[Current Affairs] 21th January, 2021 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for PPSC Test Preparation
Today’s top Pakistan current affairs 21th January 2021 with download link available in pdf. 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.
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Pakistan reports highest daily Covid cases since start of pandemic as positivity rate crosses 12pc. Pakistan on Friday reported 7,678 new coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours — the highest number of cases since the pandemic began in Feb 2020.
Justice Ayesha Malik notified as country’s first woman SC judge. Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Justice Ayesha A. Malik was notified as a judge of the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Friday, officially becoming Pakistan’s first-ever woman judge to be green lighted to sit on the apex court.
Schools with high COVID positivity to be closed for one week: NCOC A spokesperson for the Sindh Education Department says NCOC notification has not been received yet.
Lahore blast death toll rises to 3 as Senate set to debate terrorism on Monday Lahore police form special teams to track down suspects; Opposition demands explanation over “rising” terror incidents.
Complete peace will return to Pakistan: COAS According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa vowed that sacrifices of martyrs will not go in vain and “complete peace will return to Pakistan”.
Punjab Governor, IWMI join hands to tackle water problems. Punjab Governor Chaudhary Mohammad Sarwar has urged the international organisations working on water issues to come forward and help the government move towards water scarcity – a matter of concern for all of us.
US playing ‘Xinjiang Card’ against China, silent on Kashmir: Mazari Pakistan-China Institute (PCI) organized a first-of-its-kind webinar on the “New Cold War about playing the Xinjiang card against China” under its flagship event series, “Friends of Silk Road (FOSR)”.
Daesh kills 11 Iraqi soldiers in overnight attack: authorities Eleven soldiers were killed in an overnight attack by the Daesh against a base in eastern Iraq, authorities said Friday, in the group’s deadliest operation in the country this year.
Spotlight by Prepistan
1. COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN
24-hour recap: Pakistan Reports 781 Critical Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours. Confirmed infections of COVID-19 reach 1,328,487, against 1,263,486 recoveries and 29,019 deaths, leaving 10,009 active cases.