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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 08 2023) for CSS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 08 2023) for CSS
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March 08, 2022: National Current Affairs MCQs

1. Pakistan, US to work jointly against global, regional threats

• The United States and Pakistan have resolved to increase dialogue on regional and global threats, improving cooperation, preventing and countering violent extremism, and combating terrorism financing, the Foreign Office said on March 7, 2023.
• In recent months, as threats from actors such as the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and the militant Islamic State-Khurasan (IS-K) groups have intensified, Washington has made several overtures of cooperation with Islamabad. The US has supported Pakistan`s right to defend itself from terrorism, which Islamabad claims is originating from Afghan soil.
• The US has also been critical of Afghan Taliban`s failure to ensure that their territory would never be used as a Launchpad for international terrorist attacks

2. Pakistan, six other nations urge Western states to unfreeze Afghanistan`s assets

• Russia and six nations bordering Afghanistan have set up a club to discuss ways to achieve long-term peace in the war-torn nation, with diplomats at the inaugural meeting on Tuesday calling for a freeze on Afghan central bank assets to be lifted.
• Special representatives from Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan convened in Tashkent and plan to meet regularly to discuss issues facing Afghanistan, Uzbekistan`s foreign ministry said.
• The group urge d Western nations to lift the freeze on the Afghan central bank`s assets, Uzbek special representative Ismatilla Ergashev said

3. Balochistan govt revises martyrs` compensation policy

• The Balochistan government has increased the compensation amount for martyred officials by up to more than three times, the finance department said in a notification on March 7, 2023 after approval from the provincial cabinet.
• The move came a day after nine officers of the Balochistan Constabulary were martyred and 13 others were injured after a suicide bomber riding an explosives laden motorbike struck a police truck on the Sukkur-Quetta Highway in the Bolan district.
• The government has raised the compensation amount by amending the Police and Levies Martyrs Compensation Policy

4. Around 63,000 GBV cases reported in past 3 years: NCHR

• Around 63,000 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) were reported in Pakistan over the past three years, with some 4,000 being reported in the first half of 2020 when lockdowns were imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus.
• This was revealed in a new report released by the National Commission of Human Rights (NCHR) on Tuesday.
• The commission, while quoting numbers from the human rights ministry said 80 per cent of these cases were related to domestic violence, while some 47pc of domestic rape where married women experienced sexual abuse.
• The report cautioned that since the data was based on reported cases, the actual number could be much higher

5. Free wheat flour for `poorest of poor` during Ramazan

• Amid a staggering price spiral over the past few months, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made a significant announcement on March 7, 2023 that `the poorest of the poor` would get wheat flour (Atta) for free during Ramazan.
• The package will first be implemented in Punjab and then in other parts of the country.
• The prime minister directed the authorities after a meeting with officials of the Punjab government to chalk out a strategy for the supply of flour to poor families `as soon as possible`.
• Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi, the provincial food secretary and other senior officials attended the meeting

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6. Memorial to honour South Asian soldiers who fought for UK in world wars

• A New British Indian Army Memorial, commemorating the sacrifices of millions of Pakistani and Indian soldiers who fought alongside British forces during the world wars, is being commissioned in Glasgow, Scottish outlet Stv News reported.
• The project, which will be located on the grounds of Glasgow`s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, will include a chattri (dome) design for the roof and natural stone columns to match the museum`s famous architecture.
• This will be Scotland`s first permanent memorial to the sacrifices of South Asian soldiers who fought in both world wars.
• The approval for the memorial comes after a six-year campaign by the charity organisation, Colourful Heritage.

7. Israeli strike damages Syrian airport, disrupts flights

• Israeli warplanes struck Aleppo airport before dawn on March 7, 2023, causing significant damage that halted flights to and from Syria`s quake-hit second city.
• Syria`s transport ministry said it would re-route flights carrying qualce aid following the attacl< that put Aleppo International Airport out of commission. It said flights would now land in Damascus or Latakia airports.
• The airport has been a major conduit for aid flights since the Feb 6 quake devastated swathes of Turkiye and Syria, but they were brought to a stop, a transport official said

8. Britain unveils contentious plan to stop cross-Channel migrants

• The UK government on March 7, 2023 unveiled controversial plans to stop migrants crossing the Channel illegally on small boats, acknowledging it is stretching international law amid an outcry from rights campaigners.
• Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the plan would `take back control of our borders once and for all` reprising a popular pledge from campaigners like him who backed Britain`s Brexit divorce from the European Union (EU).
• `This new law will send a clear signal that if you come to this country illegally, you will be swiftly removed, `he wrote in The Sun newspaper. Under the draft law, interior minister Suella Braverman will be given a new legal duty to deport all migrants entering illegally, such as across the Channel, trumping their other rights in UK and European human rights law

9. US to keep troops in Iraq: Austin

• US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, making an unannounced trip to Iraq on March 7, 2023 nearly 20 years after the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, said Washington was committed to keeping its military presence in the country.
• The 2003 invasion led to the deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians and created instability that eventually paved the way for the rise of Islamic State militants after the US withdrew its forces in 2011.
• `US forces are ready to remain in Iraq at the invitation of the government of Iraq,` Mr Austin told reporters after meeting Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani

10. Japan`s new H3 rocket fails again, forced to self-destruct

• Japan`s second attempt to launch its next-generation H3 rocket failed after liftoff on March 7, 2023, with the spacecraft forced to self-destruct after the command centre concluded the mission could not succeed.
• The failure is a blow for Japan`s space agency JAXA, which has billed the rocket as a flexible and cost-effective new flagship. Its launch had already been delayed by several years, and then a first attempt last month failed when the solid rocket boosters did not ignite.
• Tuesday`s launch from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan initially appeared to be a success, with the rocket lifting off. The first-stage separation appeared to go as planned, but signs of trouble soon emerged

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