According to Shahid Afridi, the current Pakistan team is very talented although they lack experienced players. However, the team should not be underestimated and the nation should summon the spirit of 2009 and win a second T20 World Cup!

Special Representative to the Prime Minister on Religious Harmony and the Middle East Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi said there is no concept of forced marriages or conversion in Islam. He also said tribal traditions must not be portrayed as Islamic traditions.

Dr Yusuf said for the past 20 years, there was an unwinnable war that “some wanted Pakistan to win for them, which was simply an unrealistic goal”. He mentioned that in past, decisions had been made without taking the public on board, which ultimately “backfired”.

Pakistan’s textile sector is booming in FY22. With $5 billion investment set to be injected in the textile industry, textile exports will hit $21 billion in the current fiscal year.

The Ambassador expressed the hope that he would like to further enhance bilateral trade between the two countries to pave new avenues for trade and economic relations between Pakistan and Hungary.

South Asia is currently witnessing a rule by a populist, supremacist government, elected on the basis of an agenda of religious exclusivity and hatred for other religious and caste communities. Hindutva brands the Muslim minority and certain ‘castes’ as racially inferior.

The October edition of the World Economic Outlook projects Pakistan’s GDP to grow by 4.0% - 0.8% less than the target set by the incumbent government. The report stresses the need for equitable vaccine access for every country and calls on the G7 and G20 nations to deliver the outstanding doses of vaccines they promised. Vaccines manufacturers and developed countries have been asked to aid the regional production of COVID-19 vaccines.

Despite the blockade of foreign aid, volunteer groups in Kashmir rise to challenge the crisis. The volunteer groups have been at the forefront of providing free medicines and medical assistance to the poor since the pandemic hit the region.

Two Turkish special operations police officers were killed when the PKK’s Syrian offshoot carried out a terror attack. On this note, State Department spokesman Ned Price condemned the attack and offered condolences to the families of the Turkish national police officers.

The Russian foreign ministry said Moscow did not want to escalate tensions but warned Washington against further pursuing "confrontational" policies. The statement comes as Russia bans the US from employing local staff at the US embassy in Moscow as part of tit-for-tat sanctions.

Postponed and moved twice because of the pandemic, the tournament's seventh edition kicks off on October 17 with Oman -- joint hosts with the United Arab Emirates -- taking on Papua New Guinea in a first qualifying round.

At the Doha meeting, Brussels pledged one billion euros ($1.2 billion) in aid for Afghanistan for urgent humanitarian needs. Important to note, it was the first face-to-face talks the Taliban had with a joint US-EU delegation.