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Pakistan was first placed on FATF increased monitoring list — the so-called "grey list" — for allegedly failing to take adequate measures to curb terror financing and money laundering on 28 February 2008.

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On November 26, 1964 the first official television station commenced transmission broadcasts from Lahore,

followed by Dhaka in 1965 (then the capital of East Pakistan).

A third centre was established in Rawalpindi-Islamabad in 1965 and

the fourth in Karachi in 1966.

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The Gilgit-Baltistan government and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote tourism in the region on 19-Feb-2021.

The MoU will cater to the need for development of accommodation facilities for more than one million tourists, who visit the area annually.

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Chairman Naya Pakistan Housing Development Authority (NAPHDA) Lt Gen (R ) Anwar Ali Hyder inaugurated the 1st Pre-Fabricated House in Pakistan here on November 9, 2020. G-Songuo, in association with Naya Pakistan Housing Development Authority, has completed the construction of state of an art modular model house in Islamabad.

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In June 2023, Judicial Commission of Pakistan approved the elevation of Justice Musarrat Hilali to the Supreme Court.

Justice Hilali to become only the second female judge to rise to the apex court after Justice Ayesha  Malik

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Yousaf Saleem is a Pakistani jurist. He is first ever blind judge in Pakistan. He took oath on 26 June 2018. He was gold medalist of University of the Punjab LLB program in 2014. He also topped written judicial exam out of 6,500 candidates in 2017.

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Punjab government conducted first-ever successful experiment of artificial rain in Lahore with collaboration of United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Date: 16 December 2023

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• Global Innovation Index(GII) is compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organisation.
• Pakistan rank in GII for 2021: 107
  
• Pakistan rank in GII for 2021: 99
  
• Pakistan rank in GII for 2022: 87

• Note: Pakistan is Innovation Achiever in 2022 for the first time ever.