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  Pakistan´s Shadab Khan (L) collides with teammate Asif Ali as they try to take a catch during the Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricket final match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on September 11, 2022. — AFP/File  Pakistan's poor fielding against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup 2022's decider became fodder for memes on the internet with netizens focusing on the collision between Shadab Khan and Asif Ali.  The two cricketers dropped Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s catch while bumping into each other with a force that left Shadab and Asif unsteady for a while. Shadab dropped Rajapaksa's catch twice. However, the collision became a subject for endless memes on the internet, especially on Twitter, where even India’s Delhi Police did not spare the Pakistani cricketers. Taking to the micro-blogging site, the Delhi Police shared a video of the moment when Shadab and Asif collided and linked their accidental collision to c...

A majority of MPs voted in favor of a motion to overthrow the prime minister. Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif could become his successor. Pakistan's parliament has ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan with a vote of no confidence. 174 out of 342 deputies voted against Khan, as the speaker of the parliament, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, announced in the capital, Islamabad. Khan is the first prime minister in  Pakistan's history to be ousted by a no-confidence vote. It is still unclear when a new head of government will be elected. The head of the opposition Muslim conservative party PML-N, Shehbaz Sharif, is considered the favorite for the post. He thanked the supporters for their fight after the vote of no confidence: "Pakistan will rebuild this unity," said Sharif. The vote was initially delayed further and further by Parliament Speaker Asad Qaiser, who chaired the session. The heated debates between the government and the opposition were interrupted several times. When Qaiser, w...

Pakistan's prime minister, Imran Khan, who is under pressure, is asking the head of state to create the conditions for new elections. He had previously escaped a no-confidence vote. Pakistani President Arif Alvi has dissolved parliament, thereby creating the conditions for early elections. These must now take place within 90 days. A few hours earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan had managed to avoid being removed from office by a vote of no confidence that was considered certain. The Vice President of Parliament and Khan ally Qasim Suri had rejected the planned vote on a no-confidence motion by the opposition as unconstitutional. Khan himself then said on television that he had asked the President to dissolve Parliament. The population should be prepared for new elections. Khan 69, faces growing criticism in Pakistan over the country's economic situation. The country is suffering from rising inflation, a persistently weak national currency and high national debt. In addition, a f...

The Taliban have been in power for four months. They plunged Afghanistan into several catastrophes, but the West is no longer paying close attention. That will take revenge. Since the Taliban took Kabul on August 15, 2021 and thus became rulers of Afghanistan, they have promised the world to respect human rights, to give women space in society, to include minorities, to allow cultural activities, to guarantee freedom of the press and for peace within themselves Country to worry. They say this because they want to reassure the world community. After all, as the rulers of Afghanistan, you are dependent on international financial aid. But there are people in Europe and America who believe the Taliban that they have moderated themselves over the past 20 years and will do better now. But why should the Taliban do that, having just won a brilliant military victory over the West after twenty years of war? The loser cannot tell the winner what to do and what values ​​to represent. Anti-vaccine...

In Afghanistan, the Taliban government has announced a number of new measures, including banning women from working in TV dramas. According to these rules, women journalists and TV anchors are required to cover their heads before appearing on TV. Media representatives in Afghanistan say some of the rules imposed by the Taliban are not entirely clear and need to be clarified. When the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan in August this year, many feared that they would gradually impose tougher sanctions on the country, especially on women. The militant Islamic group, the Taliban, seized control of the country after US and coalition forces withdrew and banned women and girls from attending school. Even in her first term in the 1990s, women were barred from working and studying. What are the measures announced by the Taliban? The government has issued orders to TV channels in Afghanistan based on eight regulations.  These include banning films that violate Sharia law, Islamic law and ...

The Afghan interim foreign minister welcomed the ceasefire agreement between Pakistan and the TTP. Addressing a seminar in Islamabad, Afghan Interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi welcomed the ceasefire agreement between Pakistan and the TTP and confirmed the facilitation of the talks. Amir Khan Mottaki said that he hoped that the talks would go further in the coming days. He hoped that the temporary ceasefire would be turned remained into a permanent peace agreement.  We do not understand what we should do to make other countries, including the United States, recognize us. Afghanistan does not need a large army, we will build a short and talented army," he said. Amir Khan Muttaqi said that our government is broad-based, which includes all nationalities. He further said that 100 percent women have returned to the Ministry of Health and institutions and 75 percent women have returned to duty in the educational institutions.

An aid organization reports a sharp increase in the number of refugees in Afghanistan's neighboring country. There is too little support from the international community. Daily flee currently around 4,000 to 5,000 Afghans from the Taliban, according to an aid organization in Iran. "Thousands of exhausted women, children and men cross the border from Afghanistan into Iran every day in search of safety," said the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Jan Egeland, during a visit to Iran. One cannot expect Iran to take in so many Afghans if the international community gives so little support. "Aid must be increased immediately, both within Afghanistan and in neighboring countries such as Iran, before the deadly winter cold sets in," said Egeland. The call by the United Nations Refugee Agency to support an estimated 515,000 Afghans who could flee to neighboring countries by the end of the year calls for almost $ 300 million to be made available, a...