Pakistan Interior Minister Rasheed claims that India's shameful defeat is evident by its outcry in Afghanistan as with its consulates closed, it cannot use Afghan soil against Pakistan. He delineates that the world would now know about India's nefarious designs in the region and realize that Pakistan desire peace and stability in Afghanistan.
The United States has long claimed that it has sent aid worth $33 billion to Pakistan for the country's support in the war of terror, but this claim is very far from the truth. According to the research done by a leading policy institute in Pakistan, the US has highly exaggerated the number and only a small percentage of the claimed amount made it to projects in Pakistan.
Amrullah Saleh implies that Afghanistan was under pressure from the US and Pakistan to release the Taliban, which led to its eventual downfall, the very US that put his government in power in the first place.
Pakistan levels the series 1-1 after winning the second test match against West Indies by 109 runs. Shaheen Shah Afridi wins man of the match and man of the series for his Maiden 10 wicket haul.
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) largest-ever allocation of $650 billion in Special Drawing Rights (SDR) came into effect on 23rd August and can bring about $2.7 billion of additional funding for Pakistan as well. This will take SBP's and overall country's reserves to a historic high.