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• The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy was the ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy.
• It was hosted by Pakistan Cricket Board.
• held across three venues in Pakistan and one in the United Arab Emirates.
• The tournament was contested by the top eight Team
• Afghanistan made their debut appearance in the tournament.
• Pakistan were the defending champions.
• India became the champions by defeating New Zealand in the final
• India became the first team to win three Champions Trophy titles.

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived before dawn on 9 September 2022

UN Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Pakistan to show solidarity with Pakistan’s government and people over climate-induced floods.

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• About Asia Cup 2022
• The 2022 Asia Cup was the 15th edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament. 
• Host country: UAE
• Champion: Sri Lanka
• Runner-Up: Pakistan 
• Participants: 6
• Matches: 13
• Player of the series: Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka)
• Most runs: Muhammad Rizwan (281)
• Most Wickets: Bhuneshwar Kumar (11) 

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 For the first time in the history of Pakistan, a transgender person was conferred a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree in Karachi. 

Sarah Gill, a transgender person, made history by becoming the country’s first transgender doctor.

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Global Terrorism Index is published by the Institute for Economics and Peace

Pakistan ranks second in this index.

This is the first time Pakistan has faced 1,000 terrorist attacks in a single year.

Terror attacks in Pakistan have increased by 45 per cent.

Afghan affiliate Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has become the fastest-growing terrorist group in Pakistan.

Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2025:

1 Burkina Faso

2 Pakistan

3 Syria

4 Mali

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ð  The Ramon Magsaysay Award, named after a Filipino president killed in a plane crash, was established in 1957.

ð  The Ramon Magsaysay Award dubbed as Asia’s highest award equivalent to Nobel Prize.

ð  Pakistani Dr. Muhammad Amjad Saqib won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for pioneering the idea of Interest-Free Microfinance Programme.

ð  Dr. Amjad Saqib, Founder Akhuwat foundation.

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The annual inflation rate in Pakistan edged up to 9.2 percent in October of 2021 from 9.0 percent in the previous month.

 increased to 24.6% on a year-on-year basis in Oct 2022 

Pakistan's inflation rate accelerated to 38% in May of 2023 from 36.4% in April.

This was the highest reading since comparable records began in 1957, mainly due to rising food inflation (48.7% vs 48.1% in April).

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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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The current Inspector General (IG) of the National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP) is B.A. Nasir.

He is the 24th IG of the NHMP

He assumed the charge on April 9, 2025. 

Last updated and verified 10-May-2025