{"id":75422,"date":"2021-06-11T03:07:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T03:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=75422"},"modified":"2021-06-11T03:07:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T03:07:40","slug":"current-affairs-10-june-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-10-june-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] 10 June, 2021 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for PPSC Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs 10 June, 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;\">COVID-19 Claims 76 More Lives.<\/span> Seventy-six more deaths due to Coronavirus infection and 1303 new positive cases have been reported in the country.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistan\u2019s federal board announces inter, matric exams from July 10.<\/span> Exams for matriculation and intermediate classes will start July 10, the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education announced Wednesday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Punjab considers blocking SIM cards of people not getting vaccinated.<\/span> The Punjab government is considering various options to compel people to get vaccinated against coronavirus, it emerged Thursday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pfizer vaccine only for people with weak immunity: health ministry.<\/span> The Pakistan government has changed its guidelines for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. It will now only be used to inoculate people with weak immune systems.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Sindh inter exams to start on July 26.<\/span> Exams of intermediate students will start in Sindh on July 26, the government said Thursday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">AJK elections to be held on July 25.<\/span> The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission has announced the schedule of the next general elections.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Punjab changes government, private school timings.<\/span> The Punjab government has issued a new order regarding the changes in government and private school timings from 7:00 am to 11:30 am<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Solar Eclipse 2021: \u2018Ring of Fire\u2019 Sweeps Across the World.<\/span> A solar eclipse is visible over the Earth\u2019s northern hemisphere with parts of Canada and Siberia privy to the best view of the celestial event.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Rupee weakens against US dollar.<\/span> The Pakistani rupee depreciated 23 paisas against the United States (US) dollar in the inter-bank currency market on Thursday.<\/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>\u00a01,118\u00a0cases<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>77 deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a024 hours. Pakistan also conducted\u00a0<strong>43,900 tests<\/strong>\u00a0in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on\u00a0June 9\u00a0at 7:10\u00a0am).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mandatory COVID vaccines for public, private sector employees:\u00a0<\/strong>The National Command and Operation Center announced that COVID-19 vaccines will be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1628428\/covid-19-vaccines-mandatory-for-all-public-private-sector-employees-ncoc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftteut-iluykthdp-d\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623465518706000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFfrmQLmHqkKs78xnO2QIhl8_QLrg\">mandatory<\/a>\u00a0for all public and private sector employees. Also, government employees have to be fully vaccinated by June 30. Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Asad Umar, chaired the meeting. During the meeting, they talked about incentives that various sectors can introduce to encourage vaccinations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Relaxed COVID restrictions:\u00a0<\/strong>The number of COVID-19 cases in Pakistan is\u00a0reportedly declining, which is why the National Command and Operation Center decided to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1628428\/covid-19-vaccines-mandatory-for-all-public-private-sector-employees-ncoc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftteut-iluykthdp-h\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623465518706000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFZ0wxYgcYOcwkKsMr3DnPv9Zmkcw\">ease some COVID-19 related restrictions<\/a>, such as allowing 100% office attendance instead of just 50%, non-contact sports, and the partial opening\u00a0of indoor gyms for vaccinated members only. So far, 10 million people in Pakistan have been vaccinated, and the government aims to vaccinate 70 million people by the end of the year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"m_8501027358356487647size-18\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>2. Controversial Sindh marriage bill for 18 year olds dismissed in Sindh Assembly<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s going on?\u00a0<\/strong>The Sindh Compulsory Marriage Act 2021 bill was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2304255\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftteut-iluykthdp-k\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623465518706000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHSel09A3apRs6lEEVEQTHuqFaumw\">rejected<\/a>\u00a0by the Sindh Assembly Tuesday June 8. Proposed by MPA Syed Abdul Rasheed last month, the bill\u00a0sought to make marriage compulsory\u00a0for all those in the province 18 years or older. Parents who failed to justify their child\u2019s delayed\u00a0marriage were subject to a Rs. 500 fine per child.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The details:<\/strong>\u00a0Rasheed, who belongs to Jamaat-e-Islami (which is a part of the\u00a0Muttahida Maljis-e-Amal alliance of religious political parties)\u00a0blamed the rising number of rape and sexual assault cases in the country on unmarried people. Social activists and politicians alike condemned the proposal. Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari vowed that the bill \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BakhtawarBZ\/status\/1397558155433975810?