18 January 2020 Current Affair Pakistan for Competitive Exams – Daily Current Affairs 2019 Online

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  • More than half of all prisoners languishing in Pakistani jails have not been convicted: report Report submitted to IHC by minister paints sorry picture of jails affairs; thousands of inmates suffering from diseases.
  • Sindh govt, centre differ over names for new police chief The provincial govt has drastically cut the police budget after incumbent IGP refused to toe the line.
  • Shahbaz allowed permanent exemption in two cases Presiding judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry announces the verdict reserved in the last hearing.
  • AJK PM flies to Neelum as opposition threatens protest The AJK premier assures the affected people in Surgan area of all-out support from the government.
  • Arrest warrants issued for anchorperson Mubashir Luqman Arrest warrants issued after Mubashir Luqman remained absent in three consecutive court hearings.
  • Khalid Maqbool’s resignation the result of power struggle within MQM: Kamal Asks the PTI govt not to worry about MQM’s resignation as it will not quit the federal govt.
  • Peshawar nanbais announce strike over govt’s refusal to increase roti price Peshawar DC offers flour supply at a subsidised rate.
  • Another Langar at Pims to serve 1,000 people every day Ehsaas Saylani Langars will be opened in Peshawar, Swat, Multan, Lahore and Umerkot in the next two months.
  • Successive govts made 43 changes to capital’s master plan without experts’ input Documents show first amendment to the master plan was made in 1964 and the last in 2019.
  • Moth to a flame‘: Pakistan names a sun-like star and its exoplanet 180 light-years away from us, an exoplanet called ‘Perwana’, orbits around ‘Shama’, its star.
  • Parliamentary panel finds Sindh as hub of forced conversions PTI lawmaker says his bill on protection of religious minorities pending in NA.
  • Lahore journalist remanded into FIA custody over ‘anti-state’ Facebook posts Suspect’s lawyer rejects allegations of sharing anti-state material; Lahore Press Club terms arrest “unconstitutional”.
  • Foreign investment in treasury bills reaches record $2.2bn The latest T-bills auction held on Jan 15 yielded $537.9 million — the highest amount for a single auction.
  • Big industry output shrinks 4.61pc for eighth month Between July and November, the big industry output declines 5.93pc on a yearly basis.
  • Power firms seek Re1 hike in fuel adjustment for November Higher electricity rates, on approval by the regulator, will be recovered from consumers in the upcoming billing month.
  • Indonesia releases no kinno import quota for Pakistan Usually, the quota for import of kinno is released in January every year.
  • To defuse palm row, Davos diplomacy likely between India, Malaysia India has repeatedly objected to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaking out against its recent policies.
  • Afghan Taliban see deal with US by end of month Agree to reduce operations to facilitate withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan.
  • China and Myanmar ‘stand together’ despite Rohingya backlash Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi says the country will always be at China’s side.
  • Thousands turn up at New Delhi protest against citizenship law “We will continue [to] protest against the law till it is repealed,” says Chandrashekhar Azad.
  • Bangladesh to house 100,000 Rohingya in once-submerged island Bhasan Char is ready for habitation.
  • France deploys radar system in Saudi Arabia to ‘reassure’ Riyadh Macron says the Jaguar Task Force has been deployed.
  • Dream of ‘peaceful South Asia‘ can’t be realised until Kashmir is solved, Qureshi tells Pompeo FM Qureshi is on the final leg of his tri-state tour of Iran, Saudi Arabia and the US to defuse regional tensions.
  • Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim refuses to visit Pakistan due to family’s concerns over security “My family is worried, and they don’t want me to go,” says Bangladesh batsman.
  • India level series despite Smith’s defiance India may face a top order crisis in Sunday’s decider in Bengaluru after Dhawan and Rohit left the field with injuries.

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