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• Rank of Pakistan in Corruption Perception Index:

• 2018: 117 out of 180

• 2019: 120 out of 180

• 2020: 124 out of 180

• 2021: 140 out of 180
• 2022: 140 out of 180 
• 2023: 133 out of 180
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Explanation

The World Bank has kept Pakistan’s economic growth forecast for the fiscal year 2021-22 unchanged at 3.4%.

“Growth in Pakistan surprised on the upside, supported by improving domestic demand, record-high remittance inflows, and a narrow targeting of lockdowns,” the World Bank noted.

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Pakistan jumped up 28 places from 136th to 108th in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index 2020 and secured a place among top 10 countries that did the most in the corresponding/past year to improve the ease of doing business in their countries.

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The World Bank on in April 2023 lowered Pakistan’s year growth forecast.

The World Bank expected Pakistan’s economy to grow 0.4 per cent in 2023.

The country’s fiscal year starts in July and runs through June.

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The United States on December 2, 2022 placed Pakistan on a list of countries that `engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom` during 2022.

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Here are the 10 most powerful passports in the world:

1.       Japan (192 destinations)

2.       Singapore (192)

3.       South Korea, Germany (190)

4.       Italy, Finland, Spain, Luxembourg (189)

5.       Austria, Denmark (188)

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Global Gender Gap Report 2023 released by World Economic Forum

Edition: 17th

Released in June 2023

Total countries: 146

Topper: Iceland

Pakistan: 142

Pakistan gender parity: 57.5 per cent

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The United Nations Children`s Fund (UNICEF) has said the polio programme in Pakistan is back on track by the end of 2023.

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Global Passport Power Rank 2022

Total countries: 97

Topper: UAE

Bottom: Afghanistan

Pakistan: 94

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The Global Health Security Index is an assessment of global health security capabilities in 195 countries prepared by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

The USA tops the list, Australia 2nd, and Finland is in 3rd spot. Pakistan is in the 130th spot in the index.