Monday, April 5th, 2021
Benefit of strengthened rupee should be transferred to masses
Benefit of strengthened rupee should be transferred to masses, exporters should be insulated from the impact of a weak dollar, remittances played a major role in firming up the rupee: Mian Zahid Hussain ISLAMABAD: Chairman of National Business Group of FPCCI, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain on Monday welcomed improvement in the value of rupee against the US dollar and demanded that its benefit should be transferred to the masses. He said that strengthened rupee has added toRead More
NAB committed to make country corruption free: chairman
ISLAMABAD, APR 5 (DNA) – Justice (RETD) Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB chaired a meeting to review overall performance of NAB at NAB Headquarters. During the meeting, it was informed that Operation and Prosecution Divisions of NAB are working closely in order to have operational and legal assistance to all Regional Bureaus of NAB in conduct of complaint verifications, inquires, investigations as per law and pleading cases of NAB in learned Courts. The Chairman NAB said that NAB has chalked out a very comprehensive Anti Corruption three pronged Strategy comprising Awareness,Read More
Over 0.9m Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in Pakistan: Nausheen Hamid
ISLAMABAD, Apr 5 : Parliamentary Secretary of National Health Services Dr Nausheen Hamid Monday said that over 0.9 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine had been administered in Pakistan with initially 500 Covid-19 vaccination centers functional in various cities. She said those opting for government centers will get the vaccine free of cost, while a price tag which was decided was attached to the vaccine at private vaccination facilities. She said that the registration process for people above 50 had been opened while the inoculation campaign for people above 60Read More
China’s Zong helps Pakistan get 100m Broadband subscriptions
ISLAMABAD, April 5 : With China Mobile Communication Corporation’s CMPak (Zong) as one of the major broadband players, broadband subscriptions in Pakistan have reached a historic 100 million mark, Gwadar Pro reported on Monday. According to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the historic 100 million mark has been achieved owing to supportive government policies, effective competition among telecom operators and PTA’s commitment to introduce and utilize innovative technologies. “All four national Cellular Mobile Operators (CMOs), SCO and fixed line broadband operators including PTCL collectively have broadband subscriptions of over 100 millionRead More
Pakistan continues cotton trade with Xinjiang, rejecting Western countries’ sanctions
ISLAMABAD, April 5 : Pakistan Cotton Export and Import Bodies have announced to continue cotton trade with China especially from Xinjiang dismissing all accusations and sanctions imposed by the western countries. According to China Economic Net (CEN), they took crystal-clear stance that Xinjiang cotton industry is not stigmatized at all by human right abuses and forced labour rather the move is politically-motivated. Pakistan Textile Exporter Association (PTEA) Chairman Muhammad Ahmed in an interview to said that Pakistan traders characterize Xinjiang cotton boycott reprehensible. “We have nothing to do with westernRead More
Indonesian ambassador hails online internship program
PROGRAM JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY CGSS AND THE INDONESIAN EMBASSY; THE THEME OF THE FIRST SESSION WAS INDONESIAN POLITICS: BETWEEN ISLAM AND NATIONALISM DNA ISLAMABAD,APRIL 05 : The First Session of the International Online Internship Program, “Contemporary Dynamics of Indonesia” was held. The internship program is jointly organized by the Embassy of Indonesia to Pakistan and the Center for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS), Islamabad. The session commenced with the welcome remarks of Adam Mulawarman Tugio, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Pakistan. He appreciated the initiative to conduct thisRead More