Tuesday, August 18th, 2020
MKF brings home 1900 expatriates from UAE
DNA Islamabad, AUG 18 – More than 1900 Pakistani workers struck in United Arab Emirates have been brought back by Memon Khidmat Forum (MKF). “After outbreak of Covid-19 thousands of Pakistanis, who lost their jobs in UAE, were helped to fly home under the spirit of service to humanity”, said Chairman of the organization Haji Masood Parekh. He said MKF received thousands of messages from stranded expatriates seeking to return home and we managed a special charter flight to bring them back immediately and the remaining were brought viaRead More
Issues of supporting citizens working abroad discussed
On August 17, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a videoconference on creating decent conditions for citizens working abroad and working systematically with them. It should be noted that this issue is being discussed in this format for the first time in the history of Uzbekistan. Every year, 600-700 thousand people enter the labor market of Uzbekistan. As a result of measures taken to develop economic sectors and regions, up to 500 thousand jobs are created per year. Consequently, employment of almost 200 thousand people has toRead More
Easing lockdown restrictions requires increased personal responsibility
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on measures to create decent conditions for citizens of Uzbekistan working abroad and systemic work with them. The situation related to the pandemic in the country was analyzed. It was noted that the number of people who recovered from the disease increased significantly as a result of a sharp increase in work to counter the coronavirus in July and August. In particular, those who recovered over the past 5 days increased from 77 to 87 percent. The number of people receiving treatment dropped fromRead More
Dawood Wind Power brings good effects to Pakistan society: Chinese Scholar
DNA BEIJING, Aug 18 – Ruichen Hong, a scholar of Green BRI Centre said that, Dawood Wind Power Station not only can improve energy situation in Pakistan, but also brings benefits to Pakistani society. Gwadar Pro on Tuesday quoted Hong as having said that many countries of BRI are among the world’s major energy producing and consuming countries. Meanwhile, they are mostly developing countries, with the requirement to continue expanding its energy markets. Power shortages have been a major constraint on the entire Pakistani economy. Pakistan’s power gap is betweenRead More
IHC rejects intracourt appeal by sugar mill owners against inquiry commission
ISLAMABAD : The Islamabad High Court rejected the intra-court appeal by sugar mill owners against the formation of the Sugar Inquiry Commission, whose report made startling revelations about the scandal. The SIC report released last month had laid bare startling revelations about how the prices of sugar are fixed, how exports of the commodity are faked to avail rebates on sales taxes, and how billions of rupees are overcharged by sugar mills owners. The court announced its verdict in the case today (Tuesday) which it had reserved on July 24.Read More
NAB files supplementary reference against Zardari in Park Lane case
ISLAMABAD : The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday filed a supplementary reference against former president Asif Ali Zardari and 19 other suspects in Park Lane case. In its reference, the anti-corruption watchdog has alleged that Zardari got a loan of Rs1.5 billion released for another of his front company and the money was later transferred for his personal use through fake bank accounts. According to NAB, Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) officials helped Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in Park Lane agreements and obtainedRead More