Explanation

• The World Health Assembly adopted the WHO Pandemic Agreement
• Goal: To improve equitable access to vaccines, treatments, and response following lessons from COVID-19
• The agreement followed three years of negotiation, concluding in April 2025
• Venue: 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva
• Adoption Date: May 20, 2025.

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• The Suez Canal obstruction in March 2021,
• Caused by the container ship Ever Given,
• Blocked all traffic for six days,
• From March 23 to March 29, 2021.
• Impact: Held up an estimated US$9.6 billion worth of traffic per day.

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Explanation

• When oil prices increase, production and transport costs rise, which leads to Cost-push inflation in the economy.

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Her way of teaching is so Lucid that everyone understands.

اس کا پڑھانے کا انداز اتنا واضح اور آسان ہے کہ ہر کوئی سمجھ لیتا ہے۔

Lucid means clear, easy to understand, and simple in expression.

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Explanation

3x + 24 = 16

3x = 16 − 24
3x = −8
x = −8 ÷ 3
x = −8/3

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By the time the train arrived, we had been waiting at the station.

جب تک ٹرین پہنچی، ہم اسٹیشن پر انتظار کر رہے تھے۔

We use past perfect continuous (had been + ing form)

Past Perfect Continuous tense to describe an action (waiting)  or an action that started before another past action and was still continuing.

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• The 1857 War of Independence is primarily known as the Indian Sepoy Mutiny
• Also known as The First War of Independence
• Major uprising against British East India Company rule
• Began on May 10, 1857,
• At Meerut, a sepoy mutiny.

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• The last Hajj performed by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is called Hajjat al-Wada' (حِجَّة ٱلْوَدَاع),
• Translates to the Farewell Pilgrimage.
• Occurring in 10 AH (632 CE)
•  The last day of Hajj is called: Day of Arafah

Additional information 

• First Hajj was offered in 9 A.H.
• Hajj means to intend.
• There are 3 types of Hajj.
• Hajj was made compulsory in 9 A.H
• Tawaf begins from  Black Stone (Hajar al-Aswad).

• The holy prophet performed only 1 Hajj in 10th A.H.

Explanation

• Qiyas (قياس) is means Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh).
• To derive legal rulings, primarily accepted among Sunni schools of law.
• Components of Qiyas: To be valid, it requires four elements:
• Asl (Original Case): The case with an existing ruling in the Quran or Sunnah (e.g., prohibition of wine)
• Farʿ (New Case): The new case requiring a ruling (e.g., modern synthetic drugs).
• Illah (Effective Cause): The shared reason for the ruling (e.g., intoxication).
• Hukm (Ruling): The legal ruling (e.g., prohibition)

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• The primary reason for the global GDP reduction from 2020 to 2022 was the COVID-19 pandemic
• A drop in GDP growth to 0.3% in 2022-23
• World GDP fell by approximately 3.4% in 2020.

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