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ISLAMABAD: A delegation of students from Harvard University, United States Friday called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here and discussed matters related to Pakistan. Federal Ministers Ahsan Iqbal, Marriyum Aurangzeb, SAPMs Ahad Cheema, Syed Fahad Hussain, Jahanzeb Khan, Coordinators to PM Bilal Azhar Kiyani, Rana Ihsan Afzal, Chairman HEC and officials from the concerned departments were also present.   The delegation comprised students of diverse origins and academic backgrounds.  The prime minister welcomed the students and held a candid discussion about contemporary challenges Pakistan is facing today. In response to a question about Pakistans economy and IMF program, Prime Minister Shehbaz…

BEIJING: China’s 70% of corn imports come from the United States and 29% from Ukraine but China’s demand for corn imports is gradually expanding amidst global political and social upheavals.  In June this year, water-logging jeopardized maize yields in China’s north east region, especially in Liao Ning and Ji Lin, causing a 6-8million tones lost in yield, Chinese media revealed.  Meanwhile, Pakistan’s maize production has been winning over the last decade: in Punjab alone, maize production jumped from 794,000 tones in FY00-01 to 8.04 million tones FY20-21, with only a 130% rise in terms of cultivated areas over the same…

ISLAMABAD: President SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Iftikhar Ali Malik Sunday said proposed US$billion 754 km long Pak-Afghan Transit Rail link gigantic project will strengthen bilateral  trade relations besides boosting exports in the region. Talking to a high level foreign delegation of importers and exporters from UK led by Muhammad Asfund Yar Khan he said it’s good omen that feasibility and survey of the project has been successfully executed by a members of joint team of Pakistan Railways. He said railway link will start from Peshawar and go upto Tarmiz via Jalala Abad- Kabul-Mazaar Sharif. He said after execution…

RAWALPINDI:The President Dr Arif Alvi on the occasion of 75th Independence Day celebrations conferred Military awards to the officers and soldiers of Pakistan Army, Navy and  Air Force. He gave two Sitara-i-Basalat, 68 Tamgha-i-Basalat, 33 Imtiazi Asnad, 68 COAS Commendation Cards, 22 Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), 102 Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) and 130 Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military), an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said.  The following officers were conferred with Sitara-i-Basalat: Major Shujaat Hussain (Shaheed), Baloch and Captain Muhammad Bilal Khalil (Shaheed), AMC GDMO.  The following officers and men have been conferred with Tamgha-i-Basalat: Local Brigadier Aamir Naveed Hussain,T.Bt & Bar SI(M), CMI, Capt…

SLAMABAD: The nation is set to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the 75th Independence Day of the motherland today (Sunday) with a renewed pledge to work with the spirit of Pakistan Movement to make the country a true formidable Islamic welfare state. The day will dawn with thirty-one gun salute in the federal capital and twenty-one gun salute in the provincial headquarters. Special prayers will be offered in mosques at dawn for peace, solidarity and prosperity of the country. The main feature of the celebrations will be a national flag-hoisting ceremony in Islamabad. Similar flag-hoisting ceremonies will also be held…

Islamabad: Envoys at a special meeting on “Pakistan-ASEAN Economic Linkages” urged to tap the huge market of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The speakers called for finalizing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and ASEAN as early as possible. The meeting was organized by the Asian Institute of Eco-civilization Research and Development (AIERD) in Islamabad which was well attended by the Ambassadors of Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, and Philippine, among others, President RCCI Nadeem Rauf, and faculty of AIERD. The meeting also discussed the possibility of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) third party cooperation with the hope…

Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday while appreciating Italy’s support in the context of European Union’s preferential trading GSP Plus scheme, stressed the need to further harness the existing potential to enhance trade and investment relations between Pakistan and Italy. He termed Italy a close friend of Pakistan and a reliable partner, both bilaterally and in the EU context. The prime minister received Ambassador of Italy in Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese at his office on 10 Aug 2022. The prime minister further observed that Pakistan-Italy relations were marked by growing bilateral cooperation as well as commonality of views on a…

Saudi Arabia has enacted over 600 economic reforms since the launch of the Vision 2030 blueprint in a bid to attract SR12.4 trillion ($3.3 trillion) of cumulative investment and SR1.8 trillion in foreign direct investment inflows between 2021 and 2030 as part of the National Investment Strategy, said a deputy minister from the investment ministry. Speaking to Arab News Saad Al-Shahrani, the acting deputy minister for investment promotion in the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia, said the Kingdom achieved an 18 percent increase in foreign direct investment in 2020, even as the global FDI declined by 35 percent due…

ISLAMABAD:Kashmiris living on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and across the world marked the third anniversary of India’s unlawful action of revoking the special status of occupied Jammu and Kashmir as “Exploitation [of Kashmir] Day” by holding anti-India rallies and demonstrations. The main event of the day in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) was a public meeting and an emotionally charged rally in state capital Muzaffarabad. Both events were organised by Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu Kashmir (PHJK), an organisation of post-1989 migrants from occupied Kashmir led by Uzair Ahmed Ghazali, which has always been at the forefront of anti-India…

ISLAMABAD: As one of the main olive producing areas in China, the processing industrial chain in Fujian Province is still far from perfect. The supply of high-quality olives is in short supply; besides, the by-product market also contains unlimited potential. Namely, the market space is huge. In the future, if we can introduce excellent olive varieties from countries along the Belt and Road, including Pakistan, and carry out planting and processing technology exchanges with them, undoubtedly it will be a win-win situation,” noted Chen Rui, General Manager of Fujian Baihejiang Industrial Development Co., Ltd., in an exclusive interview with China Economic…