Explanation

FIFA Under-20 World Cup 2023

Edition: 23rd

Venue: Argentina

Final held: 11 June 2023

Winner: Uruguay (1st title)

Runners-up: Italy

Third place: Israel

Fourth place: South Korea

Matches played: 52

Goals scored: 154

Top scorer: Cesare Casadei from Italy (7 goals)

Best player: Cesare Casadei (Italy)

Best goalkeeper award: Sebastiano Desplanches (Italy)

Fair play award: USA 

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Explanation

Formation Commanders Conference

Edition: 81st 

Venue: GHQ, Rawalpindi

Presided over by: General Syed Asim Munir

Held: June 2023

Note: this was the first Formation Commanders Conference presided over by Syed Asim Munir 

Explanation

Khy­ber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) budget 2023

Budget for:  first four months (July to October)

Raised salaries: 35 per cent

Pensions: 17.5pc

Total expenditure: Rs462.4bn

Revenue: Rs442.6bn

Development: Rs112.4bn 

Explanation

About Khalid Khurshid Khan

Became 3rd GB CM: 1 December 2020

Party name: PTI

Disqualified by: Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court

Disqualified on: 4 July 2023

Case: Fake degree 

Explanation

Fatima Jinnah: younger sister of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Fatima Jinnah born: 30th July 1893

Fatima Jinnah is referred as:  Madr-e-Millat (Mother of Nation)

Fatima Jinnah died: 9 July 1967

Fatima Jinnah died at age: 71

Fatima Jinnah died: Karachi

Fatima Jinnah profession: Dental Surgeon

Explanation

On 16 June 2023, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced that it has received $1 billion from China.

Explanation

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)

Explanation

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

SC Timeline for Punjab Polls on May 14

The Supreme Court ruled on 4 April 2023 that the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to postpone polls to the Punjab Assembly till Oct 8 was “unconstitutional” and fixed May 14 as the date for polls in the province.

The ECP had on March 22 announced that the elections in Punjab would be held on October 8. The date was earlier set on April 30, in consultation with the president.

The reserved verdict was issued by a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Ijazul Ahsan.

The last date for filing appeals against decision of the returning officer rejecting/accepting the nomination papers is April 10

The last date for deciding on appeals by the Appellate Tribunal is April 17

The revised list of candidates will be published on April 18

April 19 will be the last date for the withdrawal of candidature and publication of the revised list of candidates

Electoral symbols will be allotted to contesting candidates on April 20

The court directed the federal government to release election funds worth Rs21 billion to the ECP by April 10 for elections to the assemblies of Punjab and KP.

Explanation

Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023

Passed in National Assembly: 29 March 2023

Presenter: Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar (Federal Minister for Law and Justice)

Objetive: to limit the discretionary powers of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) to take suo motu notice

Senate passed this bill on 30 March 2023

60 senators votes in favour of the bill

19 senators voted against the bill