Friday, October 9th, 2020
Pakistan, Malaysia vow to further strengthen ties, cooperation
DNA ISLAMABAD, OCT 9 – Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a telephone call with his Malaysian counterpart Dato Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. Foreign Minister Qureshi reiterated Pakistan’s strong desire to further enhance the strategic level partnership with Malaysia in economy, trade, defence, education and science and technological fields. The two Foreign Ministers reaffirmed the excellent ties that exist between Pakistan and Malaysia and emphasized the importance of close cooperation to over common challenges brought by Covid-19. Foreign Minister Qureshi appreciated efforts of the Government of MalaysiaRead More
Ban on public gatherings likely
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Due to prevalence of COVID-19, large scale public gatherings are banned in most of the countries around the world, being high risk activities, such gatherings have the potential to cause exponential increase in disease spread thus may jeopardize the success achieved against COVID-19, hence should ideally not be held. Sources said on Friday that public gatherings may be banned in future in order to avoid COVID impact. Sources further said however, if at all some public gatherings are unavoidable then these must be organized with strict complianceRead More
Delegation of Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association meets Sadiq Sanjarani
DNA ISLAMABAD, – A meeting of a four-members delegation of Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association was held with Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjarani at the Parliament House on Friday. The delegation was led by Dr. Jaso Mall T. Limani, Chairman Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association. The members of the delegation briefed the Chairman Senate about substantial decrease in the cultivation and production of cotton crop in Pakistan. The delegation informed Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani that about 15 million bales of cotton were produced in Pakistan which have declined to around 7Read More
APTMA urges IOCO to make duty drawbacks realistic to facilitate exports
All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has sought for upward revision of duty drawbacks on exports to make them realistic with the current incidents of duties and taxes. The existing duty drawback notification was issued about 11 years ago in 2009. Since then, the whole tariff rates have altogether changed and require immediate update. These views were expressed by Secretary General/Executive Director APTMA Punjab Mr Raza Baqir who was heading a delegation of the Association during a meeting with senior officers of Directorate General, Input Output Coefficient Organization (IOCO) NorthRead More
Forensic Audit of past Chairmen, Presidents of SITE Association demanded
DNA KARACHI: “There is an imperative demand by many SITE Karachi industrialists to conduct a forensic audit of all former Chairmen and Presidents of SITE Association of Industry from 1990 to 2020 in order to ascertain whether any of them took undue advantage during their tenure. The audit should be done by any reputed Chartered Accountants firm and monitored by NAB”. This proposal was made by Former Chairman Majyd Aziz, on behalf of himself and many past Chairmen/Presidents, at the AGM of SITE Association of Industry. Elaborating further, Majyd Aziz saidRead More
Zhijing Cup China-Pakistan Friendship contest unveiled in Thar
DNA ISLAMABAD, OCT 9 – 1st “Zhijing Cup” China-Pakistan Welder Friendship Contest Unveiled in Thar, Gwadar Pro reported on Friday. In the contest hosted by the management team of the Thar Integrated Coal Mine and Power Project in Pakistan, eight welders from the two countries demonstrated their professional expertise according to operating instructions. Under the guidance of “Zhijing” spirit, which means the pursuit of perfection in Chinese, all the participants geared themselves with personal protective equipment and devoted their meticulosity to every single crack by repositioning their torch withRead More