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Top three countries in Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

1.       Denmark

2.       UK

3.       Finland

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Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city and financial capital, was the most congested city in the world in 2021.

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World press freedom index 2022 total countries 180

Pakistan: 157  

First: Norway

180: North Korea

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The following countries had their progress reviewed by the FATF since June 2021:

Albania, Barbados, Botswana, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Malta, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Senegal, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

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About Henley Passport Index released in January 2025

Topper: Singapore

Bottom: Afghanistan

Pakistan rank: 103rd

Additional Information:

As per the above ranking, Pakistani passport has visa-free access to 33 states

This means Pakistani passport holders can travel to 33 countries without the requirement of a visa

The Henley Passport Index is released by the firm Henley & Partners based in the UK

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Corruption Perception Index 2022 (released in January 2023)

Total countries: 180

Topper: Denmark

Bottom: Somalia

Pakistan: 140

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Top 3 Places for Settling as of July 2022

1. Mexico

2. Indonesia

3. Philippines 

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India is set to become largest country in the world in population by 2023.

World population estimated to reach 8 billion by November 2022, 8.5 billion by 2030, and 10.4 billion by 2100.

The average Fertility Rate of the world population stood at 2.3 births per woman over a lifetime in 2021.

The report titled World Population Prospects released by: United Nations Population Fund (on 11 July 2022)

Note: World population day is observed on July 11.

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Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide from 2003 to 2022, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders.

Pakistan was ranked fifth, as 93 journalists were killed since 2003.

Iraq and Syria were the most dangerous countries to work as a journalist.

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• Punjabi has ranked second after Mandarin among the non-official languages, spoken predominately at home, by the largest number of people in Canada, new census data released by Statistics Canada on 
• The 2021 census, released on August 18 2022, found that 4.6 million Canadians speak predominantly a language other than official English or French languages at home, among them Urdu has become the fifth top language in the ranking of 12 spoken languages in Canada.