Leaders and senior officials from five of the world’s top emerging economies convened in Johannesburg for a three-day BRICS summit. The bloc—whose members are Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—represents 40% of the world’s population and a quarter of its GDP. The two main issues on the agenda were the expansion of the group and de-dollarisation.

News commentary by the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Pakistan. For real change... Renounce democracy... Establish Khilafah.

The BBC reported that six Afghan Muslim men thought to be in their 30s died in the English Channel on the 13th of August, 2023. The French coast guard said the vessel got into difficulty in the sea near Calais in the early hours of Saturday. Officials said Fifty-nine people - many of them Afghans - were rescued by French and British coastguards.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir paid tribute to the nation’s founding fathers, emphasizing the significance of Independence Day and the spirit behind the creation of Pakistan “rooted in the ideology of the Two Nation Theory” and stressing that the country knew how to defend its hard-earned freedom. (Dawn)