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October 02, 2020: National / International Current Affairs


1. CM Punjab inaugurates Rs30b Rozgar Scheme

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October 01, 2020: National / International Current Affairs


1. Move to set up national emergency helpline

• Prime Minister Imran Khan on September 30, 2020 directed the PM Delivery Unit (PMDU) to set up a national emergency helpline for the assistance of people. The decision was taken in the wake of the gang-rape of a woman in front of her children on Lahore-Sialkot motorway on Sept 9 as she waited for help after her car broke down.
• According to the Prime Minister`s Office (PMO), Prime Minister Khan asked the PMDU to complete work on the emergency helpline within two months.


2. Vice Admiral Niazi named new CNS

• The government on September 30, 2020 designated Vice Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi as the next Chief of Naval Staff (CNS).
• Admiral Niazi will replace Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, who retires on October 6.
• While the government is yet to officially notify the appointment, Dr Shahbaz Gill, the prime minister`s special assistant on political communication, confirmed that Admiral Niazi has been named as Admiral Abbasi`s successor


3. Excise DG transferred

• The Punjab government on September 30, 2020 transferred Excise and Taxation Director General Masoodul Haq (a BS-20 officer) and also relieved him of the additional charge of the director general of Narcotics Control, Punjab.
• Mr Haq has been directed to report to his parent department the excise department -for further orders. He has been replaced by a BS-19 officer, Saleha Saeed, in her own pay and scale.
• Ms Saeed has been transferred from the post of project director, Programme Implementation Unit, Punjab Skills Development Project


4. Negotiators near compromise over interpretation of Islam: Abdullah

• The Afghan government and Taliban negotiators are nearing a compromise on a key sticking point that has stalled peace talks in Doha, Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of Afghanistan`s High Council for National Reconciliation that is overseeing Kabul`s peace push, said in an interview. After several small-group meetings, the issue had been resolved `to a large extent` he added.
• Talks started in the Qatari capital on Sept 12, but an optimistic beginning was marred by ongoing violence and discussions got bogged down by disagreements over which interpretation of Islam should be used to frame laws in a post-conflict Afghanistan


5. Pakistan offers to train Iraqi armed forces personnel

• Pakistan on September 30, 2020 offered to train personnel of Iraqi armed forces at the military training facilities in the country.
• The offer was made by Defence Minister Pervez Khattak while talking to Iraqi envoy Hamid Abbas Lafta, who had called on him.
• `Both countries should work closely to share their experiences and build capacities of their armed forces, Mr Khattak said. Pakistan intends to enhance its defence cooperation with Iraq.


6. Firdous tenders resignation as opposition leader in PA after criticising PM

• Senior Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi on September 30, 2020 claimed to have stepped down as the leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly, days after criticising Prime Minister Imran Khan and his team for playing no role in resolving the city`s ongoing electricity and gas crises.
• In a video statement, Mr Naqvi announced his resignation from the coveted office but said he had sent it on moral grounds to the pany chairman the same day when he came up with a strongly-worded statement against the federal government. However, it was not accepted as yet, he added


7. Kuwait`s emir laid to rest, new ruler sworn in

• Kuwait`s late ruler Sheikh Sabah al Ahmad Al-Sabah, an acclaimed diplomat and mediator, was laid to rest on Wednesday, shortly after his half-brother was sworn in as the new emir.
• Sheikh Sabah, who ruled the oil-rich nation for 14 years, died on Tuesday after undergoing treatment in hospital in Minnesota from July.
• A Kuwaiti government Airbus A340 carrying his remains from the United States landed in the capital, where roads were cleared to allow passage of a convoy to the Bilal bin Rabah Mosque for funeral prayers


8. Advani, 31 others absolved of conspiracy to raze Babri Masjid

• Senior Hindutva leaders including former ministers L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi were mere spectators in Ayodhya, watching the mosque`s destruction, and as such neither joined nor encouraged the frenzy, a federal police court in Lucknow, investigating the conspiracy to demolish the Babri Masjid 28 years ago, concluded on September 30, 2020.
• The reaction to the verdict was lowkey from the main leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but its critics were livid


9. France to test `flying taxis` next year

• `Flying taxis` will start taking off from an aerodrome north of Paris as soon as next June, operators said, in a trial ahead of a vast tourist influx expected for the 2024 Olympics.
• The experiment will take place at an aerodrome some 90 minutes northwest of the French capital by car, according to a joint announcement by the Ile-de-France region, airports operator Groupe ADP and the RATP public transport agency


