Sunday, December 6th, 2020
Vegetables/fruits of Baluchistan have great potential for export to China: Report
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 6 (DNA): The vegetables and fruits of Baluchistan have great potential for export to China, says a report carried by Gwadar Pro on Sunday. Baluchistan produces the major vegetables and some other fruits like Cherry at national level to earn the title of being “fruit basket of Pakistan”. According to the report, although it is sparsely populated, Baluchistan is the largest production base for apples, apricots, almonds, plums, pomegranates grapes, etc in Pakistan. Liaquat Shahwani, Spokesperson Govt of Baluchistan told Gwadar Pro that the establishment of a dateRead More
Britain and EU to resume talks in final push for Brexit trade deal
LONDON/BRUSSELS : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen instructed their negotiators to resume trade talks on Sunday in a last-ditch attempt to bridge significant differences. The decision to revive the long-running talks after they stalled on Friday over three of the thorniest issues suggests both sides believe there is still some hope they can secure a deal governing almost $1 trillion of trade a year. But it was not clear whether either camp was ready to shift its position enough to allow theRead More
UNGA adopts Pakistan-sponsored resolution on respect for ‘sacred religious symbols’
ISLAMABAD : Another success for Prime Minister Imran Khan against rising Islamophobia as the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted Pakistan’s sponsored resolution on inter-religious dialogue that emphasized the need to respect “sacred religious symbols.” Pakistan had urged the UN to play its role in ensuring respect for all religions and stop blasphemy under the name of freedom of speech. The resolution has been adopted by the UNGA. The resolution received a majority of 90 votes, none against, with 52 abstentions. Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Zaidi inRead More
Chinese technology helps to achieves good harvest in Pakistan: CEN
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 5 : Maize-soybean strip intercropping technology, an advanced agricultural technology introduced from China, achieved good harvest in various demonstration plots in Pakistan both under irrigated and rainfed conditions. According to a report published by China Economic Net (CEN), the data indicated that the yield per hectare of the intercropping system was equivalent to the yield of crops on 1.5 hectares of the sole cropping system. Therefore, the intercropping system is more profitable in obtaining a higher net income with less input. More specifically, under irrigated conditions, in Vehari,Read More
Pakistan records 3,308 fresh Covid-19 infections and 58 deaths
ISLAMABAD : As many as 3,308 new cases of the coronavirus were reported across the country during the past 24 hours, pushing the national tally of infections to 416,499. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 58 more people succumbed to the infection during this period, taking the death toll from the disease to 8,361. A total of 41,645 samples were tested in the previous 24 hours, out of which 3,308 turned out to be positive. The positivity ratio of fresh Covid-19 cases stands at 7.94 per cent,Read More
Ehsaas launches web-portal for Ehsaas Kafaalat beneficiaries to report biometric failures
Sania visits several Kafaalat campsites this week to review payment operations December 6, 2020: Safeguarding specialized measures to resolve payment issues being encountered by recipients of Ehsaas Kafaalat, a web-portal has been opened by Ehsaas to receives complaints of biometric failures. Officially, Kafaalat cash transfers under Ehsaas have commenced earlier this week countrywide and within less than a week, the new portal (http://complaints.pass.gov.pk/) has been opened online to solicit applications of Kafaalat beneficiaries in a simple four- step process. As part of the complaint mechanism, Deputy Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners, staffRead More