly`s Standing Committee on Finance on February 14, 2022 did not approve four key government bills, including those on fiscal responsibility and debt limitation and management of state-owned enterprises, required under the ongoing programme of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
• The committee meeting, presided over by PTI MNA Faiz Ullah, discussed the State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Governance and Operations Bill, 2021 but decided to defer it after the members opposed allowing hundreds of entities to have their own procurement rules.
• The members agreed that uniform procurement rules as were applicable at present under the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) had limitations to effectively deal with all state owned entities and get the best out of public money but it was also another extreme to allow different SOEs to set their own procurement rules

4. Wheat trucks from Wagah to proceed toll-free till Torkham

• Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has announced that Afghan trucks carrying wheat from India through Pakistan to the war-torn country would be allowed to pass toll-free.
• Islamabad has completed arrangements to facilitate the supply of wheat by India to Afghanistan on humanitarian grounds and assigned the customs department to ensure hassle-free formalities.
• Under the arrangement, 60 trucks would reach Wagah Border (Lahore) from Afghanistan to further travel to Attari (India) and collect the first consignment of wheat from Indian authorities.

5. Russia-Ukraine crisis to hurt Pakistan`s current account

• The looming military crisis on the seemingly distant border of Russia and Ukraine may result in the deterioration of Pakistan`s current account balance, a research report by Ismail Iqbal Securities said on February 14, 2022.
• The crisis is likely to cause another rally in the prices of energy, food commodities and semiconductor chips. Pakistan will take a direct hit as the bulk of its wheat imports are from Ukraine. Islamabad received 39 per cent of its total imported wheat from Kyiv in the last fiscal year.
• `Any disruption in wheat imports will result in higher food prices in addition to higher energy prices,` the brokerage said.
• Russia has amassed over 100,000 troops along the 2,300-kilometre Ukraine border to pressure Ukraine and the European Union through joint military drills with Belarus. In response, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), a Western military alliance, has put 4,000 troops on standby in Eastern Europe

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6. Arab states stress women`s rights to Taliban in aid talks

• Gulf envoys stressed on February 14, 2022 that women must be able to work and go to school, in talks with the Taliban foreign minister as Afghanistan`s hardline Islamic rulers made a new bid to unblock foreign aid.
• Amir Khan Muttagi, a key member of the Taliban leadership that took over Kabul six months ago, met in Doha with ambassadors from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on the first full day of his latest mission, where he is also to hold talks with European envoys.
• The Taliban have been struggling to unfreeze billions of dollars of assets abroad and get sanctions lifted as it faces pressure over its treatment of women and supporters of the Western-backed government toppled last year

7. Erdogan visits UAE to revive long-strained ties

• Turkey`s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on February 14, 2022 visited the United Arab Emirates for the first time in nearly a decade, to revive relations that were long strained by regional disputes.
• He was greeted in the capital Abu Dhabi by Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the UAE`s de facto ruler, who had travelled to Ankara in November on the first high-level visit to Turkey since 2012.
• That trip `marked the beginning of a new era in relations,` Erdogan said at Istanbul airport before leaving for his two day visit. `We are planning to tal(e steps that will bring relations back to the level they deserve

8. Israeli PM starts first-ever visit to Bahrain

• Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrived in Bahrain on February 14, 2022 for the first-ever official visit by an Israeli head of government to the Gulf state, a reporter said.
• Bennett`s visit is the latest such initiative following the US-brokered 2020 Abraham Accords, which defied decades of Arab consensus that ruled out ties with Israel in the absence of a solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict.
• Bahrain and its close ally the United Arab Emirates became only the third and fourth Arab states following Egypt and Jordan to establish ties with Israel when they signed on to the pacts negotiated under former US president Donald Trump

9. Putin, Lavrov agree to give diplomacy a chance

• Russia held the door open on February 14, 2022 to further talks on resolving its standoff with the West and said some of its military drills were ending, signalling a possible easing of the crisis over Ukraine.
• While the comments from President Vladimir Putin and his foreign and defence ministers seemed to offer hope of a de-escalation, the Pentagon said Russia had strengthened its forces amassed on the border with Ukraine over the weekend.
• Putin `continues to add forces along that border with Ukraine and in Belarus, even just over the course of the week end, he`s well north of 100,000,` spokesman John Kirby told CNN

10. HBL Pakistan Super League United clinch last-ball thriller to eliminate Kings

• Islamabad United needed a hero. Up stepped Waqas Maqsood.
• In an enthralling finish at the Gaddafi Stadium on Monday night, the 34-yearold picked two wickets and ran out Chris Jordan on the final delivery to seal a one run victory for his side and put winless Karachi Kings out of the playoffs race.
• Stunning half-centuries by Imad Wasim (55) and Qasim Akram (51 not out) had brought back Kings from the dead and they needed eight runs to win in the final over of their HBL Pakistan Super League clash.

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