Friday, January 5th, 2018
CPEC is future of new generation: business community
ISLAMABAD, JAN 05 (DNA) – The Secretary Planning, Development and Reform (PD&R), Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui has said that CPEC is moving to next stage of development by entering into industrialization phase where Pakistan’s private sector has to play a leading and proactive role. He expressed these views while addressing a consultative meeting of Islamabad and Rawalpindi Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Friday at Ministry of Planning. The meeting was attended by the Secretary Board of Investment (BoI), Sumaira Nazir Siddiqui, President Islamabad Chamber Shiekh Amir Waheed, President Rawalpindi ChamberRead More
Training of delimitation committee complete: Election Commission
ISLAMABAD, JAN 05 (DNA) – The Election Commission (ECP) of Pakistan on Friday revealed that the training of five delimitation committees for electoral constituencies has been concluded successfully. The Chief Election Commissioner, retired Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza, and Election Commission Secretary Babar Yaqoob reviewed the three-day training programme during which, officers were given detailed briefings on various aspects of the delimitation process. Raza said “the delimitation of constituencies is a national responsibility on the shoulders of ECP officers,” whom he directed ‘to conduct the process according to the country’s lawsRead More
Chinese embassy nominated M. Lijian Zhao as focal person for power projects
ISLAMABAD, JAN 05 (DNA) – In pursuance of the Power Division commitment to facilitate and resolution of issues pertaining to the ongoing projects under the CPEC in order to ensure their timely completion, the Minister for Power Division Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari flanked by Secretary Power Division Mr. Yousuf Naseem Khokhar met the investors of these projects. Chinese Deputy Head of Mission M. Lijian Zhao, nominated by the Embassy of China as the focal person for power projects co-chaired the meeting alongwith the Power Division. All the investors tookRead More
Karachiites demand long awaited Malir expressway
BY, Nazir Siyal KARACHI, JAN 05 (DNA) – The civil society trade and community have demanded of the Sindh government to start construction of long awaited Malir Expressway along both banks of Malir River from M-9 Motorway to port and industrial areas to divert all heavy vehicular traffic. It was dream of the metropolis’ commuters to provide relief as announced by the Sindh govt and city govt also planned Malir expressway in 2008. Ill-fated Karachiities not only suffering heavy traffic jam daily on Shahrah-e-Faisal to Karachi Airport, M. A JinnahRead More
Macron’s upcoming China visit ‘of great significance’
PARIS, JAN 05 (DNA) – French President Emmanuel Macron‘s upcoming visit to China, from January 8 to 10, is of great significance to bilateral ties, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said at a daily press briefing. “This is his first state visit to China,” Geng said here Friday, noting it has great significance for China-France ties. During the visit, Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a series of events for Macron’s state visit. The two heads of state will review the past achievement of bilateral ties, outline the direction forRead More
Pakistan sets one month deadline for 1.4 million afghan refugees
ISLAMABAD, JAN 05 (DNA) – Pakistan has set one month deadline for 1.4 million Afghan refugees, who lost their legal residency status at the end of 2017, to leave the country. Although, a one year extension for the stay of Afghan refugees was agreed between Kabul and Islamabad, but the move came after tense U.S.-Afghanistan relations with Pakistan over harboring terror groups. The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations on Friday said that under a trilateral agreement with Afghanistan and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Pakistan was supposed toRead More