{"id":72743,"date":"2021-04-24T03:07:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T03:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=72743"},"modified":"2021-04-24T03:07:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T03:07:30","slug":"current-affairs-april-23-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-fpsc-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-april-23-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-fpsc-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] April 23, 2021 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for FPSC Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs April 23, 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;\">Canada Bans Flights From Pakistan, India<\/span>. Canada suspended all passenger flights from Pakistan and India on Thursday for 30 days, Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra announced, citing increased Covid-19 cases detected in travelers arriving from these countries.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pak Army To Help Police To Ensure Implementation on SOPS: PM Khan.<\/span> Minister Imran Khan on Friday, while briefing the nation about the prevailing situation in the country regarding COVID-19, said Pakistan Army will help police to ensure implementation on the coronavirus standard operating procedures (SOPs).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Restaurants, schools closed as Fed govt announces fresh COVID restrictions.<\/span> Federal Minister for Planning and Development and Head of the National Command Operation Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar on Friday announced that Pakistan Army would be on the roads to enforce COVID-19 SOPs in the country amid concerns over rising virus cases<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">NCOC issues guidelines for Chinese Sinovac vaccines.<\/span> The government of Pakistan via National Command Operation Center (NCOC) has on Friday rolled out guidelines for the storage and jabbing of the Chinese coronavirus vaccine Sinovac of which the country received a shipment of 500,000 doses yesterday<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">FM Qureshi Reaches Turkey on Official Visit.<\/span> Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has arrived in Istanbul on a two-day official visit to Turkey.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Edhi foundation offers India 50 ambulances to fight Covid-19 crisis.<\/span> India recorded over 300,000 new cases and 2,263 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Its capital New Delhi continues to be among the worst hit cities, with hundreds of thousands of new infections and many new hospitalisations in the last few days.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Islamabad\u2019s PIMS hospital runs out of beds for COVID-19 patients.<\/span> Islamabad\u2019s PIMS hospital has run out of beds for people due to increasing number of the coronavirus patients, the hospital management informed the health ministry Friday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia bans arrivals from Pakistan, four others countries.<\/span> Saudi Arabia has restricted arrivals from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Philippines, the Saudi aviation authority announced Friday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistani rupee declines against US dollar.<\/span> The Pakistani rupee depreciated 41 paisas against the United States (US) dollar on the last day of week\u2019s trading in the interbank currency market on Friday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Zimbabwe shock Pakistan with 19-run win in second T20I in Harare.<\/span> Zimbabwe pulled off a shock 19-run win over Pakistan, successfully defending 118 to win the second T20 international in Harare and level the three-match series at 1-1.<\/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 recap:\u00a0<\/strong>Pakistan reported<strong>\u00a05,870\u00a0cases<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>144\u00a0deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a024 hours. Pakistan also conducted\u00a0<strong>53,818\u00a0tests<\/strong>\u00a0in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on\u00a0April 23\u00a0at 4:00am).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Is the Pfizer vaccine coming to Pakistan?\u00a0<\/strong>A health official claimed that the\u00a0COVAX initiative will give Pakistan at least 100,000 doses of the two-shot\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/print\/824139-pakistan-to-acquire-at-least-100-000-doses-of-mrna-covid-19-vaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ffijx-iluykthdp-o\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619317214987000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE7gOY63Pt4Ei6MiYd2MUoyndLwhw\">Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine<\/a>\u00a0by June this year (P.S. COVAX\u00a0donates COVID-19 vaccines to poorer nations). Clinical trials demonstrated that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine\u00a0is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/covid-19\/info-by-product\/pfizer\/pfizer-bioNTech-faqs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ffijx-iluykthdp-b\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619317214987000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFGJTGrULc2lTn6hK9wjyc1VNcM_w\">95% effective<\/a>\u00a0against symptomatic,\u00a0laboratory-<wbr \/>confirmed\u00a0COVID-19. Back in February, Pakistan\u00a0said it expects to receive 2.8 million doses of\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-pakistan-vaccine\/pakistan-to-receive-2-8-million-doses-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-under-covax-scheme-on-march-2-idUSKBN2AI1QU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ffijx-iluykthdp-n\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619317214987000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEy9fqt8HjcAIjS5z9QAkLBshrGmw\">Oxford-AstraZeneca\u00a0vaccine<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<wbr \/>March 2 under the COVAX scheme, but that hasn&#8217;t happened yet.\u00a0What we&#8217;re trying to say is, people in Pakistan shouldn&#8217;t hold their breath waiting for the Western-developed\u00a0Pfizer vaccine\u00a0to arrive anytime soon, since there have been delays in getting other\u00a0Western-developed vaccines\u00a0as well (e.g. Oxford-AstraZeneca).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Which COVID-19 vaccines is Pakistan using right now?