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March 07, 2021: National / International Current Affairs

1. Imran wins trust of NA amid opposition boycott

• Three days after giving its verdict in favour of opposition`s candidate Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in the hotly-contested election on a Senate seat from Islamabad, the National Assembly on March 6, 2021 expressed its confidence in Prime Minister Imran Khan, even giving him two votes more than what he had polled at the time of his election in 2018.
• While the voting process on the resolution moved by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi reposing `confidence in the prime minister as required under Clause 7 of Article 91` remained smooth amid boycott of the session by the opposition, violence erupted outside the Parliament House as leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) and charged Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) workers clashed after gathering at the same D-Chowk where Mr Khan while in the opposition had staged a 126-day-long sit-in seven years ago to protest the alleged rigging in the 2013 elections

2. Two martyred in attack on Pakistan Navy vehicle

• Two Pakistan Navy men were martyred and another was injured in an attack on their vehicle in the Ganz area in the coastal district of Gwadar on March 6, 2021.
• Official sources said the Pakistan Navy`s vehicle was on its way to Ganz from Jiwani when unidentified attackers opened bre on it with automatic weapons.
• One sailor of Pakistan Navy and a barber were martyred and another Navy man suffered injuries, a security official said

3. Senate passes Rs30 trillion Biden Covid rescue plan

• The US Senate on March 6, 2021 voted to approve a $1.9 trillion (Rs298,280 billion) relief package that President Joe Biden vows will revive the country´s pandemic-stricken economy, capping hours of debate, frenzied negotiations and a marathon overnight voting session.
• Passed by 50 votes to 49 in a party line vote, the sweeping legislation now heads back to the Democratic-majority House of Representatives, where it is expected to be adopted barring a last-minute setback. Even without the progressive priority of a minimum wage increase to $15 an hour, the stimulus bill marks a victory for Biden’s Democrats as they put their stamp on the recovery from a pandemic that has killed over 500,000 in the United States and hobbled its economy

4. TTP commanders among 8 terrorists killed in Waziristan

• The Security Forces on March 6, 2021 killed eight terrorists in two separate intelligence based operations (IBOs) in North Waziristan. At least three Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commanders were also among the dead, Pakistan Army said on March 6, 2021.
• The Security Forces conducted two separate IBOs on terrorist hideouts in Boya and Dosalli areas of North Waziristan, says a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate. During exchange of fire, eight terrorists including three terrorist commanders including Abdul Aneer alias Adil (TTP Toofan group), Junaid alias Jamid (TTP Tariq group) and Khaliq Shadeen alias Rehan (TTP Sadiq Noor group) were killed, it added

5. Pak role vital to maintain peace in Afghanistan: US

• The US State Department has stated that the peace in Afghanistan cannot be established without the cooperation of its neighbouring Pakistan but the historical “Doha agreement” between the US and Taliban was still under review.
• It has been one year since the United States and the Afghan Taliban signed a landmark agreement leading to a political settlement between Kabul and the Taliban insurgents.
• “It would be difficult to establish peace in Afghanistan without Pakistan,” the Urdu Spokesperson of the State Department Zed Tarar stated in the exclusive interview with Geo News in Dubai

6. US envoy, Taliban negotiators express commitment to Doha accord

• Washington`s special envoy to Afghanistan met Taliban negotiators in Qatar, the insurgents said on March 6, 2021, as efforts are intensified to revive a peace process that faces mounting violence and a US troop withdrawal deadline.
• The US envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, held talks in Kabul recently with Afghan leaders, including President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, chair of Afghanistan`s High Council for National Reconciliation that oversees the government`s talks with the insurgents in Qatar.

7. Pope, top Shia cleric plead for `peace` in historic Iraq encounter

• Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, one of the top Shia clerics, told Pope Francis in an important meeting in Iraq on March 6, 2021 that the country`s Christians should live in `peace`.
• The meeting, on the second day of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, marked an important moment in modern religious history.
• Pope Francis later addressed the rich spectrum of Iraq`s religious communities at Ur, where he made an impassioned plea for `unity` after conflict.

8. Pentagon weighs keeping on National Guard at US Capitol

• The Pentagon is considering extending the stay of National Guard troops brought in to beef up security at the US Capitol after the assault by supporters of Donald Trump, officials said March 6, 2021.
• “We are in receipt of a formal request from the Capitol Police for continued National Guard assistance at the Capitol complex,” Defense Department spokesman John Kirby said. He told reporters that the time frame in question was the “next couple of months.”
• Kirby did not say what threat this period might correspond to, but Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman last month reported threats from extremist groups to try to keep President Joe Biden from delivering his State of the Union speech. The date of this address by the US president to both houses of Congress has not been announced

9. NASA`s new Mars rover hits dusty red road

• The Mars rover Perseverance has successfully conducted its first test drive on the Red Planet, the US space agency NASA said on March 6, 2021.
• The six-wheeled rover travelled about 6.5 metres (21.3 feet) in 33 minutes, NASA said.
• It drove four metres forward, turned in place 150 degrees to the left, and then backed up 2.5 metres, leaving tire tracks in the Martian dust

10. Japan beat Pakistan in Davis Cup World Group-I tie

• Japan continued their unbeaten run against Pakistan in the Davis Cup World Group-I tie, outsmarting them 4-0 at the Pakistan Sports Complex grass courts on March 6, 2021.
• Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Aqeel Khan, who had already conceded 2-0 defeat on Friday in the singles, seemed off-colour against young Japanese pair of Shintaro Mochizuki and Sho Shimabukuro. Pakistan duo of Aisam and Aqeel though started the tie well and after a tough fight, managed to win the first set 6-4. But this was all that the Pakistan tennis stars could get from the match, as the Japanese pair bounced back strongly and won the second set 6-4 and then played more aggressive tennis in the third set and conceded just two points to win the set 6-2 and also earned an unassailable 3-0 lead.

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