Today’s Important Current Affairs 24th August 2018 for NTS PPSC CSS Govt Jobs

PM Imran chairs cabinet meeting to discuss 7-point agenda
Scott Morrison is new Australian PM after bitter coup. Morrison installed as 7th PM in 11 years after a stunning Liberal party revolt unseated moderate Malcolm Turnbull.
Indian journalist Kuldip Nayar passes away at 95. He was born on August 14, 1923 in Sialkot, Pakistan.

High level appointments, transfers made in Army.

Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday made high level command postings and transfers across Pakistan.
According to the Army’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lieutenant General Shahid Baig Mirza has been appointed as the Inspector General (IG) Communications and Information Technology (C&IT). He was earlier serving as Corps Commander Karachi.
Lieutenant General Nadeem Raza has been made the Chief of General Staff (CGS) while the present CGS Lt Gen Bilal Akbar has been posted as Corps Commander Rawalpindi.
Lieutenant General Naeem Ashraf who was serving as Chairman Heavy Industries Taxila(HIT) has been appointed as Corps Commander Multan.
The present Corps Commander Multan Lieutenant General Abdullah Dogar has been assigned the post of Chairman HIT.
Lieutenant General Humayun Aziz has been appointed as Corps Commander Karachi. He was previously working as IG C&IT.

Lahore board announces 9th class 2018 results.

The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Lahore, has declared the result of secondary school (Class IX) annual examination, 2018.
According to a notification issued by the board on Monday, in Lahore, 2,50,833 candidates participated in the examination, out of which 125,838 students have been declared successful.

Indonesian earthquake death toll reaches 555.

Deadly earthquakes rocked Indonesia’s Lombok Island this summer killed 555 people and injured nearly 1,500.
The picturesque Island next to holiday hotspot Bali was hit by two deadly quakes on July 29 and August 5. On Sunday it was shaken by a string of fresh tremors and aftershocks, with the strongest measuring 6.9 magnitude.