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2023 national census (released on 5 August 2023)

Growth rate: 2.55 per cent

Total Pakistan population: 241.49 million

Punjab: 127.68 million

Punjab growth rate: 2.53 percent

Sindh population: 55.69 million

Sindh growth rate: 2.57 percent

Balochistan population: 14.89 million

Balochistan growth rate: 3.2 percent (highest of all)

KPK population: 40.85 million

KPK growth rate: 2.38 percent

Islamabad population: 2.36 million

Islamabad growth rate: 2.81 percent

Pakistan rural population: 61.18 percent

Pakistan Urban population: 38.82 percent

33 million population increased between 2017 and 2023 

110 million population increased between 1998 and 2023 

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Explanation

Mayor Election (Karachi)

Held: 14 June 2023

Winner: Murtaza Wahab (PPP)

Murtaza Wahab won: 173 votes

Second position: Naeemur Rehman (JI)

Naeemur Rehman won: 160 votes

Note: Jamaat-e-Islami rejected Karachi mayor election results, announces ‘black day’ on 15 June 2023

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On 1 November 2023, Senate of Pakistan unanimously adopted a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, where Israeli airstrikes and a ground assault have taken thousands of Palestinian lives, including those of children and women, with no indication of a halt in hostilities.

The resolution was presented by Senator Ishaq Dar.

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Governor Sindh Kamran Khan Tessori conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy on JDC's Zafar Abbas in view of his great welfare services.

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About Tony Bennett

Profession: Pop singer

Nationality: USA

Born: 1926

Died: July 21, 2023

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•  In July 2023, Stuart Broad became the second bowler to take 600 wickets in Test Cricket.
•  Stuart Broad is a cricketer from England. 
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UAE Unveils Ambitious Space Mission to Explore Main Asteroid Belt.

Unveiled in May 2023

UAE: United Arab Emirates

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In May 2023, Hari Budha Magar scaled Mount Everest with artificial legs.

Hari Budha Magar is a mountaineer from Nepal.

Mount Everest is the highest mountain peak located in Nepal.

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Apple Company has launched its first store in Mumbai, India in April 2023

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Ukraine rights group Truth Hounds has won a Norwegian prize in 2023.