10. First man cured of HIV dies of cancer

• The first person to be cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown known as the `Berlin Patient` has died after a battle with cancer, the International Aids Society (IAS) announced on September 30, 2020.
• Brown made medical history and became a symbol of hope for the tens of millions of people living with the virus that causes AIDS when he was cured more than a decade ago.
• He had been living with a recurrence of leukaemia for several months and received hospice care at his home in Palm Springs, California


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September 30, 2020: National / International Current Affairs


1. Islamabad, Kabul look forward to new era in ties

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September 29, 2020: National / International Current Affairs


1. Army officer martyred in Shakai gun battle

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September 28, 2020: National / International Current Affairs


1. Afghanistan`s reconciliation leader Abdullah arrives today

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September 27, 2020: National / International Current Affairs


1. Pakistan opposes India`s demand for UNSC seat

• Pakistan on September 26, 2020 rejected India`s demand for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, saying there`s no place for a fascist state in a sensitive decision-making body.
• Earlier in the day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a strong pitch for a more prominent role in the UN Security Council, asking: `Till when do we have to wait? Till when will India be kept away from the UN`s decision making process?` Last week, the Indian government announced that it was according `highest priority` to getting a permanent seat on the UNSC.


2. Pakistan soldier martyred in firing by India

• A Pakistani soldier was martyred during an exchange of fire with Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, the military announced on September 26, 2020.
• According to the Inter Services Public Relations, Indian troops resorted to unprovoked cease fire violation along the LoC in Kotkotera sector.


3. Balochistan schools` reopening delayed for 15 days

• The Balochistan government on September 26, 2020 announced a 15-day delay in reopening of primary schools in the province.
• Balochistan government spokesman Liaquat Shahwani told a press conference that since some coronavirus cases had been detected at reopened educational institutions in the province, the reopening of primary schools had been delayed for another 15 days.


4. PM approves one-window complaint system

• To further facilitate citizens in redressal of their problems, a One-Window Complaint System has been launched under which all the complaint cells of federal government organizations will be linked with the Pakistan Citizen’s Portal.
• According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved the one-window facility and a letter has been dispatched to federal ministries for the purpose.


5. Overseas Pakistanis Commission for Southern Punjab approved

• A meeting of the Punjab Overseas Pakistanis Commission (OPC) was held under the chair of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar at the CM’s Office to review the overall performance of the Commission. The meeting gave principle approval to establish Overseas Pakistanis Commission in Southern Punjab. Buzdar said that setting up of OPC will provide relief to the people of the area.
• The meeting also decided to open OPC desks in all e-Khidmat Marakaz in different districts of the province as this would solve the problems of Overseas Pakistanis at the grassroots level


6. Wealthy Britons step up citizenship shopping to thwart Brexit

• The number of British entrepreneurs looking to `buy` citizenship from countries offering visa-free access to the European Union has risen sharply, investment migration firms say, as prospects of a post-Brexit trade deal between Britain and the bloc darken.
• Investment immigration firm Astons said it had seen a 50 per cent and 30pc year-on-year increase in interest from clients seeking Cypriot or Greek citizenship respectively this quarter, less than four months before UK passport-holders are likely to lose their rights to freedom of movement across the EU.


7. US restricts exports to China`s top chipmaker

• The United States has imposed restrictions on exports to China`s biggest chip maker SMIC after concluding there is an `unacceptable risk` equipment supplied to it could be used for military purposes.
• Suppliers of certain equipment to Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation will now have to apply for individual export licenses, according to a letter from the Commerce Department dated Friday and seen by Reuters


8. Trump to name Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court

• US President Donald Trump is set to unveil his Supreme Court nominee on September 26, 2020, barely five weeks out from the Nov 3 presidential election, with US media reporting that he has chosen conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the job.
• If the 48-year-old law professor is indeed nominated and confirmed, her lifetime appointment would consolidate a conservative majority in the country`s top court, possibly for decades to come


9. Indian banks involved in money laundering, dubious transactions

• US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) for suspected money laundering, terror financing, drug dealing, and financial fraud has found several suspicious transactions through Indian banks between 2010 and 2017 that were flagged as top-secret ‘Suspicious Activity Reports’ (SARs).
• Almost all major banks in India, public, private and foreign, witnessed these transactions and they themselves red-flagged the transactions as suspicious to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and relevant authorities and that’s how their names reached the FinCEN list


10. Google will block ads related to US election

• Google is set to block ads related to the US presidential election after polls close on November 3.
• The tech giant will implement its sensitive event policy, which is rolled out during fast moving events in order to avoid confusion among the public. In the email to advertisers, Google states it will not allow ads ‘referencing candidates, the election, or its outcome, given that an unprecedented amount of votes will be counted after Election Day this year.’


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September 26, 2020: National / International Current Affairs


1. PM tells UN India is planning misadventure

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