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Explanation

AUKUS signed on 15 September 2021  

It is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Purpose: Collective security

Region: Indo-Pacific

Additional information:

AUKUS stands for Trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Explanation

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

Location: New York, U.S

It is the first legally binding international agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons 

It was adopted on 7 July 2017

Opened for signature on 20 September 2017,

And entered into force on 22 January 2021

Parties 73

Depositary: United Nations Secretary-General

Languages:

• Arabic
• Chinese
• English
• French
• Russian
• Spanish

Explanation

Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan of Pakistan was the President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1962 to 1963.

He was Pakistan's first foreign minister and led the case for Pakistan's separate nation in the Radcliffe Commission.

He also served as a judge on the International Court of Justice from 1954 to 1958, and as its vice president from 1958 to 1961.

In 1970, he became the first and only Pakistani to serve as the President of the International Court of Justice.

Explanation

104 is the rank of Pakistan in the Global Democracy Index 2021

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This index was published by the Economic Intelligence Unit in February 2022.

 Pakistan was ranked 104th among 167 states on the global Democracy Index 2021

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117 is the rank of Pakistan in V-Dem’s Democracy Report 2022

In the 2022 Global Hunger Index, Pakistan ranks 99th out of the 121 countries

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Explanation

The United States of America (USA) (accounting for 39 per cent of world military spending) and China (13 per cent) remained the two largest spenders on Military in 2022.

Note: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is an international institute based in Stockholm

Explanation

On 25 March 2023, Russia struck a deal with neighbouring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory.

 The deployment of these weapons began in July 2023,

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On 19 December 2021, an OIC session was held in Islamabad, to set up a Humanitarian Trust Fund and Food Security Programme to deal with the rapidly aggravating crisis.

List of Summits

Number	Date	Country	Place
1st	22–25 September 1969	Morocco	Rabat
2nd	22–24 February 1974	Pakistan	Lahore
3rd	25–29 January 1981	Saudi Arabia	Mecca & Ta’if
4th	16–19 January 1984	Morocco	Casablanca
5th	26–29 January 1987	Kuwait	Kuwait City
6th	9–11 December 1991	Senegal	Dakar
7th	13–15 December 1994	Morocco	Casablanca
1st Extraordinary	23–24 March 1997	Pakistan	Islamabad
8th	9–11 December 1997	Iran	Tehran
9th	12–13 November 2000	Qatar	Doha
2nd Extraordinary	4–5 March 2003	Qatar	Doha
10th	16–17 October 2003	Malaysia	Putrajaya
3rd Extraordinary	7–8 December 2005	Saudi Arabia	Mecca
11th	13–14 March 2008	Senegal	Dakar
4th Extraordinary	14–15 August 2012	Saudi Arabia	Mecca
12th	6–7 February 2013	Egypt	Cairo
5th Extraordinary	6–7 March 2016	Indonesia	Jakarta
13th	14–15 April 2016	Turkey	Istanbul
6th Extraordinary	13 December 2017	Turkey	Istanbul
7th Extraordinary	18 May 2018	Turkey	Istanbul
14th	31 May 2019	Saudi Arabia	Mecca
8th Extraordinary	19 December 2021	Pakistan	Islamabad
48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers	22 March 2022	Pakistan	Islamabad

Explanation

Rank of Pakistan in Corruption Perception Index:

2018: 117 out of 180

2019: 120 out of 180

2020: 124 out of 180

2021: 140 out of 180

2022: 140 out of 180 

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Camel meat is usually preferred by the Middle East countries following by the US and Europe.

Pakistan, Australia, the US, Sudan were also the top producer of Camel meat.

Sudan remains the top producer of this meat in 2019, with an export value of USD 146K.

Pakistan in 2020, the top exporter of camel meat was Pakistan with an export value of USD 2.6M.