Friday, January 3rd, 2020
Railway Construction Agreement Signed Between with Afghanistan
RAILWAY LINE WILL CONNECT CENTRAL ASIA WITH GWADAR PORT IN PAKISTAN DUSHANBE, 02.01.2020. (DNA) –The governments of Tajikistan and Afghanistan signed an agreement to construct a railway connecting Jaloliddin Balkhi, Jayhun-Panji Poyon (Tajikistan) and Sherkhon Bandar (Afghanistan). The document was signed by Tajikistan’s Transport Minister Khudoyor Khudoyorzoda and the CEO of Afghanistan Railway Authority Mohammad Yamma Shams. This document is of strategic importance for the implementation of railway projects, in particular the construction of multi-nation Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan (TAT) and China- Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran railway lines that will lay a solid foundation toward accesibilityRead More
Army Act: PM Imran chairs parliamentary party meeting
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan is on Friday chairing a meeting of the parliamentary party in order to get the Army Act Amendment Bill passed. The bill will be presented in the National Assembly first followed by the Senate and is likely to be approved today from both houses as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) decided to back the amendment bill. It is pertinent here to mention that Defence Minister Pervez Khattak Thursday chaired a meeting of the 33-member of Parliamentary Advisory Committee on LegislativeRead More
Army Act Amendment Bill to be presented before National Assembly today
ISLAMABAD – The government members will present Army Act Amendment Bill in the National Assembly (NA) for approval today (Friday). According to details, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have expressed their support to the amendment bill and assured to assist the government in approving it in the assembly. On Thursday, government delegation headed by Defence Minister Pervez Khattak held meeting with PML-N leaders and sought their support on Army Act amendment bill. The committee consisting Pervez Khattak, Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Senator Azam Swati andRead More