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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

Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a Sikh separatist leader involved with the Khalistan movement

Born: 11 October 1977 (India)

Allegedly killed by Indian agencies: 18 June 2023

On 18 September 2023, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India's government of involvement in killing of Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Canada expelled an Indian diplomat from the country.

India's foreign ministry also expelled a top Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move

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About Claude Lorius

Profession: Glaciologist

Nationality: France

Dying date: March 21, 2023

Aged: 91

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David Malpass has served as 13th President of the World Bank Group from 2019 to 2023.

David Malpass belongs to USA. 

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Shakib Al Hasan won the ICC Men's Player of the Month Award for the month of March 2023 for the second time (first won in July 2021)

 Shakib Al Hasan belongs to Bangladesh. 

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On 5 April 2023, The Arab League held an emergency meeting over an Israeli police raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

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Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) 2023

Edition: 49th

Dates: 16-17 March

Venue: Nouakchott, Mauritania

Representor of Pakistan: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

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On 3 April 2023, Malaysia`s parliament passed legal reforms to remove the mandatory death penalty, trim the number of offences punishable by death, and abolish natural-life prison sentences

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Massive Earthquake (زلزلہ)

Location: Turkiye/Syria

Magnitude: 7.8

Date: 6 February 2023

Casualties: over 50, 000

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Gordon Moore (intel Corp co-founder)

Nationlity: USA

dying date: 24 March 2023

Aged: 94