{"id":58268,"date":"2020-09-21T18:12:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T18:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=58268"},"modified":"2020-09-21T18:12:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T18:12:06","slug":"current-affairs-september-212020-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-fpsc-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-september-212020-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-fpsc-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] September 21,2020 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for FPSC Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs September 21,2020 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;\">Motorway rape case: Lahore police distributes pamphlets to materialize prime arrest<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Saudi Arabia announces gradual restoration of Umrah services.<\/span> Saudi Arabia has announced a phase-wise restoration of Umrah services in the country keeping in view the COVID-19 pandemic situation.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">PIA raises fare for Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Punjab announces date for intermediate exam results.<\/span> As per details, all the nine Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISEs) in Punjab will announce the results on Tuesday, September 22, 2020, confirmed Chairman Lahore Board on Monday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Two labourers injured as factory\u2019s roof collapses in Karachi\u2019s SITE area<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Karachi: Matric Science group results 2020 announced<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Nationwide anti-polio drive begins.<\/span> A five-day nationwide anti-polio drive has kicked-off, during which forty million children below five years age will be administered anti-polio.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">4 dead as plane crashes while trying to make emergency landing in Texas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Shaheen Afridi Takes Four Wickets in Four Balls<\/span>. Pakistan pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi on Sunday ensured victory for Hampshire after taking four wickets in four consecutive balls during the T20 Vitality Blast match against Middlesex in Southampton.<\/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<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Pakistan reported<strong> 633 new cases<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>4 death<\/strong>\u00a0in the past 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted\u00a0<strong>34,544\u00a0tests<\/strong> in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on September 21 at 9:09am).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>Pak-India border clash<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There have been recurring reports of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/india-pakistan-clashes-china-conflict-looms-1533005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-aolihy-iluykthdp-u\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1600796245859000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF98U0udwJuSJZXrK5-666WOaw6uA\">border clashes<\/a>\u00a0between Pakistan and India. Most recently, India accused Pakistan of initiating an unprovoked ceasefire violation. A few days ago Pakistan accused India of resorting to unprovoked firing on military posts and civilians. These cross-border firings are taking place along the Line of Control (LoC), a military control line that runs between Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and India-controlled Kashmir. Pakistan&#8217;s Foreign Ministry also accused India of wounding three civilians in the Andrala Nar village during cross-border shelling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>3.<\/strong> <strong>Pakistanis pay tribute to deceased US Supreme Court Justice<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pakistani individuals and organizations like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFTR3CWMT2_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-aolihy-iluykthdp-o\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1600796245859000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEmEYHPVxX-9_k0QluWt93R_u6QsA\">Malala Yousafzai<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kumailn\/status\/1307119280027299840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-aolihy-iluykthdp-b\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1600796245859000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF7aWEJzLEHKqBHWpQOgDUU0yWXyA\">Kumail Nanjiani<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CFTq6cvheeL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-aolihy-iluykthdp-n\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1600796245859000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPdyYgFsUaZNaUd0GFGHniUIADlA\">Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy\u00a0(SOC)<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmPakFdn\/status\/1307118280818266112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-aolihy-iluykthdp-p\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1600796245859000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHMzphv94y1fkLFQuJHdODx1gmuuw\">American Pakistan Foundation<\/a>\u00a0wrote\u00a0tributes for\u00a0US Supreme Court Justice,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/09\/18\/100306972\/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-champion-of-gender-equality-dies-at-87\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-aolihy-iluykthdp-x\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1600796245859000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF6WPXZp3KeMCAlgJUtI2EtP7SiZw\">RBG<\/a>, who passed away on Friday night at the age of 87 due to\u00a0complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><em><strong>Here are 5\u00a0things you need to know about the feminist, legal, and cultural icon:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Ginsburg and her husband, Martin, attended Harvard Law School.