ISLAMABAD, AUG 19 (DNA) – Raja Khurram Shahzad Nawaz, MNA and Chairperson, NA Standing Committee on Interior assured that he would try his best to present the amended bill of rent control act for Islamabad in the next session of the National Assembly so that it could be passed into a law. He said this while addressing the business community during his visit to Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI). He said that the NA Standing Committee on Interior has already passed the bill and all possible efforts wouldRead More

DNA Islamabad: A meeting of the Variety Evaluation Committee (VEC) on Oilseed Crops was held at PARC HQs, Islamabad that was inaugurated by Dr. Muhammad Azeem Khan, Chairman, PARC and presided over by Dr. Ghulam Muhammad Ali, Member (PSD)/ Chairman, (VEC) while, Committee members belonging to various public and private sector organizations including policy makers were also present.   Eleven proposals for Canola, Rapeseed, Mustard, Groundnut, Sesame and Sunflower candidate varieties / hybrids were presented by the representative (s) of respective organization(s) for evaluation by VEC. After thorough evaluation andRead More

DNA RAWALPINDI, AUG 19 – Easypaisa, Pakistan’s premier digital payments platform, signed an agreement with the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) to enable collection of payments for the organization in a convenient and simplified manner. The agreement was recently signed by Khurram Malik, Head of Easypaisa, Telenor Microfinance Bank and Saboor Malik, President, RCCI at the latter’s headquarters. Member businesses of RCCI can now make their fee payments through Easypaisa, thereby opening a new horizon for digital transactions. RCCI is one of the largest commerce bodies and the first toRead More

DNA Tashkent, AUG 19 – The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) Board of Directors has approved a loan of US$100 million to Uzbekistan to strengthen the country’s public health emergency response and preparedness to address the COVID-19 pandemic and enhance its resilience to future public health disasters. Cofinanced with the Asian Development Bank, the project aims to improve Uzbekistan’s capacity for surveillance, diagnostic testing and treatment for COVID-19 and future disease outbreaks. It is expected to benefit the population at large, in particular, those who are infected and at risk,Read More

BAKU –  On August 18, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Bakhrom Ashrafkhanov, presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. At the meeting that followed the official ceremony, the current state and prospects for development of bilateral cooperation in political, trade-economic, transport-communication and other spheres were considered. President of Azerbaijan highly appreciated the progressive and dynamic development of relations between the two countries, which cover almost all spheres and directions. It was emphasized that the basis for allRead More