Today’s top Pakistan current affairs August 03,2020. These are the latest breaking news about Pakistan which will be helpful for aspirants in test preparation of current affairs, Pakistan affairs, General knowledge for NTS, PPSC, CSS, FPSC, KPPSC, SPSC, BPSC, AJKPSC, OTS, PTS, and other Govt Jobs, exams & MDCAT, ECAT Entry test preparation.
One Liner
- Three top lawyers to assist IHC in Indian spy case. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday appointed leading lawyers as amici curiae in Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav case and asked Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan to once again seek response from the Indian government and the spy regarding appointment of counsel for his defence.
- Efforts still under way for mediation between Iran, Saudi Arabia: PM
- PIA terminates five more pilots over ‘bogus licences’.
- Pakistan asks UK to hand over Shehbaz’s son-in-law: sources
- Pakistan Post issues special postage stamp to mark ‘Yaum-e-Istehsal’.
- Punjab’s strategy to curb coronavirus proves successful: CM Buzdar
- FM Qureshi, Khattak, visit LoC to express solidarity with Kashmiris.
- Imran Ghazali appointed GM of govt’s digital media wing.
- Dr Faisal Sultan appointed as SAPM on Health.
Spotlight by The NewsRun
1. COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN
- Pakistan reported 553 cases and 6 deaths in the past 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted 14,003 tests in the span of 24 hours (P.S. these numbers were last updated on August 2 at 2:33pm PKT)
- Sindh recorded less than 200 cases for the first time since April 19.
- Dr. Faisal Mahmood, a professor at the Aga Khan University teaching hospital, said more people coming to his clinic are having problems recovering from the virus, instead of those who are currently infected.
2. Thousands gather to support a killer
What’s going on? Right-wing Islamists came together in Peshawar to support a man who shot a U.S. citizen on trial for blasphemy. Demonstrators praised the assailant for defending his religion, and called for his immediate release from jail.
The details: Tahir Naseem was accused of blasphemy after claiming to be a prophet. Faisal Khan shot him in a Peshawar courtroom during his trial hearing. Khan claimed he saw Prophet Muhammad in a dream the night before. It’s unclear how Khan managed to enter the courtroom and get past security with a weapon. Naseem died before he could be taken to a hospital, and Khan was taken into custody. According to the U.S. State Department, Naseem initially lived in Illinois and was an American citizen. Naseem was reportedly in touch with a student at an Islamic school in Pakistan via Facebook and told him he was a messiah sent by God. Later on, Naseem met the student in Peshawar, and was arrested afterwards.
The bottom line: Even though Pakistani authorities haven’t formally executed anyone under the country’s blasphemy laws, several accused people are on death row. In Pakistan, any attempt to even amend the blasphemy law triggers severe backlash. Also, a mere allegation of blasphemy can be life threatening since mobs and vigilantes lash out against whoever is accused.
3. The content banning merry-go-round
First, Pakistan’s Telecom Authority (PTA) banned online game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), after receiving complaints about the game being too addictive, a waste of time, and harmful to the physical and psychological health of children. Then, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) told PTA to lift the ban on PUBG, but the PTA said ‘nope.’ However, on July 30, the PTA suddenly tweeted that it’s unbanning the game following positive engagement with PUBG. PUBG representatives reportedly welcomed PTA’s feedback regarding control mechanisms for the gaming platform. In related news, PTA also unbanned Bigo after the live-streaming platform’s management made a commitment to moderate immoral and indecent content.
MARKET RECAP
The benchmark KSE-100 index closed at 39,258.44 after rising 422.17 points as of July 30, 2020.
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