{"id":66210,"date":"2021-01-13T16:07:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=66210"},"modified":"2021-01-13T16:07:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:07:37","slug":"current-affairs-january-13-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-entry-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-january-13-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-entry-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] January 13, 2021 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for Entry Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs January 13, 2021 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;\">Turkish FM along with \u2018Ertugrul\u2019 stars arrive in Pakistan.<\/span> Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu along with a 20-member delegation arrived in Pakistan on a three-day official visit<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">President Alvi confers Hilal-e-Pakistan on Turkish FM.<\/span> President Dr. Arif Alvi conferred on Wednesday Hilal-e-Pakistan award on Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan FMs to hold 2nd trilateral meeting today.<\/span> The Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan will hold the second trilateral meeting in Islamabad today after holding the first round of talks in Baku in November 2017<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Karachi\u2019s Green and Orange Lines project will become operational by Nov: minister.<\/span> Sindh Transport Minister Awais Qadir Shah said on Tuesday that Green and Orange Lines Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) will become operational by October 2021<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">CAA allows US flight carrying Pakistani deportees to land at Islamabad airport.<\/span> The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan has allowed a chartered flight, bringing back deportees from the United States (US) to land at Islamabad International Airport on January 20<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Osama murder: ATC extends physical remand of five accused.<\/span> An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday extended physical remand of the five arrested policemen in the Osama Satti murder case.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">PTA renews PTCL licence for another 25 years.<\/span> The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has renewed PTCL\u2019s licence to operate in the country for another 25 years.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Punjab University Announces Online Admission Schedule.<\/span> Punjab University (PU) has issued a comprehensive schedule for the online submission of admission forms and fee for Associate Degree in Science\/Arts Part-I and Part-II Annual Examination 2021.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">E-Sports is Now An Official Sport in Pakistan: Fawad Hussain.<\/span> The Federal Minister of Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has made an exciting new announcement for gamers. From now on, E-Sports will be considered an official sport in Pakistan, akin to many other countries.<\/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><strong>24-hour count:\u00a0<\/strong>Pakistan reported<strong>\u00a02,123\u00a0new cases<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>55\u00a0deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in the past 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted\u00a0<strong>39,450\u00a0tests\u00a0<\/strong>in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on January 13\u00a0at 8:12am).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"m_-8663521475138432982size-18\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>2. Nine arrested after child housemaid found dead<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s going on?\u00a0<\/strong>Nine suspects were arrested after\u00a0minor girl,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profit.pakistantoday.com.pk\/2021\/01\/12\/nine-arrested-for-rape-murder-of-minor-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-adhtdky-iluykthdp-t\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1610631548581000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGvzZ1swV8J9ymAqtVzI0e86I15Ig\">Momina Larik<\/a>, was reportedly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1601123\/9-suspects-arrested-after-rape-murder-of-minor-girl-in-khairpur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-adhtdky-iluykthdp-i\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1610631548581000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGJhBSSAfynEPFygmADLGUEeoitxQ\">raped and murdered<\/a>\u00a0in Sindh&#8217;s\u00a0Khairpur area. Larik was a housemaid who went missing on January 9. She was either seven or nine years-old. She worked at a house located less than a mile away from her residence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The details:\u00a0<\/strong>Larik&#8217;s\u00a0father is a rickshaw driver and has eight children. The girl&#8217;s parents knew she often stayed at her employer&#8217;s house, which is why they didn&#8217;t immediately notice she was missing. The parents got worried after she didn&#8217;t come home for two days. When they asked their daughter&#8217;s\u00a0employer&#8217;s where she was, they said she left two days earlier and didn&#8217;t stay with them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Tell me more:<\/strong>\u00a0Larik&#8217;s\u00a0parents and relatives found her body in\u00a0a banana orchard near their home on Monday.\u00a0She was reportedly raped and strangled to death. Police have caught nine suspects so far. Now, the police are waiting on DNA tests to\u00a0find a potential match between the suspects and Larik. #JusticeforMominaLarik was trending on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:\u00a0<\/strong>This is unfortunately one of several cases involving child abuse and rape. According to a report by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1576457\/1489-children-sexually-abused-in-six-months-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-adhtdky-iluykthdp-d\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1610631548581000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHtGnztxpeWheA6eS9KRZkeQe-yCw\">Sahil<\/a>,\u00a0a child protection organization, 1,489 children were sexually abused in the first half of 2020. In most cases, the abusers were acquaintances of the victims or victims&#8217; families. There are distressing images of Larik&#8217;s deceased body circulating on social media, which we chose to\u00a0not share here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>3. Guess who got an invite to Biden&#8217;s inauguration?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan People&#8217;s Party (PPP) Chairman, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, was reportedly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profit.pakistantoday.com.pk\/2021\/01\/12\/bilawal-zardari-invited-to-bidens-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-adhtdky-iluykthdp-h\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1610631548581000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHD9-PPunvA4NrMeDS9yc7MMhkZDw\">invited<\/a>\u00a0to the US President-elect&#8217;s\u00a0inauguration ceremony on January 20th.\u00a0Bhutto-Zardari&#8217;s\u00a0dad, PPP Co-Chairman and former President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, also got an invite.\u00a0The inauguration is where Biden will take his oath as the next President of the US. Outgoing President, Donald Trump,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2021\/01\/08\/trump-first-outgoing-president-skip-inauguration-152-years\/6596286002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-adhtdky-iluykthdp-k\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1610631548582000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCGsb5Ju0xepBod3e5qSF6bqSNaA\">said he won&#8217;t attend<\/a>, making him\u00a0the first US president to skip the inauguration of his successor since 1869.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytimes.com.pk\/712560\/joe-biden-invites-former-president-asif-zardari-and-bilawal-bhutto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-adhtdky-iluykthdp-u\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1610631548582000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGysr2mXbxDQAVfJ8SztyMGQWjnGQ\"><em>Daily Times<\/em><\/a>\u00a0said Zardari won&#8217;t be able to attend for health reasons. However,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com\/world\/rest-of-asia\/bilawal-zardari-get-invite-for-bidens-inauguration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-adhtdky-iluykthdp-o\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1610631548582000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEY2-2g18jEW9ddezeWp51xYo2Tjg\"><em>Khaleej Times<\/em><\/a>\u00a0claimed Zardari is on the Exit Control List, so he can&#8217;t leave the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">4. If Pakistan developed its own messaging app, would you use it?<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Federal Minister for Information Technology (IT), Amin-ul-Haq, said Pakistan will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pk.mashable.com\/tech\/7000\/pakistan-to-develop-its-own-messaging-app-with-modern-features-it-minister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-adhtdky-iluykthdp-b\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1610631548582000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF3oCTGEkM3cZa-Rbu2fIUnsh8prg\">develop its own<\/a>\u00a0social networking\u00a0app, complete with modern security and communication features (e.g. messages, voice calls, videos). Haq said Pakistan&#8217;s IT Ministry will work with\u00a0IT experts to build\u00a0the app. According to Haq, the app will be a convenient social networking platform for people in Pakistan. Users can register with their mobile numbers and CNIC (i.e. national identification). The IT Ministry will oversee the app.\u00a0Haq claimed\u00a0the app will protect a user&#8217;s\u00a0private data, messages, and personal information. He\u00a0said they will try to launch the app this year, and that\u00a0development work will start soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[dkpdf-button]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs January 13, 2021 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; [&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-66210","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\/66210","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=66210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66210\/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=66210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}