{"id":76071,"date":"2021-06-22T02:16:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T02:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=76071"},"modified":"2021-06-22T02:16:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T02:16:49","slug":"current-affairs-21-june-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-21-june-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] 21 June, 2021 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for PPSC Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs 21 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;\">Pakistan Sees 30 More COVID Deaths.<\/span> As the situation of Coronavirus pandemic improves in the country, 30 more deaths reported during the last 24 hours.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Muhammad Tariq Malik appointed NADRA chairman.<\/span> The federal government on Monday notified Muhammad Tariq Malik as the chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">BISE Lahore announces new date for intermediate exams.<\/span> The Board of Intermediate &amp; Secondary Education (BISE Lahore) on Monday announced a new schedule for intermediate part-II exams<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Freight Train Crushes Two Kids to Death in Rohri.<\/span> In a tragic accident, a speeding freight train crushed two children to death while injured two others in Sukkur on Monday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">President Erdogan invites PM Imran Khan to Turkey: Qureshi.<\/span> Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited Prime Minister Imran Khan to Turkey, Foreign Minister Mehmood Qureshi said Monday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">AstraZeneca vaccine shortage at Lahore Expo Centre.<\/span> People protested the shortage of the Britain-made AstraZeneca vaccine at the Lahore Expo Centre on Monday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Mufti Aziz-ur-Rehman confesses to sexually abusing student at Lahore madrassa.<\/span> Mufti Azizur Rehman, who was arrested for sexually abusing a madrassa student, confessed to the heinous crime before a Lahore court Monday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Canada extends ban on flights from India\u2014 but not Pakistan.<\/span> Canada has decided to extend its ban on passengers flights coming from India for another month, Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra said.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Gold Prices Increase by Rs1,550 Per Tola.<\/span> On the first day of the business week in the country, the price of gold per towel has increased significantly.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">US dollar climbs to 157.51 against rupee.<\/span> The Pakistani rupee extended losses against the United States (US) dollar on the first day of week\u2019s trading in the interbank currency market on Monday.<\/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\u00a0<strong>1,050 cases<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>37 deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted\u00a0<strong>41,065 tests<\/strong>\u00a0in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on June 20\u00a0at 3:13\u00a0pm).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1.5 million Sinovac doses arrive in Pakistan from China:\u00a0<\/strong>1.5 million Sinovac vaccine doses<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1630484\/15-million-sinovac-doses-arrive-in-pakistan-as-country-grapples-with-vaccine-shortage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftuddil-iluykthdp-t\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624412198867000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEGyb42Iw0IPdDBisa_KmUqrh3Ihw\">\u00a0arrived<\/a>\u00a0Sunday on a special PIA flight from China to Islamabad. This was the first of several Sinovac batches to follow, with another two to three million more doses expected to arrive next week, according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). Earlier last week Pakistan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1629639\/covid-jab-shortage-hits-vaccination-centres-in-karachi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftuddil-iluykthdp-i\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624412198867000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEJqMWddL4VbMCPet6N6PuUz7lmEQ\">grappled<\/a>\u00a0with vaccine shortages across the country; in Sindh, it was decided by various ministers to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1630260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftuddil-iluykthdp-d\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624412198867000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGByu_2oF02VFHrO9JvNFe96uUt8Q\">keep vaccination centres shut<\/a>\u00a0Sunday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"m_-537262661499790241size-18\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>2. Mufti Azizur Rehman arrested after evading police following sexual assault charges<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s going on?\u00a0<\/strong>Mufti Azizur Rehman was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1630456\/mufti-azizur-rehman-sons-arrested-in-separate-raids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftuddil-iluykthdp-h\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624412198868000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG2HxuzCiytZQdXdVA9Z5c1mQqnWg\">arrested<\/a>\u00a0by the Crime Investigation Agency Sunday during a raid in Mianwali. Rehman was booked by Lahore police Thursday June 17 on sexual assault charges but on Saturday they announced that he had \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1630291\/mufti-rehman-evades-arrest-after-being-booked-for-sexual-assault-of-student\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftuddil-iluykthdp-k\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624412198868000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGQ9FHs5cmkmKNowgTsgmwG6ZCZSw\">escaped<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The details:<\/strong>\u00a0The CIA have also arrested Rehman\u2019s sons, Alatafur Rehman and Atiqur Rehman, on charges of threatening the victim for filing a case against their father. Rehman will be brought back to Lahore to be prosecuted and will appear in court in a day or two, CIA Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Hasnain Haider said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Tell me more:\u00a0<\/strong>Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Inam Ghani\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InamGhani\/status\/1406489404315734016?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftuddil-iluykthdp-u\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624412198868000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHwJhOgKo2nS9foBHoiVsMB4XZcWw\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday that they had been able to \u201carrest this criminal.\u201d He said that they\u2019ll interrogate him, conduct a \u201cscientific professional investigation\u201d, prosecute and then get him convicted by the court. \u201cWe want our kids protected from these child molesters and keep our society safe for our future,\u201d Ghani\u2019s tweet read.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The context:\u00a0<\/strong>Police registered a case against Rehman Thursday after a video of him emerged on social media, in which he appears to be sexually assaulting one of his students who studied at Jamia Manzoor-ul-Islamia\u00a0(a religious school). Rehman is a member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam\u2014F (JUI-F), a prominent religious party in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Looking ahead:\u00a0<\/strong>A spokesperson from the Punjab Child Protection and Welfare Bureau contacted the victim \u2014 who police suspect is 20 years old \u2014 and assured him and his family that justice and legal cooperation will be provided.\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:\u00a0<\/strong>The case lodged against Rehman and his sons was with non-compoundable and non-bailable offences and imprisonment of up to seven years, Dawn reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>3. PIA resumes scenic Air Safari flight from Islamabad to Skardu<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan International Airlines resumed on Saturday June 19 its scenic flight from Islamabad to Skardu after being unoperational for several years. Renamed \u2018Sadpara Air Safari\u2019 after late mountaineer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-56022457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftuddil-iluykthdp-o\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624412198868000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGC1wQjar3icw_trtugdLjA1zn9kQ\">Muhammad Ali Sadpara<\/a>, the flight costs Rs25,000 one-way and will operate every Saturday, Samaa Digital\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaa.tv\/living\/travel\/2021\/06\/pias-sadpara-air-safari-takes-off-from-islamabad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-ftuddil-iluykthdp-b\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624412198868000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFukuSqOjR2AEat3q9P5VoZb5yXYQ\">reported<\/a>. The route includes flying over K2, Nanga Parbat peaks and Saiful Maluk lake \u2014 among other destinations \u2014 and returning to Islamabad. Saturday\u2019s flight had 91 passengers from 13 countries aboard. PIA launched Air Safari in 1994 as it expanded its international network the same year.<\/p>\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 21 June, 2021 with download link available in pdf. 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