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftteut-iluykthdp-o\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623465518706000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGp-uLl-n7M75smpqQjNA1z2ldwmA\">will be bulldozed by PPP<\/a>,\u201d although there is no evidence of PPP having a hand in rejecting this bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Tell me more:\u00a0<\/strong>This bill was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1628379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftteut-iluykthdp-b\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623465518706000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFDsFXeWCJCCirdLh_0koUsUJAjVQ\">one of nine private bills rejected<\/a>\u00a0by the Sindh Assembly in Tuesday\u2019s session. All were rejected by the house with majority votes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:\u00a0<\/strong>Even whenRasheed\u00a0proposed the bill in the Sindh Assembly, there was uncertainty about whether the bill would\u00a0pass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>3. Senior journalist Hamid Mir apologizes for remarks in recent speech<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Geo News\u2019 Capital Talk host Hamid Mir said he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1628305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftteut-iluykthdp-n\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623465518706000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEX8CLFRg6PoTDmNccZdENAnApkeQ\">apologizes<\/a>\u00a0if a recent speech he made \u201churt the feelings of any person.\u201d He was referring to his speech at a May 28 protest against attacks on journalists. He said he had no intention to defame the Pakistan army and had high regard for its sacrifices. Geo News took Mir off air after his speech, with the Geo\/Jang group\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/print\/842977-statement-by-jang-geo-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftteut-iluykthdp-p\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623465518706000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHklQO6alCn7F2M4KTgOU-mQ-u6gA\">issuing a statement<\/a>\u00a0on the matter shortly afterward. In their public statement, the Geo\/Jang group acknowledged the frustration that Mir and other journalists feel when colleagues are attacked, but cited that there are \u201cbetter ways \u2026 to channel that energy for productive gains for the safety of journalism and journalists.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Backstory:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Mir was protesting outside the National Press Club following an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/5\/26\/pakistani-journalist-assaulted-in-latest-press-freedom-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftteut-iluykthdp-x\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623465518706000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEA_mVfyQ9akHOsrWxC43lzwaO9nQ\">attack<\/a>\u00a0on journalist Asad Ali Toor at his home in Islamabad. Toor has been critical of Pakistan\u2019s government and military. According to an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/5\/31\/well-known-pakistani-tv-news-journalist-taken-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftteut-iluykthdp-m\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623465518706000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEIhR3U0t8owNQvXTON1nUiipjEug\">Al-Jazeera article<\/a>, Mir implied in his speech that the Pakistani military and army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa had a hand in recent attacks on journalists in Pakistan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>4. Man arrested in Mayra Zulfiqar\u2019s murder case<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lahore police\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-london-57405118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftteut-iluykthdp-c\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623465518706000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFDAlQVQzjp8ncpIfmRqeLH4oDEPg\">arrested<\/a>\u00a0a man named Zahir Jadoon in connection with the murder of 25-year-old Mayra Zulfiqar. Zulfiqar&#8217;s uncle, Mohammad Nazeer, alleged that Jadoon and another man threatened his niece after she turned down marriage proposals. Jadoon\u2019s lawyer denied that his client had any involvement in her murder. The second man who Nazeer named in the case hasn\u2019t been arrested yet, but is reportedly cooperating with the investigation.\u00a0In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-london-57007347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftteut-iluykthdp-q\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623465518706000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFVEeramlDFqRrUpl_XjNwG2sDd-w\">police report<\/a>\u00a0filed on April 20, Zulfiqar accused a man of abducting her at gunpoint and trying to sexually assault her. Back then, she said she managed to escape but the man threatened her. Zulfiqar asked the police for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-london-57007347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftteut-iluykthdp-s\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1623465518706000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHZz3matLZc0dvOiORmZxuefLtR1w\">protection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Backstory:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Zulfiqar was a Belgian national of Pakistani origin living in London. She was also a law graduate. She arrived in Pakistan with her parents two months before she was killed to attend a family wedding. She stayed on while her parents went back to the UK. On a Monday morning in May this year, a maid discovered Zulfiqar\u2019s body and called the emergency services. Zulfiqar\u00a0had been shot twice, and police believe she might have been strangled as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[dkpdf-button]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs 10 June, 2021 with download link available in pdf. 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