{"id":78934,"date":"2021-08-18T16:52:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T16:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=78934"},"modified":"2021-08-18T16:52:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T16:52:32","slug":"current-affairs-18-august-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-18-august-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] 18 August, 2021 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for PPSC Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs 18 august 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;\">Covid-19, 24-hour recap:<\/span> Pakistan reported 3,221 cases and 95 deaths in 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted 48,181 tests in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on August 17 at 11:06 am).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">COVID-19 national tally of active cases continues to surge. <\/span>ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (APP): The national tally of total active COVID-19 cases was recorded 88,209 one of the highest during the fourth wave of the pandemic on Wednesday with 3,974 more people testing positive for the deadly virus and 3,122 people recovering from the disease during the last 24 hours.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Soldier martyred, one terrorist killed amid intense exchange of fire in SW. <\/span>RAWALPINDI, Aug 18 (APP):A soldier of the Pakistan Army on Wednesday embraced martyrdom and a terrorist was killed during an intense exchange of fire in Kanniguram area of South Wazirstan District.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">FM suggests discussion among neighboring countries on Afghan situation. <\/span>MULTAN, Aug 18 (APP): Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi Wednesday suggested a comprehensive discussion on Afghanistan\u2019s current situation among all neighboring countries.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Pakistan condemns tear gas shelling on peaceful Muharram procession in IIOJK<\/span><br \/>\nISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (APP): Pakistan on Wednesday strongly condemned the use of tear gas shells and firing of warning shots on Muslims taking part in peaceful Muharram procession in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">The new US Air Force secretary wants to \u2018scare China\u2019. <\/span>After being sworn in as the U.S. Air Force\u2019s top civilian, Frank Kendall went straight to the budget books. Kendall, a former Pentagon acquisition chief who is well-acquainted with the world of the military.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">UK Supreme Court rules in favour of PIA in appeal filed by travel agency. <\/span>The United Kingdom\u2019s Supreme Court on Wednesday in a landmark case ruled in favour of Pakistan International Airlines Corporation in an appeal filed by a travel agency regarding the issue of constitutes economic duress, and whether such duress can arise where lawful acts or threats are made by one party in support of a demand which that party genuinely believes it is entitled to make.<\/li>\n<li>Latest Gold Rate in Pakistan today (18 Aug 2021) is Rs 94,300 per 10 grams, and the rate of Gold is Rs.110,000 per tola (24k Gold) in Pakistan today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spotlight by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsrun.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The NewsRun<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\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>\u00a03,221\u00a0cases<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>95 deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted\u00a0<strong>48,181 tests<\/strong>\u00a0in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on August 17\u00a0at 11:06\u00a0am).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Schools in Sindh to reopen on\u00a0August 23:<\/strong>\u00a0Sindh\u2019s Education Minister, Syed Sardar Ali Shah, said schools in the province\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1641197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-fhdkde-ihtjuhiihj-t\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1629391148105000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBHcw9IHWh5dFIVPwVSMQ5On5KbQ\">will open<\/a> starting on Monday, August 23. However, schools will reopen with 50% attendance and are required to follow strict COVID-19 prevention measures. Also, only schools where 100% of the teachers are vaccinated by Monday can reopen. Parents need to submit their vaccination certificates at schools. Random COVID-19 tests will also take place. On July 24, the Sindh government closed schools across the province due to a rising number of COVID-19 cases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 august 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":4,"featured_media":52814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-78934","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\/78934","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}