<\/strong>\u00a0Pakistan has approved the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine, the Chinese CanSino vaccine,\u00a0the Chinese Sinovac vaccine,\u00a0Russia&#8217;s Sputnik V vaccine, and\u00a0the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/12\/asia\/pakistan-covid-private-vaccines-dst-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ffijx-iluykthdp-p\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619317214987000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGT1hK6-IAZpWsyQzA2srszGqUPdg\">emergency use<\/a>. So far, Pakistan has only received doses from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/04\/12\/asia\/pakistan-covid-private-vaccines-dst-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ffijx-iluykthdp-x\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619317214987000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG2X6tQXQeo5qxRNxVImJYL63JI9g\">Chinese and Russian<\/a>\u00a0vaccine-makers. As of April, 22, 2021,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/interactive\/2021\/coronavirus-vaccine-inequality-global\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ffijx-iluykthdp-m\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619317214987000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGxHJS_9ny5VRdaVSFBn6ozvcT_1Q\">less than 1%<\/a>\u00a0of the population has been vaccinated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"m_-7118014460210296202size-18\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>2. Pakistani college student burned in acid attack<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s going on?\u00a0<\/strong>Police in New York are searching for an unidentified man suspected of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/asian-america\/muslim-college-student-badly-burned-acid-attack-new-york-police-n1264950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ffijx-iluykthdp-c\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619317214988000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG6gylHW8H9vSrQfgCgueC5KjZ4Mw\">throwing acid<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Nafiah Ikram, a 21-year-old Pakistani-Muslim\u00a0college student studying at Hofstra University. She lives in the Long Island area\u00a0of New York.\u00a0The attack took place on the evening of March 17,\u00a0and the perpetrator still hasn&#8217;t been caught.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The details:<\/strong>\u00a0Ikram had just arrived at her home in Elmont, Long Island after her work shift at CVS when she saw a man watching from the corner. She said the unknown man\u00a0charged at her and tossed a cup of liquid in her face. The liquid is believed to be battery acid. The suspect is reportedly a tall, thin man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and gloves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Looking ahead:\u00a0<\/strong>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/asian-america\/muslim-college-student-badly-burned-acid-attack-new-york-police-n1264950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ffijx-iluykthdp-q\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619317214988000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFXaEEmiXTFXiOqysfdzqrS1qDP6g\"><em>NBC News<\/em><\/a><strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0the Nassau County Police Department issued a $10,000 reward to anyone who can identify the suspect or offer information\u00a0that leads to his arrest. However,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/22\/long-island-college-student-doused-with-acid-speaks-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ffijx-iluykthdp-a\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619317214988000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEFpyRg4YrHHMSGdcvqKdTGkjGiXg\"><em>New York Post<\/em><\/a>\u00a0said\u00a0the reward money is $20,000. The reason for the attack is still a mystery. Ikram and her family have no idea who could have done it. The legal director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in New York\u00a0is calling for a hate crime investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Something to know:\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;Top Chef &#8221; and &#8220;Taste the Nation&#8221; host,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ffijx-iluykthdp-f\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619317214988000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFvCwBJaxlgzG43WDlAIbYqMofibw\">Padma Lakshmi<\/a>, is also voicing her support for Ikram and her family. Lakshmi said she was close to the family, and has known them for over a decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:\u00a0<\/strong>Ikram was young and studying medicine. Now, she has lost a year of college, has burns across her face and arms, and might lose her eyesight. Ikram said she can just see colors.\u00a0Her entire life changed within minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>3. An alleged motive to disrupt stability and progress<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1619704\/quetta-suicide-blast-carried-out-to-disrupt-pakistans-peace-progress-interior-minister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ffijx-iluykthdp-w\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619317214988000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGiLG5UPUkA30qbebVIGrnCnGRqaw\">Quetta bomb blast,<\/a>\u00a0which happened at\u00a0the Serena\u00a0Hotel&#8217;s parking area. The death toll has gone up to five. A\u00a0suicide bomber reportedly used explosives, and stayed in the car with those explosives.\u00a0Quetta is the capital of Pakistan&#8217;s Balochistan province, home of the deep-sea Gwadar port. This area\u00a0has an important role in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC),\u00a0a large scale infrastructure project that China is investing heavily in. That&#8217;s why Interior Minister, Sheikh Rasheed, believes the\u00a0people behind the attack are against Pakistan&#8217;s\u00a0development. He also claimed the attackers want to disrupt the stability gained under the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) govt.\u00a0Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImranKhanPTI\/status\/1385111712987328514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ffijx-iluykthdp-jr\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1619317214988000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGQtWsxzijzhZAj4CoqFAptUkY9Rg\">condemned the incident<\/a>, saying Pakistan will &#8220;remain alert to all internal and external threats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Backstory:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>The bomb blast occurred on Wednesday night at 10:15 pm.\u00a0This venue is known to be a\u00a0luxury hotel. Govt officials and visiting dignitaries usually stay here. Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP), also known as the Pakistani Taliban, reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack. China&#8217;s Ambassador to Pakistan, Nong Rong,\u00a0was staying at the Serena Hotel, along with other Chinese officials. However, Ambassador Rong was not at the hotel when the blast took place.\u00a0Foreign Office Spokesperson, Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, reiterated that all Chinese nationals and diplomats were\u00a0safe.\u00a0The incident is being investigated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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 April 23, 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":2,"featured_media":52815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-72743","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\/72743","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72743\/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=72743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}