{"id":74249,"date":"2021-05-21T02:07:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T02:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=74249"},"modified":"2021-05-21T02:07:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T02:07:37","slug":"current-affairs-20-may-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-20-may-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] 20 May, 2021 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for PPSC Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs 20 May, 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;\">Mohmand Dam To Be Completed by 2025: PM.<\/span> Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Mohmand Dam will be completed by 2025.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">BYD Will Manufacture Electric Vehicles In Pakistan: Hammad.<\/span> Federal Minister for Energy, Hammad Azhar said on Thursday that Pakistan was moving towards electrification of mass transit as a consequence of EV policy approved by the federal government last year in December.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Buzdar approves 25pc allowance to remove disparity in salaries.<\/span> Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has approved a 25 percent special allowance for government employees from June to remove disparity in the salaries of government employees.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Professional exams can now be held in Pakistan: Shafqat Mahmood.<\/span> The National Command Operation Center has allowed organisations and institutions to hold professional exams or tests in Pakistan, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said Thursday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Punjab school reopening decision to be announced in 24 hours.<\/span> Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas has said that the decision on schools in Punjab will be announced in the next 24 hours.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Islamabad federal educational institutions to remain closed till June 6.<\/span> Federal educational institutions in Islamabad will remain closed till June 6, the Federal Directorate of Education announced Thursday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">UNGA session: UN chief calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza.<\/span> The UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres on Thursday once again called on Israel and Palestine to immediately end fighting and return to negotiations.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Rupee weakens against US dollar.<\/span> The Pakistani rupee depreciated 24 paisas against the United States (US) dollar in the interbank market on Thursday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">PCB receives green signal from Abu Dhabi for PSL6.<\/span> The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed that it has received all outstanding approvals and exemptions from the United Arab Emirates government for hosting the remaining Pakistan Super League matches in Abu Dhabi.<\/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>\u00a04,207 new cases<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>131 deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted<strong>\u00a051,130\u00a0tests\u00a0<\/strong>in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on May 20\u00a0at 7:37\u00a0am).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pakistan to lift\u00a0some COVID-19 restrictions:<\/strong>\u00a0The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1624532\/ncoc-allows-staggered-reopening-of-educational-institutes-outdoor-dining-from-may-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-fjjktik-iluykthdp-t\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1621647987513000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGgPfAjFXKY9dJfF6ulUJHStJGnsQ\">lift\u00a0some COVID-19 restrictions<\/a> that were implemented to prevent the spread of the virus. As of May 24, outdoor restaurants will open daily until 11:59pm, the tourism sector will reopen with strict COVID-19 protocols, and education institutes in districts with less than a 5% positivity rate will reopen. As of June 1, outdoor marriage ceremonies are back on with a maximum of 150 people, and elective surgeries can be scheduled. As of June 7, educational institutes in all districts will reopen in a &#8220;staggered&#8221; manner. After June 20, all matric and intermediate exams will take place, while all professional and non-professional exams will happen on a case-by-case basis. Minister of Planning, Asad Umar, reminded people to be careful and get vaccinated since things are not completely back to normal yet, and won&#8217;t be until Pakistan reaches its vaccination targets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"m_-4897383763065368639size-18\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>2. Mob beats Christians in Okara village<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s going on?\u00a0<\/strong>Police\u00a0registered a case against 66 people for allegedly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/amp\/1624268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-fjjktik-iluykthdp-b\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1621647987513000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF5oYRwDYr5KvegcL2DmaN9oAZsUA\">torturing<\/a>\u00a0some members of the Christian community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The details:\u00a0<\/strong>At first, a\u00a0group of people reportedly beat up<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>four Christians in a Muslim-majority village.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucanews.com\/news\/muslim-mob-attacks-christian-villagers-in-pakistan\/92480#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-fjjktik-iluykthdp-n\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1621647987513000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGYe5xDxCMMJRCrSeSqsaKOLpQCUA\"><em>UCA News<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/amp\/1624268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-fjjktik-iluykthdp-p\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1621647987513000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHnQQy2C2iojlhLMQSj-snVUZ64Hg\"><em>Dawn<\/em><\/a>\u00a0are sharing different reports about this incident. According to\u00a0<em>UCA News<\/em>, Mangta and a few other Christian boys were cleaning a church when one of the\u00a0Muslim landlords passed by and accused them of throwing dust on him.