Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Trust, negotiation key WTO improvement areas: Saudi nominee
ISLAMABAD Jul 22 : Saudi nominee for the post of Director General World Trade Organization (WTO), Muhammad Al Tuwaijri pointed out that organization needed multidimensional approach for its proactive functioning role. He said building mutual trust among the trade disputing members, improving negotiation process and performance measurement were the key areas WTO needed for its professional delivery which he noted was the essence of the international body. In a virtual press conference with Pakistani media on Wednesday, Tuwaijri said he beloved In time management to resolve international trade disputes whichRead More
SBP yet to recocver Rs 1508 mn from a forex dealer
NEHAL MIRAJ ISLAMABAD: State Bank of Pakistan advanced Rupees 1508million to a forex dealer in year 2000, when Dr. Ishrat Husain was the Governor of the Bank, to buy US dollars from the market and then almost Rupees 493 million never got recovered. Dr Ishrat Husain currently is Advisor to the Prime Minister on Institutional reform. Auditor General of Pakistan’s report points out that State Bank of Pakistan has failed to recover money from Malik Muhammad Bostan Khan, one of the most powerful private sector forex dealer in the country,Read More
Webinar held to discuss challenges of China-Pak bilateral cooperation
BEIJING, July 23 (dna): A webinar focusing on new opportunities and challenges of China-Pakistan bilateral cooperation in the post-epidemic era was held aiming to deepen the friendly bilateral cooperation and make it the best practice of Belt and Road construction. Upholding the spirit of “Putting People and Life First”, “Connectivity”, “Openness and Inclusiveness”, the webinar attracted government officials, think tank experts and entrepreneurs from both China and Pakistan. They discussed bilateral cooperation in a wide range of areas such as public health, economic development, and digital transformation and upgrading. TheRead More
Unity, cooperation two pillars in Pak-China relation in post-epidemic era
DNA BEIJING, July 23 : Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing and Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed agreed that unity and cooperation are two pillars of China-Pakistan friendship, which has been demonstrated through their joint fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and solid support for each other on major issues of the international community. According to Gwadar Pro, they made the remarks while attending the webinar on New Opportunities and Challenges of China-Pakistan Cooperation in the Post-epidemic Era as guest speakers on Wednesday. The webinar, upholding the spirit of putting people and life first,Read More
Pak-China Online fair held to boost CPhI trade
DNA BEIJING, , July 23 : Pak-China Zhejiang Export Online 2020 Fair of Chemical Pharmaceutical Ingredient (CPhI) for Pakistan was held in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, China Economic Net reported on Thursday. Over 50 CPhI enterprises from the province attended the fair, according to Han Jie, the Deputy Director of the Department of Commerce of Zhejiang province. Han said, the fair aims to build a bridge to cement CPhI trade between Pakistan and China’s Zhejiang province, as the latter is a main exporter of medicine material. Hussain Haider, PakistaniRead More
Pakistan declared ‘most improved’ country in nuclear assets security
Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), a leading US non-proliferation watchdog, has ranked Pakistan as the most improved in the security of those countries holding nuclear materials, improving its overall score by seven points. According to an NTI Nuclear Security Index report released for the year 2020, Pakistan has ranked most improved among countries with materials in 2020, which improved its overall score by adopting new on-site physical protection and cybersecurity regulations, improving insider threat protection measures, and more. The Nuclear Threat Initiative further said that Pakistan’s score improvement for regulatory measuresRead More