[Current Affairs] 16 July 2020 Pakistan Top Current Affairs for Exam Prep

Today’s top Pakistan current affairs 16th July 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 MDCAT, ECAT, NTS, PPSC, CSS, FPSC, KPPSC, SPSC, BPSC, OTS, PTS, and other Govt Jobs & exams.

One Liner

Pakistan provides second consular access to Jadhav, reiterates offer to appeal against the death sentence. Two Indian High Commission consular officers provided “unimpeded and uninterrupted” access to Jadhav, says FO spokesperson.
NAB chairman orders inquiry against KE for unannounced load-shedding, over-billing. KE also accused of violating an agreement with govt; NAB Karachi directed to complete inquiry in 3 months.
ECNEC Approves Rs 289 Billion Motorways, Road Projects
All licences issued to pilots are genuine: CAA. Regulator’s confirmation contradicts aviation minister’s claim about ‘fake licences’; Palpa terms development an endorsement.
Biden, Gates, Obama among Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam. Twitter says it believes the incident was a “coordinated social engineering attack” that targeted some of its employees.
Hadiqa Kiani’s collaboration with Turkish artist Ali Tolga centered around Kashmiri martyrs removed from YouTube.
Supreme Court takes suo motu notice of journalist Mateeullah Jan’s ‘contemptuous’ tweets. IHC dismisses an identical petition, says judges’ dignity can’t be “harmed by a tweet on the social media”.
China speaks of retaliation after Trump ends HK’s preferential status. “Hong Kong affairs are purely China’s internal affairs and no foreign country has the right to interfere,” ministry says.

NewsRun Spotlight

A massive Twitter hack. This is reportedly the most catastrophic security breach in the company’s history. Some of the hacked accounts belong to President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and pop star Kanye West. The Apple and Uber corporate accounts also got hacked. It’s unclear if the accounts of Pakistani celebrities or leaders have been impacted.

Pakistan’s first transgender cop: Meet Pakistan’s first transgender police officer, Reem Sharif. This is Sharif’s way of coming full circle. After dealing with death threats, transphobic slurs, and sexual harassment at college, Sharif wants to help other transgender people and protect them from abuse. She has helped 16 transgender people in Rawalpindi and Punjab. There are reportedly 10,418 recorded transgender people in the country. However, some charities claim the number is closer to 500,000. There is still a lot of discrimination against Pakistan’s transgender community. However, Shari is a role model for other transgender folks who usually feel limited when it comes to career prospects.

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