Current Affairs

A Sri Lankan factory manager was lynched and set on fire in Sialkot, Pakistan on December 3, 2021, after being accused of blasphemy. The victim, Priyantha Diyawadanage, was 48 years old and had been working in Pakistan for over a decade. He was the general manager of a garment factory in Sialkot.

In recent news, the KP Planning and Development Department (PDD) is working on a mobile application to ensure the elimination of potholes in different areas of the province. This application is generally for the public which will allow them to report any pothole they might see. The application is named the ‘Pothole Fixer’ which is being developed by the GIS Cell at the PDD and will soon be launched in Peshawar as a pilot project. Moreover, this app is based on the department’s existing GIS platform which would link up on the basis of the real-time location of the users.

On 9 November, Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai announced her marriage to Asser Malik in England, in a private ceremony. While it caught almost everyone by surprise, it also made many curious about her husband.

Pakistan and Turkey will jointly produce a television series on the life of warrior Salahuddin Ayubi as Prime Minister Imran Khan on October 21, 2021, stressed the need to familiarise the young generation with Muslim history and expressed the hope that the use of multimedia could prove helpful in this regard.

Architect of Pakistan`s nuclear programme Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan passed away here on October 10, 2021 morning.  He was accorded a state funeral at Faisal Mosque before his burial at the H-8 graveyard. He was 85. Dr. Khan was suffering from multiple ailments but his health deteriorated after he contracted coronavirus that doctors believed was the cause of his death.