Saturday, October 16th, 2021
Turkish businesspeople pin high hopes on Erdoğan’s Africa tour
ANKARA: Turkish businesspeople in Africa pinned high hopes on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan‘s forthcoming visit to three African countries-Angola, Nigeria and Togo-starting on Sunday. As part of the visit, business forums by Turkey’s Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) will be held in Angola on Monday and in Nigeria on Wednesday. The forums will discuss business opportunities and will see B2B meetings between private sector representatives. As decided at the Turkey-Nigeria Joint Economic Commission Meeting on Oct. 8 in the capital Ankara, Turkey and Nigeria will seal three deals in the hydrocarbon, mining and energy sectorsRead More
Pakistan, Belarus vow to increase IT cooperation
Minsk, OCT 16: Pakistan Ambassador in Belarus Sajjad Haider Khan accompanied by the Deputy Head of Mission Abdullah Amin and Mr. Shahmir Amir ( who has been recently ranked the third most accomplished bug hunter in the world by Dark Reading) visited Hi-Tech Park. Deputy Head of the Park Mr. Kirill Zalessky, Head of the Global Cooperation Office Ms. Lyubov Mayorova and the Chief Specialist of the Public Relations and International Cooperation Department Mr. Timur Luksha received the delegation and briefed them on the company and its achievements. The AmbassadorRead More
10 bn tree project plays important role to address climate issues: UNDP
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (DNA): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government’s development agenda and concrete steps to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change have been appreciated by the United Nations Development Programme. In an exclusive interview with state-run Radio Pakistan, Resident Representative of UNDP in Pakistan Knut Ostby said in recent years Pakistan has picked up the global climate change agenda and is working on a number of projects to curtail the ill effects of carbon emissions. Pointing towards the success of Ten Billion Tree Tsunami project, he said it wouldRead More
Pakistan sets an ambitious NDC for COP 26
Islamabad, OCT 16 /DNA/ – Experts and civil society representatives speaking at a national webinar on Saturday mentioned that Pakistan government has set an ambitious Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) being organized in Glasgow (UK). However, they urged the government to make such decisions more inclusive and participatory by engaging different stakeholders in the pre-decision process. Strangely, the government did not open the NDC’s process for wider civil society deliberations through sub-national and nationalRead More
Former captain Rahul Dravid set to be next India coach: report
NEW DELHI, OCT 16: Former Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid is set to take over as the senior team’s head coach after the T20 World Cup, local media reports said on Saturday. The Times of India newspaper quoted an anonymous official at the Board of Control for Cricket in India as saying that the 48-year-old former batting stalwart would be given a two-year contract. According to the report, Dravid’s former teammate Paras Mhambrey will join as the team’s bowling coach. Former England captain Michael Vaughan tweeted on Saturday that “the rest of theRead More
Business community appeal PM to revisit POL prices
LAHORE, OCT 16: /DNA/ – Pakistan Business Forum has urged the Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) to change POL price fixation formula as fortnightly change is affecting the estimated cost of doing business and hitting the industry very badly. The demand was raised by the PBF Vice President Chaudhry Ahmad Jawad while talking to media on Saturday. “Why the changes in international prices of oil are not reflected in national POL prices”, the PBF official questioned and hoped that whenever there is ample dip in the price of oilRead More