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March 29, 2022: National / International Current Affairs

1. Punjab braces for `change` at the top

• Just minutes after the joint opposition`s no confidence motion was moved in the National Assembly, Prime Minister Imran Khan played his `trump card` by luring PML-Q Punjab president Chaudhry Parvez Elahi to his side with the much sought after Punjab`s chief ministership.
• This single offer has helped PM Khan not only protect his party`s rule in Punjab from his arch-rivals, the PML-N and PPP, but also field the PML-Q to collaborate with other allied parties and disgruntled MNAs to save Imran Khan in the National Assembly.
• Just a day ago, the ruling PTI appeared to be losing the political battle. PM Khan concluded his long speech at the Parade Ground on Sunday, alleging hatching of an international conspiracy against his government and some elements in Pakistan being used against him through foreign funding

2. No-trust resolution against Imran `on the table`

• The capital on Monday witnessed dramatic political events as within an hour of the formal tabling of the no confidence resolution against Prime Minister Imran Khan in the National Assembly by Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif, the Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q) threw its weight behind the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) while the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) crossed over to the opposition, thus making the political situation more perplexed.
• The decision by the leaders of two major allies of the ruling PTI, however, caused a rift within the parties. PML-Q`s Tariq Bashir Cheema categorically announced his support for the opposition whereas the absence of Zubaida Jalal from a joint press conference of the BAP lawmakers with the opposition leaders was noticed by the reporters who were told by the opposition members that she was unhappy over the leadership`s decision and might vote for Imran Khan in the assembly.

3. Qureshi to leave for China today

• Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will leave for China on March 29, 2022 (today) where he is expected to meet foreign ministers of other countries, including Russia, Iran and Central Asian states.
• Mr Qureshi will discuss issues like regional peace and economic security and matters related to Afghanistan, the ministry said in a statement issued late on Monday night.
• According to the statement, the minister said Pakistan wanted good relations with all nations, and this also went the other way round, as witnessed by the participation of several countries in a recent meeting of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation`s foreign ministers hosted by Pakistan

4. Pakistan dealt well with Covid: UN

• A UN report released on March 28, 2022 places Pakistan among the countries that have done fairly well in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
• The analytical report, prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), notes that on March 23, 2022, the cost of vaccinating 40 per cent of the population in Pakistan was 13.95pc of the country`s current health expenditure.
• The UNDP placed this in the green zone of affordability, meaning that the country`s health system can deal with this extra burden. Pakistan`s Covid-19 risk index was 5.3, which was classified as high

5. Biden sticks to suggestion Putin should step down

• US President Joe Biden refused on March 28, 2022 to back down on his weekend declaration in a major speech that Russian leader Vladimir Putin `cannot stay in power` arguing that he was voicing personal `outrage.
• `I`m not walking anything back… I want to make it clear, I wasn`t then, nor am I now, articulating a policy change. I was expressing moral outrage that I feel I make no apologies for my personal feelings,` he told reporters at the White House.
• Biden`s remark delivered in Warsaw at the close of three days of marathon diplomacy on Saturday was seen as a gaffe by Republicans and some independent analysts concerned over a president going off-script when dealing with such a combustible conflict.

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6. Crisis-hit Sri Lanka in talks with India for $1.5bn credit

• Sri Lanka has sought an additional credit line of $1.5 billion from India to import essentials, the island nation`s central bank governor said on March 28, 2022, amid its worst economic crisis in decades.
• The country of 22 million people is struggling to pay for essential imports after a 70pc drop in foreign exchange reserves in two years led to a currency devaluation and efforts to seek help from global lenders. Fuelisin short supply, food prices are rocketing and protests have broken out as Sri Lanka`s government prepares for talks with the International Monetary Fund amid concerns over the country`s ability to pay back foreign debt

7. Historic summit with Arab states to `deter` Iran: Israel

• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the top diplomats of Israel and four Arab states wrapped up a landmark meeting on Monday vowing to boost cooperation which, Israel said, would send a strong message to its arch foe Iran.
• The talks brought together for the first time on Israeli soil the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco which all normalised ties with the Jewish state in 2020 and of Egypt, a country formally at peace with Israel since 1979.
• Israel`s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said that `this new architecture, the shared capabilities we are building, intimidates and deters our common enemies` first and foremost Iran and its proxies. `They certainly have something to fear,` he said about Iran, a country Israel is fighting in a regional shadow war and which it accuses of seeking a nuclear bomb, a goal the Islamic republic denies pursuing

8. Russia plans attacks on humanitarian routes, says Ukraine

• Ukraine said on March 28, 2022 it was pausing evacuations of civilians from war-scarred regions of the country because intelligence reports suggested invading Russian troops were planning attacks on humanitarian routes.
• `Our intelligence has reported possible provocations by the occupiers on routes of humanitarian corridors. Therefore, for reasons of public safety, we are not opening humanitarian corridors today,` Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in a statement on social media.
• Meanwhile, Moscow said on Monday it was preparing to restrict entry into Russia for nationals of `unfriendly` countries, which include Britain, all EU states and the United States

9. Pakistan seal series triumph

• Pakistan took an unassailable 2-0 lead by winning the second match against Malaysia 18-7 in the International Women Baseball series at Bahria Town here on March 28, 2022.
• Pakistan, who had won the opener 12-0, saw Zahida Ghani and Ume Hani score three runs each while Asia Siddique, Ansa Irshad, Noorina, Sidra Riyasat and Maryam Butt all got two runs with captain Zainab Riaz and Humaira Khan contributing one apiece.
• For Malaysia, Noorina got two runs with Siti Noor Ayesha, Farah bint Ramli, Siti Noor Farheen, Noorul Ain Farah and Afrina chipping in with one run each.

10. Beyond the slap: five other talking points from Oscars

• With due respect to a historic best picture win for `CODA, only one talking point dominated Sunday`s Oscars Will Smith striking Chris Rock. That moment seems certain to launch endless memes, but here are five other talking points from the ceremony: Hosts return the first Oscars with hosts since 2018 had a trio of women helming the show Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall-who wasted no time compensating for recent humorless years.
• Leonardo DiCaprio has `done so much to fight climate change and leave behind a cleaner, greener planet for his girlfriends,` said Schumer, joking about his penchant for younger women.
• `Time is due` Oscars producers had promised to highlight not just this year`s nominated films, but classic movies of the past. These included a segment on the 50th anniversary of `The Godfather` which brought Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro to the stage.

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