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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 28, 2022) for CSS, PMS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 28, 2022) for CSS, PMS
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March 28, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Abolition of customs duty on crude oil, HSD imports likely

• Amid rising oil prices, the government is expected to abolish customs duty on crude oil and high-speed diesel (HSD) imports to contain innationary pressures.
• Informed government sources told Dawn that the finance and petroleum ministries, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), oil refineries and oil marketing companies were examining the proposal. Customs duty is the only tax left on the petroleum sector after the government gradually abolished sales tax and petroleum levy.
• The matter would be taken up by the upcoming meeting of the cabinet`s Economic Coordination Committee (ECC)

2. With no-trust on agenda, NA begins crucial session today

• All eyes are now on the National Assembly as it is set to meet here on March 27, 2022 (today) after a two-day recess, with an opposition-moved no-confidence resolution against Prime Minister Imran Khan and a government sponsored constitution amendment bill seeking the creation of the south Punjab province on its agenda.
• Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told a news conference on Sunday said the voting on the no trust motion would take place on April 4 if National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser allowed its tabling on Monday, hinting that the government could further delay the process.
• Under the rules, from the day the resolution is moved, it `shall not be voted upon before the expiry of three days, or later than seven days`. The minister`s remarks show that the government will take maximum time for putting the resolution to vote, whenever the speaker allows its tabling

3. Pakistan, Iran discuss border fencing

• Civilian and security officials from Pakistan and Iran discussed border mapping on Saturday during a follow-up meeting that came after Pakistan`s surveyor general visited the neighbouring country earlier this month.
• Official sources privy to the meeting told Dawn on Sunday that a two-point agenda came under discussion during the meeting, attended by a six-member Iranian delegation headed by the country`s director general of border affairs.
• The eight-member Pakistani delegation comprised officials from the army, Frontier Corps, the Survey of Pakistan mapping agency and Chagai Deputy Commissioner Mansoor Ahmed Baloch

4. NCOC marks two years of its successful fight against Covid-19

• The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on March 27, 2022 marked two years of its establishment and celebrated its achievements to control the spread of Covid-19 in the country.
• The NCOC used social media to make this announcement.
• Earlier this month, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said that the government had started deliberations to finally close the NCOC. He said the responsibility to deal with the Covid-19 related data would be passed on to the National Institute of Health`s Centres for Disease Control (CDC).

5. MoUs signed for investment in KP tourism zones

• The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority on March 27, 2022 signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with two companies to make investment in the integrated tourism zones (ITZs), which would boost tourism in the province.
• The MoUs were signed by Investment Tourism general manager Umair Khattak, AH Group chief executive Abdul Haseeb and a representative of Signature Group Investments during the ongoing Property Expo, says a statement issued here.
• It said that the AH Group evinced keen interest in investment in the ITZs, while the Signature Group Investments would establish five-star hotels in Ganol and Mankial to facilitate tourists at these tourist places

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6. `Independents` dominate in Palestinian local elections

• Independent candidates dominated the Palestinian local elections, winning 64 percent of seats, up from just 37 percent five years ago, according to official results released on March 27, 2022.
• But with established parties infiltrating independent lists, analysts were not immediately able to say how far the results from Saturday`s vote truly amounted to more diverse representation.
• The polls came after Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called off last year`s planned presidential and legislative elections, after Israel barred voting from taking place in annexed east Jerusalem

7. Iraq building Syria wall to keep out IS fighters

• Iraq is building a concrete wall along part of its border with Syria to stop fighters of the militant Islamic State group from infiltrating, an Iraqi military source said on March 27, 2022.
• In the `first stage` of construction, a wall around `a dozen kilometres (seven miles) long and 3.5 metres (11 feet) high was built in Nineveh province`, in the Sinjar area of northwest Iraq, a senior officer said.
• Iraq, which shares a more than 600-kilometre long border with Syria, seeks to `put as top to the in Eltration of IS members` into its territory, the source added, without specifying how long the wall would eventually run

8. New Ukraine peace talks to begin in Turkey today

• Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are to sit down for a fresh round of talks next week in an attempt to end the war in Ukraine that the UN estimates has killed at least 1,100 civilians and sent more than 3.8 million fleeing to other countries.
• Kyiv said the negotiations would start on Monday in Turkey, while Russia`s lead negotiator said they would begin on Tuesday without confirming the location.
• The prospect of fresh talks comes after the Russian army said last week that it would focus on eastern Ukraine, which some interpreted as a scaling back of Russian objections, although US President Joe Biden cast doubt on a strategy change

9. Hours after truce, coalition air strikes hit Yemen

• The Saudi-led coalition launched air strikes on March 27, 2022 on Yemen hours after Houthi rebels announced a three-day truce, with the UN chief condemning a surge in violence as the war enters its eighth year.
• The raids targeted Sanaa, the rebel held capital, according to Saudi Arabia`s Al Ekhbariya TV, which tweeted `the start of air strikes on Houthi camps and strongholds in Sanaa` at around midnight.
• The attacks came shortly after the Iran-backed Houthis announced a three-day truce and offered peace talks on condition that the Saudis stop their air strikes and blockade of Yemen and remove `foreign forces`

10. With eye to China investment, Taliban now preserve Buddhas

• The ancient Buddha statues sit in serene meditation in the caves carved into the russet cliffs of rural Afghanistan. Hundreds of meters below lies what is believed to be the world`s largest deposit of copper.
• Afghanistan`s Taliban rulers are pin ning their hopes on Beijing to turn that rich vein into revenue to salvage the cash-starved country amid crippling international sanctions.
• The Eghters standing guard by the rocky hillside may once have considered destroying the terracotta Buddhas. Two decades ago when the hardline Taliban were first in power, they sparked world outrage by blowing up gigantic Buddha statues in another part of the country, calling them pagan symbols that must be purged

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