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Shipping Activity at Port Qasim

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KARACHI, Jul 18 (APP):Three ships namely, Maersk Bostan, DM Dragon and Al-Dayeen, carrying Container, Chemicals and LNG, berthed at Qasim International Container Terminal, Engro Vopak Terminal and Engro Elengy Terminal respectively on Monday.


Meanwhile a gas carrier Milaha Ras Laffan also arrived at outer anchorage of the Port Qasim on Tuesday.


A total of 06 ships were engaged at PQA berths during the last 24 hours, out of them a container vessel ‘Maersk Bostan’ sailed out to sea on Tuesday morning (today) on 18th July, while three more ships, DM-Dragon, Aurelia and Andiamo are expected to sail on same day.


A cargo volume of 144,412 tonnes, comprising 128,819 tones imports Cargo and 15,593 tonnes export cargo, including containerized cargo carried in 1,067 Containers (290 TEUs Imports and 777 TEUs export) was handled at the port during last 24 hours.


There are 04 ships at Outer Anchorage of Port Qasim, out of them two ships, Bum Shin and Milaha Ras Laffan & two more ships, Maersk Kinloss and MSC Greenwich carrying Palm oil, LNG and Container are expected to take berths at Liquid Terminal, Gas Terminal and Container Terminal respectively on 18th July, while another containers ship, Maersk Pelepas is due to arrive at Port Qasim on Wednesday.

ANF recovers 828.581 kg drugs in 36 operations; arrests 38

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RAWALPINDI, Jul 18 (APP): Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) Pakistan seized 828.581 kg drugs worth US$ 14.687 million internationally and arrested 38 persons including two women, a foreigner besides impounding 14 vehicles while conducting 36 counter narcotics operations throughout the country.


According to an ANF Headquarters spokesman, the seized drugs comprised 255.600 kg Opium, 14.505 kg Heroin, 546.142 kg Hashish, 5.334 kg Methamphetamine (Ice), 6.700 kg Clonazepam tablets (47900 tabs) and 300 grams weed.


ANF Balochistan recovered 11.700 kg drugs in two operations and arrested two accused involved in drugs smuggling. The seized drugs comprised five kg hashish and 6.700 kg Clonazepam Tablets (47900 tabs).
ANF Punjab recovered 304.66 kg drugs in 12 operations and arrested 14 accused besides impounding nine vehicles. The seized drugs comprised 75.600 kg Opium, 6.830 kg Heroin, 219.300 kg Hashish and 2.930 kg Methamphetamine (Ice).


ANF KPK recovered 402.236 kg drugs in seven operations and arrested six persons involved in drugs smuggling besides impounding three vehicles. The seized drugs comprised 180 kg Opium, 0.552 kg Heroin, 221 kg Hashish and 0.684 kg Methamphetamine (Ice).


ANF Sindh recovered 40.755 kg drugs in nine operations and arrested five persons including a foreigner involved in drugs smuggling and impounded a vehicle. The seized drugs comprised 4.735 kg Heroine, 34 kg Hashish, 1.720 kg Methamphetamine (Ice) and 0.300 kg weed.


ANF North recovered 69.230 kg drugs in six operations and arrested 11 persons including two women involved in drugs smuggling and impounded a vehicle. The seized drugs comprised 2.388 kg Heroin and 66.842 kg Hashish.


All cases have been registered at respective ANF Police Stations under CNS Act 1997 (Amended 2022) and further investigations are under process.

19 July, the day when Kashmiris decided to link their fate with Pakistan: JKNF

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19 July, the day when Kashmiris decided to link their fate with Pakistan: JKNF

MIRPUR (AJK), Jul 18 (APP):Jammu and Kashmir National Front on Tuesday, while terming 19th July as a defining moment in Kashmir’s history, has said that it was on this historic date when the Kashmiri leadership unanimously decided to link their future with the yet-to-born state of Pakistan.

According to a report, in his message from India’s Infamous Tihar jail, the incarcerated JKNF Chairman Nayeem Ahmed Khan said that the resolution adopted a month before the creation of Pakistan demonstrated Kashmiris’ unconditional love for Pakistan.

Referring to the partition plan of the sub-continent, the J & K National Front leader said that the state of Jammu and Kashmir was geographically, historically and culturally, and ethnically part of Pakistan but India’s policy of deceit and deception, expansionism and perpetual denial to implement the UN resolutions on Kashmir has pushed the region into a quagmire of uncertainty.

