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• Know about UAP railway project (tri-nation rail link)

• Project Name: UAP Trans Rail Road

• Signed on 17 July 2023

• Between: Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan

• Pakistan Ministry: Railways

• Areas: Termiz in Uzbekistan, Mazar-i-Sharif and Logar in Afghanistan, and culminate in Pakistan via the Kharlachi border crossing in Kurram.
• Length: 573 km 

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Pakistan and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on January 5, 2022, finalized the Joint Action Plan for Strategic Dialogue (2022-26). 

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The Green Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), the much-awaited federal-funded mass transit project, finally became fully operational in Karachi on 10th January 2022.

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PM Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated coal-fired power plants 

Capacity: 1,650 megawatts (MW)

Inauguration date: 22 March 2023

Location: Tharparker (Sindh)

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Chief Secretary Gilgit Baltistan Mohyuddin Ahmed Wani says to make Gilgit plastic free, ban on use of plastic bags would be ensured in Gilgit from 1 January 2023.

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 The Punjab cabinet on November 16, 2020 granted approval to upgrade of the Institute of Child Health/Children`s Hospital to University of Child Health.

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) will rehabilitate 100 primary healthcare centers in 12 districts of Balochistan damaged in heavy flood during 2022.

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The Pakistan Air Force showcased the conceptual design of its future Fifth Gen Stealth Fighter Aircraft and called it project azm.

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The Reko Diq mine is located near Reko Diq town in Chagai District, Province of Balochistan.

It is one of the largest copper and gold mines in the world.

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The federal and Balochistan governments and two international firms — Antofagasta PLC and Barrick Gold Corporation 

have reached an agreement in principle on a framework to reconstitute the Reko Diq project, and a pathway for Antofagasta to exit the project.

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Which of the following court unfreezes PIA assets in the Reko Diq award case?

British Virgin Islands High court

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Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif inaugurated the One School for All, Teleschool Pakistan – Mobile App

Objective: to provide online education to students

Education from Grade-1 to 12

Inauguration: 21 March 2023