{"id":60538,"date":"2020-10-23T17:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=60538"},"modified":"2020-10-23T17:00:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T17:00:56","slug":"current-affairs-october-232020-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-entry-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-october-232020-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-entry-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] October 23,2020 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for Entry Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs October 23,2020 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;\">FATF: Pakistan defeats Indian malice, escapes blacklist as watchdog acknowledges progress.<\/span> With Indian exposed malice failing to have Pakistan rendered blacklisted on Friday, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has kept the country on the grey list appreciating the reforms it carried out<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Raoof Hasan appointed as SAPM on Information.<\/span> Prime Minister Imran Khan has appointed Raoof Hasan as his Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting,<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Gold prices fall in domestic market, edge up globally.<\/span> The per tola gold price witnessed a minimal decline of Rs100 to Rs115,500 in the domestic market on Friday<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">\u2018India\u2019s nefarious designs to push Pakistan into FATF blacklist will fail\u2019.<\/span> Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Friday that India\u2019s nefarious designs to push Pakistan into the blacklist of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will fail because World has recognized Pakistan\u2019s measures against terror financing and money laundering<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Rupee hits five-month high against dollar.<\/span> Pakistani Rupee gained 45 paisas against the US Dollar on Friday, closing the session at a five-month high of Rs161.37 in the interbank market<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">\u2018Iconic tram service to be launched in Karachi soon\u2019.<\/span> Administrator Karachi Iftikhar Ali Shalwani said on Friday that Turkey had offered to launch tram service in the port city and the administration is working over a plan to relaunch the iconic service in the metropolis<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">World Bank approves $304 million for PRIDE programme.<\/span> The World Bank has approved $304 million in financing for Punjab Resource Improvement and Digital Effectiveness Programme (PRIDE).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">BRT To Resume Services In Peshawar From Tomorrow.<\/span> Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Peshawar will resume its operation from tomorrow (Saturday) in the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) after a gap of one month.<\/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<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>\u00a01. COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Pakistan reported<strong>\u00a0736\u00a0cases<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>13<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in the past 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted<strong>\u00a027,050\u00a0tests<\/strong>\u00a0in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on October 23\u00a0at 7:24am).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"m_-508656282395503298size-18\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>2. IBA cancels notable economist&#8217;s lecture after threats from extremists<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s going on?\u00a0<\/strong>Atif Mian is a\u00a0Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance at Princeton University. He\u00a0is also the Director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. He was\u00a0featured in the International Monetary Fund&#8217;s (IMF) list of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/imf-lists-25-brightest-young-economists-1462827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-j\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603557399761000&amp;usg=AFQjCNED9tUlZQ4PX6q5TER0_X1118TulA\">&#8220;Top 25 Brightest Young Economists.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0On October 19, Mian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtifRMian\/status\/1318171836966981633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-t\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603557399762000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEMA5TJ-wOIKhzElNASViE_vZ1msQ\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0that he&#8217;s excited about chatting with students at the International Business Administration (IBA) in Karachi on November 5 &#8211; this was going to be via Zoom. In response, IBA tweeted &#8216;looking forward to it.&#8217; All was well and good, until Mian&#8217;s virtual talk suddenly got cancelled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The details:\u00a0<\/strong>On October 22, Mian tweeted that his Zoom economics seminar at IBA has been cancelled, because the university administration was facing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtifRMian\/status\/1319276546545184770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-i\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603557399762000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH2xNlp1PxzUgw9F0Z3uPkhV1Y24Q\">threats from extremists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Tell me more:<\/strong>\u00a0In 2018, Mian\u00a0was appointed to Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan&#8217;s Economic Advisory Council. However, religio-political parties kicked up a storm\u00a0about his Ahmadi faith. The govt ended up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1431495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-d\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603557399762000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtLMJVISAX26XYd39Q2EGx8PuoHQ\">withdrawing his nomination<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The context:\u00a0<\/strong>In 1974, during the term of former PM and Pakistan People&#8217;s Party (PPP) leader, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto,\u00a0parliament introduced a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1586464\/iba-karachi-cancels-dr-atif-mians-lecture-after-threats-from-extremists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-h\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603557399762000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEoAjpSfV2Ad8avUgFD-c40bWKQIQ\">constitutional amendment<\/a>\u00a0that declared Ahmadis &#8216;non-Muslim.&#8217; In 1984, during\u00a0the military govt of former President and Army Chief, Gen.\u00a0Zia-ul-Haq,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/05\/08\/pakistan-ahmadis-kept-minorities-commission#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-k\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603557399762000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH0KFwO6zInuTyJaknCx4F6NlVU6w\">amendments in Pakistan&#8217;s penal code<\/a>\u00a0prohibited Ahmadis from &#8220;indirectly or directly posing as Muslim.