Today’s top Pakistan current affairs October 26,2020 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.
1. COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN
2. Return of the missing TV reporter
What’s going on? A reporter working for Geo News TV went missing in Karachi. The police registered the journalist’s disappearance as an abduction. The journalist, Ali Imran Syed, left home on Friday evening to buy biscuits, and told his wife he’d be back in 30 minutes. However, he didn’t return. Syed finally turned up 72 hours later.
The details: Geo Bureau Chief, Fahim Siddiqi, thinks Syed’s disappearance might have something to do with his coverage of recent political events. Even though Syed is considered a non-controversial reporter, he covered the brief arrest of Captain (retired) Muhammad Safdar, son-in-law of former PM Nawaz Sharif. Safdar is also a leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) opposition party. Safdar was charged for chanting anti-govt slogans (i.e. sloganeering) at the tomb of Pakistan’s founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Tell me more: Syed reported details of a police raid at the hotel where Safdar and his wife, Maryam Nawaz, were staying. Geo also aired CCTV footage of the arrest. Siddiqi claimed the channel faced a lot of ‘pressure’ after showing that footage, but didn’t specify what kind of pressure, or where it was coming from.
The bottom line: Even though police labeled Syed’s disappearance an ‘abduction’ they didn’t name any suspects.Recently, there have been several cases of journalists in Pakistan being detained or abducted before being released. Reporters across the country are demanding protection and security for the journalist community.
3. PM Khan denounced Islamophobia in France
PM Khan accused French President, Emmanuel Macron, of encouraging Islamophobia. PM Khan came down hard on President Macron in a series of tweets. PM Khan was referring to some comments President Macron made a few days ago. While speaking at a memorial service for history professor, Samuel Paty, President Macron said: “France will not give up cartoons,” while referring to caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He also said Paty was killed because “Islamists want our future…they will never have it.”
4. When hijabs become mandatory at work
Pakistan’s Faysal Bank is enforcing a new conservative dress code for women employees. Women working at the bank have to wear hijabs and loose-fitting/culturally appropriate dresses, such as shalwar kameez, kurta suits, or any other modest attire. The dress code applies to both regular women employees, and women interns. On top of the dress code, women have to be mindful of their makeup and jewellery selection – meaning, they can’t wear ‘too much.’
MARKET RECAP
The benchmark KSE-100 index closed at 41,266.00 after rising 66.98 points (+0.16%) as of October 23, 2020.
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