\u00a0She was one of only nine women in a class of more than 500. Her husband was also diagnosed with\u00a0testicular cancer. She juggled her 3-year-old child and an ill husband\u00a0with her studies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Ginsburg&#8217;s husband survived and got a job in New York. Ginsburg was a year behind him at Harvard, and transferred to Columbia Law School, where she graduated at the top of her class. However, New York City law firms\u00a0<strong>were not hiring women<\/strong>. In 1963, she\u00a0<strong>got\u00a0a teaching job at Rutgers Law School.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>In the 1970s, Ginsburg\u00a0<strong>spearheaded\u00a0the fight in courts for women&#8217;s legal rights and gender equality<\/strong>. The law treated women differently from men. Hundreds of state and federal laws barred women from jobs, rights, and even jury service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1980, then President Jimmy Carter named Ginsburg to the\u00a0<strong>U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit<\/strong>. She became known as a centrist liberal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1993, then President Bill Clinton\u00a0<strong>nominated Ginsburg\u00a0to the Supreme Court<\/strong>, the second woman appointed to the position.\u00a0Ginsburg\u00a0<strong>served on the Supreme Court for 27 years<\/strong>, while enduring\u00a0<strong>five bouts with\u00a0cancer<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"m_-1007508864525408259size-18\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>4. Speaker at rally charged for inciting sectarianism<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s going on?\u00a0<\/strong>Various Sunni groups came together to hold a march under the name, Muttahida Sunni Council, at Jinnah Chowk\u00a0in Islamabad.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Islamabad police registered a First Information Report (FIR) against central leader\u00a0of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jammat (ASWJ) group, Masoodur Rehman Usmani, for allegedly provoking sectarianism\u00a0and making anti-Shia remarks to incite attendees.\u00a0Around 1,900-2,000 participants attended.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The details:<\/strong>\u00a0This rally came after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nayadaur.tv\/2020\/09\/extremist-outfits-hold-anti-shia-rally-in-karachi-pelt-stones-at-imambargah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-aolihy-iluykthdp-j\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1600796245859000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHjgSFuosapnYLH-SmFx06MSgu7xA\">far-right\/extremist Islamist groups<\/a>\u00a0held a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1732981\/world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-aolihy-iluykthdp-t\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1600796245859000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF3sezTE2ozgvJHxTp_bg8YxykvAQ\">mass rally<\/a>\u00a0in Karachi on Friday, September 11. Hardline religious group Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) participated in the rally. So did the Islamist Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam political party. Some demonstrators were reportedly seen holding\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/group\/mappingmilitants\/cgi-bin\/groups\/view\/147?highlight=April+19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-aolihy-iluykthdp-i\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1600796245859000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGZ91BAGiWrCiFA_3VhpBL7MhbL5A\">Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP)<\/a>\u00a0banners. SSP is an anti-Shia militant group that has allegedly been involved in terrorist violence against the Shia community. ASWJ is reportedly the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/701588\/government-bans-ahle-sunnat-wal-jamaat-claims-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-aolihy-iluykthdp-d\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1600796245859000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFGGsWCo4IS_FCEh7nudcgZ6D8mYw\">new name<\/a>\u00a0of SSP.\u00a0ASWJ was created after Pakistan<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/701588\/government-bans-ahle-sunnat-wal-jamaat-claims-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-aolihy-iluykthdp-h\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1600796245859000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGTHQ39sq4oYsp-MD1F8-C3GPim_g\">\u00a0banned SSP<\/a>\u00a0in 2002.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Tell me more:\u00a0<\/strong>The rally on September 11\u00a0followed a build-up of blasphemy accusations against Shia leaders. Protesters chanted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytimes.com.pk\/665868\/anti-shiite-protest-rattles-karachi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-aolihy-iluykthdp-k\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1600796245859000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFn11H836630EyeyB_7cgwASza5eg\">\u201cShia kafir\u201d<\/a>\u00a0(i.e. infidels) and demanded a ban on Muharram processions, which mark the seventh-century killing of Prophet Muhammad\u2019s (PBUH) grandson, Imam Hussein.\u00a0During a televised Ashura procession last month, Shia clerics were accused of making disparaging comments about historical Islamic figures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The context:\u00a0<\/strong>The Shia community makes up approximately 20% of Pakistan\u2019s population. During past waves of sectarian violence, homegrown anti-Shia militant groups have bombed shrines and targeted Ashura processions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:\u00a0<\/strong>The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)\u00a0is worried that rising Sunni-Shia tensions will trigger another round of sectarian violence.<\/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>42,504.76\u00a0<\/strong>after rising\u00a0<strong>170 points<\/strong>\u00a0(+<strong>0.40%)<\/strong>\u00a0as of September 18,\u00a02020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/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 September 21,2020 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, KPPSC, SPSC, BPSC, AJKPSC, OTS, PTS, and other Govt Jobs, exams &amp; MDCAT, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-58268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-current-affairs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}