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CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Alvi moves SC to `end `defections forever`
• President Dr Arif Alvi on March 21, 2022 approached the Supreme
Court to seek its opinion on the interpretation of Article 63-A of the
Constitution, wondering if Khiyanat (dishonesty) by way of
defections warranted pre-emptive action by de-seating the member.
• The reference, moved through Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP)
Khalid Jawed Khan, would be taken up on March 24 by a larger
bench of the apex court along with a petition of the Supreme Court
Bar Association (SCBA) that sought a restraining order against the
government`s `intentions` to prevent lawmakers from taking part in
the no-trust proceedings against the premier

2. OIC FMs to discuss challenges faced by Muslim

world
• The 48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) opens here on March 22,
2022 (today) to discuss challenges being faced by the Muslim world
and emerging opportunities.
• The two-day annual meeting of the 57-member body of Muslim
countries is being held under the theme of `Building Partnerships for
Unity, Justice, and Development`. About 46 member states will be
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represented at the ministerial level in the meeting. The rest will be
represented by senior officials.

3. Islamabad to get two healthcare centres after 37

years
• After a gap of 37 years, two healthcare centres will be established in
the federal capital as Prime Minister Imran Khan laid the foundation
stone of a 200bed Emergency and Trauma Centre at the Pakistan
Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and a 300-bed hospital in G-11
on Monday.
• Both buildings will be built by Chinese firms. The emergency centre
will be completed in two years while the hospital will be constructed
in 30 months.

4. Democratic Pakistan critical to America`s

interests: US official
• The US State Department said on March 21, 2022 that a prosperous
and democratic Pakistan was critical to US interests.
• Responding to queries about the current political situation in the
country, a spokesperson for the State Department also underlined
America`s support for the constitutional process in Pakistan.
• `We are closely following developments in Pakistan. We respect and
support Pakistan`s constitutional process and the rule of law, the
spokesperson told Dawn.

5. IsDB approves $180m for Mohmand Dam

• The Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) on March 21,
2022 signed framework agreements to extend $180 million loans to
Pakistan to finance Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project (MDHP).
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• The financing agreements were signed by Secretary Economic
Affairs Mian Asad Hayaud Din and Special Adviser to the President
IsDB Mohammad Jamal Al-Satti.
• The signing ceremony was also witnessed by IsDB President Dr
Muhammad Al Jasser, who is in Islamabad on a three-day visit to
attend the 48th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers. Dr
Al Jasser also had a meeting with Minister for Economic Affairs
Omar Ayub Khan and discussed the matters of mutual interest, an
official statement said.

6. Troops in Mariupol reject Russian surrender

terms
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that his country
could not fulfil `Russian ultimatums`, claiming Moscow was seeking
to `destroy` his country.
• He said Moscow wanted Ukraine to `hand over` Kharkiv, Mariupol
and Kyiv, adding that neither the people of those cities `or me, as
president, can do this`.
• Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their
forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags on Monday in
exchange for safe passage out of the besieged strategic port city.

7. Senators spar over first Black woman nominee

for US Supreme Court
• Senators launched marathon hearings on Monday on Ketanji Brown
Jackson`s bid to be the first Black woman on America`s Supreme
Court, with opposing sides sparring on her sentencing record as
Republicans sought to frame her as soft on crime.
• President Joe Biden`s pick to join the nation`s highest court was
formally introduced at the start of televised hearings that will go on to
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include two days of questioning and a final day of testimony from
outside witnesses.

8. Israeli PM, UAE prince visit Egypt

• Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi hosted Israel`s prime
minister and the de facto leader of the United Arab Emirates on
March 21, 2022 amid a deadlock in talks to revive a nuclear deal with
Iran.
• Shared concerns over Iran saw the United Arab Emirates and
Bahrain forge ties with Israel in 2020 to create a new regional axis at
a time of uncertainty over the commitment of key security ally, the
United States.

9. No sign of survivors as plane carrying 132

crashes in China
• China Eastern confirmed there had been f atalities after a jet
carrying 132 people crashed into a mountain in southern China on
March 21, 2022, shortly after losing contact with air traffic control
and dropping thousands of metres in just three minutes.

10. Acclaimed author Sara Suleri is no more

• Author and academic Sara Suleri Goodyear died on March 21, 2022.
She was 69.
• Although there was no official word from her family, many in the
literary community shared the news and paid rich tribute to her.
• Born in 1953 in Karachi to renowned journalist Z.A. Sulehri and
Welsh English professor Mair Jones, she was best known for her
memoir, Meatless Days, which describe her years in Lahore
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