Monday, December 19th, 2022
Tea gifts from China at COP15-2 mirror country’s progress in biodiversity
By Feng Xuan, Sun Yong, Li Xiaohang, People’s Daily On the “Zhejiang Day” sub-event held at the China Pavilion of the second part of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15-2) in Montreal on Dec. 9, small cans of black tea attracted attention from the representatives attending the conference. These tea cans were gifts brought by Chinese representatives. On the red cans, it was printed “Official Collection of COP15” in Chinese, as well as “Haishu Longguan” that indicated the tea’sRead More
Kyrgyzstan wants enhanced trade relations with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, DEC 19 /DNA/ – Ulanbek Totuiaev, Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan said that his country wants enhanced trade relations with Pakistan as both countries have good potential to do trade in many items. He said that Kyrgyzstan exported 3000 ton coal this year to Pakistan and being a rich country in natural resources, can supply more items to Pakistan. He said that Pakistan can export many products to Kyrgyzstan including pharmaceuticals, textiles, agricultural products. He said that Pakistani mangoes and citrus have also great potential in Kyrgyzstan. He saidRead More
PBBF gets affiliation with Pakistan Sports Board
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) becomes an active affiliated unit of Pakistan Sports Board after the approval of PSB Board Meeting in line with PSB Rules 2022. According to the details, the decision was taken in the 26th Board meeting held under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC)/President, Pakistan Sports Board, Ehsan ur Rehman Mazari. The promotion of basketball in the country was also discussed in the meeting which recently held at Islamabad. Under the leadership of its President, Brigadier (R) Muhammad Iftikhar MansoorRead More
CTD Police compound is still in occupation of militants
Shamim Shahid / DNA PESHAWAR—Alleged militants who were under detention are continuing occupation of Counter Terror Department (CTD) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police at Bannu on second consecutive day on Monday. Amidst stand-still in Bannu, reportedly a security forces convoy came under IED attack at Miranshah North Waziristan. There are reports of injuries but so far no any official statement or confirmation issued in this respect. The militants who were under arrest in CTD compound have reportedly snatched guns from security guards late on Sunday evening and made hostages all ofRead More
President for further cementing Pak-Italy ties
ISLAMABAD, DEC 19 (DNA): President Arif Alvi on Monday stressed bilateral relationship with Italy in the fields of defence, agriculture, animal husbandry and information technology. He made these remarks while talking to Pakistan’s Ambassador-designate to Italy, Ali Javed, here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. During the meeting, the president appreciated the idea of establishing manufacturing units by Pakistani diasporas in the industrial-free zone of Italy for manufacturing and exporting Pakistani goods and products in Italy and rest of the Europe. He said the avenues for exports of human intellect, knowledge and skillsRead More
Virgin Atlantic’s investment to boost Pakistan’s economy: Senator
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (DNA): Chairman of Senate Committee on Aviation, Faisal Saleem Rahman on Monday said that Virgin Atlantic’s, a British airline, investment in Pakistan’s aviation industry would boost the country’s economy. “Virgin Atlantic plays an important role in Pakistan’s aviation industry, connecting the country’s businessmen to global markets”, he said while addressing an event to mark the second anniversary of its operations in Pakistan. Senator Faisal said that Pakistan’s business class, students and tourists were benefiting from Virgin Atlantic’s travel facilities. He said, “I would say that Virgin AtlanticRead More