ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (DNA): Considering the agriculture sector’s paramountimportance, already identified as a priority by the Special InvestmentFacilitation Council (SIFC), the Ministry of Planning, Development, andSpecial Initiatives has intensified its efforts to executeagriculture-related projects. In the current fiscal year, several projects worth billions of rupeeswere allocated for the agriculture sector under the Public SectorDevelopment Program (PSDP 2023-24) to tap huge potential in theagriculture sector, according to the Planning Ministry. Pakistan has vast potential for foreign investment in the field ofagriculture as the country is a semi-industrialized economy with awell-integrated agriculturalRead More

ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (APP/DNA): President Arif Alvi on Sunday expressed condolences to the families of the martyrs of the Pakistan Army over telephone. The president spoke to the families of the soldiers over phone who were martyred in North and South Waziristan on October 16 and 18. He paid tribute to Sepoy Abdul Hameed, Lance Naik Tabassum-ul-Haq, and Sepoy Naeem Akhtar. President Alvi also paid tribute to Lance Naik Waris Khan and Sepoy Sajid Azim in a telephonic conversation with their families. He saluted on behalf of the nation toRead More

DNA ISLAMABAD, OCT 29: Pakistan should forge a deeper connection with Africa to transform the perception of the country and open doors for fruitful collaboration as well as move forward from ‘Look Africa’ toward ‘Enter Africa,’ said H.E. Mohammed Bello Abioye, the outgoing High Commissioner of Nigeria to Pakistan, during a farewell session and launch of his memoirs Pakistan: How I Saw It – Memoirs & Reflections, published by IPS Press, the publishing arm of Institute of Policy Studies (IPS). The session was also addressed by Khalid Rahman, chairman, IPS,Read More