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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 22, 2022) for CSS, PMS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 22, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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March 22, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Alvi moves SC to `end `defections forever`

• President Dr Arif Alvi on March 21, 2022 approached the Supreme Court to seek its opinion on the interpretation of Article 63-A of the Constitution, wondering if Khiyanat (dishonesty) by way of defections warranted pre-emptive action by de-seating the member.
• The reference, moved through Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan, would be taken up on March 24 by a larger bench of the apex court along with a petition of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) that sought a restraining order against the government`s `intentions` to prevent lawmakers from taking part in the no-trust proceedings against the premier

2. OIC FMs to discuss challenges faced by Muslim world

• The 48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) opens here on March 22, 2022 (today) to discuss challenges being faced by the Muslim world and emerging opportunities.
• The two-day annual meeting of the 57-member body of Muslim countries is being held under the theme of `Building Partnerships for Unity, Justice, and Development`. About 46 member states will be represented at the ministerial level in the meeting. The rest will be represented by senior officials.
• Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a tweet welcoming the participants of the meeting, said: `Under overarching theme of `Unity, Justice & Development`, OIC-CFM will have wide-ranging deliberations

3. Islamabad to get two healthcare centres after 37 years

• After a gap of 37 years, two healthcare centres will be established in the federal capital as Prime Minister Imran Khan laid the foundation stone of a 200bed Emergency and Trauma Centre at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and a 300-bed hospital in G-11 on Monday.
• Both buildings will be built by Chinese firms. The emergency centre will be completed in two years while the hospital will be constructed in 30 months.
• Speaking to participants of the ground-breaking ceremony, Prime Minister Imran Khan said soon after taking charge of the government, he visited the PIMS emergency centre

4. Democratic Pakistan critical to America`s interests: US official

• The US State Department said on March 21, 2022 that a prosperous and democratic Pakistan was critical to US interests.
• Responding to queries about the current political situation in the country, a spokesperson for the State Department also underlined America`s support for the constitutional process in Pakistan.
• `We are closely following developments in Pakistan. We respect and support Pakistan`s constitutional process and the rule of law, the spokesperson told Dawn.
• `The United States values our longstanding cooperation with Pakistan and has always viewed a strong, prosperous, and democratic Pakistan as critical to US interests

5. IsDB approves $180m for Mohmand Dam

• The Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) on March 21, 2022 signed framework agreements to extend $180 million loans to Pakistan to finance Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project (MDHP).
• The financing agreements were signed by Secretary Economic Affairs Mian Asad Hayaud Din and Special Adviser to the President IsDB Mohammad Jamal Al-Satti.
• The signing ceremony was also witnessed by IsDB President Dr Muhammad Al Jasser, who is in Islamabad on a three-day visit to attend the 48th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers. Dr Al Jasser also had a meeting with Minister for Economic Affairs Omar Ayub Khan and discussed the matters of mutual interest, an official statement said

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6. Troops in Mariupol reject Russian surrender terms

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that his country could not fulfil `Russian ultimatums`, claiming Moscow was seeking to `destroy` his country.
• He said Moscow wanted Ukraine to `hand over` Kharkiv, Mariupol and Kyiv, adding that neither the people of those cities `or me, as president, can do this`.
• Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags on Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the besieged strategic port city.

7. Senators spar over first Black woman nominee for US Supreme Court

• Senators launched marathon hearings on Monday on Ketanji Brown Jackson`s bid to be the first Black woman on America`s Supreme Court, with opposing sides sparring on her sentencing record as Republicans sought to frame her as soft on crime.
• President Joe Biden`s pick to join the nation`s highest court was formally introduced at the start of televised hearings that will go on to include two days of questioning and a final day of testimony from outside witnesses.
• Biden released a statement on social media just before Jackson`s arrival at the US Capitol complex, describing her as `a brilliant legal mind with the utmost character and integrity.

8. Israeli PM, UAE prince visit Egypt

• Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi hosted Israel`s prime minister and the de facto leader of the United Arab Emirates on March 21, 2022 amid a deadlock in talks to revive a nuclear deal with Iran.
• Shared concerns over Iran saw the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain forge ties with Israel in 2020 to create a new regional axis at a time of uncertainty over the commitment of key security ally, the United States.
• Gulf states were excluded from talks to revive a 2015 nuclear pact with Iran that they have criticised for not addressing Tehran`s missile programme and regional proxies, including in Yemen

9. No sign of survivors as plane carrying 132 crashes in China

• China Eastern confirmed there had been f atalities after a jet carrying 132 people crashed into a mountain in southern China on March 21, 2022, shortly after losing contact with air traffic control and dropping thousands of metres in just three minutes.
• Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed deep grief over loss of lives in the plane crash. `Deeply saddened by the tragic loss of lives in the passenger plane crash in China. We share the grief of our Chinese brothers and sisters and convey our deepest condolences and sympathies with the bereaved families,` he tweeted

10. Acclaimed author Sara Suleri is no more

• Author and academic Sara Suleri Goodyear died on March 21, 2022. She was 69.
• Although there was no official word from her family, many in the literary community shared the news and paid rich tribute to her.
• Born in 1953 in Karachi to renowned journalist Z.A. Sulehri and Welsh English professor Mair Jones, she was best known for her memoir, Meatless Days, which describe her years in Lahore

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