{"id":62449,"date":"2020-11-20T20:09:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T20:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=62449"},"modified":"2020-11-22T04:35:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T04:35:14","slug":"current-affairs-november-202020-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-november-202020-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] November 20,2020 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for PPSC Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs November 20,2020 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<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"iSHRb4iFhNQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Current Affairs 20 November 2020 top Pakistan Current Affairs for PPSC test Preparation\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iSHRb4iFhNQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/prepistan.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>One Liner<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"flex\">\n<div class=\"flex__item sm:w-11\/12 w-full\">\n<div class=\"tabs__content px-0\">\n<div id=\"all\" class=\"tabs__pane active\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistan Rejects Indian PM\u2019s Baseless Allegations.<\/span> Pakistan on Friday rejected as \u201cgroundless\u201d the allegations levelled against Pakistan by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling it a desperate attempt to divert the international attention from its state-terrorism in the IIOJK and state-sponsored terrorism against Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Funeral Prayers of Khadim Hussain Rizvi To Be Offered Tomorrow.<\/span> Khadim Hussain Rizivi, chief of religeo-political party Tehreek-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), who passed away yesterday will be laid to rest tomorrow (Saturday).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">KCR fare reduced to Rs30, notification issued.<\/span> The fare for Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) train service has been reduced to Rs.30 from 50, ARY News reported on Friday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">ECC Approves $150mn Grant for Purchase of COVID19 Vaccine.<\/span> Economic Coordination Committee has approved, in principle, a technical supplementary grant of 150 million dollars for purchase of COVID-19 vaccine.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">PM Khan Says Peace in Afghanistan Would be Achieved Through Political Dialogue.<\/span> Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that his visit to Kabul yesterday was another step towards conveying Pakistan\u2019s commitment to peace in Afghanistan.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistan Donates 50,000 Sets of PPEs to Afghanistan.<\/span> Pakistan has donated fifty thousand sets of personal protection equipment to Afghanistan to deal with coronavirus pandemic.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Weather To Remain Dry and Cold Across Plain Areas Of The Country.<\/span> It is likely that weather will remain dry and cold across the country while mountain areas will be in grip of intense cold today.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">ICC postpones 2022 Women\u2019s T20 World Cup till 2023.<\/span> The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2022 has been delayed till 2023.<\/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>1. COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Pakistan reported<strong>\u00a02,738 cases<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>36<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in the past 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted<strong>\u00a042,909\u00a0tests<\/strong>\u00a0in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on November 20\u00a0at 7:29am).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>2. Leader of hardline <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: lucida grande, lucida sans, lucida sans unicode, verdana, sans-serif;\"><strong>religious<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0group dies in Lahore<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s going on?\u00a0<\/strong>TLP chief, Khadim Hussain Rizvi\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1591262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-atjltiy-iluykthdp-h\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1605983051539000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3CwTqBr9mpAclWuRwueeIc\">died<\/a>\u00a0in Lahore. He\u00a0supposedly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytimes.com.pk\/691177\/tlp-sources-claim-khadim-rizvi-has-started-breathing-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-atjltiy-iluykthdp-k\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1605983051539000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1-BoyTWYLc1e_eh_LDpoLr\">came back to life<\/a>, but\u00a0was\u00a0pronounced dead again.\u00a0He was 54-years-old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The details:\u00a0<\/strong>According to a TLP\u00a0spokesperson,\u00a0Rizvi was having breathing issues and running a fever since Wednesday. Rizvi was at his madrassah<em>\u00a0<\/em>(i.e. Islamic religious school)\u00a0when he started feeling worse on Thursday evening. Even after he was pronounced dead at a hospital, there were rumors that he was\u00a0breathing again. However, paramedic staff double-checked\u00a0and said he was dead.\u00a0Rizvi&#8217;s son also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2272840\/tlp-chief-khadim-hussain-rizvi-passes-away\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-atjltiy-iluykthdp-u\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1605983051539000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3D-gEASwx7MDSpRu_EnLzx\">confirmed his death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Who was Rizvi?\u00a0<\/strong>TLP is a\u00a0hardline religious political party. TLP leader, Rizvi, was\u00a0known to be a &#8220;firebrand cleric&#8221; and far-right\u00a0preacher. He was a fierce supporter of Pakistan&#8217;s blasphemy laws. He had been\u00a0wheelchair-bound since 2006 following an accident (P.S. word on the street is that his\u00a0driver\u00a0fell asleep while driving).<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1590705\/govt-succeeds-in-convincing-tlp-leaders-to-end-protest-after-lengthy-negotiations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-atjltiy-iluykthdp-o\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1605983051539000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3kTmSseVKhlkHD-XLsk402\">\u00a0A few days earlier<\/a>, thousands of his followers and party workers blocked a major highway in Islamabad\u00a0to protest\u00a0against published caricatures of\u00a0Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in France.