Friday, December 17th, 2021
Wada Mitsuhiro for building strong business ties
ISLAMABAD, DEC 17 /DNA/ – Wada Mitsuhiro, newly appointed Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan met with Federal Minister for Industries and Production Khusro Bakhtyar. Federal Minister Khusro Bakhtyar welcomed Wada Mitsuhiro to Pakistan and exchanged views on matters of mutual interest with him during the meeting. While talking to Khusro Bakhtyar Wada Mitsuhiro said that Pakistan and Japan enjoy brotherly relations based on trust. He also pledged to build strong relations with the business community in Pakistan in his tenure.=DNA ===================
876 women among 2,032 candidates elected unopposed in KP LG polls
PESHAWAR, DEC 17 (DNA) — As many as 2,032 candidates have been elected unopposed in 17 districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where the local government elections are scheduled to be held on Dec 19. On the general seats, 217 candidates have been elected unopposed while on women seats, 876 females elected without any competition. As many as 285 growers have been elected unopposed on farmers’ seats, while 500 candidates on youth seats and 154 on minorities’ seats have been elected without facing competition. From Peshawar, 62 have been elected unopposedRead More
Indonesian govt to hold to current restrictions as Omicron encroaches
Jakarta, DEC 17: The government has said it will stick to its current mobility restrictions during the year-end holidays, despite having recently reported the country’s first known case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Vice President Ma’ruf Amin said the government would continue to implement multi-tiered public activity restrictions (PPKM) in accordance with the pandemic situation in each region. “We will ensure that PPKM is implemented in the regions according to their level [of risk]. [Although] these levels are adjustable, we will not ease the prevailing curbs until January,”Read More
Nasir remains Pakistan’s only hope in Asian Squash C’ship
AFZAL JAVED / DNA ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Promising Pakistani youngster Nasir Iqbal continued his good run in the 21st Asian Individual Men’s Squash Championship by defeating sixth seed Leung Chi Hin Henry from Hong Kong to reach the semi-finals at the Mushaf Squash Complex here on Friday.Nasir now only remains the host nation’s solitary hope for the title after Tayyab Aslam exited from the competition as he missed the easy opportunity against Lau Tsz Kwan from Hong Kong to stay in the championship title.Nasir Iqbal, currently ranked 78 in theRead More
Taliban prepare new Afghan budget without foreign aid
KABUL: Afghanistan’s finance ministry under the Taliban government has prepared a draft national budget that, for the first time in two decades, is funded without foreign aid, a spokesman said. It comes as the country is mired in an economic crisis and faces a looming humanitarian catastrophe that the United Nations (UN) has called an “avalanche of hunger”. Finance ministry spokesman Ahmad Wali Haqmal did not disclose the size of the draft budget — which runs until December 2022 — but told AFP it would go to the cabinet for approval beforeRead More
BB Shaheed Tennis: Aqeel, Shoaib through to semi-finals
AFZAL JAVED / DNAISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Top seeds Aqeel Khan, Mohammad Shoaib, Muzammil Murtaza and Yousaf Khalil cruised into the semi-finals of ongoing Benazir Bhutto Shaheed National Tennis Championship here at Islamabad Tennis Complex (ITC) on Friday.Pakistan number one Aqeel Khan defeated Barkat Ullah 6-4, 6-4, while emerging Mohammad Shoaib outplayed Heera Ashiq 6-2, 6-4 in the men’s singles quarter-finals.Davis Cupper Mohammad Abid faced upset defeat against talented Yousaf Khalil in straight games as Yousaf also booked a place in the last-four after defeating Abid by 6-2, 6-3, while Muzammil MurtazaRead More