Lauding the unprecedented sacrifices rendered by the Kashmiri nation, Chairman JKNF said that Kashmiris have witnessed relentless killings, widespread death, and destruction at the hands of Indian occupation forces.


During the decades-long struggle for the right to self-determination, he stated that hundreds of thousands of people have been severely tortured and rendered disabled, while the human rights violations at the hands of Indian occupation troops have become the order of the day.

Reiterating Kashmiris’ pledge to take the ongoing struggle to its logical conclusion, Nayeem Ahmed Khan said that the day was not far when Kashmiris will achieve their cherished goal of freedom from Indian occupation.

Export of sports goods increases 10.93% to US 404.797 mln

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ISLAMABAD, Jul 18 (APP): The export of sports goods from the country witnessed an increase of 10.93 percent during the fiscal year (2022-23) as compared to the export of corresponding last year.

The country exported sports goods worth US$ 404.797 million during July-June (2022-23) as opposed to the export of US$ 364.901 million during July-June (2021-22), showing growth of 10.93 percent, according to the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

Among the sports products, the exports of footballs rose by 24.25 percent, surging from US$ 190.668 million last year to US$ 236.897 million during the year under review.

The gloves exports, however, dropped by 12.23 percent by going down from US$ 76.262 million last year to US$ 66.366 million, the PBS data revealed.

Likewise, the exports of all other sports goods rose by 3.06 percent to US$ 100.966 million from US$ 97.971 million last year.

Meanwhile, on a year-on-year basis, the sports goods export witnessed a decrease of 5.53 percent in June 2023 as opposed to the export of the same month of last year.

The sports goods exports in June 2023 were recorded at US$ 34.265 million against exports of US$ 36.269 million in June 2022.

During the period under review, the export of footballs and gloves decreased by 7.55 and 22.38 percent respectively, whereas the export of other sport products surged by 11.90 percent.

Meanwhile, on a month-on-month basis, the exports of sports goods increased by 7.88 percent during June 2023, in contrast to the exports of US$ 31.763 million in May 2023, the PBS data revealed.

On a month-on-month basis, the exports of gloves and all other sport products rose by 27.80 and 49.98 percent respectively, in addition the exports of footballs decreased by 8.70 percent.

President for boosting trade, economic cooperation with Maldives

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Irfan Khan
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ISLAMABAD, July 18 (APP): President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday underlined the need for increasing trade and economic cooperation with Maldives for the mutual benefits of two countries.

He said that there was a great potential to expand bilateral trade and export Pakistani products to Maldives, particularly textiles, fabrics, rice, cement and pharmaceutical.

He expressed these views while talking to the outgoing High Commissioner of Maldives to Pakistan Farzana Zahir who called on him, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, President Secretariat Press Wing said in a press release.

Talking to the outgoing High Commissioner, the president highlighted that Pakistan attached great importance to its relations with Maldives in bilateral context and within the framework of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the United Nations and Commonwealth.

He said that both countries had commonality of views on important regional and global issues, particularly the threat posed by global warming.

He underlined the need for closer cooperation among countries of the world to counter the severity of natural disasters as well as climate change that had endangered both developed and developing countries alike.

President Alvi further said that both countries needed to enhance cooperation in the area of tourism and learn from each other’s experience.

He also highlighted that the isolation and persecution of the Muslims by India was a matter of grave concern and the international community needed to take notice of the brutalities being committed by the Indian security forces against the Muslims, particularly in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK).

He also called for revitalization of the SAARC enabling it to achieve its objectives.

Referring to the rising wave of Islamophobia, the president emphasized that the Islamic countries should work together to counter the Islamophobia. 

He also congratulated the outgoing high commissioner on the successful completion of her tenure and appreciated her efforts for improving Pakistan-Maldives ties.

PM, Chairman Senate discuss overall political situation

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Shumaila Andleeb
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ISLAMABAD, July 18 (APP): Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and discussed with him the overall political situation in the country.

The meeting also discussed progress on development projects in Balochistan.

The Chairman Senate paid tribute to PM Sharif on the restoration of work at Dalbandin Airport in Balochistan on an emergency basis. He also praised the efforts of the prime minister and his economic team for the materialization of deal with International Monetary Fund.

