Pakistan Unites Athletes At Ramadan Night Teqball Championship
Pakistan played host to the Ramadan Night Teqball Championship to allow Muslim athletes to participate in late night sporting activities once they had broken their fast in the evening.
The Absar Welfare Foundation is a non-profit organisation which targets aiding female empowerment as well as disability and youth welfare.
Rahat Mian, the chairman of the Absar Welfare Foundation, and Pakistan Teqball Federation President Mian Absar Ali distributed medals on the final day.
Hammad Chitrali claimed gold after defeating Hidayat Ur Rehman 2-1 in the final.
Islamic athletes from around the world, such as football’s Paul Pogba and basketball’s Kyrie Irving, participated in fasting during the holy Islamic month.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar where Muslims around the world commit to not eating or drinking during daylight.
The fast is considered as a key practice under the Five Pillars of Islam.
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Top US And Pakistan Diplomats Say They Want Stronger Ties
May 18, 2022 - 11:11 AM
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pakistan’s new Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met for the first time Wednesday and both said they want to strengthen ties between the two countries.
Bhutto Zardari flew to New York to attend a ministerial meeting at U.N. Headquarters called by the United States later Wednesday that will be chaired by Blinken on growing food insecurity around the world, which has been exacerbated by Russia’s war on Ukraine.
The Pakistani minister welcomed the U.S. Initiative at the start of his meeting with Blinken at U.N. Headquarters, saying “recent geopolitical events have indeed aggravated the situation, and countries like Pakistan have already been facing challenges in food security, water security, energy security because of a whole host of issues ranging from climate change to issues in our neighborhood.”
“I also look forward to the opportunity to increasing engagement between Pakistan and the United States, working with yourself and your administration to improve trade relations between Pakistan and the United States and create opportunities for American investors and Pakistani investors and Pakistani businessmen and American entrepreneurs to work together,” Bhutto Zardari said.
Blinken welcomed Pakistan’s participation at the food security event and called his meeting with the foreign minister “an important opportunity for us to talk about the many issues we’re working together.”
“We want to focus on the work we’re doing to strengthen our economic and commercial ties between the United States and Pakistan,” and to focus on regional security, America's top diplomat said.
Pakistan is the current chair of the Group of 77 — a powerful coalition of 134 mainly developing nations and China at the United Nations -- and Blinken said “the United States is looking forward to strengthening our own relations and dialogue with the G77.” He said he looked forward to talking to the foreign minister about that.
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