Monday, August 17th, 2020
Pakistan improved hydropower efficiency with huge potentials: report
DNA ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 – Countries along BRI attach importance to the development of hydropower. Among them, Pakistan has improved hydropower efficiently with huge potentials. This was stated in a report released by China Electric Power, an official journal of China, according to Gwadar Pro on Monday. In Sep 2015, 17 sustainable development goals were proposed by the UN. Subsequently, the Paris Agreement and BRI were also widely recognized by the international community. Therefore, there are conditions for international cooperation in hydropower development among BRI countries. The report says affectedRead More
Saudi Arabia would continue to support Pakistan with same vigour, passion: ambassador
DNA ISLAMABAD, AUG 17 – Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani has said that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoy cordial brotherly ties and both the countries have always stood together through thick and thin. Both the countries have always adopted a unified response on international issues and resolved these through mutual consultation. He expressed these views while taking to Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Malki who called on the Senate Chief here at Parliament House on Monday. Issues of bilateral mutual interest were discussed during the meeting.Read More
Zardari to be indicted in Toshakhana reference on September 9
Former president Asif Ali Zardari appeared on Monday before an accountability court in the Toshakhana reference. The court decided to indict the suspects on September 9. Zardari, the PPP co-chairperson, appeared in person despite being ill, said PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira. Zardari’s last several court appearances have been made via video call. Over 1,000 policemen were deployed outside the Rawalpindi accountability court on Monday ahead of Zardari’s appearance. PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Aseefa Bhutto Zardari both accompanied their father. Bilawal asked people not to crowd the courtroom asRead More
PARC, Green System Pakistan (Pvt.) LTD sign MoU
DNA ISLAMABAD, AUG 17 – A memorandum of understanding was signed between PARC-PATCO Company and Green System Pakistan Pvt. Limited on August 12, 2020. At this occasion, CEO PATCO, Dr. Muhammad Amjad and CEO Green System Pakistan Pvt. Limited, Rana Tahawar Ali Khan was the signatories while the document was witnessed by Dr. Tariq Sultan, Secretary PATCO and Brigadier (Retd) Azam Effendi, Chairman Effendi group of companies. Dr. Amjad said, the step is taken to give a fillip to the country’s GDP through commercial science based agriculture solutions. ThroughRead More
Chinese strength is impressive in COVID-19 fight: report
DNA BEIJING, Aug. 17 – Chinese strength in fighting against the COVID-19 epidemic is impressive, which shows its comprehensive strength of sci-tech and governance. China makes a good response to the pandemic. We should learn from China,” said Syed Sajid Jan, a Pakistani student researching on the novel coronavirus in China, according to a report published by China Economic Net (CEN) on Monday. Jan, 26 years old, is a doctoral candidate at Fujian Normal University (FNU), Fujian Province, China. The sudden outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic disturbed the normal lifeRead More
The Israel-UAE agreement is an insult to the peace Palestinians and Arabs want and need
The useless agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel is nothing but a ploy to artificially inflate the Trump administration’s foreign policy achievements ahead of the election. In real terms, it was nothing but leaders trading with used goods. On Thursday, President Trump announced that U.S. diplomats had brokered a major breakthrough. The agreement basically declares that the corrupt government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will postpone its plans for the unilateral annexation of occupied Palestinian land in return for normalization with a small but rich Arab Gulf state. TheRead More