{"id":79246,"date":"2021-08-26T16:49:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T16:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/?p=79246"},"modified":"2021-08-26T16:49:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T16:49:47","slug":"current-affairs-26-august-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/current-affairs-26-august-2021-top-pakistan-current-affairs-for-ppsc-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Current Affairs] 26 August, 2021 Top Pakistan Current Affairs for PPSC Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today\u2019s top Pakistan current affairs 26 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 4,553 cases and 85 deaths in 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted 61,466 tests in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on August 26 at 8:05 am).<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Akram says Covid-19 campaign should be free of any prejudice and politics. <\/span>ISLAMABAD: Ambassador Munir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, Thursday termed the politicization of tracing the origins of the virus a \u2018regrettable move\u2019 and said the efforts have been tainted by \u2018conspiracy theories and smear campaigns.\u2019<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Will Pakistan be removed from UK&#8217;s red list soon? <\/span>Genomic surveillance capability, transmission risk, and variants of concern will be key factors in making a final decision.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Putin phones PM Imran Khan to discuss evolving situation in Afghanistan. <\/span>PM Imran Khan invites Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Pakistan<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">13 reported dead after two suicide bombs strike Kabul airport. <\/span>The US confirms an attack involving explosions at Abbey gate and near Baron hotel, as Taliban says children were among dead.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Kabul blast kills 13 including children:<\/span> Taliban WASHINGTON: The US Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby on Thursday said there had been an explosion outside the Kabul airport, adding it was unclear if there were casualties.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">2 U.S soldiers were killed in the Kabul explosion. <\/span>Number of U.S and civilian casualties in 2 explosions outside Kabul airport in Afghanistan.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Latest Gold Rate in Pakistan<\/span> today (26 Aug 2021) is Rs 92,590 per 10 grams, and the rate of Gold is Rs.108,000 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><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>1. COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>24-hour recap:\u00a0<\/strong>Pakistan reported<strong>\u00a04,553\u00a0cases<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>85 deaths<\/strong>\u00a0in 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted\u00a0<strong>61,466\u00a0tests<\/strong>\u00a0in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on August 26\u00a0at 8:05\u00a0am).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cricket team coach tests positive for COVID-19:<\/strong>\u00a0The Pakistan cricket team&#8217;s coach, Misbah-ul-Haq, tested positive for COVID-19. So far, he\u00a0is asymptomatic. He\u00a0will quarantine in Jamaica for 10 days before returning to Pakistan. The cricket team was\u00a0playing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1430316144787865607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-fklhla-ihtjuhiihj-t\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1630082199071000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEr_iGSjc_F0qrrF7WhDFyewg4Umw\">a two-match ICC World Test Championship series<\/a>\u00a0against West Indies, which ended in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sports-1634cc12d3efde96b7cad5ab6783cc32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-fklhla-ihtjuhiihj-i\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1630082199071000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHFbjbBeUOFscFJgU9Px8-tp9SgSQ\">a\u00a0tied\u00a0score of 1-1<\/a>. According to the\u00a0Pakistan Cricket Board, Haq\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1642569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/newsletter.thenewsrun.com\/t\/j-l-fklhla-ihtjuhiihj-d\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1630082199071000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEh8CIxa9QFRYzDYzP9GxyZmV1lqw\">was the only squad member<\/a>\u00a0who failed two pre-departure COVID-19 tests. The rest of the team was scheduled to fly home on\u00a0August 25 (yesterday).\u00a0Haq used to be the Pakistan cricket team&#8217;s captain before he took over as head coach in September 2019.<\/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 26 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-79246","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\/79246","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=79246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79246\/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=79246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prepistan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}