Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
Khurshid Barlas, General Secretary, UK Pakistan Business Council meet Senator Javed Khan
DNA ISLAMABAD, OCT 7 – Khurshid Barlas, President, UK Pakistan Business Council Pakistan Chapter and Atta-ul-Haq, General Secretary, UK Pakistan Business Council called on Senator Javed Khan in Islamabad. Abdul Kareem Adia were also present on the occasion. Senator Faisal khan said that the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan is striving for the promotion of industry and trade for economic stability and economic growth in the country and the UK-Pakistan Business Council platform has a bright prospect to boost bilateral trade between the two countries at all levels.Read More
Pakistan, Turkey joint business council meeting of FPCCI on OCT 14
DNA KARACHI, OCT 7 – The Pakistan-Turkey Joint Business Council meeting being jointly organized by DEIK and FPCCI on 14th October 2020 to be followed by B2B/Networking meetings in the sectors of Food, Beverages, Infrastructures & their technologies and machineries via zoom. This was stated by Amjad Rafi, Chairman Pakistan-Turkey Joint Business Council of FPCCI. He further added that the First session of meeting will be addressed by Mian Anjum Nisar President FPCCI, Ahmet Cengiz Ozdemir, Chairperson DEIK/Turkey-Pakistan Business Council, Amjad Rafi, Chairperson, FPCCI Pakistan-Turkey Business Council, Nail OLPAK, President ofRead More
Promoting exports is imperative for economic stability: NA Speaker
DNA ISLAMABAD, OCT 7 – Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that promoting exports is imperative for economic stability and development of Pakistan. He said that Afghanistan by virtue of its location was a favorable export destination besides being at the transit route to the Central Asia. He stressed for implementation of the recommendations of the Executive Committee of Pak-Afghan Friendship Group for fully realizing the export potential of the country. Speaker National Assembly was chairing the appraisal meeting of the Executive committee of the Pakistan AfghanistanRead More
FM Qureshi phones Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs
DNA ISLAMABAD, OCT 7 – Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a telephone conversation with Ambassador Raychelle Awuor Omamo, Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Views were exchanged on wide ranging issues of mutual interest related to bilateral political, trade and economic ties, as well as cooperation at the United Nations and other multilateral fora. Foreign Minister congratulated Ambassador Omama on Kenya’s election to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the term 2021-22.Foreign Minister expressed the hope that with the Kenyan presence in the SecurityRead More
ICCI demands extension in construction industry package
DNA ISLAMABAD, OCT 7 – Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan had announced a construction package to revive the economy that was badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and the package has started producing positive results. However, due to the short duration of the package, some investors have not been able to take advantage of it so he appealed to the government to extend the construction package till June 30, 2021 so that maximum investors couldRead More
Quarterly Security Report Q3, July-Sept 2020
M. Nafees Casualties from Violence in Pakistan A total of 132 fatalities from violence were recorded during the third quarter of 2020 with 162 people injured. Nearly 58% of the total fatalities were recorded in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa (KP) (including former FATA)[1], while Balochistan had the next highest number of fatalities (23), followed by Sindh (19), Gilgit Baltistan (GB) (7), Punjab (6), and Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) (1). While Punjab and Islamabad appeared to be the least affected by violence, KP and Balochistan were the worst affected regions of the country.Read More