Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 05, 2022) for CSS, PMS

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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 05, 2022) for CSS, PMS

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March 05, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Attack on Shia mosque claims 57 lives

• At least 57 worshippers lost their lives and194 others were injured when a suicide attacker detonated himself inside a Shia mosque in the Koocha Risaldar area of Peshawar`s old city neighbourhood on March 4, 2022, rescue and police personnel said.
• The Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) confirmed the death toll and injuries in the attack. LRH spokesperson Muhammad Asim said 10 of the injured were in critical condition, while nine of the bodies were charred beyond recognition.
• KP police chief Moazzam Jah Ansari said the lone attacker, who was on foot, first killed one of the police guards and then wounded the other before entering the mosque`s hall, some 25 yards away, where he detonated the explosives attached to his body in the third row of worshippers

2. Pakistan remains on `grey list` as UAE also joins the club

• With just two unmet targets out of 34 action points, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has retained Pakistan on its terrorism financing `grey list` and asked the country to address the remaining deficiencies in its financial system as soon as possible.
• However, at the concluding session of its hybrid plenary meeting on Friday, the Paris-based global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog also appreciated Pakistan`s robust progress on its global commitments to fight financial crimes.
• The FATF added the United Arab Emirates to its increased monitoring list, also known as the grey list, of countries with inadequate controls over terrorism financing. The watchdog also decided to appoint. Raja Kumar of Singapore as its next president for a fixed two-year term.
• Pakistan was placed on the list in 2018, which made foreign firms more cautious about investing in the country.

3. Alvi gives up constitutional immunity in PTV attack case

• President Dr Arif Alvi on March 4, 2022 appeared before the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) here and submitted an application seeking withdrawal of his constitutional immunity, asking the judge to decide the case against him on merit.
• During the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf`s (PTI) months-long sit-in in 2014, police had invoked the Anti Terrorism Act against PTI chief Imran Khan, who was then in the opposition, and his party leaders Dr Alvi, Asad Umar, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Shafqat Mehmood and Raja Khurram Nawaz for inciting violence.
• President Alvi along with other PTI leaders faces trial for allegedly attack-ing the PTV building and Parliament House during the sit-in against the then PML-N government

4. US warns Pakistan of Ukraine war consequences

• The United States said on Friday it had informed Pakistan the war in Ukraine could have both regional and global consequences, even as the Foreign Office objected to the issuance of a press release by a group of 23 envoys earlier this week, saying the move was undiplomatic.
• `We have briefed the government of Pakistan on the impact that Russia`s unprovoked war against Ukraine could have on regional and global security, a US State Department spokesperson told Dawn when asked to respond to these developments.
• However, Pakistan`s UN Ambassador Munir Akram says that Islamabad is not only aware of the consequences of its actions, but also `supports all efforts` to restore peace in Ukraine. not only aware of the consequences of its actions, but also `supports all efforts` to restore peace in Ukraine. In his words, to interpret Pakistan`s position on this issue as an expression of support for Russia `would be a perverse interpretation, especially once seen together with our statement in the UNGA

5. Uzbek president winds up `productive` Pakistan tour

• Pakistan and Uzbekistan on March 4, 2022 agreed to promote science and technology linkages and cooperation between the youths to benefit the people of two countries.
• The bilateral ties were discussed in a meeting between President Arif Alvi and his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who visited the Aiwan-i-Sadr on Friday before wrapping up his two-day official tour to Islamabad.
• The two leaders noted progress on collaboration in education, culture, security and defence and reiterated commitment to continue pursuing common goals of economic development. A wide range of issues of bilateral interest and important regional and international matters were discussed

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6. Balochistan gets women police station after 28 years

• The first police station for women in Balochistan opened its doors on March 4, 2022. The facility in the provincial capital was inaugurated by Inspector General Police (IGP) Balochistan Mohsin Hassan Butt.
• The police station dedicated to serve women in Balochistan came into existence 28 years after the first such facility was set up in the country. Pakistan`s first women police station was inaugurated by late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad onJanuary25,1994.
• Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, IGP Balochistan said, `Keeping in mind the traditional environment of the province, I have been striving to establish a separate police station for women so that they can lodge their complaints with confidence in a peaceful environment

7. Ukraine accuses Russian troops of rape, backs creation of special tribunal

• Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on March 4, 2022 accused Russian troops of raping women and backed a call for the creation of a special tribunal to punish Moscow`s aggression.
• `We have numerous cases of, unfortunately, when Russian soldiers rape women in the Ukrainian cities,` Kuleba told a briefing at London`s Chatham House think tank.
• He did not provide details but supported an appeal by former British prime minister Gordon Brown and a swathe of international law experts for a special tribunal. International law `is the only tool of civilisation that is available to us to make sure that in the end, eventually, all those who made this war possible will be brought to justice,` Kuleba said, as civilian casualties mount in Ukraine

8. Russians take Ukraine nuclear plant; no radiation after fire

• Russian troops on March 4, 2022 seized the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe after a middle-of-the-night attack that set it on fire and briefly raised worldwide fears of a catastrophe in the most chilling turn in Moscow`s invasion of Ukraine yet.
• Firefighters put out the blaze, and no radiation was released, UN and Ukrainian of ficials said, as Russian forces pressed on with their week-old offensive on multiple fronts and the number of refugees fleeing the country topped 1.2 million.
• While the vast Russian armored column threatening Kyiv appeared stalled outside the capital, President Vladimir Putin`s military has launched hundreds of missiles and artil1ery attacks on cities and other sites around the country, and made significant gains on the ground in the south in an apparent bid to cut off Ukraine`s access to the sea

9. UN panel to probe rights violations during war

• In a diplomatic victory for Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Council on March 4, 2022 overwhelmingly voted to create a top-level investigation into violations committed following Russia`s invasion of Ukraine.
• However, in a setback for the war-torn country, Nato declined to impose a no-fly-zone over it, despite Kyiv`s appeals for urgent measures to stop Russian bombardments.
• Thirty-two members of the 47-seat UN rights council voted to establish the highest-level probe possible into alleged rights violations, in a bid to hold perpetrators responsible.

10. Cricketing world reels from loss of two Aussie greats

• The cricketing world on Friday lost two all time greats of the game; one who cut a distinctive, mustachioed figure behind the stumps for Australia, while the other was arguably the greatest leggie to ever step onto a cricketing pitch.
• 74-year-old Rodney Marsh, who played 96 Tests and later remained a national selector, had been in an induced coma and passed away peacefully in an Adelaide hospital on Friday morning, his family confirmed. He had suffered a heart attack during a fundraising event in Queensland last week.
• But mere hours after he condoled the death of the Aussie wicket-keeper on Twitter, Shane Keith Warne a larger-than-life character whose tally of 708 Test wickets has only been surpassed by Muttiah Muralitharan was found unresponsive in his villa on the Thai island of Koh Samui

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