{"id":56108,"date":"2020-08-25T17:42:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T17:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=56108"},"modified":"2020-08-25T17:42:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T17:42:22","slug":"current-affairs-august-252020-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-fpsc-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-august-252020-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-fpsc-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] August 25,2020 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for FPSC Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs August 25,2020 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;\">Federal Govt Announces Muharram Public Holidays.<\/span> Government on Tuesday announced public holiday across the country on 9th and 10th Muharram.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">CM Sindh Declares Emergency in Province.<\/span> Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah has imposed a rain emergency in the province after heavy rainfall wreaked havoc in Karachi and other parts of the province.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistani officials, Taliban meet in Islamabad to discuss Afghan talks<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistan Always Believes in Peaceful Solution of Problems in Afghanistan<\/span>: FM. A delegation of the Afghan Taliban led by Abdul Ghani Baradar \u2014 one of the co-founders of the Taliban \u2014 called on Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi today to discuss the Afghan peace process with the Pakistani leadership.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Bullets recovered from passenger\u2019s luggage at Multan airport.<\/span> The Airport Security Force (ASF) on Tuesday seized six bullets from Sharjah-bound flyer\u2019s luggage at the Multan International Airport, ARY News reported.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Africa set to be declared free of wild polio.<\/span> The World Health Organisation (WHO) is set to certify on Tuesday that the African continent is free from wild polio, four years after the last cases appeared in northeastern Nigeria.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Gold price drops Rs2,100 per tola in Pakistan.<\/span> The price of gold dropped by Rs2,100 per tola to reach Rs116,400 Monday, according to the All Sindh Saraf Jewelers Association<\/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;\">1. <strong>COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Pakistan reported\u00a0<strong>450 <span class=\"il\">new<\/span>\u00a0cases<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>11 deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in the past 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted\u00a0<strong>23,655 tests\u00a0<\/strong>in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on August 25 at 9:50am).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>When a tweet goes terribly wrong<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s going on?\u00a0<\/strong>Another blasphemy accusation, this time against political commentator, journalist and human rights activist, Marvi Sirmed. This story isn\u2019t in mainstream media outlets yet. Based on what we have gathered from Twitter chatter, South Asians Against Terrorism &amp; For Human Rights (SAATH) Forum released a statement condemning \u201cthe orchestrated blasphemy campaign and allegations against Sirmed.\u201d Sirmed appears to be a SAATH member as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The details:\u00a0<\/strong>According to SAATH Forum\u2019s statement, Sirmed openly criticizes enforced disappearances in Pakistan. She has also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marvisirmed\/status\/1287765820123353088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qudhyit-iluykthdp-j\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598462476417000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE6Hkpfe-3FQx_YrF4m3YJKj4DW4Q\">shared<\/a>\u00a0names, pictures and dates of citizens who she believes were illegally picked up by Pakistani intelligence agencies. Sirmed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marvisirmed\/status\/1297005699994705920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qudhyit-iluykthdp-t\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598462476417000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFlcJkcCcXyRxwKGKf8gjnzNVY8FA\">tweeted a satirical meme<\/a>\u00a0that was supposed to be in reference to enforced disappearances. However, some people didn\u2019t think the tweet about \u2018a Mullah,\u2019 \u2018Jesus Christ,\u2019 \u2018God,\u2019 and \u2018Baloch missing persons\u2019 was very funny. Instead, Sirmed said her tweet is generating\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marvisirmed\/status\/1297172475499995137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qudhyit-iluykthdp-i\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598462476417000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEKCyUNWOEV9GGjhjQ_iCN7IG0WKQ\">\u201ca lot of abuse, blasphemy allegations and threats.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:\u00a0<\/strong>Basically, Sirmed intended to make a sarcastic comment about enforced disappearances in Balochistan. Sirmed believes her tweet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marvisirmed\/status\/1297148963397738496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qudhyit-iluykthdp-d\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598462476417000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFi7Wejc2hC_5vIgGui0-4hak517Q\">didn\u2019t insult any religion<\/a>, but certainly pointed to \u201cPakistan\u2019s dark forces.\u201d A blasphemy accusation in Pakistan comes with dangerous consequences. Blasphemy can be punishable by death. Even though the state hasn\u2019t formally executed anyone under the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/07\/man-shot-dead-blasphemy-pakistan-courtroom-200729105816314.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qudhyit-iluykthdp-h\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598462476417000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsyT0eYIY87NPSbSfRAaUVqLuvMA\">blasphemy law<\/a>\u00a0yet, mobs and vigilantes bring it upon themselves to target people facing blasphemy accusations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> <\/span><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Is the economy right on track?<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan seems to think so. He is over the moon about Pakistan\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1576206\/economy-on-right-track-says-imran-as-he-reveals-current-account-surplus-of-424m-in-july\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qudhyit-iluykthdp-u\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598462476417000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG2-sGWsyENwvDq8ahpCcZV0tIEOA\">current account surplus<\/a>\u00a0of $424 million in July 2020. According to PM Khan, the surplus indicates that the economy is \u201cback on track.\u201d In a tweet, he wrote that Pakistan had a current account \u2018deficit\u2019 of $613 million in July last year, while the deficit was $100 million last month. He claimed that record remittances (i.e. money sent or transferred to another party) from overseas Pakistanis and a continuing recovery in exports drove the current account balance upwards. Speaking of remittances, Pakistan received\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1574999\/pakistan-received-record-27bn-remittances-in-july-sbp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qudhyit-iluykthdp-o\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598462476417000&amp;usg=AFQjCNESvGRYWLcrQ0XorXc90mD8hgxQVQ\">record-high remittances<\/a>\u00a0worth $2.7\u00a0billion in July, a 36.5% increase compared to July 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>4.<\/strong> <strong>Pakistan\u2019s B2B e-commerce space in the limelight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Karachi based Business to Business (B2B) e-commerce marketplace,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dastgyr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qudhyit-iluykthdp-b\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598462476417000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF_D2yr4SL8pDOuoIKTln-VgAbx7Q\">Dastgyr<\/a>, raised a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.menabytes.com\/dastgyr-investment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qudhyit-iluykthdp-n\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598462476417000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF4MeXod74pgHHd-t6McnheZ0_9_Q\">six-figure (USD) investment<\/a>\u00a0from angel investors in the US, Middle East, and Pakistan. They didn\u2019t disclose the exact amount. Dastgyr is a mobile platform that makes it easy for grocery store owners to get inventory for their stores. Entrepreneurs and investors are reportedly taking a lot of interest in Pakistan\u2019s B2B e-commerce space since there is a lot of opportunity. In the last three months, B2B e-commerce startups\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bazaar-tech.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qudhyit-iluykthdp-p\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598462476417000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFp_PH-T-F3I3eGFOui1yiyF-oazg\">Bazaar<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tajir-app.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-qudhyit-iluykthdp-x\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598462476417000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHdUtHqBY8eYgSbcHowA1iU7BN_cA\">Tajir<\/a>\u00a0raised over $3 million in funding from local and international investors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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>39,802.60\u00a0<\/strong>after rising\u00a0<strong>181.01<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>points<\/strong>\u00a0as of August 24,\u00a02020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/quiz-gk-pakistan-current-affairs-quiz-23-august-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Quiz] GK &amp; Pakistan Current Affairs Quiz 23 August 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[dkpdf-button]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs August 25,2020 with download link available in pdf. 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