Hundreds of Pakistani students, migrants significantly contribute to make FIFA world cup a success.

QATAR -- Hundreds of Pakistani proud students in Qatar are contributing to the execution of FIFA World Cup 2022 to make this month-long hectic event a complete success.

Along with many students who are enthusiastically assisting in engineering, IT, hospitality, and broadcasting for the success of this major event, the Pakistani community in Qatar is also supporting this most-awaited and watched tournament.

Though the Pakistan football team could not make it to an international FIFA event, however, the country always remained in news for producing high-quality footballs for international teams and events in collaboration with Adidas and Forward Sports, a Sialkot-based local sports products producer.

Talking to this news agency, a media professional, Maryam Khalid, who works as a commentary assistant for Qatar's broadcasting department, believes that her experience as an intern at the Qatar FIFA event will help her achieve her future objectives.

To a query, Maryam said, "We were trained by professionals, and FIFA staff always remains attached to us to resolve any problem beyond our understanding."

Muhammad Saad, another overseas Pakistani, participating in the FIFA World Cup 2022 as a volunteer in the Legal Department, said his selection was a great pleasure and an exposure to get involved in such a historic event in the Gulf.

"In layman's terms, my role is to monitor any illegal commercial activity and report it to the relevant." The opportunity, he said had provided him the confidence to play a lead role.

An intern Abu Bakar Majeed Bin Abdul Rab, a student of BSc Computer Engineering, said he was assisting the Host Broadcasting Services, a company that has managed some of the most prestigious sporting events around the world including 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and the current 2022 edition of the FIFA World Cup.

"Being an IT Assistant meant that my work started well before the World Cup started, and it will end a week after the World Cup reaches its pinnacle. Along with my fellow interns and supervisors, initially, we had to set up and distribute more than 750 corporate laptops and more than...

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