Tuesday, December 1st, 2015
Pakistan exports footballs worth $211 million in 2014
LAHORE, 01 DEC (DNA) – Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) has claimed to have saved local football industry from losing its share in International market by establishing a Sports Industries Development Center (SIDC) at Sialkot with the support of federal government that provided Rs 436 million to execute the project. Sialkot was catering to around 70 percent of total world demand of hand stitched inflatable balls, which translate into around 40 million balls annually by providing direct employment facility to over 200,000 individuals, the SMEDA officials told stateRead More
New telecom policy to be announced soon: Anusha
ISLAMABAD, 01 DEC (DNA) – Minister of State for Information Technology Anusha Rehman has said the new telecom policy would be announced soon. Addressing an inauguration function of TDM to IP Migration Project of National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) in Islamabad on Tuesday, she said the government is working on cyber security policy to protect the telecom and IT based service. The Project was aimed to replace NTCs old technology exchanges with state-of-the art IP based Next Generation Network to provide better quality services to its designated subscribers. Anusha Rahman congratulatedRead More
Pak ready to assist in reviving Afghan peace process: Maleeha
NEW YORK, 01 DEC (DNA) – Pakistan has expressed its readiness to assist in reviving an Afghan-led peace process if formally requested by the Afghan Government. This was stated by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi while speaking at a debate in the UN General Assembly on the situation in Afghanistan. “It would be best for the Afghan government to resolutely tackle its internal weaknesses rather than externalize its problems”, she remarked. She pointed to the “international consensus” in this regard and stressed that Afghan national reconciliation wasRead More
Companies Law 1984 being improved: Ishaq Dar
LAHORE, 01 DEC (DNA) – Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday that Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) had prepared a draft for making amendment in Companies Law 1984 to improve and bring it at par with modern age needs. He stated this in a meeting with a four-member delegation of the ICAP (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan) led by its President Hafiz M. Yousaf here at 90 Shahra Quaid-i-Azam. Members of the delegation were the IPPs Chairman Abdullah Yousaf, and ICAP council members Naeem AkhtarRead More
Tariq Fazal Ch terms rigging allegations as baseless
ISLAMABAD, 01 DEC (DNA) – Minister of State for Capital Development and Administration and PML (N) leader Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry has expressed the confidence that the tally of PML (N) seats of Chairman in Islamabad Capital Territory local government elections would cross thirty. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad Tuesday evening, he said PML(N) has won 22 seats, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) 16 and independents 12 in Monday’s elections. He said four of the independents had applied for PML(N) tickets and they are staunch workers of the party. The partyRead More
Two Military Police officials shot dead in Karachi
KARACHI: Two Military Police (MP) official were killed on Tuesday after their vehicle was fired upon by unidentified gunmen near Tibet Centre on MA Jinnah road.Senior medico-legal officer (MLO) Dr Nisar Shah of Civil Hospital said one of the military personnel, Rashid, was declared dead on arrival at the hospital. The second, Arshad, succumbed to his injuries while receiving treatment at the hospital. Arshad was a Havildar while Rashid was a Lance Naik with the Pakistan Army’s Military Police.