Monday, June 12th, 2023
3 SWAT pilot project starts under testing training by ITRC
By Nazir Siyal KARACHI: World Bank funded pilot project, under Sindh Water and Agriculture Transformation (SWAT) proposed three distributries among “Jariki minor left bank area in Badin, Ghundran at Nara canal in Sanghar and Mirpur minor at Ghotki. Following the guidelines of the World Bank, renowned International water experts Dr Charles Burt Chairman ITRC and Dylan Goodwin water expert of (ITRC) Irrigation Training and Research Center) California USA started training sessions with irrigation officials of Sindh and Punjab Irrigation department at hydrology Laboratory Hyderabad Sindh. World Bank Task Team leaderRead More
Minister of State Hina Rabbani Khar commences official visit to Brussels
Brussels, JUN 12: /DNA/ – Minister of State Hina Rabbani Khar arrived on an official visit to Brussels, Belgium today. The visit aims to strengthen bilateral ties between Pakistan and Belgium across all areas of cooperation, with a particular focus on labour mobility from Pakistan to Belgium. Pakistan attaches great significance to its relations with Belgium, that are embedded in history with an important focus on trade, investment and educational cooperation. Commencing her official engagements, Minister of State Hina Rabbani Khar held a meeting with Belgian Secretary of State forRead More
FCDO, University of Essex agree on new Chevening Pathway for Pakistani Scholars
DNA ISLAMABAD, JUN 12: The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the University of Essex signed an agreement to provide a new Chevening scholarship pathway for prospective Pakistani scholars. From 8 August 2023, those wishing to undertake a one-year master’s degree in the select fields of Climate Change/Sustainability or Heritage/Museum studies in the UK will now be able to apply through a bespoke programme with the University of Essex, via the Chevening website (www.chevening.org). Both of the available fields: Climate Change/Sustainability and Heritage/Museum studies are highly relevant to Pakistan given lastRead More
Govt’s decision to promote agriculture lauded
ISLAMABAD, JUN 12 /DNA/ – Former Vice President of the FPCCI, Atif Ikram Sheikh on Monday lauded the measures taken in the budget for the development of the agriculture sector. “The agriculture sector has been continuously falling for a decade, necessitating imports worth billions of dollars that can be saved if this sector is promoted,” he said. Atif Ikram Sheikh who has also served as President of ICCI and Chairman of PVMA, said in a statement issued here today that Pakistan’s agricultural sector has long been the backbone of itsRead More
Delay in resumption of IMF programme resumption to trigger inflation
KARACHI, JUN 12: /DNA/ – Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain said on Monday said after the preparation and announcement of the budget according to the recommendations of the IMF, the restoration of the IMF programme seems easy. Getting new loans and rescheduling old loans will also be possible on easy terms after the restoration of IMF programme, therefore the government will not have to depend on local expensive loans to meetRead More
‘Terrible condition’: Dr Fowzia ‘could not recognise’ Dr Aafia during prison meet
ISLAMABAD, JUN 12: Dr Fowzia Siddiqui has said that due to the condition of her sister, Incarcerated Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, she could not recognise her during their first meeting in 20 years at a prison hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, US. Dr Fowzia, along with Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) Senator Mushtaq and human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, was in the United States after they were finally allowed to meet Dr Aafia. Upon her return to Pakistan, the doctor told journalists at Karachi airport that this government helped her meet herRead More