Friday, November 26th, 2021
ICCI, UNDP to join hands for skills development of Merged Areas Youth

ISLAMABAD, NOV 26 /DNA/ – The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have agreed to join hands to provide on-the-job training and develop skills of the youth of merged areas to improve their employability and make them trained & skilled workers for the commercial and industrial enterprises. This consensus was reached during an awareness session on the UNDP’s Accelerated Skills Development Program organized at ICCI. A significant number of ICCI member companies were present at the occasion. Speaking at the occasion, AhmedRead More
Pak needs to avoid getting caught into the crossfire of power rivalry

Ambassador Richard Olson (Retd) says the US did not view its competition with China as carving the world into blocs as had happened during the Cold War Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan needs to avoid getting caught into the crossfire of the great power rivalry in the Asia Pacific region and should not be forced to pick sides in the emerging security dynamics between the US and China. This was the key message of leading diplomats, former senior military officers, and eminent intellectuals at the International Seminar on “US’ Indo-Pacific Shift: Risks and Opportunities for Pakistan” organized by the CentreRead More
EU project on support to tackle drug trafficking, capacity building concludes

ISLAMABAD, NOV 26 /DNA / – Dr Kaleem Imam, Federal Secretary, Ministry of Narcotics Control and Dr Christian Raitz von Frentz, First Secretary, Delegation of the European Union, formally closed the EU funded Project, EU Action against Drugs and Organised Crime (EU-ACT). EU-ACT is a EUR 12 million multi-country project and forms part of the EU Global Illicit Flows Programme (GIFP), along with seven other projects. The GIFP works across four continents and incorporates projects that deliver responses to maritime and aviation trafficking, address drug supply, harm and demand reduction,Read More
“Importance of Pak-Afghan Dialogue for Regional Peace and Stability”

ISLAMABAD, NOV 26 /DNA/ – The participants of a dialogue between a visiting Afghan youth delegation to the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) in Islamabad highlighted the importance of a people-to-people dialogue between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Afghan youth delegation visited IRS here on Thursday as part of a weeklong workshop jointly organized by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and International Research Council for Religious Affairs (IRCRA). The session was applauded by all speakers for being a good effort towards bridging the gap between the people of Afghanistan andRead More
All Punjab chambers support UBG candidates

All Punjab chambers support UBG candidates Dr Nouman Idris Butt and SVP candidate Hanif Gohar say that UBG top leadership led its Chairman Iftikhar Ali Malik and patron-in-chief SM Munir a couple of days ago conducted result oriented successful electioneering at Faisalabad,Gujranwala , Gujrat, Sargodha and Sialkot where all chambers Bureau Report LAHORE: ) The majority of chambers of commerce and Industry and trade associations in Punjab have announced to support the United Business Group panel in forthcoming Federation of Pakistan Chamber of commerce and Industry. TalkingRead More