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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 14, 2022) for CSS, PMS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 14, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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March 14, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Fake CNICs sore point in FATF talks: FBR

• Transactions against fake identity cards make it difficult for the government`s negotiators to argue with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) chairman Dr Muhammad Ashfaq said on March 13, 2022.
• He said cases related to Rs3.5 trillion taxes would soon be disposed of as the judiciary has promised to resolve this issue `out of the way`.
• `It becomes difficult to argue with the international community when business on such a large scale is done against fake CNICs. This situation complicates issues with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF),` the FBR chief said while speaking to the business community here at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on March 13, 2022

2. Navy`s firepower show marks end of Sea spark phase

• Pakistan Navy fleet units demonstrated their firepower, combat readiness and war fighting potential through live weapon firing of antiship missiles and torpedoes in the North Arabian Sea on March 13, 2022.
• Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Mohammed Amjad Khan Niazi witnessed the live weapons firing along with senior tri-services officers.
• Reaffirming PN`s war fighting capability and combat potential, Pakistan Navy ships, aircraft and submarines successfully hit their intended targets during the demonstration
• The live weapons firing was conducted on the culmination of the sea phase of PN`s major maritime exercise Seaspark-2022. The exercise was conducted to validate the operational plans and war preparedness of the Pakistan Navy.

3. Pakistan to send emergency aid to war-hit Ukraine

• In an apparent balancing act, Pakistan will send emergency aid to Ukraine as a message of solidarity to the war-stricken people.
• A decision to this effect was taken by the federal cabinet through circulation of an emergency summary for allocation of about Rs60 million along with two aircraft to deliver aid goods in Poland.
• Informed sources said a decision about sending of aid to Ukraine had been taken on the request of the Ukrainian embassy in Islamabad for humanitarian assistance along with a list of urgently-needed items

4. Over 8.2m overseas Pakistanis registered with Nadra

• National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) chairman Tariq Malik on March 13, 2022 said over 8.2 million overseas Pakistanis holding National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (Nicop) had been registered with Nadra and vowed to provide digital solution to most of the problems faced by them.
• `Nadra is a learning organisation and I do not want to miss any opportunity to interact with the overseas Pakistanis to learn from them to improve the system and address the common issues facing them,` he said while addressing the Overseas Pakistanis International Conference (OPIC).
• Mr Malik said the number of overseas Pakistanis possessing both Nicop and machine-readable passports was over six million, adding that as many as 0.465m of them had opened Roshan digital account powered by Nadra, fetching revenues to the tune of $3.6 billion

5. Turkey, Greece seek common ground over Ukraine

• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held talks in Istanbul on March 13, 2022, seeking a rapprochement against the backdrop of Russia`s invasion of Ukraine.
• `The meeting focused on the benefits of increased cooperation between the two countries` in view of `the evolution of the European security architecture`, the Turkish presidency said in a statement after two hours of talks.
• `Despite the disagreements between Turkey and Greece, it was agreed… to keep the channels of communication open and to improve bilateral relations,` the statement added, saying the two leaders discussed the conflict in Ukraine and their differences in the eastern Mediterranean

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6. Millions locked down as China wrestles with worst virus outbreak in two years

• China placed all 17 million residentsin one of its biggest eities under lockdown on March 13, 2022, as virus cases doubled nationwide to nearly 3,400 and anxiety mounted over the resilience of its `zero-Covid` approach in the face of the worst outbreak in two years.
• The southern tech hub of Shenzhen told all residents to stay at home as the city struggles to eradicate an Omicron flareup linked to neighbouring virus-ravaged Hong Kong.
• The lockdown and a suspension of public transport will last until March 20, a city government notice said, adding that it would launch three rounds of mass testing.
• The move extends an earlier lockdown imposed on the city`s central business district

7. Iran suspends talks with Saudi Arabia

• Iran has suspended talks with regional rival Saudi Arabia, a website affiliated to Iran`s top security body reported on March 13, 2022, without giving a reason for the decision which comes as a fifth round of negotiations was due to start this week.
• A day earlier Saudi Arabia carried out mass executions that activists said included 41 Shias. Meanwhile talks on an Iranian nuclear deal in Vienna have stalled.
• `Iran has unilaterally suspended talks with Saudi Arabia,` Nour News said, without providing a reason. It said no specific date had been scheduled for a new round of talks

8. Iranian missiles rain down on `strategic Israeli centre` in Iraq

• Iran claimed responsibility for a missile strike on March 13, 2022 on the northern Iraqi city of Arbil, saying it targeted an Israeli `strategic centre` and warning of more attacks.
• Authorities in Iraq`s autonomous Kurdish region said 12 ballistic missiles rained down on Arbil in a pre-dawn cross-border attack targeting US interests that slightly wounded two civilians and caused material damage.
• Iran`s Revolutionary Guards confirmed they fired the projectiles, claiming they were targeting sites used by Israel, a top ally of the US

9. UNSC asked to stop use of sexual violence as weapon in conflicts

• Pakistan has urged the UN Security Council to focus on the ongoing violence against women in India-held Jammu and Kashmir.
• During a Security Council debate on the week-long International Women`s Day, Pakistan`s UN ambassador Munir Akram underlined the need to stop using sexual violence as a weapon in armed conflicts.
• `Less visible in the Security Council`s debate is the ongoing violence against women and girls in India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir,` he said.
• `There`s documented evidence of rape and sexual violence being used as a weapon of war (in the region)

10. Russia bombs Ukrainian military base near Poland; 35 killed

• Russian missiles hit a large Ukrainian military base near the border with Nato member Poland on March 13, 2022, killing 35 people, even as Moscow said that negotiators were making headway at talks to resolve conflict in Ukraine.
• Residents of the capital Kyiv woke again to the sound of air raid sirens and city authorities said they were stockpiling food items sufficient for two weeks for the two million people who have not yet fled the fighting.
• Ukraine also reported renewed air strikes on an airport in the west, heavy shelling on Chernihiv northeast of the capital and attacks on the southern town of Mykolayiv, where officials said nine people had been killed

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