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In March 2023, British-Pakistani diplomat Fouzia Younis became the first British Muslim to be appointed His Majesty`s British Consul General to Toronto, marking the end of her Pakistan posting as a senior diplomat at the British High Commission.

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President Arif Alvi announced Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam the country’s third highest civil award for Prof. Celal Soydan, who teaches at the Department of Urdu Language and Literature at Istanbul University, state-run Pakistan Television reported.

This came on the occasion of the 74th independence day of Pakistan.

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Malala Yousafzai, world's youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, was awarded a prestigious honorary fellowship by Oxford University's Linacre College on April 18, 2023 making her the first Pakistani to receive the honour

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Pakistan flag flew high once again, as Saadi Abbas won a gold medal in the International Karate Championship in Montreal, Canada in June 2023.

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Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman is among ICC Player of the Month nominees for April 2023 after his outstanding performance with the bat.

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 Pakistan is set to host the Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards (APICTA) for the first time ever in the first week of December 2022.

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Order of Zayed also known: Order of the Union Medal

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President Arif Alvi conferred Pakistan’s second-highest civil award, Hilal-i-Pakistan (Crescent of Pakistan), on Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng during an investiture ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadar in Islamabad on 31 July 2023.

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In June 2023, Zaheer Ahmed, a Pakistani police officer, was presented with the prestigious Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Hero award by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a June 15 award ceremony in Washington, DC. 

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The star-studded award show, which was held in Istanbul, Turkey, celebrated and honoured local talent.