India, Nov. 12 -- Pakistan win a cricket tournament, and the Prime Minister announces a one-week national holiday. Sounds like the glory days are back in Islamabad.

Only, this time, the big celebration is not for a World Cup or a Champions Trophy - it's for the Hong Kong Sixes. And a tweet in the name of Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, declaring a week-long holiday to mark the World Cup-like triumph in Hong Kong, has sent social media into overdrive.

In the viral post on X, the account styled as the Pakistan Prime Minister gushes over the team's success at the Hong Kong Super Sixes and appears to elevate it to the status of a global title.

"Congratulations, Pakistan cricket team, on winning the Hong Kong Super Sixes. Although we can't beat...