Explanation

Second and final phase of Local government elections held in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions

Date: 15 January 2023

PPP won: 91 seats

Jamaat-i-Islami won: 85 seats

PTI won: 42 seats

 Boycotted by: MQM

Explanation

Second and final phase of Local government elections held in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions

Date: 15 January 2023

PPP won: 91 seats

Jamaat-i-Islami won: 85 seats

PTI won: 42 seats

 Boycotted by: MQM

Explanation

Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, the then chief minister of Punjab, won a vote of confidence from parliament early on 12 January 2023.

Pervaiz Elahi secured 186 votes.

Explanation

Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, the then chief minister of Punjab, won a vote of confidence from parliament early on 12 January 2023.

Pervaiz Elahi secured 186 votes.

Explanation

Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, the then chief minister of Punjab, won a vote of confidence from parliament early on 12 January 2023.

Pervaiz Elahi secured 186 votes.

Explanation

Japan came out on top of the Henley Passport Index’s 2023 rankings.

Afghanistan ranked lowest passport in the world.

Pakistan ranked 106.

Explanation

China stopped publishing daily Covid figures from the last week of December 2022.

Explanation

Afghanistan ordered foreign and local non-governmental organizations to suspend female staff on 24 December 2022.

Explanation

World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi has been named BBC Sports Personality's World Sport Star of the Year for 2022.

Lionel Messi belongs to Argentina.

Explanation

On 26 January 2023, Babar Azam was picked as Men’s ODI Player of the Year for the second time in a row by (ICC).

Babar Azam amassed 679 runs from just nine ODIs during 2022.