Today’s important Pakistan Current Affairs 30th November 2018.
One Liner
- Finance Minister Asad Umar announces Rs2 decrease in petrol, diesel prices. Trying to pass benefit onto consumers, says finance minister.
- US dollar hits all-time high at Rs144 intraday in interbank market. Asad Umar says devaluation was imminent due to flawed policies of the previous PML-N govt as dollar closes at Rs137.70
- ‘1,470 displaced traders in Karachi being given alternative shops’. Mayor Wasim Akhtar says remaining 2,105 affected shopkeepers will be accommodated in the second phase of rehabilitation.
- Over 300 policemen deployed along border with Balochistan after Chinese consulate attack. 63 posts have been set up in Jacobabad, Kashmore and Qambar.
- China halts activities of baby gene-editing scientist. Health commission orders investigation into He Jiankui’s experiment, which was condemned by the scientific community.
- Canada sanctions 17 Saudis over Khashoggi murder. Ottawa continues to call for “a transparent and rigorous accounting of the circumstances” surrounding his murder.
- FBR finds 20,000 wealthy non-filers. Prime minister urges the FBR to widen the tax net, linking low tax collection to rising inflation.
- Number of HIV patients in Balochistan tops 5,000. Around 71 prisoners incarcerated in different jails had been found to be infected with HIV/Aids, says an official.
- Georgia elects first woman president. The French-born former diplomat has taken 59.52 per cent of the second-round vote.
- Mystery persists over size of land possessed by Bahria Town. SC asks Sindh advocate general to determine whether the builder has committed contempt of court.
- China donates Rs6m more to families of policemen martyred in consulate attack. Consul General Wang Yu distributes Rs6 million among the heirs of deceased at a ceremony in Karachi.
- Donald Trump scraps G20 meet with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine crisis. “I look forward to a meaningful Summit again as soon as this situation is resolved,” says the US president.
- Bangladesh to send cricketers to Pakistan after safety assurances. Bangladesh squad being sent for Emerging Teams Asia Cup starting December 6 is the first to visit Pakistan since 2015.
- Lawsuit opens in Germany against textile company over deadly Baldia factory fire. The four plaintiffs, a survivor and three relatives, are seeking €30,000 each in damages from the clothing company.
- Govt still hopeful New Delhi’s response will change after elections, PM tells Indian media. “It’s not in Pakistan’s interest to let its soil be used for terrorism,” PM Khan says.
