{"id":55729,"date":"2020-08-20T18:12:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T18:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=55729"},"modified":"2020-08-20T18:15:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T18:15:05","slug":"current-affairs-august-202020-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-august-202020-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] August 20,2020 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for PPSC Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs August 20,2020 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, <\/strong><strong>KPPSC, SPSC, BPSC, AJKPSC, OTS, PTS, and other Govt Jobs, exams &amp; MDCAT, ECAT Entry test preparation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>One Liner<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Muharram moon sighted<\/span>; Youm-i-Ashur on August 30: RHC. The chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal Committee (RHC) has announced that the crescent has sighted in Pakistan to mark the commencement of Muharram-ul-Haram from Friday (tomorrow)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">PM Imran launches Sehat Sahulat Programme for entire KP population<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrives in China to hold strategic dialogue<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">PM Khan approves Roshan Digital Account project for overseas Pakistanis<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Veteran Baloch leader Senator Hasil Bizenjo passes away at 62 in Karachi<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">No evidence shots fired at Maryam\u2019s car<\/span>: IG Punjab<\/li>\n<li>Woman martyred in Indian firing from across LoC: ISPR<\/li>\n<li>UAE could get F-35 jets in side agreement to Israel peace deal, sources say<\/li>\n<li>Pakistan records Rs14,500 fall in gold price within two weeks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Spotlight by\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsrun.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The NewsRun<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">\u00a0<strong>1.<\/strong> <strong>COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Pakistan reported <strong>513\u00a0<span class=\"il\">new<\/span>\u00a0cases<\/strong> and <strong>8\u00a0deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in the past 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted\u00a0<strong>22,859 tests<\/strong> in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on August 20 at 9:39am).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>No Palestinian state, no deal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s going on?\u00a0<\/strong>Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan took a stance on the Israeli-Palestine conflict, and said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/08\/pakistan-recognise-israel-pm-khan-200819115442159.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qutjjhy-iluykthdp-j\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598030964366000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFDntM5WealHj0Pe_2YDmXWZVe3KQ\">Pakistan will not recognize Israel<\/a>\u00a0until there is a Palestinian state acceptable to the Palestinians. During an interview with\u00a0<em>Dunya\u00a0<span class=\"il\">News<\/span><\/em>, PM Khan said Pakistan would not normalize ties with Israel like the UAE recently did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The details:\u00a0<\/strong>As a part of the deal with UAE, also called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/08\/world-reacted-uae-israel-normalising-diplomatic-ties-200813152921879.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qutjjhy-iluykthdp-t\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598030964366000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG0MOLnLtXwTY0LrwR2AzfKHVmEPQ\">\u201cAbraham Accord,<\/a>\u201d Israel committed to halting further annexation of Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank. However, Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he only agreed to a \u201cdelay\u201d in annexation, not a straight up cancellation.\u00a0PM Khan believes the Palestinians have faced \u201cevery kind of injustice.\u201d Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Minister,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/08\/uae-israel-normalise-ties-latest-updates-200813154215455.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qutjjhy-iluykthdp-i\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598030964366000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFF8yPMUa9xSRITFLC7qwzuuM88BA\">Shah Mahmood Qureshi<\/a>, stated that peace and stability in the Middle East is a priority, but Pakistan is also committed to the rights of Palestinians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The context:\u00a0<\/strong>On August 13, the UAE became the first Gulf Arab Country, and third in the Middle East after Egypt and Jordan, to establish diplomatic ties with Israel via a US-brokered deal. Israel and the UAE have maintained\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/08\/israel-uae-normalising-relations-200814105701641.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qutjjhy-iluykthdp-d\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598030964366000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEa3Q3YtHCXEn9fQ8lFBYchgKmOQA\">covert relations<\/a>\u00a0with each other for a while. In 2018, Israel\u2019s Minister of Culture and Sports became the first Israeli to visit Abu Dhabi on an official state visit.\u00a0Both countries have also shared intelligence and conducted direct\/indirect flights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:\u00a0<\/strong>Pakistan is on team-Palestinians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> <strong>Music video in mosque sparks outrage<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Conservative segments of the\u00a0public in Pakistan threw a fit after singer, Bilal Saeed, and actress, Saba Qamar, shot a music video for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CDoSOoUpHlo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qutjjhy-iluykthdp-u\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598030964366000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGRwYxu819ZwlrR1MyAOEFFxWosiw\"><em>Qubool<\/em><\/a>\u00a0at Wazir Khan mosque in Lahore. There was an uproar over\u00a0Qamar supposedly twirling (i.e. dancing) in the video, which some people considered inappropriate since she was in a mosque. However, she said this was just a circular movement to click stills for a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/s_qamarzaman\/status\/1292103853614288897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1292103853614288897%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhnhstyle.com%2Fsocial-media-reacts-after-fir-is-registered-against-saba-qamar-and-bilal-saeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qutjjhy-iluykthdp-o\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598030964366000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrJ-5_GihNd0XGT4OkCw_gpLRbvA\">poster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>The case:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Advocate Sardar Farhat Manzoor filed a petition against both artists and the music video\u2019s production team for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/302764-saba-qamar-bilal-saeed-booked-for-violating-sanctity-of-lahores-wazir-khan-mosque\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qutjjhy-iluykthdp-b\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598030964366000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHwY96x5VkQjgKzvYIZUzb_pTWdkw\">\u201cviolating the sanctity\u201d<\/a>\u00a0of Wazir Khan mosque and<a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2259499\/fir-registered-against-bilal-saeed-and-saba-qamar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qutjjhy-iluykthdp-n\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598030964367000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGyA18yjOAZhQtBufsx9CloSL47PA\">\u00a0\u201churting the religious sentiments of the public.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Manzoor also included the Punjab Auqaf and Religious Affairs Dept in his petition for allowing the shoot. Lahore police registered a case against the accused individuals based on Section 295 of the Pakistan Penal Code, which pertains to \u201cinjuring or defiling a place of worship, with intent to insult the religion of any class.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Fueling the fire:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief and right-wing Islamic cleric, Khadim Rizvi, isn\u2019t letting this go. In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SlayStahp\/status\/1294701707369357313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qutjjhy-iluykthdp-p\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598030964367000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHveteepF2arjgut4Li7CL2FeTL4w\">video<\/a>, Rizvi can be heard stirring up his followers, stating that the people responsible for the music video shoot should be brought to justice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>In related\u00a0<span class=\"il\">news<\/span>:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0The Punjab Auqaf and Religious Affairs Dept banned the shooting of films\/dramas in mosques and shrines following the Wazir Khan mosque fiasco.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>MARKET RECAP<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The benchmark KSE-100 index closed at\u00a0<strong>40,154.11\u00a0<\/strong>after dropping\u00a0<strong>29.90<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>points<\/strong>\u00a0as of August 19,\u00a02020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/quiz-gk-pakistan-current-affairs-quiz-19-august-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Quiz] GK &amp; Pakistan Current Affairs Quiz 19 August 2020<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[dkpdf-button]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs August 20,2020 with download link available in pdf. 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