Saturday, December 26th, 2020
NAB committed to make Pakistan corruption free: Chairman
ISLAMABAD: Dec 26 – /DNA/ – Justice (R) Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB has said that NAB is absolutely committed to make Pakistan corruption free as fight against corruption is being taken as a national duty. He said that NAB was established to eradicate corruption and to recover looted money from corrupt elements. NAB since its inception has recovered Rs. 714 billion directly and indirectly which is a remarkable achievement as compared to other anti corruption organizations with approximately conviction ratio of 68.8 percent. He said that “NAB’s faith is Corruption free Pakistan”. NAB;s effortsRead More
Pakistan commerce ministry, TDAP organise seminar to highlight FTA
GWADAR, Dec 26 – /DNA/ – Pakistan Ministry of Commerce and Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) organised an awareness seminar on the second phase of China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA-II) for the businessmen of Gwadar and the surrounding areas. According to Gwadar Pro, the seminar was one of the series of seminars being organized by the Ministry of Commerce and TDAP across the country to disseminate trade and export opportunities arising out of CPFTA-II which has become operational from 1st January 2020. A large number of businesses affiliated withRead More
Parwaaz Hai Junoon, an opportunity promoting Sino-Pak coop in film industry: Xiao Ping
DNA BEIJING, Dec. 26 – China and Pakistan should take the importation of Parwaaz Hai Junoon as an opportunity to strengthen their exchanges and cooperation in film industry, said Xiao Ping, president of China Film Import & Export Corporation. It would be most befitting when 2021 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Pakistan, she said in an interview with China Economic Net (CEN). According to Ms. Xiao, the principle to import foreign films to China is “origins, themes and genres in diversity”. “ThanksRead More
DRAFT OF THE EU-UK TRADE DEAL
On 24 December 2020, the European Union and the United Kingdom reached an agreement in principle on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The entry into application of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement is a matter of special urgency. The United Kingdom, as a former Member State, has extensive links with the Union in a wide range of economic and other areas. If there is no applicable framework regulating the relations between the Union and the United Kingdom after 31 December 2020, those relations will be significantly disrupted, toRead More
First Covid vaccine doses arrive in France
Paris, France’s first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine were delivered early Saturday to the Paris hospital system’s central pharmacy outside the capital,. After more than 62,000 Covid-19 deaths in France, shots are set to begin with people in two elderly care homes on Sunday, the same day the rest of the EU begins injections. A refrigerated truck brought the roughly 19,500 doses from the Pfizer factory in Puurs, northeast Belgium, to Paris, the capital’s APHP hospital authority said, with pharmacy chief Franck Huet calling it a “historic” momentRead More
Turkmenistan president claims licorice can cure Covid
Ashgabat, Well-known for his baffling botanical pronouncements, Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov claimed Saturday that licorice could cure coronavirus, the latest supposed miracle cure in a country still claiming zero cases. “Scientists from every country are looking for effective cures, running various studies, and one of them could be licorice root,” the leader of the authoritarian ex-Soviet country told ministers. Without citing any scientific evidence, former dentist Berdymukhamedov claimed that “licorice stops the coronavirus from developing” and “even a weak concentration of a water-based extract has a neutralising effect.” TurkmenistanRead More