Explanation

Global Peace Index 2023

Releaser: Institute for economics and peace

Total countries: 163

Topper: Iceland

Bottom: Afghanistan 

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Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup 2023

Edition: 10th

Winner: India

Runner-Up: Pakistan

Venue: Salalah, Oman

Final held: 1 June 2023

Matches: 29

Best player: Abdul Shahid (Pakistan)

Player of the Tournament: Abdul Hannan Shahid (Pakistan)

Top scorer of the tournament: Abdul Rahman (Pakistan)

Best goalkeeper: Mohith H.S. (India)

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About SAFF Under-16 football Championship 2023 (men’s category)

Edition: 8th

Winner: India

Runner-up: Bangladesh

Venue: Thimphu, Bhutan

Final held: 10th September 2023

Total matches played: 09

Explanation

• A total of 270 goals scored in Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup 2023
• Edition: 13th

• Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Final date: 16 December 2023

• Winner: Germany (7th title)

• Runner: up: France

• Third place: Spain

• Participating Teams: 16

• Matches played:48

• Total goals scored: 270

• Top scorer: Hugo Labouchere with 9 goals (Belgium)

• Best player: Gaspard Xavier (France)

• Best goalkeeper award: Joshua Onyekwue (Germany)

• Note: FIH stands for International Hockey Federation

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• About Henley Passport Index released in July 2023
• Released by: Henley & Partners

• Total countries: 103

• Topper: Singapore

• Pakistan: 100th (fourth worst)

• Pakistanis has visa-free access: 33 states
• Bottom: Afghanistan 

Explanation

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif secured a vote of confidence from the National Assembly by getting 180 votes.

Voting date: 27 April 2023

The resolution for the trust vote was moved by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.

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2023 national census (released on 5 August 2023)

Growth rate: 2.55 per cent

Total Pakistan population: 241.49 million

Punjab: 127.68 million

Punjab growth rate: 2.53 percent

Sindh population: 55.69 million

Sindh growth rate: 2.57 percent

Balochistan population: 14.89 million

Balochistan growth rate: 3.2 percent (highest of all)

KPK population: 40.85 million

KPK growth rate: 2.38 percent

Islamabad population: 2.36 million

Islamabad growth rate: 2.81 percent

Pakistan rural population: 61.18 percent

Pakistan Urban population: 38.82 percent

33 million population increased between 2017 and 2023 

110 million population increased between 1998 and 2023 

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Explanation

• About ICC men's Emerging Asia Cup 2019
• Edition: Fourth 
• Venue: Bangladesh 
• Winner: Pakistan (first time) 
• Runner-Up: Bangladesh 
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• About ICC men's Emerging Asia Cup 2023
• Edition: Fifth 
• Venue: Sri Lanka
• Winner: Pakistan (Second time) 
• Runner-Up: India 
• Final held: 23 July 2023
• Total teams: 8
• Pakistan won by: 128 runs
• Total matches: 15
• Player of the series: Nishant Sindhu (India)
• Most runs made by: Avishka Fernando (Sri Lanka)
• Most wickets taken by:  Nishant Sindhu (India)
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Pakistan Press Freedom Report

Prepared by the media rights watchdog Freedom Network

Islamabad was the riskiest place to practise journalism in Pakistan

Report released in April 2023

Attacks on journalists rise by 60pc in Pakistan

پاکستان میں صحافیوں کے خلاف حملوں اور دھمکیوں میں 60 فیصد سے زیادہ اضافہ ہوا ہے۔

Explanation

In August 2023, Former US president Donald Trump was arrested at a Georgia jail on racketeering and conspiracy charges and released on $200,000 bond after having a historic mug shot taken.