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March 18, 2022: National Current Affairs MCQs

1. Polio-free Pakistan `evasive dream` as first case of 2023 reported

• Pakistan has reported its first polio case of 2023 after a three-year-old boy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa`s Bannu district became the latest victim of the crippling disease, the health ministry confirmed on March 17, 2023.
• The case has been reported at a time when delegations of the French Agency for Development (FAD) and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) are in the country to analyse efforts to eradicate the disease.
• According to a statement issued by the health ministry on Friday, the FAD and BMGF delegations met the federal health minister to discuss avenues for cooperation in social protection and health, with a focus on polio eradication.
• The head of the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) for Polio, Dr Shahzad Baig, said an investigation is ongoing to identify whether the child received the vaccination or the parents refused vaccination

2. Pakistan played role in facilitating Saudi-Iran thaw: FO

• The Foreign Office on March 17, 2023 claimed Pakistan had played a role in facilitating the dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
• `It is obvious that this [Saudi-Iran] agreement is a result of the mediation efforts of China and the constructive talks that took it facilitated and the two sides were able to resolve their differences, Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch told a weekly press briefing. `We welcome this development. Pakistan like several other countries and friends of both Iran and Saudi Arabia played their part in facilitating the dialogue,` she added.
• In this context, the spokesperson recalled that the first meeting of the two foreign ministers took place in Islamabad on the sidelines of an OIC meeting

3. Govt proposes dialogue to bring economic stability

• Amid a rising political temperature, the government on March 17, 2023 proposed a dialogue among all political stakeholders to hammer out a road map for political and economic stability in the country.
• Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar told the Senate that the move would help Pakistan make progress and ease the lives of the masses.
• Speaking on the third and final day of the golden jubilee celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Senate, the minister said more polarisation would only weaken state institutions, as politics was not about discrimination but sticking to one`s ideology.
• `If we analyse the past, instead of improvement, conditions have deteriorated. Even now, economic growth faces ups and downs and one major reason for this situation is political instability and unconstitutional interventions, abrogation of the Constitution and imposition of dictatorships,` he noted

4. KP police trace `mastermind` of Police Lines blast

• The mastermind of Jaunary`s suicide attack at a mosque in Peshawar`s Police Lines has been traced, the police`s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) said on Friday.
• At least 84 people were killed when a powerful explosion ripped through the mosque, inside Peshawar`s Red Zone area, on Jan 30. The blast blew away the wall of the prayer hall, causing the roof to cave in which increased the death toll.
• In a press conference at Peshawar`s Police Headquarters, the head of the KP Police`s CTD, AIG Shaukat Abbas, said the mastermind and the handler of the suicide bomber have been traced.
• `We have also arrested a second bomber who`d have carried out the attack had the first attacker failed to hit the target,` Mr Abbas said

5. Closure of SME Bank approved

• The federal cabinet on March 17, 2023 approved wrapping up of the SME Bank on the re commendations of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), but issued directives to ensure the protection of consumers` deposits.
• The cabinet presided over by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif fixed the support price of 40 kilograms of cotton crop.
• In another decision, the meeting approved a bill concerning protection of lawyers.
• According to the Prime Minister`s Office (PMO), Mr Sharif directed the SME Bank`s management to ensure protection of the customers` deposits during the bank`s winding down process.
• It was decided that all of the bank customers would be paid Rs5.557 billion, in the first phase

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March 18, 2022: International Current Affairs MCQs

6. WHO foresees end to Covid emergency this year

• The Covid-19 pandemic could settle down this year to a point where it poses a threat similar to flu, the World Health Organisation said on March 17, 2023.
• The WHO voiced confidence that it will be able to declare an end to the emergency some time in 2023, saying it was increasingly hopeful about the pandemic phase of the virus coming to a close.
• Last weekend marked three years since the UN health agency first described the situation as a pandemic though WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insists countries should have jolted into action several weeks before

7. Erdogan lifts objections to Finland`s Nato bid

• President Tayyip Erdogan said on March 17, 2023 that Turkiye`s parliament will begin ratifying Finland`s Nato bid, but not that of Sweden, removing the biggest remaining hurdle to enlarging the Western defence alliance as war continues to rage in Ukraine.
• Speaking in Ankara alongside Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto, Erdogan said Helsinki won Turkiye`s blessing after taking concrete steps to keep its promises to crack down on what Ankara sees as terrorists and to free up defence exports.
• Ankara will continue discussions with Stockholm on terrorism related issues and its Nato membership bid would depend directly on measures taken, he added.
• The parliaments of all 30 Nato members must ratify newcomers.
• Finland would represent the first enlargement since North Macedonia joined the trans-Atlantic pact in 2020

8. ICC issues war crimes arrest warrant for Russian president

• The International Criminal Court on March 17, 2023 announced an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on the war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children.
• The Hague-based ICC said it had also issued a warrant against Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia`s presidential commissioner for children`s rights, on similar charges.
• The Kremlin dismissed the orders as `void`. Russia is not a party to the ICC so it was unclear if or how Putin could ever be extradited.
• War-battered Ukraine welcomed the ICC announcement, with the nation`s chief prosecutor saying the `historic` warrant for Putin was `just the beginning` In London, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the UK welcomed the ICC`s decision, adding that investigations into alleged atrocities in Ukraine must continue

9. Macron govt faces no-trust vote over pensions fight

• French President Emmanuel Macron`s government on Friday faced no-confidence motions in parliament and intensified protests after imposing a contentious pension reform without a vote in the lower house.
• The situation presents Macron, who has only made occasional public comments on the matter, with one of his biggest challenges less than one year in to his second and final mandate.
• Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Thursday invoked Article 49.3 of the constitution to impose the pension overhaul by decree, sparking angry demonstrations nationwide that saw 300 people arrested, according to the interior ministry

March 18, 2022: Sports Current Affairs MCQs

10. Pakistan Super League Qalandars upstage Zalmi to set up another title clash with Sultans

• A partisan home crowd at the Gaddafi Stadium had gone quiet as Lahore Qalandars looked to be faltering in another chase. Having lost all four of their matches while batting second this season, the defending champions looked headed for another defeat in Eliminator-2 of Pakistan Super League against Peshawar Zalmi on March 17, 2023 night.
• A spot in Saturday`s final against Multan Sultans beckoning the winner, Qalandars fans had seen the back of top-order lynchpins Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique, their side reduced to 69-3 in their chase of 172. They needed a partnership and it was there that opener Mirza Tahir Baig and Sam Billings combined for a brisk 50-run stand that steadied their innings and helped their fans find their voice.
• Tahir had seen his opening partner Fakhar perish trying to go big; bowled by Azmatullah Omarzai in the second over, debutant Ahsan Hafeez depart for 15 when attempting to hit out and only succeeding in getting an edge off Wahab Riaz that was snapped up by keeper Haseebullah Khan. He then played his part in a horrible mix-up that saw Abdullah run out for 10

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