&#8221; From then on, Ahmadis couldn&#8217;t declare their faith publicly, build\u00a0mosques, or recite the Muslim\u00a0call to prayer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Some religious history:\u00a0<\/strong>In 1889,\u00a0Mirza Ghulam Ahmad\u00a0founded the Ahmadi community, a religious group that identifies as Muslim. Members of the community reportedly believe that Ahmad wanted to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2010\/06\/01\/pakistan-massacre-minority-ahmadis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-u\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603557399762000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG0aVLKfSK3J7-TaktL3-lKddppXA\">create a revivalist movement<\/a>\u00a0within Islam, based on the messages and spirit of Islam that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) introduced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:<\/strong>\u00a0This isn&#8217;t the first time Mian has been shut down in Pakistan. Ahmadis in the country often face widespread discrimination and persecution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>3. Pakistan&#8217;s first transgender lawyer tells her story<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>28-year-old Nisha Rao is reportedly Pakistan&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independenturdu.com\/node\/50616?utm_medium=Social&amp;fbclid=IwAR1QpLIWbozNPtoDenrVMF2WrR2LdE5k9vC68QuLtBiWoqfWGqMv6ZGeHI4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-o\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603557399762000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHtw9-TXpkHST8qqVv5Euz87mbO2g\">first transgender lawyer<\/a>. She\u00a0is currently based in Karachi, but originally from Lahore. After completing her matriculation exam, she fled to Karachi to escape her family. During her first month and a half in Karachi, she lived at her friend&#8217;s teacher&#8217;s house and started begging to make some money since the teacher was also poor. Rao ended up attending Karachi University and graduated with a degree in International Relations. She went on to get her law degree from Sindh Muslim Law College in 2018. Rao continued to beg while studying law, and used that money to pay her way through law college.\u00a0Now, she\u00a0fights cases involving other transgender people, and\u00a0has handled more than 50 cases so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>4. A <span class=\"il\">new<\/span> cloud kitchen in Pakistan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Have you heard of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techjuice.pk\/pakistans-first-shared-cloud-kitchen-network-hotpod-launched\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-b\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603557399762000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBNbz1c5OLefpIyFRDSRaFP7IEBQ\">Hotpod<\/a>\u00a0yet? It&#8217;s a Karachi-based cloud kitchen startup, and reportedly the first of its kind in Pakistan.\u00a0Cloud kitchens are commercial facilities built to produce food meant for delivery.\u00a0Either one restaurant can\u00a0<span class=\"il\">run<\/span>\u00a0multiple brands under one roof, or different food owners\u00a0can share the kitchen.\u00a0In Hotpod&#8217;s case,\u00a0the startup will set up shared kitchen spaces, and help food entrepreneurs expand their reach via hyperlocal food delivery (e.g.\u00a0aggregators, call centers, online ordering platforms). To start, Hotpod is launching from three kitchens in Karachi, and plans to expand to 50+ shared cloud kitchens across Pakistan in the next three years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>5. An unexpected current-account surplus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s current account balance\u00a0showed a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2269365\/current-account-surplus-hits-17-year-high\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-n\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603557399762000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFm2alOu69_pqoxH6qlS29ttEILqQ\">surplus<\/a>\u00a0for the third month in a row. However,\u00a0even though September experienced a current account surplus of $73 million, it was still lower than the $211 million surplus in August. The lower surplus in September is due to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1583519\/trade-deficit-surges-195pc-in-september\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-p\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603557399762000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHgxB1pT6ObNPmIAsJoPhZWEltiVw\">an increase in imports<\/a>\u00a0(e.g. sugar, wheat, industrial raw material), which caused a wider\u00a0trade deficit.\u00a0Economists actually predicted a deficit instead of a surplus in September,\u00a0since Pakistan still has higher imports than exports. However, according to the central bank,\u00a0the rise in remittances (i.e. payments) from overseas Pakistanis, plus a month-on-month increase in exports, likely drove the current account surplus last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Backstory:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0The total surplus for the first quarter of the current fiscal year is\u00a0$792 million, compared to the $1,492 million (i.e. $1,492,000,000) deficit during the same time last year. This is the\u00a0first quarterly\u00a0surplus in more than five years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Here&#8217;s a quick refresher\u00a0on what exactly a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-x\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603557399762000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQVLlpD0vErdKlxY92NgsMSMLv0Q\">&#8216;<\/a>current account surplus&#8217; and &#8216;trade deficit&#8217; mean:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0A country&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/c\/current-account-surplus.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-m\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603557399762000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtNwFTSlE6Wwll7jeAcgq_I5_zqw\">current account balance<\/a>\u00a0has a\u00a0&#8216;surplus&#8217; when it\u00a0has more exports than imports. Trade balance, or the difference between a country&#8217;s imports and exports,\u00a0has the biggest impact on a country&#8217;s current account balance. If the value of a country&#8217;s imports is greater than the value of its exports, that indicates a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/b\/bot.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayhkjtt-iluykthdp-c\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603557399762000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH9n3dhGIBIu_oGF7uqZ-0mXRDTiw\">trade deficit<\/a>. If the value of a country&#8217;s exports is greater than the value of its imports, that&#8217;s a trade surplus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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 October 23,2020 with download link available in pdf. 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