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According to the Freedom Network’s Annual Impunity 2022 report, 53 Pakistani journalists were killed between 2012 and 2022 but the perpetrators were convicted in only two out of these 53 cases.

This report was released in October 2022.

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Titled "Global Climate Risk Index 2021", the report by Germanwatch was released on 25^th January 2021 and showed Pakistan drop from 5th most vulnerable country to climate change, to the 8th position.

The think-tank said it took into account most data from 2000 to 2019 to analyze and rank "to what extent the countries and regions have been affected by impacts of climate-related extreme weather event" such as storms, floods, and heatwaves.

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The rank of Pakistan is 108th in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index 2020.

The report was discontinued by the World Bank on September 16, 2021.

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The first three ranks in the overall ranking and the category-specific rankings remain empty due to no country performs well enough in all index categories to achieve an overall.

In the overall ranking, the United Kingdom (5th) and Denmark (6th) follow Sweden.

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Pakistan needs 3 votes out of 39 to exit the 'grey' list and move to the 'white' list. To avoid 'black' list, it needs support of three countries. China, Turkey and Malaysia are its consistent supporters.

 The FATF currently has 39 members including two regional organizations (the European Commission and Gulf Cooperation Council). 

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

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13 Pakistani universities have made it into the QS World University Rankings for 2023 released in June 2022, with the National University of Sciences And Technology (NUST) Islamabad being the top-ranked Pakistani institute out of 1,500 universities from around the world.

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Top Importer of Pakistan fiscal year (2020-21)

1.           China

2.           United Arab Emirates (UAE)

3.           Singapore. 

Petroleum is the largest-import item of Pakistan

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Meezan Bank was declared the Best Bank of Pakistan for the calendar year 2020 in 5th Pakistan Banking Awards on 8th January 2021, while the Habib Bank Ltd (HBL) won three awards in three different categories.

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This report was published by UNAIDS in January 2022.