Monday, August 5th, 2019
Japan extends grant to UNIDO to support Pakistan agri sector
ISLAMABAD, AUG 5 (DNA) – The Government of Japan on Monday announced grant aid worth around 560 million Japanese Yen (5.2 million USD) to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to support Agri-Food and Agro-Industry Development in Pakistan’s Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Notes to this effect were signed and exchanged between Kuninori Matsuda, Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan and Ms. Nadia Aftab, Country Representative of UNIDO. A Grant Agreement on the details of implementation of the project was signed and exchanged between Shigeki Furuta, Chief Representative ofRead More
China Wants to Hit Back at Trump, Its Own Economy Stands in the Way
BEIJING — As China considers ways to retaliate against President Trump’s mounting tariffs, it has increasingly acknowledged that it must first address its main obstacle to punching back: its own slumping economy. Chinese officials have vowed to respond with measures of their own if Mr. Trump follows through on his threat to put 10 percent tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese imports a year. If Mr. Trump enacts the tariffs next month, as he said he would do on Thursday, the costs would rise for nearly everything China ships to theRead More
Mike Nithavrianakis new British deputy high commissioner
ISLAMABAD, AUG 5 (DNA) – Mike Nithavrianakis has been appointed as the British Deputy High Commissioner to Karachi and UK Trade Director for Pakistan in succession to Ms. Elin Burns. Nithavrianakis is a career diplomat who joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in the 1980s. He has had postings to Malaysia, Russia, Ghana, Saudi Arabia and Greece. More recently he has served as Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai and Deputy Ambassador in Kabul. Nithavrianakis has also spent a period on sabbatical from the foreign service gaining experience inRead More
Pakistan condemns Indian Announcements on Occupied Jammu & Kashmir
Pakistan strongly condemns and rejects the announcements made today by the Indian Government regarding the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir. The Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir is an internationally recognized disputed territory. No unilateral step by the Government of India can change this disputed status, as enshrined in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions. Nor will this ever be acceptable to the people of Jammu & Kashmir and Pakistan. As the party to this international dispute, Pakistan will exercise all possible options to counter the illegal steps. PakistanRead More
Istanbul’s new airport: where the world meets
DNA REPORT Istanbul Airport, whose first part of first phase is complete, represents the largest infrastructure project of the history of Republic and will break ground in many areas from technology to design and to passenger experience. Istanbul Airport City located at the Istanbul Airport project, is a globally unique urban development project located near the airport within the boundaries of the expropriation area. Istanbul Airport City; will have surround of green, sustainable design and architecturally rich buildings with hotels, offices, shopping centers, social facilities, hospitals, schools and exhibitionRead More
TUNCAY EMINOGLU : I take competition as a challenge and not a threat
TUNCAY EMINOGLU Vice President, Sales (Asia and Far East) TURKISH AIRLINES talks to CENTRELINE and DNA By ANSAR M BHATTI Tuncay Eminoglu Vice President Sales (Asia and Far East) has said he takes competition as a challenge and not a threat. He said he has already visited the new airport of Islamabad and found it in commensurate with the present day aviation needs. He further said Pakistan aviation industry is vibrant and has huge potential adding Pakistani visitors especially traveling to Saudi Arabia and transiting thruRead More