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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 13, 2022) for CSS, PMS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 13, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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March 13, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Pakistan demands joint probe into Indian missile fiasco

• Rejecting India`s claim to hold a `court of inquiry` of the `accidental` firing of BrahMos missile, Pakistan on March 12, 2022 proposed to New Delhi a joint probe into the incident to establish facts since the missile had landed into Pakistani territory.
• The Foreign Office (FO) also asked why India failed to inform Pakistan immediately about the `accidental launch` of the missile and raised questions regarding the Indian safeguards against such happenings.
• `Indian decision to hold an internal court of inquiry is not sufficient since the missile ended up in Pakistani territory. Pakistan demands a joint probe to accurately establish the facts surrounding the incident,` the FO said in a statement issued in response to Indian Defence Ministry`s explanation about the missile that struck a private property in Mian Channu on Wednesday evening after flying in from across the border.
• India claimed that missile was `fired accidentally` during a routine maintenance operation because of a technical malfunction and said a `high-level court of enquiry` had been ordered into the incident.
• Pakistani authorities do not trust the Indian version.

2. 89 indicted for Sialkot lynching

• An anti-terrorism court on March 12, 2022 indicted 89 individuals accused of lynching a Sri Lankan factory manager in Sialkot over blasphemy allegations.
• The victim, 49-year-old Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, was tortured to death and his body was set on fire in December by furious workers of the Rajco Industries garment factory, where he was a manager.
• An FIR was later registered against 900 workers at the Uggoki police station for aggravated murder and burning of the body against dozens of unidentified people under terrorism and murder provisions. Several suspects were arrested in the following days

3. Facility set up for transfer of goods between Pakistan, Iran

• The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to set up a border terminal at Taftan.
• Law and Procedures Secretary Mohammad Rizwan issued a notification for opening the Bazarcha Border terminal at Taftan, allowing the cargo transport to carry goods between Iran and Pakistan.
• The terminal includes 30 acres of land required at the terminal for loading and unloading and clearance of goods.
• The decision is expected to create employment and business opportunities for people in the border area

4. First locally assembled European vehicle launched

• Lucky Motor Corporation (LMC) on March 12, 2022 officially launched the country`s first locally assembled European vehicle Peugeot 2008 SUV followed by the opening of eight 3S dealerships in six cities.
• Peugeot is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis. LMC will assemble various Peugeot models locally and is currently exploring opportunities to distribute these by early next year.
• At the launch event, LMC CEO Asif Rizvi said the company has invested Rs4 billion in the Peugeot project including plant, machinery and sales network which led to the creation of 650 jobs. He said LMC is set to change the automotive landscape of Pakistan by introducing a European brand

5. Afghan embassy in Washington to close for want of funds

• The Afghan embassy in Washington, under severe financial pressure and cut off from the new Taliban government in Kabul, will close down in the coming week, a senior State Department official confirmed on March 12, 2022.
• Its diplomats, holdovers from the old government, now have a month to apply for US visas before being deported though not back to Afghanistan, the official said.
• Around 100 diplomats currently work at the embassy in Washington or at Afghan consulates in Los Angeles and in New York, according to The New York Times.
• Roughly one-fourth have yet to apply to remain in the US, the American official said

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6. Russia plans asset seizure of companies shutting operations

• The Evropeisky mall in Moscow was once a symbol of a Russia integrated into the global consumer economy, with atriums named after cities like London, Paris and Rome.
• But now large parts of the seven story shopping centre have gone quiet after Western brands from Apple to Victorias Secret closed their Russian operations in the two weeks since the country invaded Ukraine.
• Hundreds of companies have similarly announced plans to curtail ties to Russia, with the pace accelerating over the past week as the deadly violence and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine worsens, and as Western governments ratchet up economic sanctions.

7. Europe concerned Russian demands may lead to collapse of Iran talks

• France, Britain and Germany warned Russia on March 12, 2022 that its demands to have its trade guaranteed with Iran risked the collapse of an almost-completed nuclear deal.
• Negotiators have reached the final stages of discussions to restore the so called JCPOA deal, which lifted sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear programme.
• However, last Saturday Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov unexpectedly demanded sweeping guarantees that Russian trade with Iran would not be affected by sanctions imposed on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine

8. S. Arabia puts to death record 81 people in one day

• Saudi Arabia said on March 12, 2022 it executed a record 81 people in one day for a variety of terrorism-related offences, exceeding the total number it sentenced to death last year.
• All had been `found guilty of committing multiple heinous crimes`, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported, saying they included convicts linked to the militant Islamic State (IS) group, or Al Qaeda, Yemen`s Houthi rebel forces or `other terrorist organisations`.
• Those executed had been plotting attacks in the kingdom -including killing of a large number of civilians and members of the security forces, the SPA statement read

9. Zaheer Abbas inducted into PCB Hall of Fame

• Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas was formally inducted into the Pakistan Cricket Boards Hall of Fame on March 12, 2022.
• The 74-year-old former batter received his commemorative cap and plaque from PCB chief executive Faisal Hasnain during the lunch break of the second Test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi`s National Stadium.
• Zaheer is the third PCB Hall of Famer after Fazal Mahmood and Wasim Akram to be formally inducted, with the remaining five inductions to take place in due course

10. Khalid elected ASBC director

• President of the Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) Khalid Mahmood has been elected on the board of directors of the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) during an elective congress held in Amman, Jordan, it was officially announced on March 12, 2022.
• According to a press release issued by the PBF, Pichai Chunhavajira, the president of Thailand boxing association, has been elected as ASBC president

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