Pakistan hosts its first International Qirat Competition, welcoming over 40 OIC reciters to Islamabad in a landmark event for religious diplomacy and cultural exchange.
India’s outreach to the Taliban through Deoband diplomacy is seen as an attempt to recast the group’s ideological associations from Haqqania to Indian soil.
![TLP activists chant slogans near their Lahore headquarters on Oct 9, 2025, as roads are blocked ahead of TLP’s Gaza protest march toward Islamabad. [Courtesy: AFP].](https://htnworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/4647357-278300155-1.webp)
![Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi receives a warm welcome at Darul Uloom Deoband, India’s historic Islamic seminary, October 11, 2025]. [Courtesy: @MJalalAf/X].](https://htnworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/G2-ye83WQAAtaqI.webp)
![Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in close discussion with Jamaat-e-Islami leader Professor Muhammad Ibrahim. [Courtesy: HTN Monitoring Team].](https://htnworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-28-at-19.10.03_12888317.webp)
