Explanation

Global Terrorism Index is published by the Institute for Economics and Peace

Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2025:

1 Burkina Faso

2 Pakistan

3 Syria

4 Mali

Explanation

About G7 Summit 2025

Starting date: 15 June 2025

Closing date: 17 June 2025

Edition: 51st

Venue: Alberta, Canada

Note: the 50th G7 summit was held in 2024 in Italy.

Additional Information:

The Group of Seven (G7) is an intergovernmental political and economic forum

G7 has Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US as its members.

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Explanation

Know about Pope Francis

Real Name: Jorge Mario Bergoglio

Born: 17 December 1936 (Argentina)

Died: 21 April 2025

He was the first Latin American and Jesuit Pope in history

He was the head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City Since 2013

Aged: 88

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Explanation

The 20^th Summit of SCO Council of Heads of state was held on November 10, 2020, in video conference format.

The meeting was chaired by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Prime minister Imran Khan led the Pakistani delegation.

Explanation

About United Nations Climate Change Conference 2025

Edition: 30th 

Starting date: 10 Nov 2025

Closing date: 21 Nov 2025

Venue: Brazil

Additional Information: 

COP29 was held in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2024.

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Explanation

On 6 June 2024, Pakistan was elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the 8th time.

Pakistan garnered 182 votes in the 193-member General Assembly

Required votes: 124 votes

Pakistan, Denmark, Greece, Panama and Somalia will replace Japan, Ecuador, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland whose terms end on December 31, 2024.

Pakistan will replace Japan.

Pakistans earlier terms on the council were in 2012-13, 2003-04, 1993-94, 1983-84, 1976-77, 1968-69 and 1952-53.

Explanation

Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan was appointed as Planning Commission deputy chairman on Aug 1, 2020 and removed on 21 May 2022.

Additional charge was given to Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal.

Explanation

As per the report Pakistani economy will grow by 3.4% in 2025

The world economy will grow by 2.8% in 2025

The report titled ‘World Economic Situation and Prospects Report’ released in January 2025 by the United Nations (UN)

Explanation

13 security personnel were martyred and 16 others injured while 14 militants were killed in two separate attacks in Mir Ali, North Waziristan district.

Asood-al-Harb, a group linked to the banned Hafiz Gul Bahadur network, claimed responsibility for the Mir Ali bombing.

This incident occurred on 28 June 2025.

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Explanation

Israel launched widescale strikes against Iran targeting nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders

Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards top commander Hossein Salami martyred

Six nuclear scientists among killed

This happened on 13 June 2025.

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