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16 January – 2024 Iranian missile strikes in Pakistan: Iran launches a missile attack within Balochistan, targeting what it describes are terrorist sites. Pakistan calls the action an "unprovoked violation" of its airspace resulting in the death of two children and injuries to three others.
Pakistani economic crisis(2022–2024) Pakistan has experienced an economic crisis as part of the 2022 political unrest. It has caused severe economic challenges for months due to which food, gas and oil prices have risen. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused fuel prices to rise worldwide.
Pakistan has over 130 million internet users, making it the 7th-largest population of internet users in the world. [ 1][ 2] Information and communications technology (ICT) is one of the fastest growing industries in the country. In 2001 just 1.3% of the population used the Internet. By 2006 this figure had grown to 6.5% and in 2012 to 10.0%.
Total Subscribers as of June 2024. (in millions) [1] Mainland Pakistan. AJ&K / Gilgit-Baltistan. 1. Jazz. (PMCL - Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited) 410 / 01. 410 / 07.
The mobile phone network operator industry in Pakistan is a growing industry. According to figures from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), there were 152 million mobile 'phone subscribers' in Pakistan in March 2019. The mobile industry in Pakistan has traditionally been marked by intense competition.
2024: As a reward for their achievements, the gold medal winners receive Philharmonic coins worth €20,000. Bronze medalists received €14,000 each. [5] [6] Azerbaijan: $235,000 $117,500 $58,750 AZN 400,000, AZN 200,000 and AZN 100,000, for gold, silver and bronze, respectively, as of the 2016 Rio Olympics. [7] Belgium: $54,606 $32,764 $21,843
In 2010, Dutch operator VEON agreed to acquire most of the telecom assets of Orascom, including Jazz, in a $6.5 billion deal, creating the world’s fifth-largest mobile network operator by subscriber base. In November 2015, VEON announced the 100% acquisition of Pakistan’s Warid Telecom, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Group. Completed in July ...
The economy of Pakistan is categorized as a developing economy. It ranks as the 24th-largest based on GDP using purchasing power parity (PPP) and the 46th largest in terms of nominal GDP. With a population of 241.5 million people as of 2023, Pakistan's position at per capita income ranks 161st by GDP (nominal) and 138th by GDP (PPP) according ...