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Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 30 2023) for CSS

Shahzad F. Malik
Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs / News (March 30 2023) for CSS
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March 30, 2022: National Current Affairs MCQs

1. Pakistan removed from EU`s list of high-risk countries

• The European Union (EU) has removed Pakistan from its `list of high-risk third countries` that have strategic deficiencies in the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/ CFT)regime.
• Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari revealed this on March 29, 2023 echoing a similar decision taken by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) months ago when it removed the country from its grey list after almost four years.
• `Pakistani businesses and individuals would no longer be subjected to Enhanced Customer Due Diligence by European legal and economic operators,` he tweeted

2. NA okays bill to `structure` CJP`s suo motu power

• The National Assembly on March 29, 2023 passed the bill aimed at clipping the `unilateral` powers of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) in initiating suo motu cases and constituting benches along with a last-minute addition of two amendments, including a controversial one giving right of appeal to aggrieved persons in the already decided cases, with retrospective effect.
• The bill was passed at a time when a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by CJP Umar Ata Bandial was hearing a petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) against the Election Commission of Pakistan`s act of delaying the polls in Punjab in the alleged violation of the apex court`s decision after the CJP took a suo motu notice of the issue last month.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif remained present in the house till the passage of the bill which saw opposition only from two newly-elected PTI MNAs Mohsin Leghari and Saleh Muhammad

3. Justice Hilali to take acting charge as first woman CJ of PHC

• Justice Musarrat Hilali became the first female acting chief justice of the Peshawar High Court following her appointment by the president on March 29, 2023.
• As PHC Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan is set to retire on Thursday (today), the law and justice ministry issued two notifications for appointment of acting chief justices. Senior puisne judge Justice Rooh-ul-Amin Khan, who was also appointed acting chief justice, will serve as the CJ for only one day as he is scheduled to retire on March 31 (Friday).
• As per the notification, Justice Hilali will act as the PHC chief justice from April 1 till the appointment of a regular chief justice on the recommendation of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP).
• The JCP has yet to schedule a meeting under Article 175-A of the Constitution for the appointment of a regular chief justice of the PHC

4. Second PN ship carrying relief goods reaches Syria

• Another Pakistan Navy ship, PNS Moawin, which has been deployed on international humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission, has reached the Syrian city of Lattakia.
• According to a Pakistan Navy statement issued on Wednesday, the ship brought a second consignment of relief goods comprising warm clothes, blankets and ration for the people affected by a powerful earthquake in February that killed thousands and rendered millions homeless in Syria and Turkiye.
• Upon arrival in the Syrian port city, the ship was received by the Lattakia governor, the ambassador of Pakistan to Syria, the commander of the Syrian Navy and other dignitaries

5. Progress made on financing pledges from friendly countries, Senate panel told

• The government on March 29, 2023 said to have achieved `progress` in external financing from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates direly needed to reach a staff-level agreement (SLA) with International Monetary Fund (IMF) that has been in limbo since Feb 9.
• The statement came from Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Dr Aisha Ghaus Pasha before a parliamentary panel on a day UAE`s ambassador in Islamabad Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salim Al-Zaabi met Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and expressed UAE`s interest `in augmenting and furthering investment in various sectors of the economy of Pakistan`

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March 30, 2022: International Current Affairs MCQs

6. Pakistani doctor recognised as top faith leader in US

• The US Department of Health and Human Services will honour Dr Farha Abbasi, a Michigan-based Pakistani-American psychiatrist, on March 29, 2023 as one of the top15 women faith leaders in the United States.
• The event `Women on theFrontlines: Celebrating Women Faith Leaders` will be hosted by Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra on Thursday (today), where Dr Abbasi will be recognised for `her incredible work and extraordinary leadership qualities in the service of humanity`.
• She urges using faith as a tool to fight isolation.
• `Imagine being alone in a new country unable to speak the language, surrounded by an unfamiliar culture, and forced to leave your entire life behind,` Dr Abbasi writes in one of her papers on the power of faith in dealing with trauma

7. UK unveils plans to house asylum seekers in military bases

• The UK plans to temporarily house asylum seekers in disused military bases and could use ferries and barges in the future in a bid to reduce hotel bills, immigration minister Robert Jenrick announced on March 29, 2023.
• He told MPs that the government planned to house `several thousand` asylum seekers at repurposed barracks buildings and portable buildings at two former Royal Air Force bases in southeast and eastern England. A separate site on private land in East Sussex in southeast England will also be used, Jenrick added.
• The government is also exploring the `possibility of accommodating migrants in vessels` such as ferries and barges as it looks to reduce a $2.8 billion annual bill for hotel accommodation

8. Riyadh agrees to join SCO

• Saudi Arabia has agreed to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as a `dialogue partner`, state media reported on Wednesday, the latest indication of closer political ties with China.
• The cabinet approved the decision at a meeting chaired by King Salman, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. The move would grant Riyadh `the status of a dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation`, it said.
• Other countries with observer or dialogue partner status include Egypt, Iran and Qatar

9. Yousaf sworn in as Scotland`s new leader

• Humza Yousaf was sworn in as Scotland`s first minister on March 29, 2023, becoming the first Muslim leader of a government in western Europe but already facing unrest in his party.
• At 37, Yousaf is also the youngest leader yet of the Scottish National Party (SNP), and is vowing to reinvigorate its flagging campaign for independence. But after he won the race to succeed the long-serving Nicola Sturgeon on Monday, his leadership was already being questioned after defeated rival Kate Forbes refused to serve in his cabinet.
• The outgoing finance minister was offered a more junior role by Yousaf, despite coming close to victory. She ended with 48 per cent of the preferential votes of SNP members to his 52pc

10. UN adopts landmark resolution on climate

• The UN General Assembly on March 29, 2023 adopted by consensus and to cheers a resolution calling for the world body`s top court to outline legal obligations related to climate change.
• Pushed for years by Vanuatu and Pacific islander youth, the measure asks the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to lay out nations` obligations for protecting Earth`s climate, and the legal consequences they face if they don`t.
• `Together, you are making history,` UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said, emphasising that even if non-binding, an opinion from the International Court of Justice `would assist the General Assembly, the UN and member states to take the bolder and stronger climate action that our world so desperately needs.` Ultimately cosponsored by more than 130 member states, the resolution had been widely expected to be approved

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