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February 22 Current National And international Affairs

1.China confirms 4 soldiers died in June clash on India border

• China's military on Friday named four soldiers killed in a brawl with Indian forces last year,
the first confirmation of deaths by Beijing from the border clash that also killed at least 20
Indian soldiers. • India and China fought a border war in 1962 and have long accused each
other of seeking to cross their frontier - which has never been properly agreed – in India's
Ladakh region, just opposite Tibet. • In mid-June, 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a brutal,
high-altitude border battle in the Galwan valley in one of the deadliest clashes between the

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2.Pakistani American venture capitalist gets 12 years imprisonment

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• A US federal judge sentenced an American venture capitalist of Pakistan origin to 12 years

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US officials. • Imaad Zuberi, a California resident, was also fined $1.75 million and ordered
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to pay $15.7 million in restitution In December 2016, Mr Zuberi had donated $900,000 to the
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election campaign in 2012 as well. • They accused Mr Zuberi of soliciting members of the
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politicians as well to secure favours for his clients.

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• Two UN human rights experts have voiced their concern over India's decision to revoke
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occupied Kashmir's autonomy and enact laws that could curtail the political participation of
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Muslims and other minorities. • The statement by Fernand de Varennes, Special Rapporteur
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was released on Thursday as diplomats from nearly two dozen countries concluded a two-day
visit to the occupied valley.

4.Indian concerns about Sikh Yatris rejected

• The Foreign Office on Thursday rejected Indian concerns about Sikh Yatris visiting
Pakistan for pilgrimage and said that they were fully facilitated during the trips. • India had
disallowed around 600 Sikhs intending to visit Pakistan from Feb 18 to 25 for the 100th
anniversary of Saka Nankana Sahib. The group was expected to visit five gurdwaras in
Pakistan.

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5.Pakistan to get 5.6m more doses by end of March

• With 504,500 doses of Covid-19 vaccine having been dispatched to the federating units,
Pakistan is expected to receive another 5.6 million vaccines by the end of March. • As so far
only 72,882 frontline healthcare workers have got themselves vaccinated in the country, the
government has decided to start registering general health professionals, too, from Monday
(Feb 22) for the vaccination programme. The National Command and Operation Centre
(NCOC) on Saturday announced that general healthcare workers could register themselves on
www.covid.gov.pk/vaccine.

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6.Russia detects first case of H5N8 avian flu in humans

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• Russia said on Saturday its scientists had detected the first case of transmission of the H5N8

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strain of avian flu to humans and had alerted the World Health Organisation. • In televised

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remarks, the head of Russia's health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said scientists

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7.Russian air strikes kill 21 IS jihadists in Syria

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• A wave of air strikes by government ally Russia killed at least 21 Islamic State group
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jihadists in the Syrian desert over the past 24 hours, a monitor said on Saturday. • The 21
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province of Homs to the border with Iraq, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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8.Sindh, Wapda spar over Rs125bn barrage on Indus

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• The Sindh irrigation department and the Water and Power Develop-ment Authority
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(Wapda) are at loggerheads over the construction of the Rs125 billion Sindh barrage,
approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan in August 2019. • A couple of months back Wapda
sent its inception report for a feasibility study of the project. Sindh irrigation experts
responded to it and raised technical objections. However, Wapda in its response, by and
large, stick to its report and indicated that it will approach the irrigation secretary to resolve
the issue, an official told Dawn.

9.KPT handles 739,493 tonnes of cargo

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• Karachi Port Trust (KPT) handled 739,493 tonnes of total cargo during the week (Feb 16-
19) in which the share of import and export goods stood at 505,689 tonnes and 233,804
tonnes respectively. • In import category, the share of containerised cargo stood at 238,471
tonnes while a total of 118,026 tonnes of oil and liquid cargo was handled followed by
84,288 tonnes of wheat, 37,902 tonnes of bulk cargo and 27,002 tonnes of soyabean seed. •
On export front 173,288 tonnes of containerized cargo was handled followed by 51,840
tonnes of clinkers, 6.700 tonnes of oil and liquid cargo and 1,976 tonnes of bulk cargo.

10.Chinese firm plans $150m industrial park in Lahore to lift exports

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• A Chinese company is investing $150 million in an industrial park on Lahore's border with

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Kasur, which will house state-of-the-art falbric units, dyeing facilities and garment

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manufacturing units for exporting sportswear from Pakistan to the Americas, Europe, Asia-

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