{"id":60784,"date":"2020-10-27T18:27:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T18:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=60784"},"modified":"2020-10-27T18:27:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T18:27:14","slug":"current-affairs-october-272020-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-october-272020-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] October 27,2020 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for PPSC Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs October 27,2020 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;\">Seven killed, 70 injured in blast at Peshawar madrassah.<\/span> At least seven people were killed and 70 others injured in a powerful blast at a madrassah in Peshawar\u2019s Dir Colony on Tuesday morning, police and rescue officials said.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">PM \u2018deeply\u2019 saddened by the terrorist attack on Peshawar madrassah.<\/span> Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed deep sadness over today\u2019s terrorist attack on a madrassh in Peshawar\u2019s Dir Colony.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">India\u2019s arms\u2019 expansion serious threat to regional stability: FO.<\/span> Pakistan on Tuesday warned that the US-India Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) will have serious repercussions for peace and stability in South Asia<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Identity parade of Lahore motorway gang rape suspects Abid Malhi held.<\/span> The process of the identity parade of a prime suspect in the Lahore motorway gang rape case, Abid Malhi, was completed on Tuesday<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Gold prices down Rs770 per tola.<\/span> The per tola gold price witnessed a decrease of Rs770 to Rs114,500 in the domestic market on Tuesday<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistan not to recognize Israel says UN envoy Munir Akram.<\/span> Permanent Representative of Pakistan to United Nations (UN) Munir Akram on Tuesday said that Pakistan is not a weak state to recognize Israel as a nation<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Umrah pilgrimage: Pakistan starts accepting applications under new regulations.<\/span> Pakistan has announced accepting applications from the nationals for Umrah pilgrimage from November 1 \u2013 2020 under the new regulations<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistan to reduce the sentence of prisoners on Eid Miladun Nabi.<\/span> The federal cabinet has approved a reduction in the sentence of prisoners on the event of Eid Miladun Nabi.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">PCB confirms South Africa\u2019s Tour to Pakistan.<\/span> Pakistan\u2019s tour of South Africa has been rescheduled for April 2020, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced in a statement on Tuesday.<\/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<ol>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Pakistan reported<strong>\u00a0773\u00a0new cases<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a06\u00a0deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in the past 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted\u00a0<strong>27,133 tests<\/strong>\u00a0in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on October 27\u00a0at 7:18am).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>2. Pakistan condemns &#8220;blasphemous&#8221; French <\/strong><strong>caricatures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s going on?<\/strong>\u00a0Pakistan&#8217;s\u00a0National Assembly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1587131\/na-unanimously-adopts-resolution-against-blasphemous-sketches-after-noisy-session\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayujuz-iluykthdp-j\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603906759021000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHhE_xspXfNj47sCkzafQAXJwXNmA\">passed a resolution<\/a>\u00a0condemning\u00a0&#8220;blasphemous&#8221; caricatures in France. These caricatures depicted Islam&#8217;s Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Pakistan&#8217;s Foreign Office summoned the French ambassador,\u00a0Marc Barety, to protest against the &#8220;blasphemous&#8221; sketches and French President,\u00a0Emmanuel Macron.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What did President Macron do?\u00a0<\/strong>Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan\u00a0already accused President Macron of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1586939\/pm-imran-denounces-french-presidents-encouragement-of-islamophobia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayujuz-iluykthdp-t\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603906759022000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEGUbUFdavCwDgkPIgbCZNKKqk-_A\">encouraging Islamophobia<\/a>. He\u00a0was referring to some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20201021-we-will-not-give-up-cartoons-macron-in-homage-to-murdered-teacher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayujuz-iluykthdp-i\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603906759022000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkZl40jDAKOFcX6LV2FUHRGlRnZg\">comments<\/a>\u00a0President Macron made while speaking at a memorial service for history professor, Samuel Paty.\u00a0President Macron said France would\u00a0not &#8220;give up&#8221; the caricatures. He also said Paty was killed because &#8220;Islamists want our future&#8230;they will never have it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Tell me more:\u00a0<\/strong>47-year-old Paty was beheaded in a Paris suburb on October 16. The suspected assailant, Abdoullakh Anzorov, was an 18-year-old Russian national of Chechen origin. Azarov was reportedly angry that Paty showed his students caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) during a discussion on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/french-officials-identify-chechen-man-as-suspect-in-teacher-beheading-11602938009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayujuz-iluykthdp-d\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603906759022000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHY9SFj7b75NqnBonCNOiQIQVfzyA\">limits of free speech<\/a>. Paty asked students who might find the cartoons offensive\u00a0to look away.