Monday, June 8th, 2020
Britain makes two-week quarantine mandatory for arrivals
Britain introduced a two-week quarantine on Monday for most people arriving from abroad to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The decision has, however, sparked condemnation from the ailing aviation sector, which claims it could cost tens of thousands of jobs. British residents and overseas visitors will have to comply with the 14-day self-isolation rules or face a £1,000 ($1,250, 1,125-euro) fine or prosecution. Critics question why Britain, which has been hardest hit by COVID-19 in Europe and is only gradually easing a lockdown, is inflicting more painRead More
Sheikh Muhammad Tariq Registered by HM Revenue & Custom, UK
Her Majesty Queen of Britain’s HM Revenue & Customs has registered Sheikh Muhammad Tariq, renowned Businessmen of Pakistan and Pakistani National Custom Agents for filing of custom declaration service from January 2021. After completion of BREXIT transition period, additional more than 250 millions custom declaration will be filed and processed. Sheikh Tariq Chief Executive of FASTRACK CUSTOM DECLARATION SERVICES LTD UK has passed mandatory requirements and training sessions of HM Revenue & Customs, UK. As Member of UK Custom Academy and BIFA and London Institute of Exports, he hasRead More
Germany to provide 4 mln Euros
Pakistan honours technical cooperation from the Government of Federal Republic of Germany and looked forward to strengthening bilateral relations in future ISLAMABAD, Jun 8 (DNA): Germany to provide Technical Assistance worth Euro 4 Million for the project “Promotion of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Concepts in Cities and Industries” in Pakistan. Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Noor Ahmed and the Ambassador of Germany to Pakistan Bernhard Schlagheck, signed an agreement for technical assistance under the Pakistan-Germany Development Programme worth Euro 4 Million, equivalent to PKR 0.7 Billion, said a statementRead More
CGSS, Azerbaijan embassy discuss further cooperation
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – The senior management of Center for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS), Islamabad including Major General Syed Khalid Amir Jaffery (Retd) – President CGSS and Lt Col Khalid Taimur Akram (Retd), Executive Director, CGSS arranged a online meeting with Ali Alizada – Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan and diplomats of the Azerbaijan Embassy including, Mr. Samir Guliyev – Second Secretary & Deputy head of the Mission & ElchinMehdiyev – Third Secretary, from the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Pakistan. The online meeting was arrangedRead More
President K. Tokayev: Kazakhstan on course to progressive reforms
A major package of political reforms is being implemented in Kazakhstan, which opens a new stage in the progressive liberalization of social and political life. They affect the further development of the basic institutions of democracy – the rights of citizens to peaceful Assembly, the organization of elections and the activities of political parties. At the end of May 2020, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a number of important laws for the further socio-political development of the country. Among them – “On the procedure for organizing andRead More
NATO’s Withdrawal: Unrest in Afghanistan will Affect Pakistan
Sajjad Shaukat In the agreement signed between the US and Taliban on February 29, this year, in Doha-the capital of Qatar, it is committed that within the first 135 days of the deal, the US will reduce its forces in Afghanistan to 8,600 from the current 13,000, working with its other NATO allies to proportionally reduce the number of coalition forces over that period—the Pentagon was to bring troop levels down from about 12,000 to 8,600 by mid-July, before withdrawing all forces by May 2021. Other NATO countries will alsoRead More