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Rizvi\u00a0had\u00a0a history of\u00a0organizing protests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1591262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-atjltiy-iluykthdp-b\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1605983051539000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2yzHCCZle5-eiG01JkC6Tl\">January 2016<\/a>, he organized a rally in Lahore to demand the release of Mumtaz Qadri.\u00a0Qadri was a police bodyguard on death-row for killing\u00a0Punjab governor,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-35689191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-atjltiy-iluykthdp-n\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1605983051539000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3_uNKC6GM103LJh4o8pL42\">Salman Taseer<\/a>, over his criticism of Pakistan&#8217;s harsh blasphemy laws. Rizvi organized a protest march and sit-in\u00a0after the govt hanged Qadri.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1591262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-atjltiy-iluykthdp-p\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1605983051539000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0tJMO4FzqXwaS8yXY-V9Wx\">October 2017<\/a>, Rizvi led a\u00a020-day sit-in\u00a0at Islamabad&#8217;s Faizabad interchange to protest\u00a0against modifications to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1361665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-atjltiy-iluykthdp-x\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1605983051539000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3ATtJl5gUxOJMMXgAWR11w\">Khatm-i-Nabuwwat oath\u00a0<\/a>(i.e. the finality of Prophet Muhammad PBUH). This is a declaration\u00a0public office holders are required to make.\u00a0In the amended\u00a0form, the words \u201cI solemnly swear\u201d were replaced with \u201cI believe.\u201d Rizvi and his party found this unacceptable, and the govt eventually restored the original wording.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2018\/11\/03\/asia\/pakistan-asia-bibi-blasphemy-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-atjltiy-iluykthdp-m\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1605983051540000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3oX9Aem-fESRUEPdfK701H\">November 2018<\/a>,\u00a0Rizvi launched disruptive protests\u00a0against the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was sentenced to death for allegedly committing blasphemy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Public response:\u00a0<\/strong>Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan immediately\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImranKhanPTI\/status\/1329485070344839168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-atjltiy-iluykthdp-c\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1605983051540000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3GoYDTatEmxiip3brif5qP\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0a condolence message to Rizvi&#8217;s family.\u00a0Minister for Religious Affairs, Noorul Haq Qadri, said &#8220;Pakistan has lost a respected religious scholar and true admirer of the Holy Prophet.&#8221; To put this very gently, some people in Pakistan&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23KhadimRizvi&amp;src=trend_click&amp;vertical=trends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-atjltiy-iluykthdp-q\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1605983051540000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3XphItDTEeV9PL_96Qzi39\">twittersphere<\/a>\u00a0aren&#8217;t necessarily grieving. Rizvi&#8217;s critics claim he spread hatred and incited mob violence. While some people think he was a &#8220;true Muslim,&#8221; others have described him as a &#8220;trouble-maker&#8221; and &#8220;menace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:\u00a0<\/strong>As of this minute, Rizvi&#8217;s cause of death is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1591354\/firebrand-cleric-khadim-rizvi-dies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-atjltiy-iluykthdp-a\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1605983051540000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1YHv2i_hPqWbH-U83mXoHB\">unclear<\/a>. Some people are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelKugelman\/status\/1329466970845089793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-atjltiy-iluykthdp-f\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1605983051540000&amp;usg=AOvVaw01I5skr3DgzktBDCRggek_\">speculating he had COVID-19<\/a>, but there&#8217;s no confirmation yet. It could have also been a heart attack.\u00a0As for the public response to his death, there are mixed reactions of sadness and, umm, reminders that he wasn&#8217;t the most pleasant person.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>3. Latest findings in the 2016 PIA crash<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Remember thePIA\u00a0ATR42 aircraft (i.e. a turboprop plane)\u00a0that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2272830\/pia-plane-with-junaid-jamshed-onboard-crashed-due-to-technical-faults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-atjltiy-iluykthdp-z\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1605983051540000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3hQ4GcjYmOMXjDpVS0IG66\">crashed<\/a>\u00a0into a mountain near Havelian in December 2016? The plane crash\u00a0killed\u00a0all 47 people on board, including Pakistani singer-turned-preacher, Junaid Jamshed. There&#8217;s a\u00a0<span class=\"il\">new<\/span> update on the incident. A final investigation into the\u00a0crash revealed that three technical faults caused the crash. There was apparently a fracture in one of the engine&#8217;s power turbine blades, a broken pin, and pre-existing contamination inside the propeller valve. The plane reportedly had a routine daily inspection before the flight from Chitral to Islamabad that day. The plane also went through regular maintenance in October,\u00a0two months before the crash. It&#8217;s unclear how the technical issues didn&#8217;t come up during these checks.<\/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 November 20,2020 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-62449","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\/62449","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=62449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62449\/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=62449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}