Today’s Important Current Affair Pakistan 19 April 2019 – for Competitive Exams – Daily Current Affairs 2018-2019 Online

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  • Missing Chinese national found dead in Islamabad Body sent for post-mortem examination; police say it is premature to say if it is a murder case.
  • PM Imran endorses grievances of Pashtuns, but says agitation will not yield any benefits Premier says he agrees with PTM’s demands in principle, but disagrees on confrontational stance against the state.
  • SC orders completion of Orange Line Metro Train project by May 20 Apex court orders construction companies to submit guarantees of Rs10m each.
  • Asad Umar officially relieved of finance portfolio, Abdul Hafeez Shaikh appointed adviser Amir Kiyani loses health ministry; Cabinet Division issues notifications making changes, new appointment official.
  • Bangladesh girl burned to death on teacher’s order: police Police say one of the 17 people arrested accused the school’s principal of ordering the attack.
  • France salutes ‘exemplary’ firefighters for saving Notre-Dame Some 600 firefighters worked throughout the night on Monday to put out the fire at the Paris landmark.
  • Peace talks postponed after Taliban object to size of Afghan delegation “The government will have to change the composition of the delegation to make this meeting happen,” says diplomat.
  • 29 German tourists killed in Portugal bus crash “Horrible news comes to us from Madeira,” a German government spokesman tweets after the crash.
  • Facebook bans British far-right groups Far-right British groups including the English Defence League banned for promoting hate and violence.
  • Fattest parrot’s numbers boosted by record birth of chicks Climate change possibly aided the critically endangered kakapo’s unique mating spree.
  • Performance aside, Asad Umar’s resignation ill-timed, say trade and industry leaders “Asad could not control the economy and did not take trade and industry on board while framing policies.”
  • CAD jumps by 196pc in March The central bank reported that the current account deficit in March was at $822 million compared to $278m in February.
  • ‘Improve industrial capability to benefit from new FTA with China’ A revised FTA with China will be signed on April 28.
  • Reserves dip by $1.03bn Decrease in dollar stick amid external debt servicing, repayment of $1bn principal against PSB, says SBP.
  • Foreign investment plunges 51pc FDI in March was $177.5m, a 5.15pc month-on-month increase over February’s $168.8m.
  • Body formed to prepare rules for PM’s question hour A parliamentary committee constitutes a subcommittee to prepare recommendations.
  • Pemra torches Indian DTH, cable-line equipment The equipment were torched at an event where participants shouted slogans against Indian DTH.
  • Saudi Arabia recognises doctors’ postgraduate degrees Postgraduate doctors who have completed MS and MD will now be able to work in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states.
  • Canadian woman pardons alleged harassers Police release the two alleged harassers after the woman pardons them.
  • Punjab govt approves two new districts Governor’s hometown Pirmahal and Chishtian are being upgraded
  • IHC summons records of NAB cases in which Zardari was acquitted IHC division bench takes up appeals filed by NAB against the acquittal of Zardari in the two references.
  • Child’s death in encounter exposes differences between Sindh govt, police Experts say govt unhappy over IGP’s transfer, posting powers; police recruitment through NTS.
  • 14 offloaded from passenger bus, shot dead on Makran Coastal Highway 15-20 armed assailants stop Karachi-Gawadar bus, identify non-Baloch passengers by their NICs and shoot them.
  • PM Imran reshuffles cabinet less than one year into government The former information minister has now been assigned the portfolio of minister for science and technology.
  • KP lags behind in World Bank’s Khyber Pass economic corridor project The World Bank approved a loan of $460.6 million for the Khyber Pass Economic Corridor Project almost a year ago.
  • Opposition terms Asad’s resignation failure of govt policies Bilawal sees it as ‘a beginning’; PML-N calls for prime minister’s resignation.
  • No Pakistani soldier, citizen killed in air strike: Sushma ISPR chief happy over Indian foreign minister’s statement on Balakot attack.
  • India suspends cross-LoC trade citing ‘misuse of trade routes’ Traders say “India wants to create a famine-like situation to force Kashmiris into giving up their legitimate struggle.”
  • Trump feared Russia probe would ‘end’ presidency, according to Mueller report The report paints an unflattering picture of Trump in crisis mode as the scandal first hit the White House in 2017.
  • India holds new vote amid violence and protests At some polling stations in Kashmir, security forces outnumbered voters with tens of thousands of troops deployed.
  • Kohli defends Dhoni, says loyalty matters most Indian captain says it was unfortunate to see so many people going after the veteran wicketkeeper-batsman.
  • Liverpool legend Ian Rush is coming to Pakistan The former striker will attend a screening of the Premier League match between Liverpool and Cardiff on Sunday.
  • ‘Kaptaan’ Khan gives cricket team pre-World Cup pep talk Discusses preparations for World Cup with PCB, cricket team.
  • Afghan, Tajikistani teams to be invited to polo festival Gilgit-Baltistan tourism minister Fida Khan says the Shandur polo festival is to be held in the second week of June.

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