\u00a0The caricatures were from the satirical magazine,\u00a0<em>Charlie Hebdo<\/em>, which was already targeted in a terrorist attack five years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The resolution urged Pakistan&#8217;s govt to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recall Pakistan&#8217;s envoy in Paris.<\/li>\n<li>Work on an &#8220;International Day to Combat\u00a0Islamophobia&#8221; with\u00a0the Organization\u00a0of Islamic Cooperation\u00a0(OIC).<\/li>\n<li>Ask other OIC countries to boycott French goods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The resolution urged non-OIC countries to:\u00a0<\/strong>Give Muslims living in their territories effective legal avenues\u00a0to share their grievances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The resolution urged the United Nations (UN) to:<\/strong>\u00a0Initiate global dialogue to support inter-faith harmony\u00a0and challenge rising Islamophobia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:<\/strong>\u00a0The govt and opposition members\u00a0wrote their own resolutions,\u00a0before eventually agreeing on one resolution. Despite the opposition-led\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/10\/16\/thousands-gather-for-anti-government-protest-in-pakistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayujuz-iluykthdp-h\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603906759022000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGjW-i-zwp2i17nzI9TLh_tBbTVwA\">anti-govt movement<\/a>, opposition members and the federal govt are collectively outraged over the issue of blasphemy in France, and President Macron.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>3. Pakistan&#8217;s first metro train service is open<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1587031\/countrys-first-major-mass-transit-project-opens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayujuz-iluykthdp-p\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603906759022000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFyvPsDKqGixUDaSo3oC5XQ6CzlRA\">Orange Line Metro Train<\/a> (OLMT) in Lahore is officially open to passengers after years of delays. This is reportedly Pakistan&#8217;s first-ever electric urban transit train. The metro line has more than two dozen stations. It\u00a0will reportedly cut travel time and traffic congestion across the city. Around\u00a0250,000 people are expected to use the service daily. During\u00a0the inauguration ceremony, Punjab Chief Minister, Usman Buzdar, said the metro train will provide &#8220;international standard transport to citizens.&#8221; He didn&#8217;t miss an opportunity to make\u00a0a dig at the former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) govt. While speaking, CM\u00a0Buzdar said the current Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) govt is pretty good at &#8220;completing the projects of previous govt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Backstory:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The OLMT\u00a0was built under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). CPEC is a part of China&#8217;s overarching\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-54692488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayujuz-iluykthdp-x\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603906759022000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFm88dG1A7ToqVQA7C9G7b3ngAFJw\">Belt and Road Initiative<\/a>, which aims to connect the economies of Asia, Africa, and Europe through massive infrastructure projects. In the past, people protested against the OLMT, claiming it would damage numerous heritage sites like the Shalimar Gardens. More than 600 trees were reportedly cut down to make room for the transit route. The project cost PKR 300 billion (i.e. $1.8 billion).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>4. Blast in a Peshawar seminary<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At least seven people were killed, and more than 70 injured, in an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1587278\/at-least-7-killed-70-injured-in-blast-at-seminary-in-peshawars-dir-colony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayujuz-iluykthdp-m\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603906759022000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH1b2Ps0FBYmhe93d4TXnjNyIvD4A\">explosion<\/a> at a seminary in Peshawar&#8217;s Dir Colony.\u00a0The blast took place during a Quran class. Initial police reports suggest an improvised device caused the blast.<\/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>41,850.47\u00a0<\/strong>after rising <strong>584.47\u00a0points<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(+1.42%)<\/strong>\u00a0as of October 26,\u00a02020.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1587119\/kse-100-climbs-585-points-buoyed-by-cement-stocks-fatf-announcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayujuz-iluykthdp-c\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603906759022000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGVlYkQmURUfEj791s9XmbtU0y3Ow\">Cement stocks<\/a> reportedly did pretty well, and gave the index a boost. There is a growing demand for cement due to an increase in construction work. Investors were also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1587119\/kse-100-climbs-585-points-buoyed-by-cement-stocks-fatf-announcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ayujuz-iluykthdp-q\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1603906759022000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGhb3Sw_7FSC1VjZnV33uHurbew1w\">relieved<\/a> to hear that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was keeping Pakistan on its &#8216;grey list&#8217; (i.e. the watch list for\u00a0terrorism financing and money laundering), which means Pakistan is safe from the FATF&#8217;s\u00a0&#8216;blacklist&#8217; for now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[dkpdf-button]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs October 27,2020 with download link available in pdf. 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