{"id":77687,"date":"2021-07-19T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=77687"},"modified":"2021-07-19T08:01:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T08:01:00","slug":"current-affairs-18-july-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-18-july-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] 18 July, 2021 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for PPSC Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs 18 July 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><strong>One Liner<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">China, Pakistan plans to work on Dasu Dam. <\/span>Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong visited the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Rawalpindi on Sunday.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Delta variant: Karachi&#8217;s Covid-19 positivity ratio rises<\/span> to 23pc Out of 90 samples tested at the ICCBS labs on July 14, the Delta variant was detected in 83 of them. Health experts say that if the cases continue to increase, the death toll in the country is also likely to get higher.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Kabul recalls envoy to Islamabad. <\/span>The Foreign Office of Pakistan Sunday termed the Afghan government\u2019s decision to recall its ambassador and senior diplomats from Pakistan \u201cunfortunate and regrettable\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Punjab Arts Council launches book Mutaliat Hamd-o-Naat. <\/span>A book launching ceremony titled \u201cMutaliat Hamd-o-Naat\u201d by the well-known poet and critic Naseem-e-Sahar was held under the auspices of Punjab Council of the Arts in collaboration with Halqa-e-Ilm-o-Adab.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Admin, PESCO join hands against power theft. <\/span>District administration Peshawar and Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) Sunday joined hands against power theft to provide relief to people in load shedding during Eidul Azha.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Sindh govt launches \u2018Library in Each Union Council\u2019 project. <\/span>The Sindh government has launched the \u2018Library in Each Union Council\u2019 project under the Local Government Department.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Afghan envoy\u2019s daughter not abducted<\/span>: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Sunday denied the abduction of the daughter of Afghanistan\u2019s ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad, saying it was an \u201cinternational racket\u201d led by the Indian intelligence agency.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Latest Gold Rate in Pakistan<\/span> today (18, July 2021) is Rs93,750 per 10 grams, and the rate of Gold is Rs.109,700 per tola (24k Gold) in Pakistan today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Spotlight by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsrun.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The NewsRun<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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>\u00a02,327\u00a0cases<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>31\u00a0deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted\u00a0<strong>37,690 tests<\/strong>\u00a0in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on July 16\u00a0at 7:15\u00a0am).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>COVID-19 cases, positivity rates surge across Pakistan:\u00a0<\/strong>The fourth wave of COVID-19\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1635202\/covid-positivity-cases-soar-overnight-as-delta-variant-fuels-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-fdyaty-ihtjuhiihj-i\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1626537809171000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGesRJK2ZBNr6rKg2_Ne1Z1NaJd8Q\">seems imminent<\/a>\u00a0in Pakistan as the country recorded 2,545 cases Thursday, July 15, a 28.5 percent increase from a day earlier. The nationwide positivity rate now stands at 5.2 percent up from 4.17 percent a day earlier; the last time the positivity rate was higher than 5 percent was in May. Of the major cities in Pakistan, Gilgit recorded the highest positivity rate of 23.17 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"m_-1921000400400017775size-18\" lang=\"x-size-18\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>2.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Traces of explosives found in bus blast investigation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s going on?\u00a0<\/strong>Yesterday, we wrote about a bus that fell into a ravine after an explosion. The bus was carrying construction workers to the Dasu Hydropower Project in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. At least 12 people, including nine Chinese citizens, were killed. Now, Pakistan is not ruling out the possibility of a terrorist attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The details:\u00a0<\/strong>When we covered this incident yesterday, there were conflicting reports about what exactly caused the bus explosion. Advisor to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs, Babar Awan, claimed the incident was \u201ca cowardly attack.\u201d A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson claimed the blast was an \u201cattack\u201d and went on to say China \u201ccondemns the bomb attack.\u201d However, Pakistan\u2019s foreign office claimed it was because of a \u201cmechanical failure\u201d that triggered a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/blast-hits-bus-northern-pakistan-killing-8-including-4-chinese-nationals-sources-2021-07-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-fdyaty-ihtjuhiihj-d\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1626537809171000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHStVCQ-p9SePa13u-gZjOn0t6J8w\">gas leak<\/a>, which then led to an explosion.<\/p>\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 18 July 2021 with download link available in pdf. 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