{"id":71130,"date":"2021-03-27T02:07:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T02:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=71130"},"modified":"2021-03-27T02:07:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T02:07:30","slug":"current-affairs-march-26-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-fpsc-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-march-26-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-fpsc-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] March 26, 2021 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for FPSC Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs March 26, 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;\">Pakistan Test-Fires Shaheen-1A Ballistic Missile.<\/span> Pakistan today conducted successful flight test of Shaheen-1A surface to surface ballistic missile, having a range of 900 kilometers. The test flight was aimed at re-validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system including advanced navigation system.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistan, World Bank sign $1.3b agreement.<\/span> The World Bank will provide Pakistan $1.3 billion to support the government initiatives in several sectors, according to agreements signed between the two parties.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">NCOC to review Punjab, KP and Islamabad coronavirus situation Saturday.<\/span> The National Command and Operation Centre will hold a meeting on Saturday to review the coronavirus situation in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Private schools to protest against closure of educational institutes.<\/span> The All Pakistan Private Schools and Colleges Association has decided to protest against the government\u2019s decision to close educational institutions.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Vaccine registration for Pakistanis over 50 starts March 30.<\/span> COVID-19 vaccine registration for Pakistani above 50 years will start from March 30, announced NCOC chief Asad Umar on Friday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">O Level exams in Pakistan to begin on May 15.<\/span> The Cambridge International Examination board has confirmed that O Level and IGCSE exams in Pakistan will start on May 15.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistan \u2018strongly\u2019 condemns attack on Saudi oil terminal.<\/span> Pakistan on Friday strongly condemned an attack on a petroleum distribution terminal in Jizan region of Saudi Arabia.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Gold prices fall further in domestic market.<\/span> Gold prices continued a downward trend in the domestic market for the third consecutive day on Friday as per tola price of the yellow metal dropped by Rs 250 to Rs106,450<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistan Cricket Team Leaves For SA.<\/span> A 34-member Pakistan unit \u2013 comprising 21 players and 13 officials \u2013 Friday departed for South Africa on a chartered flight for three one-day internationals (ODIs) and four Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).<\/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<p><strong>24-hour recap:\u00a0<\/strong>Pakistan reported<strong>\u00a03,946\u00a0cases<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>63 deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a024 hours. Pakistan also conducted<strong>\u00a038,858 tests<\/strong>\u00a0in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on\u00a0March 25\u00a0at 8:51am).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>PM Khan&#8217;s brief isolation period:<\/strong>\u00a0Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/20\/asia\/pakistan-imran-khan-covid-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-flidre-iluykthdp-t\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616894006485000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZtMrJRQgSHewylEhSWw4Eom4xgg\">tested positive for COVID-19<\/a>\u00a0on Saturday, March 20. He has been self isolating at home, and reportedly had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.pk\/node\/1829086\/pakistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-flidre-iluykthdp-i\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616894006485000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFJlWg3hDfAFqa4Lgbar6ZDGS1rRQ\">mild symptoms<\/a>. Five days later,\u00a0Minister for Information, Senator Shibli Faraz, tweeted a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shiblifaraz\/status\/1375024974793162754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-flidre-iluykthdp-d\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616894006485000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGmhzIZ6VisGNm8-ySC02fR73wuUg\">photo\u00a0<\/a>of PM Khan and his media team having a meeting at his residence. The meeting was indoors and in-person. In the photo, it looks like they&#8217;re all wearing masks and sitting at a distance from each other. However, PM Khan was still within the recommended isolation period for COVID-19 patients. That means whoever met him in-person risked being exposed to the virus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>A mixed public response:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Some people on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shiblifaraz\/status\/1375024974793162754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-flidre-iluykthdp-h\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616894006485000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH4b7yh3B_thk21qrYgKPGLKAQcOA\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0are saying, &#8216;that could have been a Zoom meeting,&#8217; and &#8216;the optics are all wrong here.&#8217;\u00a0Others think the meeting participants took enough precaution by wearing masks and practicing social\u00a0distancing, so it&#8217;s okay if the meeting was in-person.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>How long do you need to isolate if you have COVID-19, but NO symptoms?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/hcp\/disposition-in-home-patients.html#:~:text=Persons%20infected%20with%20SARS%2D,CoV%2D2%20RNA.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-flidre-iluykthdp-k\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616894006485000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGLbglI3J7mQEParo7kbgsHqwV8DQ\">Center for Disease Control (CDC<\/a>) people who develop COVID-19, but don&#8217;t have symptoms, can discontinue isolation 10 days after the date of their first positive test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>How long do you need to isolate if you have COVID-19, but WITH\u00a0symptoms?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/hcp\/disposition-in-home-patients.html#:~:text=Persons%20infected%20with%20SARS%2D,CoV%2D2%20RNA.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-flidre-iluykthdp-u\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616894006485000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF1DKjz7AzjXMTF8uBBKKfufyoxGA\">CDC<\/a>, people who develop COVID-19\u00a0with mild to moderate symptoms can discontinue isolation after at least 10 days since their symptoms started. People should be fever-free for at least 24 hours without needing fever reducing medication. Other symptoms should also show signs of improvement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"m_-3900032265714873579size-18\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>2. One of several child abuse cases<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s going on?\u00a0<\/strong>It&#8217;s always so hard to write about this kind of news. A four year old girl\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1614560\/body-of-4-year-old-girl-found-in-drain-in-kps-kohat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-flidre-iluykthdp-o\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616894006485000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHYrd2bF7s2-7bDQ0Aqs0gipoe24g\">went missing<\/a>\u00a0a day earlier. Her grandfather filed a complaint regarding her disappearance, and prompted the registration of a First Information\u00a0Report (FIR). Yesterday, her body was found in\u00a0a drain, in the Khattak Colony area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The police have registered a murder case and are still investigating.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The details:\u00a0<\/strong>The girl&#8217;s family and residents in the area held a protest. They demanded justice. The girl&#8217;s family claimed she was sexually assaulted, but a medical report hasn&#8217;t confirmed this yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The context:\u00a0<\/strong>During the first eight months of last year, around 182 child sexual abuse cases were registered in KP. As for Pakistan\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-flidre-iluykthdp-b\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616894006485000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHyrqeB976ZdFVJimTNxYp1xztFZA\">overall<\/a>,\u00a01,489\u00a0children\u00a0were sexually\u00a0abused\u00a0in the first half of 2020.\u00a0Last year, the National Assembly passed the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1540514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-flidre-iluykthdp-n\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616894006485000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFgJo3LMQw02zuDYByZgoteJUmbkA\">Zainab\u00a0Alert, Response, and Recovery Bill<\/a>, which is supposed to speed up punishments and investigations in child abuse cases.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[dkpdf-button]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs March 26, 2021 with download link available in pdf. 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