Saturday, October 13th, 2018
Pakistan Military passing out parade held at Kakul Academy
KAKUL – (DNA) – Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair Mahmood Hayat has said the soldiers of Pakistan’s Armed Forces are laced with the unflinching spirit of loyalty and sense of sacrifice. He was addressing the passing out parade of cadets at PMA Kakul Academy today. Zubair Mahmood Hayat said our soldiers have the distinction to deliver results in the most challenging environment. Earlier, the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee also reviewed the Parade and gave awards to the distinguished cadets. Coveted Sword of Honor was awardedRead More
An IMF bailout set to impede Pakistan PM’s populist agenda
ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – From cutting power subsidies to forcing currency devaluations that stoke inflation, the hard choices facing Pakistan as it seeks a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pose a major headache for populist new Prime Minister Imran Khan. Pakistani officials met IMF representatives this week in Bali and formally requested Islamabad´s 13th bailout since the late 1980s to give the economy breathing room, while they implement reforms aiming to end decades of boom and bust cycles. On top of lending the nuclear armed state billions of dollarsRead More
Indonesia asked to setup JVs for palm oil production in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, OCT 13 (DNA) – Pakistan was a major importer of palm oil to meet its domestic needs while Indonesia was the world’s largest producer of palm oil and its investors should set up joint ventures in Pakistan for production and processing of palm oil that would help in reducing our import bill, this was observed by Ahmed Hassan Moughal, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry while exchanging views with Wisnu Suryo Hutomo, Head of Economic & Commercial Department, Embassy of Indonesia during his visit to Chamber House. ICCIRead More
SCO Council of Heads adopts joint communiqué of 17th meeting held in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, OCT 13 (DNA) – -The seventeenth meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (hereinafter referred to as SCO or the Organization) was held in Dushanbe (Republic of Tajikistan), on 11-12 October 2018, with the participation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of India S. Swaraj, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan B. Sagintayev, Premier of the State Council of the people’s Republic of China Li Keqiang, Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic M. Abulgaziev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan S.M. Qureshi, the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation D. Medvedev, Prime MinisterRead More