 Since we have understood that what does cultural competence mean, now it is important to see that why cultural competence matter. Cultural competence encourages the acknowledgement and acceptance of differences in appearance, behavior and culture. In a society where diversity is the imperative, the ability to acknowledge and address differences across various cultural parameters helps to bridge gaps in understanding towards better connectedness. The more we understand the needs of the clients through cultural competence, the better we can bridge those gaps between a therapist or an assessment taker and a client. Because these individual differences create a huge gap, a chaos and on the basis of understanding the needs of the client, the problem is very complex. So when we develop professional competence and we come to a page and understand the problems of the client, we develop a better connectedness in which we can do better assessments. The following are the compelling reasons for the importance of cultural competence. In some diverse cultures, the individuals from minority groups can be a significant number of potential clients. Let's say if we talk about the Pakistani setting, then in our country, there is not much acceptance that there are minority groups or vulnerable populations, what can happen? In our country, a minority group could be possibly the patients with diagnosis of HIV AIDS. And we do not accept those patients as a community. Similarly, a community of a constitution is not our open acceptance. Similarly, if we talk about the individuals from a cultural background or religious background, then in Pakistan, we see certain communities in a very minor or very low number. But if we choose a specific variable for an assessment related to the community, and then we have to reach out to those individuals, then cultural competence matters a lot. How do you perceive HIV as an issue, as a disease? Do you consider it a contingent thing? Do you take it in some way? Do you regard its patients in some way? Do you devalue them? If an individual himself pauses these points of view and then assesses them, then maybe the cultural bias is reflecting in his assessment. Then understanding and accepting a client's cultural background may expand the treatment opportunities. When we understand that, okay, this person belongs to a certain community and she or he is facing certain problems, then maybe we can extend our knowledge in a better way. Cultural competence is increasingly a requirement of funding and accreditation bodies to improve the standards for the culturally and linguistically appropriate services. Like, for instance, it's a World Health Organization that is developing policies and vision 2030 after COVID. Now, it will be for the whole world. For the whole world, when we are developing a rehabilitation plan for COVID, and we do not select the country from South Asia, so I don't think so any other person who is living outside the Pakistan would be able to present the picture which is going on in Pakistan. So, you know, culturally relevant person is important to be the part of making any policy or any other decision making. Improvement in cultural competence may contribute to the improved client retention. If you have competence, you can retain that client for a longer period of time until he is rehabilitated, until his work is being done, rather than being able to establish a rapport and break it in between. Then enhancing the sensitivity and capacity to treat clients from other cultures improve a psychologist's ability to treat all the clients. Now, there is an individual in such a setting where all kinds of clients are coming from different cultures. In Pakistan, we undermine that concept of cultural diversity, but in western countries, we see a lot of ethnic minorities there and the importance of that increases even more. When we talk about Pakistan, there are a lot of sub-cultures within here but we have not yet understood them. And we feel that we are all the same people, but because of the race, because of the particular geographical area you belong to, we carry different cultures. When we talk about practice, these cultures matter a lot there. Then the empathy and the trust that a person needs to practice to move towards cultural competence are an extension of the qualities that makes a good psychologist. Now here, without talking about the cultural competence, keeping empathy, keeping a diverse approach, being competent, this is also a basic and important quality for a good psychologist without which an individual cannot become a good psychologist. So, if we sum up all these, the quality which emerges as a title is cultural competence which is very much important to be a good psychologist. It is very important to have cultural competence in a good psychologist.