\u00a0<em>UCA\u00a0News<\/em>\u00a0quoted a priest at the St. Thomas Catholic Church in Chak\u00a05, who said &#8220;they attacked the boys and raided 15 houses of\u00a0our community the next day.&#8221; However,\u00a0<em>Dawn<\/em>\u00a0reported that a motorcyclist came by,\u00a0started abusing the Christian boys, and\u00a0told them to stop spreading dust. Afterwards, the motorcyclist came back with more people and attacked\u00a0them with weapons and rods.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Tell me more:<\/strong>\u00a0Mangta said a mob attacked his house the next day. According to\u00a0<em>UCA News<\/em>, Mangta lost his thumb during the attack. The mob was reportedly carrying glass bottles, stones, axes, batons and bricks. They even started breaking furniture. According to\u00a0<em>Dawn<\/em>, Mangta filed a First Information Report (FIR), and said around 66 people entered his home, tortured his sister-in-law, and threw bricks at his house.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The context:\u00a0<\/strong>This assault on the Christian community\u00a0happened in the backdrop of pro-Palestinian rallies\u00a0in Pakistan. People are\u00a0protesting\u00a0the Israeli military&#8217;s violence against Palestinians and airstrikes on Gaza that have killed numerous civilians, including children.\u00a0In the meantime,\u00a0Christians in the Okara village are worried about future attacks, because they think the govt doesn&#8217;t do enough to protect religious minorities in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Bottom line:<\/strong>\u00a0While it&#8217;s important to speak out against injustices taking place abroad, it&#8217;s also essential to look inward at violent incidents taking place in your own backyard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">3. Is the Prime Minister&#8217;s ruling party splitting up?<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lots of mixed news here, but judging from this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1624513\/tareen-dispels-reports-of-split-in-pti-says-theres-no-forward-bloc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-fjjktik-iluykthdp-m\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1621647987514000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHTo7xvDvzcxfs31W7d-375lBZHcw\"><em>Dawn<\/em><\/a>\u00a0report, the answer is\u00a0&#8216;no.&#8217; Jahangir Tareen, a businessman and senior member of Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan&#8217;s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, rejected rumors about a &#8220;split&#8221; in the ruling party. Tareen\u00a0said he has made a\u00a0&#8220;group&#8221; within the party, but they&#8217;re not actually breaking away.\u00a0If Tareen&#8217;s group were to actually break away from PTI, it would make the party&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-05-19\/pakistan-pm-imran-khan-s-ruling-party-splits-in-latest-turmoil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-fjjktik-iluykthdp-c\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1621647987514000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGFmFRu3vZRLmAvunZOB-gjxTMt1w\">slim parliamentary majority<\/a>\u00a0even slimmer.\u00a0Tareen reportedly played a big role in getting many politicians to join PM Khan&#8217;s PTI party, and also helped\u00a0PM Khan win the 2018 general election. Now, Tareen is being investigated in some\u00a0corruption cases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Backstory:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) reportedly registered\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1624513\/tareen-dispels-reports-of-split-in-pti-says-theres-no-forward-bloc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-fjjktik-iluykthdp-q\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1621647987514000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF5fBG2lqpfZwFww7HtaMoYvMqbKw\">three cases<\/a>\u00a0against Tareen, though he claims the cases aren&#8217;t\u00a0connected with a\u00a0&#8220;sugar scam,&#8221; which\u00a0was initially the talk of the town.\u00a0Tareen said the FIA&#8217;s claims against him and his family are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1615646\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-fjjktik-iluykthdp-a\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1621647987514000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGM0tFOI9Xk1AyUY9_rsGskca7XdQ\">&#8220;totally fabricated.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0Around 40 lawmakers in the National Assembly and provincial Punjab Assembly are backing Tareen. He even hosted a dinner for his supporters on Tuesday, where 31 lawmakers showed up. Noman Langarial, one of Tareen&#8217;s supporters who attended the dinner,\u00a0believes what happened to Tareen is wrong, which is why these lawmakers are supporting him.\u00a0Langarial was\u00a0apparently referring to the accusations against Tareen in the sugar scam inquiry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Remind me, what was the sugar scam?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>PM Khan asked the FIA\u00a0to investigate a sugar shortage in the country, which was causing a surge in sugar prices. Last year, the FIA&#8217;s\u00a0sugar inquiry commission reported that some sugar mill owners were manipulating the market to make a massive profit amounting to billions of rupees.\u00a0Tareen&#8217;s name\u00a0came up in the commission&#8217;s report, along with the names of other\u00a0key govt\u00a0and political opposition figures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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 20 May, 2021 with download link available in pdf. 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