{"id":56197,"date":"2020-08-26T18:55:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T18:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=56197"},"modified":"2020-08-26T18:55:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T18:55:56","slug":"current-affairs-august-262020-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-entry-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-august-262020-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-entry-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] August 26,2020 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for Entry Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs August 26,2020 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;\">PM Khan Telephones Abdullah Abdullah, Discusses Pak-Afghan Ties<\/span>. Prime Minister Imran Khan has emphasized the importance of Pakistan-Afghanistan bilateral relations, which are based on commonalities of faith and culture, shared history and fraternal bonds between the two peoples.<\/li>\n<li>Heavy rain, flood expected in Pakistan during next 48-hours: Met office<\/li>\n<li>Heavy Rains With Thunderstorm Predicted Across The Country<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistan rubbishes India&#8217;s &#8216;charge sheet&#8217; in Pulwama attack<\/span> case as &#8216;motivated propaganda&#8217;. Pakistan on Wednesday rejected the charge sheet filed by India&#8217;s National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Pulwama attack case, stating that the fabrications in the report were designed to further the Bharatiya Janata Party&#8217;s (BJP) anti-Pakistan rhetoric and its narrow domestic political interests.<\/li>\n<li>Pakistani students urge government to help them return to China<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistan to introduce electric-powered buses this year:<\/span> minister.science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Wednesday that electric-powered buses would be introduced in Pakistan this year.<\/li>\n<li>Pakistan\u2019s global stature elevated for firm stance on peace, progress: FM<\/li>\n<li>Gold prices down Rs500 per tola in domestic market. The gold prices on Wednesday declined by Rs500 per tola and was traded at Rs116000 in the domestic market<\/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;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> <strong>COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Pakistan reported\u00a0<strong>482 new cases<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>12 deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in the past 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted\u00a0<strong>24,231 tests<\/strong> in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on August 26 at 9:31am).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>While reporting on COVID-19 in Pakistan, a recent\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/08\/pakistan-wins-rare-fragile-successes-coronavirus-200824111112457.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-quhjkjy-iluykthdp-j\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598551294720000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEWQOWf1BhBIbFVZx1MUob_IsbpZQ\">Al Jazeera<\/a><\/em>\u00a0article claims \u201cthe South Asian nation of 200 million seems to have won the fight against COVID-19&#8230;\u201d With a large population, weak health infrastructure, and dense urban neighborhoods, Pakistan was expected to experience the worst of the pandemic. However, active cases in Pakistan are steadily declining, with the number of daily deaths down to single digits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>According to doctors and epidemiologists, several factors contributed to the country\u2019s less than expected outbreak, such as phased lockdowns and demographics.\u00a0For example, an estimated 64% of Pakistan\u2019s\u00a0population is under the age of 30. Older patients are reportedly more vulnerable to serious complications from COVID-19.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>According to the head of infectious diseases at Karachi\u2019s Aga Khan University Hospital, Dr. Faisal Mahmood, the virus moves within \u201cnetworks\u201d and doesn\u2019t go through an entire population equally. Pakistan\u2019s social distancing restrictions and targeted lockdowns in virus hotpots reportedly isolated saturated infection networks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>There are still fears of a second wave. Large religious gatherings are coming up to mark the first 10 days of Muharram. Schools and wedding halls are also reopening next month. As a result these \u201csaturated social networks\u201d will have a chance to interact with each other. Due to this mashing together of networks, the virus could find new avenues to spread.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Pakistan already went through a phase where hospitals began to reach capacity, ventilators became scarce, and there was a shortage of critical care beds. Doctors don\u2019t want people to stop following hygiene and social distancing protocols.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>Heavy rains kill 90 across Pakistan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Three days of torrential monsoon rains have\u00a0killed at least 90 people\u00a0and damaged around 1,000 homes across Pakistan.\u00a0At least 31 deaths were reported in Sindh, while 23 people died in KP, 15 in Balochistan, and eight in Punjab. Nearly 13 more people died in northern Pakistan, including three in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. Troops, rescuers, and volunteers from the right-wing Islamist group, Tehreek-e-Labbaik, evacuated people from flooded residential neighborhoods in Karachi. Every year, cities in Pakistan struggle to deal with heavy downpours that come with the annual monsoon season. Authorities are continuously criticized about poor planning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> <strong>Brothers beat their 20-year old sister to death<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Two brothers, Muhammad Ikram and Muhammad Saddam, reportedly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2260363\/men-kill-sister-over-suspicions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-quhjkjy-iluykthdp-k\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1598551294721000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGWp8sEg7eiFcIAu_iPGo8OrPtOvw\">beat their 20-year-old sister to death<\/a>. The family lives in the Kamalpur area of Nishatabad. For reasons that are unclear, the brothers had forbidden her from going to their neighbor\u2019s house. According to\u00a0<em>Express Tribune<\/em>, she left for\u00a0their neighbor\u2019s place on Tuesday. When she came home, her brothers asked where she had been, but she didn\u2019t respond. That\u2019s when they hit her with sticks, and fled after fatally injuring her. She succumbed to her injuries at the hospital. Police registered a case against the brothers and launched raids to arrest them.<\/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>40,292.82\u00a0<\/strong>after rising\u00a0<strong>490.22<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>points<\/strong>\u00a0as of August 25,\u00a02020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/quiz-gk-pakistan-current-affairs-quiz-25-august-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Quiz] GK &amp; Pakistan Current Affairs Quiz 25 August 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[dkpdf-button]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs August 26,2020 with download link available in pdf. 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