Friday, July 26th, 2019
Mango Festival begins at Centaurus Mall
ISLAMABAD, JUL 26 (DNA) – A three days Mango Festival is organized under the arrangements of Sardar Group of Companies at The Centaurus Mall Islamabad from 26-28 July 2019 where stalls of different variety of mangoes were displayed including seedless mangoes first time ever in Pakistan. A number of foreign dignitaries, senior politicians, notables of the society, President PGCL Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan, Senior Vice President PGCL Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan and Vice Chancellor MNS Agriculture University Multan Dr Asif Ali were also present at the time of Inauguration onRead More
Houston’s Mayor invites PM Khan to visit Texas on next US trip
ISLAMABAD, JUL 26 (DNA) – Mayor of Houston Sylvester Turner has invited the Prime Minister Imran Khan to visit Houston, TX on his next trip to the United States.” This was said by Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi on Friday. The minister posted a video message from Mayor of Houston in which he invited the prime minister to pay a visit to the Houston city on his next trip to the United States. Zaidi added in his tweet that: “Houston is home to a very large populationRead More
Pakistan’s budget has lost credibility: World Bank
ISLAMABAD: (DNA) – Pakistan’s budget has further lost its credibility and the public finance management system has also deteriorated, according to a draft report of the World Bank that has downgraded the country’s ranking on almost all 31 fiscal management-related indicators. The Washington-based lender shared the final draft of the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) report with the Ministry of Finance in June. The report carries an objective assessment of Pakistan’s public finance management system and its budgets from fiscal year 2015-16 to 2017-18. But the findings reflect extremely poorRead More
Germany to provide financial assistance in energy, health sectors
ISLAMABAD, JUL 26 (DNA) – Pakistan and Germany have signed an agreement under the Pakistan-Germany Development Programme for financial assistance worth Euro 22.4 million to support existing projects in the area of renewable energies, better grid connections and improved access to financial services through microfinance initiative with Pakistan Microfinance Investment Company (PMIC). Noor Ahmed, Secretary, Economic Affairs Division and Dr. Jens Jokisch, the Charge’ d’ Affaires of the German Embassy in Islamabad, signed the agreement. Mr. Hammad Azhar, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs witnessed the signing ceremony of the FinancialRead More
Experts highlight the significance of emerging Eurasia for Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, JUL 26 (DNA) -“The emerging Eurasian supercontinent offers immense opportunities for Pakistan particularly in terms of connectivity, trade, energy and social sector cooperation. Relevant stakeholders specially the government institutions involved need to focus on Eurasia for broad-based collaborative arrangements with the major and emerging players on this supercontinent.” These views were expressed in a roundtable discussion on “Pakistan: Towards a Comprehensive Policy Framework for Eurasia” organized by Study Circle on Eurasian Affairs (SCEA). The session was chair by Dr. Talat Shabbir, Director, China-Pakistan Study Center (CPSC) at the InstituteRead More
Palestinian president hints at stopping agreements with Israel
RAMALLAH, (DNA) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has said he has decided to stop implementing agreements with Israel amid worsening relations between the two sides. “We announce the leadership’s decision to stop implementing the agreements signed with the Israeli side,” he said in a speech in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas had previously not spoken so clearly and definitively of a break in cooperation, although Palestinian officials have in the past made threats to stop implementing all accords with Israel. For Palestinian family, tunnel under Israel barrier leads homeRead More