Islamabad Sep 11 – Counselor of the U.S. Department of State Derek Chollet and a delegation of senior U.S. government officials from the Department of State, Department of Defense, U.S. Agency for International Development, and the White House National Security Council visited Islamabad and Karachi September 7-9 to meet with senior government officials, civil society members, and private sector leaders to commemorate 75 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and Pakistan, highlight the importance of our bilateral partnership, and reaffirm our shared goals.  While in Pakistan, Counselor Chollet discussedRead More

KARACHI: The Friends of Economic and Business Reforms (FEBR) on Sunday called for working with the government to muster up maximum resources for immediate response to support the flood relief work, asking the authorities to identify priority needs of food security, health, water, shelter, agriculture and livestock to help the affectees in the country. FEBR President and the upcoming president of LCCI Kashif Anwar said that the whole business community is standing with the people of Pakistan during these difficult times, as we are committed to work with the governmentRead More

BY SHAHZADIN WAZIR WANA: /DNA/ – The village Dubkot, located at a distance of three kilometers near FC and DC compound, has disappeared from the eyes of the civil and military leadership.  , A government middle school for boys and another higher secondary school for girls have been built in the village of Dubkot, but despite this, the lack of quality education in the school continues.  At the same time, there is no clean drinking water in the school, no electricity,  and other class four employees. The building of GovernmentRead More

BEIJING, Sept. 11 (DNA): “Pakistan’s contribution to climate change is less than one percent, but it is among the top ten countries most affected by climate change,” said Naseem ur Rehman, secretary at Pakistan’s Environment Commission, in an interview with China Economic Net (CEN). Regarding how climate changes affect Pakistan, he told CEN that there was a set pattern of fog four or five years ago. It used to happen from Dec. 21 and last a period of time until Jan. 10. However, due to climate changes, the same fogRead More

·        Gas exploration and production have declined in the country. ·        OGDCL predicts that Pakistan’s indigenous oil reserves will be exhausted by 2025. ·        78% of households have no access to natural gas in Pakistan. ·        The circular debt in the gas sector has crossed Rs 1.5 trillion. ·        Politically influenced allocations and monopolistic business operations are all bottlenecks. Islamabad, SEP 11 /DNA/ – Gas is the third-largest energy source consumed around the world. However, Pakistan has less than a 1 percent share in world gas consumption. It meets its energy demand through imported andRead More

DNA OTTAWA: CPACT held an urgent fundraiser in Montréal at Dera Restuarant to assist with Flood Relief efforts in Pakistan. It was a somber evening attended by the High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada Zaheer Aslam Janjua, Councillor General Montréal Ishtiak Ahmed Akil, Red Cross Quebec Lead Ramzi SFEIR, Mary Deros City councilor, Journalist- City News Montréal Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed. The pleas by the speakers relayed the message of compassion and the reality that Pakistan is bearing the brunt of climate change crises. One-third of Pakistan is underwater and the DamageRead More