Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
Balochistan govt will be taken onboard in every project: Asad Umer
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Finance Minister Asad Umer on Wednesday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government will strengthen federation and will take smaller provinces along. Speaking in the Senate on Wednesday, he said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project was signed in 2013 but the provincial government was not made partner even after one year. He said that the they were informed after two and a half years that the projects under CPEC had been signed. Asad Umer while dispelling the impression that a third country was being made aRead More
Amanullah Yasinzai appointed Balochistan governor
QUETTA, (DNA) – President Dr Arif Alvi has appointed Justice (r) justice Amanullah Khan Yasinzai as the governor of southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan on the recommendation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to a notification issued by the cabinet division on Wednesday. The former judge says his main focus during governorship would be education, the betterment of security in the province and curbing the trust deficit between the province and Islamabad. Yasinzai was born in the year 1954 in Quetta and completed his Bachelors’ and Master’s from Forman ChristianRead More
Pakistan must reach out to Central Asia By Ansar Mahmood Bhatti
Central Asia stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north. The region consists of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Central Asia has a population of about 105 million, consisting of five republics: Kazakhstan (18 million), Kyrgyzstan (6 million), Tajikistan (9 million), Turkmenistan (6 million), and Uzbekistan (31 million). Afghanistan (35 million), which is a part of South Asia, is also sometimes included in Central Asia. BeingRead More
Shahzad Waseem wins Senate election; gets 181 votes
LAHORE, OCT 03: Dr. Shahzad Waseem has won the Senate election by getting 181 votes. His opponent Khawja Hassan got just 169 votes. Dr. Shahzad Waseem was contesting the Seante election after the seat was vacated by Ch. Muhammad Sarwar,who has become governor Punjab. Dr. Shahzad Waseem is a senor PTI leader and advisor of Imran Khan on foreign affairs. In his capacity as advisor of Chairman PTI, Dr. Shahzad Waseem had contributed greatly towards building good links with the diplomatic community especially.
Speedy justice to people top on PTI agenda: Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD, OCT 03 (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that reforming criminal justice system and ensuring access to “easy and speedy” justice to the citizens is the central plank of PTI’s government agenda and the government is committed to put in place a mechanism that facilitates the citizens as well as the judiciary in speedy dispensation of justice. The Prime Minister said this while chairing a briefing on Ministry of Law & Justice here at Prime Minister’s Chamber today. Minister for Law & Justice Dr. Muhammad Farogh Naseem,Read More
USAID hosts renewable energy zone workshop
ISLAMABAD, OCT 03 (DNA) – USAID hosted seventy energy experts from across the country to learn about the potential for developing Renewable Energy Zones in Pakistan. The goal of the two-day technical workshop was to introduce innovative and effective concepts for expediting and scaling up the commercial deployment of renewable energy projects that will make it possible to leverage the abundant reserves of solar, wind, biomass, and hydroelectric potential in this country. Clay Epperson, USAID’s Deputy Mission Director said, “Together, we can develop indigenous, clean and sustainable energy resources thatRead More