Today’s important Pakistan Current Affairs 18 November 2018. These are top news which will be helpful for aspirants in preparation of NTS, PPSC, CSS, FPSC, KPPSC, SPSC, BPSC, OTS, PTS and All other Govt Jobs & exams.
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- PM Khan meets Abu Dhabi crown prince amid reports of UAE package. COAS Gen Bajwa, Finance Minister Asad Umar and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi accompany PM on one-day UAE trip.
- Tableeghi Jamaat amir Haji Abdul Wahab passes away. Haji Wahab, 95, had contracted dengue and had been hospitalised.
- 3 killed, 10 injured in alleged grenade attack on gurdwara in Amritsar. Attackers reportedly entered the Nirankari Bhawan gurdwara on a motorbike.
- Taliban hold talks with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar: sources. Source claims Khalilzad wants settlement within 6 months ─ a timescale the Taliban say is too short.
- Model Town killings: SC issues notices to Nawaz, others on plea for fresh JIT. Aggrieved woman files application requesting CJP to constitute new JIT to probe killings of PAT workers.
- 70 held as climate change protesters block off five London bridges. Organisers of the event say they wanted to put pressure on the govt to take action to slow climate change.
- One dead, dozens injured in fuel tax protests around France. Police officers lobbed tear gas canisters at demonstrators on the famed Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris.
- ‘Iran-Iraq trade expanding despite sanctions’. Rouhani’s remarks came about two weeks after the United States restored sanctions targeting Iran’s key oil industry.
- Pakistan witnessed negative wage growth in 2015-16: ILO. Region’s future prospects will require economic growth to go hand in hand with further expansion of decent work: report
- $1bn Saudi assistance to reach SBP tomorrow, says Umar. Finance minister optimistic about reaching basic agreement with IMF by November 20.
- Govt to send four new cases against Sharifs to NAB. Ex-premier’s hidden property found in UK, says special assistant to PM.
- Police seek court’s permission to exhume Maulana Samiul Haq’s remains. Post-mortem is necessary to investigate the murder and to fulfil the requirements laid down by the law, police say.
- CTD begins probe as CM Murad terms Quaidabad blast a ‘conspiracy to sabotage peace’. Ten injured persons discharged after being administered first aid, two with serious injuries under treatment.
