Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
Speakers urge better financing facility to revive Covid19 hit export sector
DNA ISLAMABAD, SEPT 9 – The export sector in Pakistan has been worse hit due to Covid19 and needs credit and finance support to revive the business and trade. Therefore, all financing schemes should be designed to cater this urgent need of the sector. The experts on business and finance, said this while sharing their views with the participants at online dialogue ‘Credit and Finance Issues faced by exporters amid Covid-19’ organized by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), here on Tuesday. Senior Joint Director, State Bank of Pakistan, MrRead More
Experts term public private stakeholders’ cooperation critical to mitigate Covid19 impacts
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 9 (DNA) – Public and private stakeholders need to work together to mitigate the socio-economic impacts of Covid19. The experts from diverse backgrounds, said this while sharing their views at virtual public private dialogue ‘Analyzing Government Response to the Covid19 Pandemic’ organized by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), here on Wednesday. The dialogue was held in collaboration with the Growth for Rural Advancement and Sustainable Progress project (GRASP), funded by the European Union and implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC), and it was aimed to analyzeRead More
235th Corps Commanders’ Conference held at GHQ
RAWALPINDI, SEPT 9 (DNA) – 235th Corps Commanders’ Conference presided by General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) held at GHQ. Forum was briefed on evolving regional environment and operational developments especially situation along LOC, Pakistan’s positive role and contributions in Afghanistan Peace Process, situation along Western Border including fencing progress and Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad. COVID-19, Locust control measures and support to national polio campaign also came under discussion. Forum expressed satisfaction over positive developments / indicators in all domains and improved security situation across the country. Increased CeaseRead More
Pakistan Army will procure pulses from PARC
DNA Islamabad: Discussions were held between PARC and Army Supply Corps on Pulses procurement from PATCO-PARC at PARC headquarters on Tuesday which was headed by Brig. Fawad Jeelani. Chairman PARC, Dr. Azeem Khan Chaired the meeting. At this occasion, Army delegates showed interest in signing MoU with PARC about pulses procurement Dr. Muhammad Azeem Khan, Chairman, PARC briefed about the ongoing mega PSDP project on pulses. While referring the recent travelling seminars on pulses to KP and Punjab provinces, Dr. Azeem also informed about the progress made by PARCRead More
PTCL hosts Federal Minister, Secretary MoITT for tree plantation drive
DNA Islamabad, SEPT 9 – Amin Ul Haque, Federal Minister for Information Technology & Telecommunication (MoITT), along with Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui, Federal Secretary for Ministry of Information Technology & Telecommunication visited PTCL HQ in Islamabad where they participated in a tree plantation activity to endorse Prime Minister Imran Khan’s 10 Billion tree plantation tsunami drive. Along with that, they also had a presentation and meeting on PTCL progress and development with Rashid Khan, President & CEO, PTCL and top management. All participants followed the safety guidelines and kept social distancingRead More
Liberia’s Charles Taylor ‘bid to move prison rejected’
A special court in Sierra Leone has rejected a bid by convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor to be moved from a British prison citing coronavirus risk, AFP news agency reports. Taylor had said the coronavirus pandemic in the UK was a big threat to his life and wanted to be moved to a “safe third country”, the agency reports. The Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone said he had not specified which countries he considered safe. The court added that the World Health Organization had not declared any countryRead More