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Muhammad Khan Junejo was the first prime minister in the parliamentary history of the country to receive a vote of confidence from the National Assembly, which he received on March 24, 1985, under General Zia-ul-Haq's Revival of Constitution of 1973 Order (RCO),

In fact, under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, all prime ministers of Pakistan, from 1985 to 2008, received a vote of confidence from the National Assembly. These included the late Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif, Mir Zafarullah Jamali, Chaudhry Shujaat, Shaukat Aziz, and Yousuf Raza Gilani

In 2009, the 18th Amendment removed the provision for a vote of confidence from the Constitution.

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• In 2019, Pakistan saw its first-ever robotic surgery performed at the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Transplant Institute, Lahore.
• Robotic surgery is a modern way of performing surgeries that uses robots to help doctors with precise and accurate movements.

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 The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication in collaboration with the religious ministry has announced to fully digitize next year’s (2024) Hajj operations.

A smartphone application and web portal would be developed to digitize entire Hajj operation.

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Riaz Hussain Pirzada currently holds the position of Federal Minister for Housing and Works.

Appointed on 29 February 2024. 

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• Namira Salim, the trailblazing Pakistani astronaut, is set to make history as the first female astronaut from Pakistan, South Asia, and the Commonwealth of Nations to embark on a space journey.
• Her mission will be aboard Virgin Galactic’s commercial space liner, a company at the forefront of space tourism.
• Namira Salim has a remarkable track record, having previously planted the Pakistani flag at both the North Pole and the South Pole.
  

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Azerbaijan's national airline, AZAL, has officially commenced its direct flight operations to Pakistan. The inaugural flight from Baku to Lahore is scheduled.

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The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the killing of 11 coal miners in the western Pakistani province of Balochistan.

The Hazara, repeatedly targeted by extremists because they are followers of Shia Islam.

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