Saturday, June 4th, 2022
Kazakh Officials Brief Foreign Journalists on Referendum
NUR-SULTAN, JUN 4 /DNA/ – Kazakhstan’s State Secretary Erlan Karin and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Roman Vassilenko met with a group of foreign journalists to brief them on the major changes that the upcoming national referendum on June 5 will bring to the Constitution and the political and economic outcomes of the reforms, on June 2-3. Karin mentioned five major blocks in the Constitution that are subject to changes. Those blocks include the transition from super-presidential to a presidential model, strengthening the role and the status of the Parliament,Read More
Kazakhstan Committed to Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Agenda
DNA NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan has been committing to promotion of the gender equality agenda in the context of the country’s international devotion to the implementation of the principles of the Beijing Platform for Action and the Sustainable Development Goals, Kazakhstan’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Akan Rakhmetullin told Anita Bhatia, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and UN Women Deputy Executive Director. The nation is equally firm in its intent to improve the mechanisms for women’s rights protection and women’s empowerment. Bhatia and Rakhmetullin discussed how Kazakhstan and UN Women canRead More
ICCI for Climate Resilient Development to achieve sustainable growth
Islamabad, JUN 3 /DNA/ – The government should focus on climate resilient development to ensure sustainable growth as increasing climate change risks would badly affect the economic growth of the country and give rise to poverty. This was said by Jamshaid Akhtar Sheikh, Acting President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry while addressing as Chief Guest an awareness seminar organized by the Islamabad Founder Lions Club to mark the World Environment Day. Sheikh Amir Waheed, former President ICCI presided over the seminar. Muhammad Naveed Malik former SVP ICCI, Engr. FaheemRead More
Govt: expects completion of Tarbela 5th project as per schedule
ISLAMABAD, June 4 (DNA): Tarbela 5th extension project was of utter importance for Pakistan, not only for generating low-cost energy but saving Tunnel 5 from being permanently choked by a sediment formed in the middle of the dam in case of a massive earthquake. This was reported by Gwadar Pro quoting Mark Gill, project manager from consultant Mott McDonald. Nasir Hanif and Hazrat Umar, advisors for dams with the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) also supported Mark while talking to Gwadar Pro on the occasion of Federal Minister for Water ResourcesRead More
Work on Gwadar Desalination plant to be completed within year
ISLAMABAD, June 4 (DNA): Work on Gwadar Seawater Desalination Plant is expected to be completed within a year and will provide 5,000 tons of fresh water per day to Gwadar residents and enterprises, greatly mitigating water shortage, according to a report published by Gwadar Pro.The groundbreaking ceremony of the 5,000-ton per day Seawater Desalination Plant in Gwadar Free Zone was held yesterday.The project will be greatly mitigating water shortage in the area. The report says, China had donated solar power equipment to thousands of families in Gwadar, built hospitals andRead More
President sends back bills seeking election reforms, amendments to NAB ordinance
ISLAMABAD, JUN 4: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday returned two bills seeking to reverse the controversial changes made in the election laws by the previous PTI government regarding the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and i-voting for overseas Pakistanis and clipping the vast powers of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), to the prime minister for “reconsideration and detailed deliberation by the parliament and its committee(s)”. Both bills were passed by the National Assembly and the Senate last month. After their approval from both houses, only the president’s assent was requiredRead More