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According to United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP), Pakistan will have the highest losses as a percentage of GDP at 9.1 percent.

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The country's unemployment rate jumped from 5.8 per cent in 2017-18 to 6.9pc in 2018-19, the first year of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in power,

According to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) published by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on 16-Sep-2021.

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Islamic Finance News has announced State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) as the best central bank of 2021 across the world in promoting Islamic finance. 

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About Global Terrorism Index 2025

Publisher: Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)

Starting publishing in the year 2000

Total countries included: 163

Pakistan: 2nd 

Bottom: Burkina Faso

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Here is a list of Pakistani scientist and researchers from around the world that pulled off an impressive performance in 2020.

1. Professor Shazia Sadiq

He has been selected by the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) to be a part of its advanced STEM research team.

2. Dr Asifa Akhtar

Pakistan-born scientist Dr Asifa Akhtar has been selected as a recipient for the prestigious 2021 Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for her outstanding work in cell-biology on mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation.

2.    Dr Naqeeb Khalid

he is a Toronto-based Pakistani doctor who has introduced an instant Covid-19 diagnostic test using a smartphone, according to Radio Pakistan.

4. Sanaa Khan

The 29-year-old Sanaa Khan is a programme manager at Google, where she supervises the market strategy and hardware planning for the company’s gaming service Stadia.

5. Sumail Hassan Syed

In February, 20-year-old Sumail Hassan Syed was listed as one of the top-earning esports players with around $3.6 million earnings to date.

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Know About Human Development Index 2025

Topper: Iceland

Bottom: South Sudan

Pakistan’s Ranking: 168

Total Countries: 193

Indian Ranking: 130th

Theme 2025: A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI

Additional Information:

Human Development Index was developed by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq in 1990.

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Pakistan has the fifth greatest burden of TB. With an estimated 27,000 drug-resistant TB cases each year Pakistan also ranks 6th for drug resistant TB among the 30 high burden countries.

Over 44,000 people die of tuberculosis (TB) in Pakistan every year.

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• Global Innovation Index(GII) is compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organisation.
• Pakistan rank in GII for 2021: 107
  
• Pakistan rank in GII for 2021: 99
  
• Pakistan rank in GII for 2022: 87

• Note: Pakistan is Innovation Achiever in 2022 for the first time ever.

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 At least 86 cases of attacks and violations against media and its practitioners, including journalists, took place in Pakistan between May 2021 and April 2022.