Explanation

 According to QS University Rankings Of Asia, NUST University retains 1st position in Pakistan, 74th in Asia.

Explanation

Pakistan Ranked 130th Across 142 Countries, in 2023.

Pakistan Overall Score, 2023

Overall Score 0.38

Global Rank 130/142 

Regional Rank 5/6

Income Rank 29 /37 

Rank Change +1 

Explanation

In July 2024, International Monetary Fund (IMF) maintained Pakistan’s growth forecast at 3.5 per cent for the 2024-25 fiscal year.

The IMF’s unchanged growth forecast at 3.5pc previously made in April 2024.

IMF reached an agreement with Pakistan authorities on $7bn worth in July 2024.

The government has set 3.6pc growth target for the fiscal year 2024-25.

Explanation

• A court of equity, equity court or chancery court docket is a court that is legal to use principles of equity, in place of the ones of regulation, to cases added earlier than it.
  
• currently, equity is referred to as a perceptible body of regulation, that is now carried out by using numerous current courts. The evolution of the methods inside the courts of equity has guided the management of equitable standards.

Explanation

• Global Innovation Index(GII) is compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organisation.
• Pakistan rank in GII for 2020: 107
  
• Pakistan rank in GII for 2021: 99
  
• Pakistan rank in GII for 2022: 87

• Note: Pakistan is Innovation Achiever in 2022 for the first time ever.

Explanation

In 2023, Pakistan is ranked 142rd out of 146 countries on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Index.

The index's top position is held by Iceland.

The index's bottom is occupied by Afghanistan.

Explanation

In 2024, the IQAir World Air Quality Report ranked Pakistan as the third most polluted country,

With an average annual PM2.5 concentration of 73.7 μg/m³,

Nearly 15 times higher than the WHO guideline of 5 μg/m³.

Explanation

• Germany awarded the best global music performance to the new artist of Pakistan: Arooj Aftab
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• Arooj Aftab has won her first-ever Grammy.
• Arooj Aftab has a rendition of “Mohabbat” just took home the prize for Best Global Music Performance at the 2022 Grammys.
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• Born--->March 11, 1985 (age 37) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Origin--------> Brooklyn, New York, United States
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• Pakistan has recently opened a consulate in Munich city of Germany
• The late Dr. Ruth Pfau came to Pakistan from Germany in the year 1960
  
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Explanation

• Global Innovation Index(GII) is compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organisation.
• Pakistan rank in GII for 2020: 107
  
• Pakistan rank in GII for 2021: 99
  
• Pakistan rank in GII for 2022: 87

• Note: Pakistan is Innovation Achiever in 2022 for the first time ever.

Explanation

Ms. Komal Ali Shah, MPhil Student at Department of Strategic Studies, National Defence University (NDU) Flag of Pakistan, has been selected as the first Pakistani for the Hiroshima-ICAN Academy on Nuclear Weapons and Global Security 2021