Tuesday, May 4th, 2021
ICCI, UKPBC sign agreement to promote Pak-UK bilateral trade ties
ISLAMABAD, MAY 4 (DNA) – The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) and UK Pakistan Business Council (Pakistan Chapter) (UKPBC) have signed an agreement of cooperation to work jointly for further improving bilateral trade and economic relations between Pakistan and UK. For this purpose, a ceremony was held at Chamber House in which Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President ICCI and Khursheed Barlas, President UKPBC Pakistan signed the MoU. By signing the agreement, ICCI and UKPBC have agreed to work together for organizing an investment conference on Pakistan in theRead More
Cabinet approves ordinance to give ECP authority to use EVMs
ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry said that the federal cabinet has approved two ordinances and gave the Election Commission of Pakistan authority to use electronic voting machines. He was talking to media after the cabinet meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday. The minister said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf wants re-election in Karachi’s NA-249. The voter turnout was just 21 per cent, he said. The winning candidate got only 5% votes, Chaudhry said. There’s a common perception that the NA-249 by-election was rigged, the minister said. Karachi least implementingRead More
‘No talks possible with view that ignores Turkish Cypriots’
Rejecting the Greek Cypriot stance on the Cyprus issue, Turkey‘s ruling party on Monday stated that there would not be any negotiations with an approach that fails to recognize Turkish Cypriots. No negotiations of any kind are possible with a view that ignores the Turkish Cypriots or the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and ignores their just cause, Ömer Çelik, spokesman for the Justice and Development (AK) Party, told reporters in the capital Ankara after a meeting of the party’s Central Executive Board. “If the EU agrees to become a plaything for the Greek Cypriot administration, good luck to them,” Çelik said,Read More
Turkey values Libya’s sovereignty, political unity
ANKARA – Turkey considers it important that Libya‘s integrity, sovereignty, independence, and political unity are protected, the county’s foreign minister said on Monday. “We attach importance to preservation of Libya’s integrity, sovereignty, independence, and political unity,” Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said at a news conference alongside his Libyan counterpart Najla Mangouch in Tripoli. He reiterated that Turkey has always stood by Libyan people and their legitimate governments during their difficult times. “In the face of the attacks on Tripoli, the legitimate government of Libya invited some countries, including us. Only Turkey replied in the affirmative to this call,” Çavuşoğlu said.Read More
FPCCI questions new power plant based on imported RLNG
KARACHI (DNA): Mian Nasser Hyatt Maggo, President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) has demanded that the Federal Government should explain the rationale behind approving the installation of a new 1263MW power plant being set up by Punjab Thermal Power Ltd in Jhang; which is based on imported RNLG. This new plant will cost 6 cents USD/Kwh, when producing electricity on imported RLNG and as high as 11 cents USD/Kwh, when producing on HSD. On the other hand, the government is not allowing setting upRead More
Senior Swiss diplomat in Iran found dead after fall from high-rise
TEHRAN – The first secretary at the Swiss embassy in Tehran was found dead on Tuesday after falling from a high-rise building where she lived in the north of the city, a spokesman for emergency services was quoted as saying by Iranian news agencies. The Swiss foreign ministry (FDFA) said an employee at its embassy in Iran had died of an accident, without identifying the victim. “The FDFA and its head Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis are shocked by the tragic death and express their deepest condolences to the family,” it said. Iranian emergency services spokesman Mojtaba Khaledi said the diplomat’sRead More