Separately, Federal Minister for Education and Technical Training Rana Tanvir Hussain called on the prime minister and discussed with him political matters. He also updated the prime minister about the professional issues related to his ministry.

Celebs sing praises for Aashir Wajahat’s acting prowess

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Sadia Saeed
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Celebs sing praises for Aashir Wajahat’s acting prowess

International symposium on traditional Chinese, Unani medicines held

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International symposium on traditional Chinese, Unani medicines held

CHANGSHA, Jul. 18 (APP): Over 400 medicinal professionals from China and Pakistan gathered at an international symposium and shared their commitment to strengthen cooperation on traditional medicine.

The 2nd International Symposium on Traditional Chinese and Unani Medicine was recently held in Changsha, China and Karachi, Islamabad.

Solid foundation has been made for China and Pakistan to cooperate. In the future, the two sides will further deepen cooperation in personnel training, clinical trials and drug registration in the field of traditional medicine, and jointly promote Chinese medicine to go global, said Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary, Director of the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi.

Experts from the Sino-Pakistan Cooperation Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, the organizer of the event, told China Economic Net (CEN) about the latest developments in the space breeding of 7 Pakistani medicinal plants, a project undertaken by the center in collaboration with bilateral stakeholders. After the plant seeds successfully returned to Pakistan from China spacecraft Shenzhou 14, three varieties sprouted and are in good condition.

Researchers will continue to record the information such as plant height, stem width, and crown width for composition and efficacy analysis, CEN reporter was told.


The center has also set up an international mentors team to train TCM professionals in Pakistan and cultivate Ph.Ds and post-docs.


At the symposium, Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho, Sindh Provincial Minister Health and Population Welfare, Department of Health & Population Welfare was presented with the appointment letter of Visiting Professor of the School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, a host of the meeting.

Two books, namely Zhongjing Spirit and Huxiang Culture, a book on the spirit and culture of traditional Chinese medicine, and Materia Medica Homologous with Food, were officially released and gifted to Pakistani guests at the event.

Scholars also exchanged academic ideas regarding the clinical application and basic research of traditional Chinese medicine and Unani medicine, such as international laws and regulations on Chinese (herbal) medicine, drug discovery combining ethnic medicine knowledge with modern science, study of medicine resources in the habitats of Dong ethnicity and their natural products, etc.

The symposium is held in the year that marks the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. Through collaboration on traditional medicine, China and Pakistan will contribute to preserving and promoting the health of mankind, said Zhang Zaiqi, Secretary of the CPC Committee of Hunan University of Medicine, another host of the event.

Amin holds productive meeting with Azerbaijani minister

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ISLAMABAD, Jul 18 (APP): In a bid to enhance collaboration in the digital realm, Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Syed Amin ul Haque, held a productive meeting with the Azerbaijani Minister for Digital Development and Transport, Rashad Nabiyev.


During the meeting, in-depth discussions were held on digital transformation, software development, and IT revenue-related matters, with a focus on fostering stronger ties between the IT and telecom sectors of both countries.


Amin ul Haque emphasized Pakistan’s deep appreciation for its relations with Azerbaijan, describing them as robust and fraternal.


He expressed a keen interest in further strengthening bilateral ties, particularly in the technology sector, and lauded Azerbaijan’s commitment to the development of the digital landscape.


The Azerbaijani Minister, Rashad Nabiyev, expressed his country’s desire to bolster mutual cooperation, especially in the domain of IT and software development.


He also commended Pakistan’s ambitious Digital Pakistan Vision, recognizing the nation’s efforts towards digital transformation and the IT industry’s significant role in this endeavour.


Both sides expressed their commitment to jointly working towards the advancement of the IT and telecom sectors. They agreed that establishing a joint working group would be essential to strengthen the IT and telecom relations between Pakistan and Azerbaijan.


Azerbaijan’s delegation, led by Minister Rashad Nabiyev, also had the opportunity to receive a detailed briefing on Pakistan’s digital landscape and initiatives, presented by Member IT Syed Junaid Imam.


The meeting was attended by Secretary IT, Navid Ahmed Sheikh, Member IT, Syed Junaid Imam, Member Telecom, Muhammad Omar Malik, Member International Coordination, Ajmal Awan, Member Legal, Babar Sahil, CEO of Pakistan Software Export Board, Ali Reza, and COO Ignite, Asim Shahryar Husain.
Later, the Azerbaijani delegation also held meetings with CEOs of various IT companies.

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