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The first session of Sindh provincial assembly was held on August 13, 2018.

Sindh provincial assembly will complete its five years conditional term on 12 August 2023.

The Sindh Assembly stood dissolved on Friday after Governor Kamran Tessori signed the summary forwarded to him by outgoing Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah for its dissolution on 11 August 2023.

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On 8 August 2023, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) disqualified former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for five years.

ECP stated that the PTI chief was disqualified after being found guilty of corrupt practices under Section 167 of the Elections Act, 2017 and his sentencing for three years.

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Pakistan Minerals Summit 2023

Edition: First

Date: August 01, 2023

Venue: Islamabad

Host: Govt. of Pakistan

Chief Guest: Shehbaz Sharif (PM)

Theme: DUST TO DEVELOPMENT: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN PAKISTAN

Purpose: To bring together international investors, mining industry giants, corporate leaders, and government stakeholders to create a roadmap for tapping into the tremendous mineral riches   

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About Mircea Snegur 

Born: 17 January 1940

Died: 13 September 2023

Profession: Politician 

Mircea Snegur served as the first president of Moldova from 1990 to 1997. 

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• Meta (Facebook) developed new app called Threads to compete with Twitter.
• Threads is a micro-blogging site.
• Launched on 5 July 2023.

• Threads has 500 characters and 5 minutes of video support.
• This is an app based on Instagram.

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In April 2023, fighting erupted between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum, Sudan.

The fighting is a struggle over power in the security sector and the exercise of power in the state.

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In 2023, NASA scientists successfully extract oxygen from simulated lunar soil in a vacuum environment.

NASA is US space agency. 

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The SCO Defence Minister's meeting will be held in India

Date: 28 April 2023

About SCO

Full form: Shanghai cooperation organization

Headquarters: Beijing, China

Founded: June 15, 2001

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In April 2023, Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh saw the maximum temperature rise to 40.4 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest day in 58 years.

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On 5 April 2023, The Arab League held an emergency meeting over an Israeli police raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.