Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo congratulates Pakistani cricket team for playing well

Newswire

Islamabad: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has congratulated the Pakistani cricket team for performing well in the T-20 world cup so far.

The former Italian Ambassador to Pakistan felicitated the Pakistan team for playing a “great game” after their win against India. He said that the national squad deserved to win as they played well.

Singer Akcent, actor Mahira Kha, and Somalian Ambassador to Pakistan Khadija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi also greeted the Pakistani team.

Taking to Twitter, Romanian pop singer Akcent congratulated Pakistan over the “great win”. Mahira Khan said that her “heart is bursting with pride” over the team’s victory against the rival team.

Pakistani singer Farhan Saeed also took to Twitter and said that the victory was “phenomenal” and the game was “flawless”. He said that the Pakistani squad made the nation “more than proud”.

Somalian Ambassador to Pakistan, Khadija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi, also took to the microblogging website to congratulate the squad.

Indian political commentator Sreejith Panickar said in his Twitter post that the remark “the boys played well” came true for the first time in Pakistan’s World Cup match against India.

Panickar congratulated Pakistan and lauded the players Virat Kohli, Pant, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab, Babar Azam and Rizwan.