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Formation Commanders Conference

Edition: 81st 

Venue: GHQ, Rawalpindi

Presided over by: General Syed Asim Munir

Held: June 2023

Note: this was the first Formation Commanders Conference presided over by Syed Asim Munir 

Explanation

About men's cricket Asia Cup 2023

Edition: 16th

Starting date: 30 Aug 2023

Final held: 17 Sep 2023

Winner: India (8th title)

Runner-up: Sri Lanka 

Venue: Pakistan & Sri Lanka 

Matches in Pakistan: 04

Matches in Sri Lanka: 09

Total matches: 13

Participating teams: 06

Player of the series/Player of the Tournament : Kuldeep Yadav (India)

Most runs made by: Shubman Gill (made 302 runs) (belong to India)

Most wickets taken by: Matheesha Pathirana (took 11 wickets) (belongs to Sri Lanka)

Player of the series in the final: Mohammed Siraj (India)

Explanation

About men's cricket Asia Cup 2023

Edition: 16th

Starting date: 30 Aug 2023

Final held: 17 Sep 2023

Winner: India (8th title)

Runner-up: Sri Lanka 

Venue: Pakistan & Sri Lanka 

Matches in Pakistan: 04

Matches in Sri Lanka: 09

Total matches: 13

Participating teams: 06

Player of the series/Player of the Tournament : Kuldeep Yadav (India)

Most runs made by: Shubman Gill (made 302 runs) (belong to India)

Most wickets taken by: Matheesha Pathirana (took 11 wickets) (belongs to Sri Lanka)

Player of the series in the final: Mohammed Siraj (India)

Explanation

About FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 (men’s category)

Venues: Philippines, Japan, Indonesia

Winner: Germany (first title)

Runner-up: Serbia

Third place: Canada

Fourth place: USA

Games played: 92

Final held on 10 September 2023

 Note: FIBA stands for Federation internationale de basket-ball

Explanation

Taiwan excluded from WHO annual assembly following Chinese opposition.

Taiwan was not invited to the event in Geneva which occurs on May 21 to 30.

Taiwan's membership was strongly opposed by China and Pakistan

Explanation

Balochistan budget for the fiscal year 2023-24

Presented by:  Minister for Finance Engineer Zmarak Khan Achakzai

Total outlay: Rs750 billion

Public Sector Development Programme: Rs229.301 billion

Volume of non-development expenditure: Rs437 billion

Tax: Zero

Budget Deficit: Rs49 billion

Health: Rs65 billion

Salaries for grade 1 to 16: increase by 35%

Salaries for grade 17 to 22: increase by 30%

Pensioners: 17.5% increase

Education: Rs87 billion

Law, Order & security: Rs53 billion

Budget for development of primary and secondary education: Rs12 billion

Budget for development of livestock: Rs1.5 billion

Explanation

• Riaz Hussain Khokhar remained Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from June 2002 to February 2005.
• Riaz Hussain Khokhar died on 26 December 2023 after a brief illness. 
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• The 147th birth anniversary of the father of the nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah observed on 25 December 2023.

• Jinnah was born on 25 December 1876 in Karachi.
• Jinnah was the first governor general of Pakistan, died on 11 September 1948.

Explanation

Left-arm fast-bowler Wahab Riaz announced his retirement from international cricket on 16 August 2023

Wahab Riaz played 27 Tests, 91 ODIs and 36 T20Is for Pakistan and last turned out in national colours back in 2020.

Explanation

Belinda Clark is an Australian former cricketer.

In 2023, a bronze statue of Belinda Clark was unveiled at the entrance to the Sydney Cricket Ground's Walk of Honour, it is the world's first sculpture of a female cricketer.