Sunday, February 13th, 2022
Hopelessness looms among Afghan refugees
Faisal Farooq Ameer Khan starts his long day at 6 o’clock in the morning with the school preparations. He attends a shelter school established by a non-governmental organization in the premises of Kachi Abadi (Slum area), in the outskirts of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. Born in an Afghan refugee family living in Pakistan, he and his parents don’t know their citizenship status. Uncertainly and fear increases among Afghan refugees living in Pakistan, whether legally or illegally, after Taliban’s takeover of the country recently. The hopes of returning back toRead More
Pak-Afghan Trade Facilitation Committee welcomes withdrawal of custom duty
LAHORE Feb 13 /DNA/ – Chairman Pak-Afghan Trade Felicitation Committee Riaz Ahmed on Sunday lauded the government decision to withdraw custom duty on goods imported from Afghanistan, terming the decision as instrumental in boosting trade and commercial activities between the two countries. “I passionately appeal the government of Pakistan for granting same incentive to commercial importers who are equally playing commendable role in boosting trade and commercial activities in the country,” Riaz Ahmed said in a statement. He pointed out that non-registered Pakistani importers are not being fully facilitated by the ongoing scheme of withdrawingRead More
U.S. denies carrying out operations in Russian territorial waters
WASHINGTON: The United States did not carry out operations in Russian territorial waters, the U.S. military said on Saturday, after Russia said it had chased away a U.S. submarine in Russian waters in the Pacific. “There is no truth to the Russian claims of our operations in their territorial waters,” U.S. military spokesman Captain Kyle Raines said in a statement. “I will not comment on the precise location of our submarines but we do fly, sail, and operate safely in international waters,” the statement added.
Biden warns Putin: Ukraine attack will bring ‘swift and severe costs’
U.S. President Joe Biden warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call Saturday that the United States “will respond decisively and impose swift and severe costs on Russia” if it invades Ukraine. According to a readout from the White House, Biden stressed that “while the United States remains prepared to engage in diplomacy, in full coordination with our Allies and partners, we are equally prepared for other scenarios.” “President Biden was clear that, if Russia undertakes a further invasion of Ukraine, the United States together with our allies and partners will respond decisively and impose swift and severe costs on Russia,” the statement said.Read More
Trade, industry need low-cost energy for growth: FEBR
ISLAMABAD: The Friends of Economic and Business Reforms (FEBR) President Kashif Anwar has said that trade and industry need low cost energy to bring down their cost of production, keeping their goods competitive in the international market. In a statement issued here on Sunday Kashif Anwar, the former LCCI vice president, said that the government would have to reduce the price of electricity along with the cut in the prices of petroleum products to bring down the cost of doing business and to promote industrial activities. He said that dueRead More
Islamabad seeking a broad-based relationship with US: Masood
ISLAMABAD /DNA/ – Masood Khan, Pakistan’s ambassador-designate to the United States had said Pakistan wants to enhance economic, investment and trade ties with the United States and that he will try his best to push the bilateral relations to new heights. He said Pakistan would build better mutual bilateral relationships between the two countries for which every option will be explored and the business community of both the countries will be taken on board for the purpose. Masood Khan said this while talking to the President US-Pakistan International Chamber ofRead More