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Host Country: Japan

Host City: Tokyo

Actual Dates: July 23 – August 8, 2021

Reason for Delay: COVID-19 pandemic 

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Last verified on 02-02-2026

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Asim Iftikhar Ahmad is the current permanent representative of Pakistan to United Nations.

He was appointed in April 2025.

He has replaced Munir Akram (Munir completed his term on 31 March 2025)

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Updated & verified on 09 Nov 2025

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• Russia attacked Ukraine on 24 February 2022
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• On 24 February, before 5:00 a.m. Kyiv time, Putin announced a "special military operation" in eastern Ukraine and "effectively declared war on Ukraine."
• Russia retains control over 1.8% of the area around Kharkiv in the east of Ukraine
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• Reason for Russia and Ukraine War 2022:
• Throughout 2021, bilateral tensions rose due to a Russian military buildup surrounding Ukrainian territory
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• The capital of Russia is: Moscow
• The area of Russia is 17.1 million km²
• The currency of Russia is: the Russian ruble
• The population of Russia is: 144.1 million (2020) World Bank
• The continent of Russia is: Europe, Asia

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup.

The tournament will be jointly hosted by 16 cities in three North American countries: Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

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At the invitation of Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Annalena Baerbock, the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, visited Pakistan on June 7-8, 2022.

This was Foreign Minister Baerbock's first visit to Pakistan.

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15th BRICS summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2023.

• Know everything about BRICS: 
• BRICS founded: June 2009
  
• BRICS Member countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
  
• BRICS total members: 10 
• South Africa joined BRICS: 2010
• BRICS headquarters: Shanghai, China
• BRICS first conference hosted by: Russia (2009) 

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The 3rd June Plan announced the partition of British India into 2 states:

• India
• Pakistan

Punjab and Bengal to be divided according to 3rd June Plan

This Plan also known as the Mountbatten Plan or Partition Plan 

It was the last plan for independence.

 Lord Mountbatten assassinated: August 1979

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Oghab 44 or Eagle 44 is an Iranian underground airbase unveiled in February 2023.

It is the first tactical and secret airbase for the army's air force

That accommodates the fighters, bombers, and Iranian UAVs.

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The Strait Gibraltar connects two large water bodies, the Atlantic Ocean & Mediterranean Sea.

The Mediterranean Sea lies between Southern Europe and North Africa and accounts for about 0.7% of the global ocean area.

Mediterranean Sea stretches from the Atlantic Ocean on the west to Asia on the east and separates Europe from Africa.

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